ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 9 | August 2020

Talk to Google – An Online Pronunciation Activity Online Education: Evaluation and Assessment when Teaching Online Shift of Language in the Digital Age: ‘Power up’ or ‘Threat’? [Research Paper] Movie Worksheet Roundup – Reading, Writing, & Listening Practice [BusyTeacher] The relationship between tech and the English language teacher Creative ways to get kids to thrive… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 9 | August 2020

Online Education: Evaluation and Assessment when Teaching Online

Russell Stannard has published an article titled Online Education: Evaluation and Assessment when Teaching Online on One Stop English. There are lesson materials including a worksheet and teacher’s notes at the bottom of this article as well as a link to webinar for Macmillan Education in which Russell discusses evaluation and assessment at length. Introduction There are… Continue reading Online Education: Evaluation and Assessment when Teaching Online

Movie Worksheet Roundup – Reading, Writing, & Listening Practice [BusyTeacher]

Watching a movie in class is always a treat for both students and teachers, but what if enjoying a film could be educational as well? There are several academic benefits that go along with movies, such as memory performance. Students may get tired of hearing about the same topic in class, but when they are exposed… Continue reading Movie Worksheet Roundup – Reading, Writing, & Listening Practice [BusyTeacher]

The relationship between tech and the English language teacher

Here is TK Arunachalam’s article ‘The relationship between tech and the English language teacher’ published on Cambridge English blog. Technology is having a huge impact on education and the way we learn, and the English language learning sector is no exception. Technology and language learning have a long history. If we go back to the… Continue reading The relationship between tech and the English language teacher

Shift of Language in the Digital Age: ‘Power up’ or ‘Threat’? [Research Paper]

Authors: Sridipa Dandapat* and Priyanka Tripathi** Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Patna. Introduction Chomsky, in Language and Freedom, discusses the correlational bond between language and freedom: “Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used… Continue reading Shift of Language in the Digital Age: ‘Power up’ or ‘Threat’? [Research Paper]

Talk to Google – An Online Pronunciation Activity

In this expert article, Andrea Giordano shares some useful insights to involve your learners in online pronunciation activity. There’s one question that still has me thinking… In a recent webinar about improving online student engagement, one of the attendees asked a question that I’m still thinking about: How to I give feedback to students, when I’m… Continue reading Talk to Google – An Online Pronunciation Activity

Designing Your LMS to Make Distance Learning Better

Sarah Schroeder has published an article titled ‘Designing Your LMS to Make Distance Learning Better’ on Edutopia. Schroeder says, “When remote learning hit, I was ready. My daughter had been in online school for three years. I teach technology integration. But during this time, our family struggled. I found that my son, a straight-A student… Continue reading Designing Your LMS to Make Distance Learning Better

7 Classroom Management Mistakes—and the Research on How to Fix Them

Youki Terada has published a classroom management article on Edutopia. Terada says, “When Steve Jobs was in third grade, he was such a troublemaker that he got expelled from school. He was constantly playing pranks on his peers—even his own teachers—and attempts to correct his misbehavior would backfire, leading to defiance and even more misbehavior.… Continue reading 7 Classroom Management Mistakes—and the Research on How to Fix Them