[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 18 | July 21, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] ‘How do you teach the difference between “a” and “the” during conversation class?’ by Eric Roth ‘Three YouTube Videos to Help Your Students Speak Better’ – Tarun Patel Spontaneity in Language Teaching Conference, Birmingham, September 27 Third UAD TEFL International Conference 2014, Indonesia, September… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 18
Category: ELTWeekly Volume 6
Article: ‘Bilingualism is the need of the hour’ by Reena Mittal
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 18 | July 21, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] This article is written and submitted by Reena Mittal. Multinational Culture has made English a cap of Tea for everyone, how so ever he or she is doing. All the development and progress of Jobs, Business, higher studies and even our day to day conversation… Continue reading Article: ‘Bilingualism is the need of the hour’ by Reena Mittal
‘How do you teach the difference between “a” and “the” during conversation class?’ by Eric Roth
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 18 | July 21, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Helping English language learners distinguish articles remains important in advanced ESL and English conversation classes “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” ―Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) Dutch painter Does it make sense to emphasize the difference between articles (a, an, the)… Continue reading ‘How do you teach the difference between “a” and “the” during conversation class?’ by Eric Roth
‘Three YouTube Videos to Help Your Students Speak Better’ – Tarun Patel
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 18 | July 21, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Today I would like to share with you three YouTube videos which could be used in classroom to help students become better speakers. Here is the first video: In this video, John Kay has discussed various speaking techniques and how to teach them… Continue reading ‘Three YouTube Videos to Help Your Students Speak Better’ – Tarun Patel
Spontaneity in Language Teaching Conference, Birmingham, September 27
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 18 | July 21, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] On 27th September, 2014 Horizon Language Training will be putting on a one day conference for language teachers at Brasshouse Language Centre, Birmingham. The conference will feature talks and workshops on the theme of Spontaneity in language teaching from some great speakers – Adrian… Continue reading Spontaneity in Language Teaching Conference, Birmingham, September 27
Third UAD TEFL International Conference 2014, Indonesia, September 17-18
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 18 | July 21, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] The third UTIC 2014 aims to bring together innovative work and new ideas in ELT from a number of different experts in the area while providing a medium for English language teachers and practitioners in general to exchange and share ideas and experience… Continue reading Third UAD TEFL International Conference 2014, Indonesia, September 17-18
Article: How the FIFA World Cup™ can inform English Language teaching
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 18 | July 21, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] The Cambridge English blog has published an article on FIFA World Cup’s influence on ELT. The 2014 FIFA World Cup™ has had everything – great goals, classic matches, drama, controversy and even a linguistic study from the team here at Cambridge University Press.… Continue reading Article: How the FIFA World Cup™ can inform English Language teaching
Article: Easy CLIL ideas for the young learner classroom
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 18 | July 21, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] The OUP ELT blog has published an article dealing with CLIL. Bring a selection of flashcards to class. Draw two large circles on the board. Label them with two different categories. For example, fruit / dairy, plastic / paper, animals / plants. You can use more… Continue reading Article: Easy CLIL ideas for the young learner classroom
ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 17
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 15 | June 9, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Article: Blended and cooperative learning in EAP Conference: ’7th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF7)’, Athens, September 4-6 Conference: ’8th Malaysia International Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures’, Penang, August 12-14 For your classroom: ‘A self-determination theory based lesson plan that… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 17
Conference: ‘7th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF7)’, Athens, September 4-6
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 15 | June 9, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] From the conference organizers: The 7th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF7), to be held at DEREE- The American College of Greece, Athens, on September 4-6, 2014, follows the highly successful first six conferences in the series, which were held in Helsinki… Continue reading Conference: ‘7th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF7)’, Athens, September 4-6