Conference: Space, Narratives, and South Asian Canadian Diasporic/Transnational Experiences, March 4-5, 2021 Expanding English language teachers’ knowledge repertoire [Research Paper] 3 Tips to Remember When English Language Learners Struggle Tongue twisters in the ESL classroom – yes or no? Five exam preparation tips to help build student confidence Exploring the possibilities of reporting teacher research… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 12, Issue 6 | March 2021
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ELTWeekly Volume 12, Issue 5 | February 2021
Secrets To Effective Assessment: FREE Word Lists! Five exam preparation tips to help build student confidence Developing empathy through role reversal: a personal case study How to develop oracy skills in your secondary class [Video] Using puppets to get children talking in English [Video] How To Energize Your Bored Students With This Great Game 3… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 12, Issue 5 | February 2021
3 Ideas to Help Teachers Thrive This Year
Edutopia’s Thomas Arnett has published an article titled ‘3 Ideas to Help Teachers Thrive This Year’. As a former middle school math teacher and now father of three young children, I know this has probably been the most challenging school year in history. The world is still far from getting back to normal. In the… Continue reading 3 Ideas to Help Teachers Thrive This Year
How To Energize Your Bored Students With This Great Game
Busy Teacher’s Graham Dixon has published an article on involving students in your classroom activities. It’s extremely adaptable and can be used for almost limitless purposes: Review of the day’s material, or before a test Check understanding of key concepts and terms Diagnostic tests, to help draw up a syllabus or decide the students’ level Quizzing… Continue reading How To Energize Your Bored Students With This Great Game
Using puppets to get children talking in English [Video]
Karen Frazier, co-author of the Let’s Go series, shares some ideas for using puppets to get children speaking in English in the classroom.
How to develop oracy skills in your secondary class [Video]
Watch Ed, Sean and Charlotte as they discuss oracy skills and their importance for secondary students.
Developing empathy through role reversal: a personal case study
After a decade of working in translator training in Israel and another of teaching English majors, two years ago I accepted a position teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at a teacher-training college in Jerusalem. I walked into the EAP classroom confident that teaching EAP to future teachers would have a great deal in common… Continue reading Developing empathy through role reversal: a personal case study
Five exam preparation tips to help build student confidence
The Cambridge English team has published a useful article on helping your students to prepare for the exams. English language exams are stepping stones to bigger and better things. Exams give students something to aim for and help them develop the skills they need in their lives, education and the workplace. Teachers everywhere want to… Continue reading Five exam preparation tips to help build student confidence
Secrets To Effective Assessment: FREE Word Lists!
Here is an article from Oxford University Press ELT Blog. When we create assessments, why is it important to make sure vocabulary is at a particular level? When we create tests, we have to know that learners have sufficient vocabulary to engage with the reading and listening materials. If the level is too high, the… Continue reading Secrets To Effective Assessment: FREE Word Lists!
ELTWeekly Volume 12, Issue 4 | February 2021
Scott Thornbury – What’s the latest method? Language Variety by Nick Shepherd Content based instruction in teacher education: re-shaping pre-service teachers’ beliefs about language teaching [Article] Going beyond us and them: exploring the pronoun use of professionalising English language teachers in East Asia [Article] 3 Tips to Remember When English Language Learners Struggle Inference Worksheets… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 12, Issue 4 | February 2021