Vol. 5 Issue 17 – Video: How to Teach Listening Skills in the ESL Classroom

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#17 | May 20, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Listening skills are not passive! This teacher uses a sentence scramble and a true or false worksheet to encourage active listening of a teacher-made recording. In these ways, both the main ideas and supporting details are elicited.  

Vol. 5 Issue 16 – The English Effect – How can you get involved?

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#16 | May 13, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 ‘The English Effect’ is an exhibition exploring the English language in the world today and is on display at the British Council in London until 30 June 2013. Even if you can’t visit the exhibition in London, there are still plenty of ways to get involved. Those… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 16 – The English Effect – How can you get involved?

Vol. 5 Issue 16 – Teaching with Technology Roundtable: Grading with Audio Comments

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#16 | May 13, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 In this session Professor Gregory MacIsaac talks about the advantages of giving students audio comments on their papers. A two to five minute audio file, analyzing the style and content of a student’s essay, is both quicker to produce and more useful to the student… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 16 – Teaching with Technology Roundtable: Grading with Audio Comments

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 15

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#15 | April 29, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 11th Asia TEFL International Conference: ‘Englishes across Asian Contexts: Opportunities and Challenges’, Philippines, October 2013 Conference: ‘ELT2013: International Conference on Current Trends in ELT’, Iran, May 2013 Conference: ‘Fifth N.E.A.R. Language Education Conference’, Japan, May 2013 Symposium: ‘The 4th CELC Symposium’, Singapore, May 2013 Video:… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 15

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 14

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#14 | April 22, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Video: Curiosity – Facilitating a Learner Centered Classroom Video: Teaching with Technology – Everything and the Kitchen Sink: Experimenting with E-learning Tools Conference: ‘ECTC 2013 – The European Conference on Technology in the Classroom’ Brighton, United Kingdom Conference: ‘FAB4: International NeuroELT Conference’, Nanzan University Research… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 14