[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 5 | February 2, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] English may be the mainstay language of Britain and its islands, but it’s far from the only tongue in town. But while languages like Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic are fiercely protected, others are threatened. “Vel oo geearree jough?” says Adrian Cain to… Continue reading From BBC: ‘Are lost languages coming back?’ by Jenny Scott
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Video: Monique Markoff on blended learning and the future of education
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2 | January 12, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Blended Learning has become a catch phrase– a buzzword for using technology in the classroom. The idea is used to describe the education system’s response to the need… Continue reading Video: Monique Markoff on blended learning and the future of education
Video: 7 Skills students need for their future
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2 | January 12, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Dr. Tony Wagner, co-director of Harvard’s Change Leadership Group has identified what he calls a “global achievement gap,” which is the leap between what even our best schools are teaching, and the must-have skills of the future: * Critical thinking and problem-solving *… Continue reading Video: 7 Skills students need for their future
Video: How is ICT changing the way teachers teach?
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2 | January 12, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Education is undergoing a revolution. The Networked Society is creating a new approach to knowledge, providing students with stimulating learning methods and teachers with new educational tools. In this short film, teachers at Coventry University spoke to us about how technology is shaping… Continue reading Video: How is ICT changing the way teachers teach?
News: Students Will Boost the Global Digital English Language Learning Market by 2019
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2 | January 12, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] The Global Digital English Language Learning Market is expected to grow at a CAGR 12.96 percent from 2014-2019, says research firm TechNavio. The number of people learning the English language in 2014 was over one billion and this number is expected to double… Continue reading News: Students Will Boost the Global Digital English Language Learning Market by 2019
News: Comma may be abolished from English language: US academic
The NDTV.com team has published an article titled “Comma may be abolished from English language: US academic”. Death of the comma? One of the most commonly used elements of written English – the humble comma – could be abolished as a punctuation mark without doing much damage to the language, a US academic has suggested.… Continue reading News: Comma may be abolished from English language: US academic
ELTWeekly Issue#105
Article: ‘English Language Teaching Experience – In Greece’ by Patricia Walters Video: Blended Learning Video: Blended Learning Example Article: ‘Speaking Skill: A Tool to Success’ by Shoba Rao Research Paper: ‘Secrets Of Enhancing Quality Of Teaching English In India’ by Madhuri Gokhale Book Review: Saudi values wander in the restless desert.
#98, Event: English Road Shows In India
The British Council, in partnership with the English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELTAI), is organising the English Road Shows – a series of one-day professional development workshops for English language teachers and trainers. The aim of these workshops is to provide you with new ideas for the classroom and inform you about the range… Continue reading #98, Event: English Road Shows In India
ELTWeekly Issue#80
ELTWeekly, a refereed journal and newsletter [Issue 80 | January 2011 | ISSN 0975-3036] Word of the week: PPP Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 10, Alternative Assessment Susan Ryan’s Tip: ‘The Importance of the Schwa Vowel Sound’ Article: ‘ICT in Education: HOW and WHAT to study in 21st Century?’ – UNESCO Tashkent Research Paper:… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#80
#67, News: Robot Teachers! (Coming Soon to a Classroom Near You)
They’re coming, and they’ll be here by September! Robot teachers, programmed with a single mission: to save our failing schools. Funded by the Frankenstein Foundation, computer engineers in secret mountain laboratories and workshops hidden deep below the desert floor are feverishly soldering chips and circuit boards onto bits of aluminum to create mechanical life forms… Continue reading #67, News: Robot Teachers! (Coming Soon to a Classroom Near You)