[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2 | January 12, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Dr. Ann Snow says, “This month I will be teaching a new academic writing course for second language students at my university. I am thus thinking a lot about writing these days and looking forward to helping my students become better academic writers.… Continue reading OUP ELT Article: The Many Challenges of Academic Writing for ESL
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Research Paper: ‘Incorporating Collocation Teaching in a Reading-Writing Program’ by Yang Ying & Jiang Jingyi
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2 | January 12, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Abstract This paper discusses vocabulary teaching in tertiary institutions in China and points out the importance of learning collocation in an English as a foreign language context. The authors propose that the teaching of collocation should be incorporated into any standard reading-writing program… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Incorporating Collocation Teaching in a Reading-Writing Program’ by Yang Ying & Jiang Jingyi
Video: Monique Markoff on blended learning and the future of education
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2 | January 12, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Blended Learning has become a catch phrase– a buzzword for using technology in the classroom. The idea is used to describe the education system’s response to the need… Continue reading Video: Monique Markoff on blended learning and the future of education
Video: 7 Skills students need for their future
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2 | January 12, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Dr. Tony Wagner, co-director of Harvard’s Change Leadership Group has identified what he calls a “global achievement gap,” which is the leap between what even our best schools are teaching, and the must-have skills of the future: * Critical thinking and problem-solving *… Continue reading Video: 7 Skills students need for their future
Video: How is ICT changing the way teachers teach?
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2 | January 12, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Education is undergoing a revolution. The Networked Society is creating a new approach to knowledge, providing students with stimulating learning methods and teachers with new educational tools. In this short film, teachers at Coventry University spoke to us about how technology is shaping… Continue reading Video: How is ICT changing the way teachers teach?
News: Students Will Boost the Global Digital English Language Learning Market by 2019
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 2 | January 12, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] The Global Digital English Language Learning Market is expected to grow at a CAGR 12.96 percent from 2014-2019, says research firm TechNavio. The number of people learning the English language in 2014 was over one billion and this number is expected to double… Continue reading News: Students Will Boost the Global Digital English Language Learning Market by 2019
ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 1
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 1 | January 5, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] ‘My Dream Room – A lesson plan for 1st grade JHS students using like, play, and have’ by David Ockert LLCSKR – 2015 Conference (Vignan’s University) Update – Dates Extended CET Webinar: Creativity, Pedagogy and Mobile Technology, February 11, 2015 Video: Benefits and challenges… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 1
‘My Dream Room – A lesson plan for 1st grade JHS students using like, play, and have’ by David Ockert
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 1 | January 5, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] This paper presents two variations on a single lesson plan, which continues with an approach toward EFL pedagogy using self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985; Ryan & Deci, 2000) as a theoretical basis. These SDT based lesson plans are actually tasks – as… Continue reading ‘My Dream Room – A lesson plan for 1st grade JHS students using like, play, and have’ by David Ockert
LLCSKR – 2015 Conference (Vignan’s University) Update – Dates Extended
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 1 | January 5, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] The LLCSKR – 2015 conference (Vignan’s University) abstract and full paper submission dates have been extended to January 12, 2015. For any assistance, please contact Dr. Mrs. S.D. Sasi Kiran on her email id sasikiran2@gmail.com. About the conference (LLCSKR – 2015) is concerned with the relation… Continue reading LLCSKR – 2015 Conference (Vignan’s University) Update – Dates Extended
CET Webinar: Creativity, Pedagogy and Mobile Technology, February 11, 2015
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 1 | January 5, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] What is creativity and how do you incorporate it into daily lesson plans? How can you also include mobile technology in the creative process so both you and your students are developing together? Our students and the world around us are a constant source of inspiration… Continue reading CET Webinar: Creativity, Pedagogy and Mobile Technology, February 11, 2015