Category: ELT Videos

Using tablets in the classroom – tips and techniques (Video)

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 1 | January 4, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036]   How can you get the most out of tablets and eBooks in the classroom? Victoria Boobyer discusses the pedagogical use of these digital tools in the ELT classroom and provides some tips and techniques for teachers, using our new interactive eBooks from Face… Continue reading Using tablets in the classroom – tips and techniques (Video)

Ricardo Morales on ‘Make homework work for you with new digital tools’ (Video)

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 20 | November 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]   How do you make homework fun but meaningful? Ricardo Morales explores the latest digital tools for making homework engaging, while still being a useful method of monitoring your students’ progress.

What Learners Can Do with Texts (OUP ELT Blog)

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 20 | November 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] As a teacher and writer, I believe that two of the main questions we face in the classroom can be summarized as: How do our students learn, and how do our lesson plans and materials promote learning? I’m especially interested in how this… Continue reading What Learners Can Do with Texts (OUP ELT Blog)

ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 19

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 19 | November 2, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Integrating Technology to Improve Student Comprehension and Production (Video) Learner Language: Tools for Teachers (Video) Don’t Get Tongue Tied: 7 Surefire Steps for Creating Your Own Awesome Pronunciation Lessons (Busy Teacher) One Activity to Help Students Use Present Perfect and Simple Past –… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 19

Integrating Technology to Improve Student Comprehension and Production (Video)

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 19 | November 2, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] The New School presents a conversation on integrating technology to improve student comprehension as a part of the Master degree program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages at The New School(http://www.newschool.edu/matesol). Motivating today’s tech savvy students is challenging. Blended learning keeps… Continue reading Integrating Technology to Improve Student Comprehension and Production (Video)

Learner Language: Tools for Teachers (Video)

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 19 | November 2, 2015 | 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… Continue reading Learner Language: Tools for Teachers (Video)

One Activity to Help Students Use Present Perfect and Simple Past – from the Grammar and Beyond Archives (Cambridge Conversations)

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 19 | November 2, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] In conversation, we often move from general statements to more detailed information. “Have you seen Frozen?” “Yeah – I saw it last week. It was great.” These types of conversations provide a natural context for students to practice the differences between the present… Continue reading One Activity to Help Students Use Present Perfect and Simple Past – from the Grammar and Beyond Archives (Cambridge Conversations)

Webinar: ‘The ear of the beholder’: helping learners understand different accents, November 18

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 19 | November 2, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] The use of English as an international lingua franca means learners will be exposed to a wide variety of accents, both native and non-native. How can teachers prepare them to cope with such diversity? This workshop features practical tasks, informed by relevant theory,… Continue reading Webinar: ‘The ear of the beholder’: helping learners understand different accents, November 18

De-stress your classroom: stress management and well-being for teachers and students (OUP Blog)

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 19 | November 2, 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… Continue reading De-stress your classroom: stress management and well-being for teachers and students (OUP Blog)