[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 2 | January 11, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Many English coursebooks come with access to an online learning platform full of material to help learners develop their language skills further. These can be particularly beneficial for academic English learners who need to achieve a certain level of English within a limited time… Continue reading Online Learning Platforms: Helping your students engage (OUP ELT Blog)
Category: ELT Articles and Research Papers
Edtech Resolutions for the New (School) Year – Edutopia
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 1 | January 4, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] As a teacher, it’s strange to think of New Year’s resolutions in January because we tend to think more about setting goals in time for the new school year, instead. However, in the spirit of the start of the calendar year, I’ll ignore the… Continue reading Edtech Resolutions for the New (School) Year – Edutopia
Re-Energize Your Classroom in the New Year – Edutopia
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 1 | January 4, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] The New Year is a wonderful time to start trying some new things. You’ve spent a good amount of time with your students and feel more comfortable exploring new strategies and practices that are more tailored to their learning needs. I want to share… Continue reading Re-Energize Your Classroom in the New Year – Edutopia
Top 10 Time Fillers For Your Classroom – BusyTeacher
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 1 | January 4, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Try as you might, careful as you are with your planning, sometimes what you plan to cover in class does not work with the clock. When you are ready for the bell but the bell is not quite ready for you, try one of… Continue reading Top 10 Time Fillers For Your Classroom – BusyTeacher
Pedagogical reasoning skills – Cambridge ELT Blog
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 1 | January 4, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] An important component of current conceptualizations of Second Language Teacher Education (SLTE) is a focus on teacher cognition. This encompasses the mental lives of teachers, how these are formed, what they consist of, and how teachers’ beliefs, thoughts, and thinking processes shape their understanding… Continue reading Pedagogical reasoning skills – Cambridge ELT Blog
How digital technology is changing our lives… and our language (OUP ELT Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 1 | January 4, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] New words that enter the language are a reflection of the way people’s lives are changing. If we look at what is trending, we can see that new technology can bring with it new capabilities. There are wearables – computing devices that you can… Continue reading How digital technology is changing our lives… and our language (OUP ELT Blog)
Using tablets in the EFL classroom: Why & How (OUP ELT Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 1 | January 4, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Whenever someone mentions using technology in the classroom, my first reaction is “Why?” And that was my recent reaction to using tablets. Why should students use tablets in the EFL classroom? How does it help them learn better? For me, the key is not… Continue reading Using tablets in the EFL classroom: Why & How (OUP ELT Blog)
When learners have a limited vocabulary range #1 (Cambridge Conversations)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 18 | October 26, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] What are the key characteristics of this situation? Learners’ vocabulary development is still at the 3,000-word level. Learners lack knowledge of collocational patterns. Vocabulary development plays a vital role in making the transition from an intermediate to a more advanced level of language proficiency,… Continue reading When learners have a limited vocabulary range #1 (Cambridge Conversations)
Winning the Headway Scholarship – could you be next? (OUP Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 18 | October 26, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Headway Scholarship 2015 winner from Argentina Every August just after the winter holidays, I’ve been experiencing this burning desire to explore what it is like to live, study or work in a foreign country. As a teacher and translator there came a point in… Continue reading Winning the Headway Scholarship – could you be next? (OUP Blog)
De-stress your classroom: stress management and well-being for teachers and students (OUP Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 18 | October 26, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Teaching and learning can be fun and energising. However, many teachers and students nowadays feel pressurised, stressed and de-motivated. Teachers all over the world seem to be faced with increasingly unrealistic expectations, scarce resources, widely diverse student needs as well as the continuing challenge… Continue reading De-stress your classroom: stress management and well-being for teachers and students (OUP Blog)