Category: ELTWeekly Volume 7

Cambridge Webinar: ‘Keeping younger learners motivated in the classroom’, March 24

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 8 | March 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] About the webinar Keeping younger learners motivated in the classroom is not always an easy job! Understanding why learning a second language is so different from developing skills in, say, mathematics, helps us find ways to make the process of learning English more meaningful… Continue reading Cambridge Webinar: ‘Keeping younger learners motivated in the classroom’, March 24

Webinar: ‘Oxford Discover: Getting students to speak’, March 26

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 8 | March 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] About the webinar This webinar covers how to create opportunities for meaningful speaking in the classroom and motivate your students to speak with confidence. About the speaker Susan Rivers lived in Taiwan for twenty years and has over 25 years’ experience teaching English in… Continue reading Webinar: ‘Oxford Discover: Getting students to speak’, March 26

Webinar: ‘Video in the Classroom: From exploitation to creation’, April 29

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 8 | March 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] About the webinar On 14th February 2015, YouTube turned 10 years old. Since its early days, the video-sharing site has affected the world in diverse and unpredictable ways. In this practical talk, we will review the changes that online video has made on our… Continue reading Webinar: ‘Video in the Classroom: From exploitation to creation’, April 29

Integrating Technology to Improve Student Comprehension and Production (Video)

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 8 | March 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] The New School presents a conversation on integrating technology to improve student comprehension as a part of the Master degree program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (http://www.newschool.edu/matesol). Motivating today’s tech savvy students is challenging. Blended learning keeps students engaged in and… Continue reading Integrating Technology to Improve Student Comprehension and Production (Video)

Communicative Grammar for Multi-Level English Language Learners (Video)

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 8 | March 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] English language learning is so multi-faceted that experts describe a “heterogeneous language class” as a class with more than one student. Ability, needs, background, age, and psychological make-up are just some of the variables among learners. Preparing different tasks for students at different levels… Continue reading Communicative Grammar for Multi-Level English Language Learners (Video)

ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 7

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 7 | February 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Teachers: What’s Your Motto in the Classroom? (Edutopia blog) A Review of the book “An Introductory Textbook on Translation” ‘International Conference on New Trends in 20th – 21st Century English Literature and Language’ (NTELL, 2015), Haryana, March 13-15 ‘International Colloquium on Contemporary Issues in… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 7

OUP’s ‘Technology Enhanced Language Learning’ Webinar February 25-26

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 7 | February 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Webinar overview Teachers are increasingly expected to make use of digital technologies in their practice. This talk will look at some of the reasons for using technology in language learning and teaching with suggestions for some practical activities. In addition, participants will be encouraged… Continue reading OUP’s ‘Technology Enhanced Language Learning’ Webinar February 25-26

Writing – Solutions to Mistakes (OUP ELT Blog)

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 7 | February 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Olha Madylus says, “Many teachers voice concerns about their students’ inability to improve their writing and learn from their mistakes. Why is it so difficult to improve? Is it the approach we take to writing? We don’t like to write in our own language so… Continue reading Writing – Solutions to Mistakes (OUP ELT Blog)

‘International Colloquium on Contemporary Issues in Language Learning, Teaching, Literature, Media and Culture’, New Delishi, March 15, 2015

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 7 | February 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] The objective of International colloquium on Contemporary issues in Language Learning, Teaching, Literature, Media and Culture is to provide a platform and to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and Ph.D research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results. The colloquium… Continue reading ‘International Colloquium on Contemporary Issues in Language Learning, Teaching, Literature, Media and Culture’, New Delishi, March 15, 2015