ELT Newsletter – Page 36

Vol. 4 Issue 29 – Video: Krashen and language acquisition

Stephen Krashen makes more sense than a library of books on language acquisition and ESL teaching methodology. LingQ follows Krashen’s precepts with a few different features.

Vol. 4 Issue 29 – eBook of the week: Context in Language Learning and Language Understanding

The papers in this volume represent the views of a range of experts in a variety of language-related disciplines on the role which context plays in language learning and language understanding.

Vol. 4 Issue 29 – Book of the week: Rainbow

Rainbow is a new two-level reading series taking students from pre-intermediate level (Student’s Book 1) to intermediate level (Student’s Book 2).

Vol. 4 Issue 29 – Cambridge ELT Interview with Michael Handford

Listen to a podcast in which Michael Handford is interviewed by his colleague, Petr Matous. Petr Matous is Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Tokyo, specialising in infrastructure development and social networks.

Vol. 4 Issue 29 – David Crystal – Is control of English shifting away from British and American native speakers?

Is control of English shifting away from British and American native speakers? Global English with Professor David Crystal. Another innovative feature of Global – Macmillan’s new course for adult learners of English.

Vol. 4 Issue 28 – Book of the week: The Heinemann ELT Wordbuilder

The Heinemann ELT Wordbuilder provides vocabulary development and practice for higher-level students. It includes 60 units of vocabulary in context, presented through a wide variety of games, reading texts, dialogues and diagrams.

Vol. 4 Issue 28 – David Crystal – Should English be taught as a ‘global’ language?

The pronunciation of “can” and “can’t” in English is difficult to both hear and speak. In this lesson, I’ll show you the simple trick to mastering this! You CAN do it!

Vol. 4 Issue 28 – Video: Jay Walker on the world’s English mania (TED Talks, 2009)

The pronunciation of “can” and “can’t” in English is difficult to both hear and speak. In this lesson, I’ll show you the simple trick to mastering this! You CAN do it!