[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 5 | February 8, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Top 10 Tools for Expression in the EFL Classroom (OUP ELT Blog) Webinar: Help teens build vocabulary and express themselves confidently, February 16 Online video genres and student creation Teaching speaking #1 – Conversational routines Try One New Thing in the New Year Shifting… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 5
Category: Volume 8 Issue 5
Shifting Mental Models in Educators (Edutopia)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 5 | February 8, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Early in my career as an instructional coach, I worked with an enthusiastic new high school teacher who inspired most of her students to demonstrate their learning in all kinds of creative ways. Her ninth-grade English class performed skits, recorded radio plays, and published… Continue reading Shifting Mental Models in Educators (Edutopia)
Try One New Thing in the New Year (Edutopia)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 5 | February 8, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] One of my favorite rituals of the New Year is putting up a fresh wall calendar. Like most of us, I rely on an online tool to keep track of daily appointments and deadlines. But the paper version, with all those blank pages, is… Continue reading Try One New Thing in the New Year (Edutopia)
Teaching speaking #1 – Conversational routines (Cambridge Conversations)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 5 | February 8, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] The mastery of speaking skills in English is a priority for many second-language or foreign-language learners. Consequently, learners often evaluate their success in language learning, as well as the effectiveness of their English course, on the basis of how much they feel they have… Continue reading Teaching speaking #1 – Conversational routines (Cambridge Conversations)
Online video genres and student creation (Cambridge Conversations)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 5 | February 8, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] It is important to consider what’s new with video – more specifically, how online video has blurred traditional divisions and created new genres. As well as traditional genres such as romance, comedy or biography, we now need to consider new genres such as video… Continue reading Online video genres and student creation (Cambridge Conversations)
Webinar: Help teens build vocabulary and express themselves confidently, February 16
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 5 | February 8, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] To develop speaking skills, teenage learners need to practise speaking a great deal and over an extended period of time. But real improvement requires more than just practice – it requires learners to expand their language abilities: grammar, lexis, pronunciation and so on. Chief… Continue reading Webinar: Help teens build vocabulary and express themselves confidently, February 16
Top 10 Tools for Expression in the EFL Classroom (OUP ELT Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 5 | February 8, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Focusing on pronunciation and writing skills, equip your class with the techniques and skills to make telling their stories in English less of a challenge. ‘The Writing Paradox’ – Gareth Davies explores a quick writing exercise to overcome the common hurdle – ‘My students… Continue reading Top 10 Tools for Expression in the EFL Classroom (OUP ELT Blog)