Category: ELTWeekly Volume 6

Article: Five top tips for teaching vocabulary, grammar, and listening skills

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 15 | June 9, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] The Cambridge English blog has published an article dealing with teaching of vocabulary, grammar, and listening skills. face2face author Chris Redston has given a series of webinars for Cambridge this year on topics ranging from vocabulary and grammar to speaking and listening. The last webinar in… Continue reading Article: Five top tips for teaching vocabulary, grammar, and listening skills

ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 14

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 14 | May 26, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Video: Getting Students to Stick to English During the Lessons Video: Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley Conference: 21st Century Academic Forum Conference at UC Berkeley, US, August 21-23 Conference: ‘The Great War and English Studies’, University of Dhaka, December 6-7 Research… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 14

Video: Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 14 | May 26, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish — and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational “death valley” we now face, and how… Continue reading Video: Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley

Conference: 21st Century Academic Forum Conference at UC Berkeley, US, August 21-23

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 14 | May 26, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Conference Dates: August 21-23, 2014Venue: Clark Kerr Conference Center at the University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.) Types of Presentations: Keynote Presentations: 45 minutes (invited only) Research Papers: 20 – 25 minute presentations Poster Presentations: 90 minutes Conference Description: The theme of the 21st Century Academic Forum Conference at… Continue reading Conference: 21st Century Academic Forum Conference at UC Berkeley, US, August 21-23

Conference: ‘The Great War and English Studies’, University of Dhaka, December 6-7

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 14 | May 26, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] The First World War was a truly momentous event; things fell apart rapidly all over the world after it; the centre seemed not to hold anymore; millions died or were traumatized because of it; and innocence seemed to give way permanently to massive disillusionment… Continue reading Conference: ‘The Great War and English Studies’, University of Dhaka, December 6-7

Research Paper: ‘Aspects of Editing’ by Professor (Dr) Shibu Simon

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 14 | May 26, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Introduction At the height of the Communicative Approach to language teaching in the late Eighties and in the early Nineties, it had become fashionable to speak derisively of translation, and also to some extent of editing, for its association with the ‘old-fashioned’ Grammar Translation… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Aspects of Editing’ by Professor (Dr) Shibu Simon

ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 13

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 12 | May 12, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] ‘EDULEARN14′ Conference, Barcelona – July 7-9 Research Paper: ‘Folklore as a Multilingual Resource: Using Proverbs in English Language Education’ by Anand Mahanand Article: ‘Motivation: A Key Factor in Second Language Learning’ by Reena Mittal Video: Error Correction in Speaking – The Fun Way Video:… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 13

OUP White Paper: ‘Tablets and Apps in Your School’ by Diana Bannister

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 12 | May 12, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Download OUP’s free white paper for support, guidance and best practice ideas on implementing tablets in teaching and learning. Written by Diana Bannister MBE, Development Director for Learning Technologies at the University of Wolverhampton, and Shaun Wilden, Teacher Training Coordinator at International House World… Continue reading OUP White Paper: ‘Tablets and Apps in Your School’ by Diana Bannister

Video: Game-based Learning

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 12 | May 12, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Online game-based learning has risen in popularity recently, but there is still some debate about how effective it is as a learning tool. Our latest tip, with David Gatrell, explores this area and demonstrates how it can provide opportunities for language learning and motivation.