Category: ELT Videos

Video: MOOCS and other recent innovations in online learning

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4 | February 17, 2014] About the talk What will education of the future look like? Open, free and collaborative are some of the attributes of Jan Philipp Schmidt’s vision of education. Schmidt is an open education activist and researcher based at the MIT Media Lab where he works with Joi Ito… Continue reading Video: MOOCS and other recent innovations in online learning

Video: Video Games for Learning and Assessment

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4 | February 17, 2014] About the talk “How can I have the greatest impact?” After some years working in education reform, Robert Torres realized that the impact was minimum. Then, he thought “why not pay attention to what children were doing?” The answer to his question was video games. Since then,… Continue reading Video: Video Games for Learning and Assessment

Video: Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 3 | January 27, 2014] Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish — and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational “death valley” we now face, and how to nurture our… Continue reading Video: Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley

Video: Communicative Grammar for Multi-Level English Language Learners

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 3 | January 27, 2014] English language learning is so multi-faceted that experts describe a “heterogeneous language class” as a class with more than one student. Ability, needs, background, age, and psychological make-up are just some of the variables among learners. Preparing different tasks for students at different levels is not always… Continue reading Video: Communicative Grammar for Multi-Level English Language Learners

Video: Language Teaching Methods: Comprehension Approach/TPR

ELTWeekly Vol. 6 Issue#2 | January 12, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036 Language Teaching Methods explores various methodologies of English language teaching. This was a joint project by Diane Larsen-Freeman and the U.S. Information Agency and was produced in 1990. This video demonstrates the Comprehension Approach/TPR (Total Physical Response) with Kathleen Graves.

Video: Teaching English for Academic Purposes: Tips and Techniques

ELTWeekly Vol. 6 Issue#2 | January 12, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036 In this video, Julia Williams, the author of LEAP: Reading and Writing, discusses the difference between the product and process approaches to writing, criteria to keep in mind when selecting a textbook, and helpful tips for teaching English for Academic Purposes.