Edutopia contributor Jennifer Davis Bowman has published an article titled ‘How Teachers Can Use Their Own Writing as Model Texts’. Modeling is a popular show-and-tell teaching strategy used by teachers across subjects and grade levels. Although it’s sometimes perceived as easy, teachers must be strategic and consider student engagement, individual learning needs, and appropriate scaffolds. Recently, I’ve… Continue reading How Teachers Can Use Their Own Writing as Model Texts

A new test of English will help students and professionals at the start of their career in India to demonstrate their English language skills quickly and affordably, backed by the reputation of one of the world’s top universities. Cambridge Assessment English, a department of the University of Cambridge, has teamed up with leading English language… Continue reading Cambridge launches new mobile English test for employability [News]

Here is an article from Cambridge English blog on using songs to teach English. Why use songs? Songs provide good listening practice for teenage learners – but with a difference. Songs can tell stories, and convey emotions. Music can set the scene or provide a change of mood. You could use a song at the… Continue reading Using songs with teenagers

Here is an article by the OUP ELT team. This year may have been difficult for everyone across the globe, but it has been especially challenging for teachers. They have had to transform their lessons into online sessions and adapt to rules and advice to keep their students safe and make sure they can continue… Continue reading Teaching During The Pandemic: Postcards From Around The World

Past simple and present perfect by Nick Shepherd Conference: English Literature Summit 2020 Teaching Reading using Classroom Presentation Tools [Video] Learning most with least effort: subtitles and cognitive load Synchronous Teaching: Taking your first steps into teaching live online [Video] Speak Up: 6 Fabulous Games to Get Your Students Speaking Developing teachers: key principles in… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 23 | November 2020

The English Literature Summit 2020 is going to be held online on December 12-13, 2020. In contemporary times, English as a global language has become instrumental in propagating strong intercultural relationships among individuals and society at large. The efficacy of the English language has also widened the gamut of English literature which reflects in its… Continue reading Conference: English Literature Summit 2020

This video explains how you can teach reading using OUP’s Classroom Presentation Tools. Charlotte Murphy is a Senior Consultant and Teacher Trainer at Oxford University Press.

Need to take your teaching online for the first time as a result of school closures amid the Covid-19 (Cornoavirus) outbreak? This webinar recording explores teaching live online, that is when you and your students meet online in real time for a lesson. It gives you tips on what to look for in your choice… Continue reading Synchronous Teaching: Taking your first steps into teaching live online [Video]

Here is an article from OUP ELT journal authored by Karolina Baranowska. Learning English through the media In the past few decades, foreign language films and online media have received considerable attention in the ELT literature. Previous research reveals that exposure to various media positively correlates with foreign language acquisition in the case of both… Continue reading Learning most with least effort: subtitles and cognitive load