ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 4

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 4 | January 27, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] ‘International Conference on English Language & Literature – A Tool for Humanising’ (ELLATH-2015) – Faridabad, India, February 23-24, 2015 International Conference on ‘Marginalization and Indian English Literature’, Pune, February 13-14, 2015 International Education Conference, London, June 7 – 11, 2015 ‘SOCIO-INT15′ – 2nd International… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 4

Video: Activities to improve young learners’ communication

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 4 | January 27, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Most children love talking, so in the EFL classroom it’s just a question of getting them to do it in the right language! Through fun, hands-on activities, Caroline Nixon and Michael Tomlinson look at how to help young learners improve their pronunciation and speaking… Continue reading Video: Activities to improve young learners’ communication

Video: Joined up blended learning

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 4 | January 27, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Fran Disken and Deirdre Cijffers from Cambridge University Press explore strategies for integrating activities in Online Workbooks with face-to-face teaching. They look at how to choose and assign activities that mirror lesson aims to improve students’ learning experience. They also consider long and short… Continue reading Video: Joined up blended learning

ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 3

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 3 | January 19, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Wired: A Clever Plan to Teach Schoolkids New Languages With a Free App OUP ELT Article: Factors affecting the success of young L2/FL learners Video: Tor Wallin Andreassen on MOOC Cambridge University Press Webinar: Getting them to talk in English, January 20 Cambridge University… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 3

Video: How to Get Students Ready for Learning

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 3 | January 19, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] A must watch video. Teachers at Mount Desert Elementary School in Northeast Harbor, Maine, use proven Responsive Classroom techniques — such as relationship-building morning meetings and engaging student-led activities — to get students focused and ready to learn.

Video: Tor Wallin Andreassen on MOOC

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 3 | January 19, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] He is the founder and director of Service Forum, the founder of The Norwegian Customer Satisfaction Barometer at the Norwegian School of Management, and the founder of the annual Professor Johan Arndt Marketing Conference. He is an acclaimed academic who have received awards for… Continue reading Video: Tor Wallin Andreassen on MOOC

Video: Sajan George on ‘The Future of Education’

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 3 | January 19, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Sajan George on “The Future of Education” Sajan is the Founder & CEO of Matchbook Learning, a national non-profit school turnaround management organization that has designed and implemented a unique blended model of school, the only one of its kind targeting turnaround (i.e. bottom… Continue reading Video: Sajan George on ‘The Future of Education’

Video: Monique Markoff on blended learning and the future of education

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2 | January 12, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Blended Learning has become a catch phrase– a buzzword for using technology in the classroom. The idea is used to describe the education system’s response to the need… Continue reading Video: Monique Markoff on blended learning and the future of education