[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 17 | September 21, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] How many words do learners need in order to operate effectively in English? How do we decide which words to prioritize, and in what order to teach them? How does the careful grading of vocabulary in a text aid learning? Which tools can… Continue reading OUP Webinar: Choosing your words carefully, September 22
Category: ELTWeekly Volume 7
Teaching Pre-School Children: The Importance of Stories (Cambridge Conversations)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 17 | September 21, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Oral stories are particularly important. For both adults and children language is perceived largely through sound, which many people believe links to a primitive human instinct. It’s easy to ignore words on a page, but humans are hard wired to pay attention to… Continue reading Teaching Pre-School Children: The Importance of Stories (Cambridge Conversations)
Strategies for Teaching IELTS: Part One – Where to start? (OUP Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 17 | September 21, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] As with most things in life, the key to a successful IELTS course is in the preparation. If you have a clear idea of what you and your students need to do from the outset then you are far more likely to help… Continue reading Strategies for Teaching IELTS: Part One – Where to start? (OUP Blog)
Messages, Discussions and Chats: Increasing Student Interaction (OUP Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 17 | September 21, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Today’s students are not limited to learning English in the classroom only. Through the use of technology, learning English has become 24/7 – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In this environment, what is the teacher’s role in helping their students… Continue reading Messages, Discussions and Chats: Increasing Student Interaction (OUP Blog)
ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16 | August 31, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Six ways to boost classroom participation: Part Six (OUP Blog) Bridging the gap between receptive and productive competence (Cambridge Conversations) Five Tips for Planning an ICT Implementation (Video) OUP Webinar: Assigning homework and tracking your students’ progress with the Online Practice and Online… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16
Bridging the gap between receptive and productive competence (Cambridge Conversations)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16 | August 31, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Key characteristics While learners’ receptive competence continues to develop, their productive competence remains relatively static. Language items that learners recognize and understand in the input they hear do not pass into their productive competence. All language users have greater receptive competence (language they… Continue reading Bridging the gap between receptive and productive competence (Cambridge Conversations)
OUP Webinar: Assigning homework and tracking your students’ progress with the Online Practice and Online Workbooks for your course, September 8 & 24
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16 | August 31, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Find out how to assign homework and track students’ progress with the Online Practice or Online Workbooks for your course at oxfordlearn.com. The webinar is for teachers using the following courses: Aim High American English File, second edition Business Result English File, third… Continue reading OUP Webinar: Assigning homework and tracking your students’ progress with the Online Practice and Online Workbooks for your course, September 8 & 24
OUP Webinar: Using e-books in class: practical tips and ideas, September 9-10
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16 | August 31, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Join Stacey Hughes, an Oxford Teacher Trainer with 20 years teaching experience, as she shares her practical tips and ideas on how e-books can be used in class to enhance the learning experience for your students. In this webinar you’ll learn about: the… Continue reading OUP Webinar: Using e-books in class: practical tips and ideas, September 9-10
Six ways to boost classroom participation: Part Six (OUP Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16 | August 31, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] When students are busy in an English class thinking about how to go about saying something, they can become weighed down by the need to produce perfect linguistic patterns. So they focus too much on accuracy, rather than really communicating. So how can… Continue reading Six ways to boost classroom participation: Part Six (OUP Blog)
Five Tips for Planning an ICT Implementation (Video)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 16 | August 31, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Education professionals share valuable advice on planning an ICT implementation based on their unique experiences. Featuring Doug Brown, Jim Gibbons, Craig McBain, and Kobus van Wyk. Filmed at GETS North America 2010 and GETS Africa 2010.