ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 18

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 18 | October 26, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] International Conference on ‘(Re)envisaging India’s Northeast: Ethnicity, Identity, Culture, Literature’, March 29-30, 2016 – Assam University, Silchar Video: Creating classrooms that work: Esther Wojcicki When learners have a limited vocabulary range #1 (Cambridge Conversations) Video: The Role of Technology in Education Winning the Headway… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 18

International Conference on ‘(Re)envisaging India’s Northeast: Ethnicity, Identity, Culture, Literature’, March 29-30, 2016 – Assam University, Silchar

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 18 | October 26, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] A Two-day International Conference on (Re)envisaging India’s Northeast: Ethnicity, Identity, Culture, Literature March 29-30, 2016 Department of English, Assam University, Silchar Introduction: The Department of English, Assam University, Silchar, has decided to organize a two-day International Conference on “(Re)envisaging India’s Northeast” during 29-30 March, 2016.… Continue reading International Conference on ‘(Re)envisaging India’s Northeast: Ethnicity, Identity, Culture, Literature’, March 29-30, 2016 – Assam University, Silchar

Video: Creating classrooms that work: Esther Wojcicki

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 18 | October 26, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] In this heartfelt TEDxBeaconStreet talk, education innovator Esther Wojcicki shares the simple but powerful formula she used to raise three highly successful children and to build one of the most dynamic and successful high school media studies programs in the U.S. Her method (TRICK)… Continue reading Video: Creating classrooms that work: Esther Wojcicki

Video: Participatory Learning – Powered By Technology

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 18 | October 26, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] The future of learning is personal and participatory, and technology enables new strategies and systems for meeting students, and administrators where they are. This keynote presents the barriers and the necessary innovations for ensuring the future is bright. Karen Cator is the President and… Continue reading Video: Participatory Learning – Powered By Technology

When learners have a limited vocabulary range #1 (Cambridge Conversations)

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 18 | October 26, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] What are the key characteristics of this situation? Learners’ vocabulary development is still at the 3,000-word level. Learners lack knowledge of collocational patterns. Vocabulary development plays a vital role in making the transition from an intermediate to a more advanced level of language proficiency,… Continue reading When learners have a limited vocabulary range #1 (Cambridge Conversations)

Winning the Headway Scholarship – could you be next? (OUP Blog)

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 18 | October 26, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Headway Scholarship 2015 winner from Argentina Every August just after the winter holidays, I’ve been experiencing this burning desire to explore what it is like to live, study or work in a foreign country. As a teacher and translator there came a point in… Continue reading Winning the Headway Scholarship – could you be next? (OUP Blog)

De-stress your classroom: stress management and well-being for teachers and students (OUP Blog)

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 18 | October 26, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] Teaching and learning can be fun and energising. However, many teachers and students nowadays feel pressurised, stressed and de-motivated. Teachers all over the world seem to be faced with increasingly unrealistic expectations, scarce resources, widely diverse student needs as well as the continuing challenge… Continue reading De-stress your classroom: stress management and well-being for teachers and students (OUP Blog)