The Cambridge English team has shared a teaching lesson titled ‘Using songs with teenagers’. Songs provide good listening practice for teenage learners – but with a difference. Songs can tell stories, and convey emotions. Music can set the scene or provide a change of mood. You could use a song at the beginning or end… Continue reading Using songs with teenagers
Category: ELTWeekly Volume 11
The Power Of Proficiency: How English Changed My Life
The OUP ELT team has published a new article on The Power Of Proficiency. The OUP team says, “Valeria, a 22-year-old computer engineer and programmer, first started learning English from her father at home in Costa Rica. “He spent time in Canada and the States. But I think I’m better at English than him now… Continue reading The Power Of Proficiency: How English Changed My Life
ELT Together: September 21st – October 16th 2020
The Oxford University Press is hosting ELT Together, a four week series of professional development webinars. The OUP team says, “Wherever you teach, we’re with you. Let’s get together with our ELT experts for tips and advice on managing the challenges we are facing today. Learn about topics like: Wellbeing Assessment Online and blended learning… Continue reading ELT Together: September 21st – October 16th 2020
ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 13 | September 2020
Challenges of Creating Teacher Presence in the Remote Classroom [ELT Summit Video] Present Simple and Present Progressive by Nick Shepherd Using Foreign Language as a Bridge to Learning in the Classroom [Video] The Benefits of Dual-Language Immersion [Video] 6 Fabulous Games to Get Your Students Speaking Teaching in the socially distanced classroom What’s Your OALD… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 13 | September 2020
Challenges of Creating Teacher Presence in the Remote Classroom [Video]
During the ELT Summit 2020 pre-conference workshop on ‘The Challenges of Creating Teacher Presence in the Remote Classroom – What makes a good online teacher?’ renowned ELT expert Nik Peachey shared very fruitful insights on managing to teach – remotely. He shared strategies on how teachers can develop their teacher presence in the remote classroom.… Continue reading Challenges of Creating Teacher Presence in the Remote Classroom [Video]
Present Simple and Present Progressive by Nick Shepherd
“I have lunch”, or “I’m having lunch”? Which is good English? That’s an easy question: they’re both good, but they have different meanings. But then it gets more complicated, and here lies a problem for teachers. Do we offer a simple explanation which is true up to a point, or a full explanation which (like… Continue reading Present Simple and Present Progressive by Nick Shepherd
Using Foreign Language as a Bridge to Learning in the Classroom [Video]
A partial-immersion K-12 Japanese-language program teaches students that it’s easy to make friends if you speak the same tongue.
The Benefits of Dual-Language Immersion [Video]
Here is a video from Edutopia. Research shows that students can benefit cognitively, socially, and academically from instruction in two languages.
6 Fabulous Games to Get Your Students Speaking
SUSAN VERNER’s article on BusyTeacher features some useful tips on engaging your students in speaking activities using games. Many ESL teachers find that their students are timid speakers or reluctant to participate in class discussions. It’s only natural. After all, they are trying to talk in a language they are still working on learning. Still, silence can… Continue reading 6 Fabulous Games to Get Your Students Speaking
Teaching in the socially distanced classroom
A recent Cambridge English article features some great tips to improve your teaching in socially distanced classrooms. During the lockdown, learners have had to be more self-sufficient, take responsibility for their learning, and manage their own time. They have had no choice but to work out problems on their own with no classmate and no… Continue reading Teaching in the socially distanced classroom