Category: ELT Videos

Video: ELL Conference 2012: Oh NO!!! Your Student Speaks Very Little English

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#38 | October 28, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Randy Kalal’s presentation focuses on oral language development and its use in the classroom in order to enhance the learning experience. Participants are involved in in-depth discussions and hands-on activities throughout the session and are encouraged to openly and excitedly participate during the duration of… Continue reading Video: ELL Conference 2012: Oh NO!!! Your Student Speaks Very Little English

Video: Learner Language: Tools for Teachers

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#38 | October 28, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Learner language is the constantly changing ability students have to communicate as they learn a new language. It provides an index of students progress, allowing teachers to determine how to best educate them. By analyzing examples of learner language, students develop skills to address it… Continue reading Video: Learner Language: Tools for Teachers

Video: Building Vocabulary for Teaching ELLs

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#37 | October 21, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Jennifer Hixson’s presentation focuses on why vocabulary development is the most important part of English as a Second Language development; what vocabulary development really means for ELL students; how teachers can help students learn vocabulary when it is needed for content instruction, how to use… Continue reading Video: Building Vocabulary for Teaching ELLs

Video: Seven Ways of Looking at Grammar

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#37 | October 21, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 What is grammar, and how is it internalized in the mind? Is it made up of symbolic code or of neural connections? Is it a sedimented trace left by previous conversations or an innate human capacity? Our answers to these questions obviously shape the way… Continue reading Video: Seven Ways of Looking at Grammar

Video: Teaching Pronunciation: Seven Essential Concepts

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#37 | October 21, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Language instructors face several problems when teaching pronunciation, including time constraints and the difficulty of designing effective tasks. (MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages | http://www.newschool.edu/matesol) This hands-on workshop suggests practical solutions and outline seven concepts in teaching pronunciation. Participants will practice… Continue reading Video: Teaching Pronunciation: Seven Essential Concepts

Vol. 5 Issue 35 – Video: Co-Teaching & Other Collaborative Projects for English Language Learners

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#35 | September 30, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Andrea Honigsfeld, Maria Dove, editors and Gabriel Díaz Maggioli, contributor, of the recently published book Co-Teaching and Other Collaborative Practices in The EFL/ESL Classroom: Rationale, Research, Reflections, and Recommendations, discuss local and international collaborative teaching projects designed to help English language learners. The volume examines… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 35 – Video: Co-Teaching & Other Collaborative Projects for English Language Learners