[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 4 | January 27, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Motivated learners are more likely to engage in the learning process both inside and outside the classroom. However, it is sometimes difficult to determine exactly what it is that motivates learners. Is it their individual desire to learn, or is it the… Continue reading Craig Thaine’s ‘Maintaining Motivation: Engaging learners through the course’ Webinar Replay
Category: Vocabulary Development
Encouraging ESL learner independence (OUP ELT Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 4 | January 27, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] The student-centered approach is becoming more common as teachers realize the benefits of being a facilitator in the classroom, encouraging students to take responsibility for their own learning in collaborative tasks and discussions. Of course, as a teacher you decide what happens in… Continue reading Encouraging ESL learner independence (OUP ELT Blog)
Bottom-up decoding: listening (OUP ELT Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 4 | January 27, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] In a previous post I explained some of the reasons why we should focus on bottom-up strategies for listening and reading. In this post, I’d like to show how this might work in practice for the skill of listening. Even learners who have… Continue reading Bottom-up decoding: listening (OUP ELT Blog)
How Teachers Collaborate Online and in School (Edutopia Video)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 4 | January 27, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Budget cuts — you can’t get around them, but you can find ways to reduce the pain. Here’s how to teach lean, make supplies last, and not shortchange your kids. Visit http://www.edutopia.org/stw-different… for more resources from Mesquite Elementary.
Perspective, Pace and Passing: Teaching English in a Foundations Programme (OUP ELT Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 3 | January 18, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] A decade and a half. That’s how long I have been teaching on a Foundations programme in Dubai, and it has been, from a teaching and career perspective, an amazingly positive experience. When I arrived fifteen years ago, I had been teaching general English… Continue reading Perspective, Pace and Passing: Teaching English in a Foundations Programme (OUP ELT Blog)
The art of juggling: developing the language learner’s vocabulary (OUP ELT Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 3 | January 18, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] The word ‘thesaurus’ comes from the Greek meaning ‘treasure’ or ‘storehouse’ and the traditional thesaurus is a kind of storehouse of language. Roget’s Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases lists over 70 synonyms for fast, including zippy, fleet and nimble-footed. The editors have made… Continue reading The art of juggling: developing the language learner’s vocabulary (OUP ELT Blog)