Category: ELTWeekly Volume 11

Developing listening skills with storytelling Teaching English to Preparatory Year Programme (PYP) students Studying Female Poets to Understand History [Interesting Article] How to Manage Cell Phones in the Classroom What’s Your Teacher Reputation? [Edutopia] Getting English Language Learners to Put Down the Books and Have Some Fun 3 Most Essential Reading Skills Your Students Need… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 11 Issue 2

[ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 2 | February 28, 2019 | ISSN 0975-3036] The New School has shared a video on ‘Communicative Language Teaching’ delivered by Jeremy Harmer and Scott Thornbury. About the video The Communicative Approach is so well-established, it’s more or less the default methodology for second language teaching. But where did it come… Continue reading Communicative Language Teaching: Jeremy Harmer and Scott Thornbury

BusyTeacher’s Susan Verner has shared an article on ‘3 Most Essential Reading Skills Your Students Need’. Verner says, “Reading is an essential skill for academic success, and we all know how important it is. We wouldn’t spend the time we do teaching it if we didn’t value reading. Even though reading is so essential, we… Continue reading 3 Most Essential Reading Skills Your Students Need

[ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 2 | February 28, 2019 | ISSN 0975-3036] The BusyTeacher team has published an article titled ‘Getting English Language Learners to Put Down the Books and Have Some Fun’. Stacy Zeiger says, “It’s no surprise to learn that countries like America put a much stronger emphasis on free time and having… Continue reading Getting English Language Learners to Put Down the Books and Have Some Fun

[ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 2 | February 28, 2019 | ISSN 0975-3036] By knowing what your colleagues and students think about you, you can create a chance for yourself to improve. Edutopia’s Ben Johnson has shared an useful article on ‘What’s Your Teacher Reputation?’. Johnson says, “In our teaching, we project our brand to our… Continue reading What’s Your Teacher Reputation? [Edutopia]

[ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 2 | February 28, 2019 | ISSN 0975-3036] ICT has become an inevitable part of today’s classrooms. Phones which are considered as distracting factors, can bring in a variety in your classrooms if used appropriately. Edutopia’s Ben Johnson has shared an useful article on managing cell phones in the classroom. Johnson says,… Continue reading How to Manage Cell Phones in the Classroom

[ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 2 | February 28, 2019 | ISSN 0975-3036] Do you want to learn more about the history? The Edutopia team has published an interesting article on ‘Studying Female Poets to Understand History’. Kasey Short says, “Because history is predominantly told from a male perspective, many of the historical texts are male-dominated.… Continue reading Studying Female Poets to Understand History [Interesting Article]

[ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 2 | February 28, 2019 | ISSN 0975-3036] The OUP Global ELT team has published an article on ‘Teaching English to Preparatory Year Programme (PYP) students’. To be successful at university, students in Preparatory Year Programmes need to improve their language skills in a fairly short amount of time. At a… Continue reading Teaching English to Preparatory Year Programme (PYP) students

[ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 2 | February 28, 2019 | ISSN 0975-3036] OUP’s Gareth Davies has published an interesting article on using storytelling to improve listening skills. Davies says, “I’ve been telling stories with students for about three years but at the end of 2018, I spent three months teaching young adults in Japan and… Continue reading Developing listening skills with storytelling

[ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 1 | February 18, 2019 | ISSN 0975-3036] 7 Pop Culture Elements You Can Use to Engage Your Students What’s Metacognition—and Why Does it Matter? [Video] Artificial Intelligence | ELT EdTech [OUP Blog] Boosting Engagement With Notices and Wonders [Video] Grammar: discovering what to teach and how to teach it 25… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 11 Issue 1