The Oxford University Press ELT has published an article highlighting three everyday uses of the Oxford Text Checker tool. OUP team says, “You have found a thought-provoking authentic text that you think would engage your class in some lively debate, but you want to be sure the overall vocabulary level is right for the class,… Continue reading 3 Everyday Uses for the Oxford Text Checker
Category: ELTWeekly Volume 11
OUP’s Complete Professional Development Guide
The Oxford University Press ELT has published The Complete Professional Development Guide: Books You Need To Read In 2020. You should refer this article to learn about the books that can help you to move on towards professional development. The OUP team says, “Teaching during COVID-19 has challenged us to adapt quickly and learn on… Continue reading OUP’s Complete Professional Development Guide
ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 5
Dear all, welcome back to the world of ELTWeekly. Contents of ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 5 5 ways to Engage with Students Online (and Face-to-Face, too!) Creating a Teacher-Driven Professional Development Program Revising Your Teaching Philosophy for This Crisis Teacher-Created Videos for Remote Learning [Video] How to Engage Underperforming Students [Video] Mark Pagel: How language… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 5
Mark Pagel: How language transformed humanity
Biologist Mark Pagel shares an intriguing theory about why humans evolved our complex system of language. He suggests that language is a piece of “social technology” that allowed early human tribes to access a powerful new tool: cooperation.
Teacher-Created Videos for Remote Learning [Video]
When Concourse Village Elementary in the Bronx had to close their school building due to Covid-19, principal Alexa Sorden and her staff pivoted quickly to deliver engaging lessons via video.
Revising Your Teaching Philosophy for This Crisis
Aaron Tombrella has published a new article on Edutopia. The article is titled ‘Revising Your Teaching Philosophy for This Crisis’. Tombrella says, “Like many teachers around the nation, I recently went from face-to-face teaching to online teaching with little time to prep. I first tried to emulate my normal daily procedures virtually—I thought the consistency… Continue reading Revising Your Teaching Philosophy for This Crisis
Creating a Teacher-Driven Professional Development Program
Laura McCullough has published a new article ‘Creating a Teacher-Driven Professional Development Program’ on Edutpoia. McCullough says, “In the usual professional development structure, teachers teach and administrators or coaches observe and offer a list of areas for growth. Changing the design so that instructional leaders give teachers the opportunity to self-assess and self-reflect makes professional… Continue reading Creating a Teacher-Driven Professional Development Program
5 ways to Engage with Students Online (and Face-to-Face, too!)
The Oxford University Press ELT team has published a new article titled ‘5 ways to Engage with Students Online (and Face-to-Face, too!)’. Embracing new digital tools to deliver lessons, shortening the hours of teaching and blending lessons with EdTech can be very beneficial for both teachers and students. There are also a few more tricks we… Continue reading 5 ways to Engage with Students Online (and Face-to-Face, too!)
ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 5
Helping Students Beat Test Anxiety [Article]
Several research works state that learners are overburdened today and they suffer from anxiety of learning and exams etc. Edutopia’s Youki Terada has shared an article on ‘Helping Students Beat Test Anxiety’. Terada says, “A rapid heartbeat. Sweaty palms. Clouded thoughts. For many students, the biggest obstacle to passing a test isn’t what they know,… Continue reading Helping Students Beat Test Anxiety [Article]