Sponsored by the Literacy Assistance Center and the Department of Language Learning and Teaching at The New School (http://www.newschool.edu/public-engag…). What does recent research say about the mind, memory, and learning? How can we, as educators, translate these findings into engaging and enriching student learning? In this session you will learn hands-on teaching techniques to enhance… Continue reading Sarah Lynn on Brain-Based Approaches to Teaching [Video]
Category: Volume 10
Johanna Stirling – activities for low-level literacy in EAP classes [Video]
Using authentic practice tests in the IELTS classroom [Video]
Preparing students for high-stakes exams brings many challenges, including the risk of over-testing. This webinar from teacher trainer Allen Davenport aims to guide teachers in exploiting authentic practice material, with the objective of bridging the teaching of language and test preparation needed to help our students succeed. This webinar focuses on the IELTS Speaking section,… Continue reading Using authentic practice tests in the IELTS classroom [Video]
LILA ’18 Conference, Istanbul, March 30-31, 2018
LILA ’18 / V. International Linguistics and Language Studies Conference will be held at Nippon Meeting Halls in Istanbul. The conference is coordinated by DAKAM (Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center) and will be organized by BILSAS (Science, Art, Sport Productions). Since 2014, more than two hundred presentations by scholars from different places of the world has been hosted by DAKAM’s LILA Conferences and three proceedings books have been published.… Continue reading LILA ’18 Conference, Istanbul, March 30-31, 2018
SOCIOINT 2018 Conference, Dubai, July 2-4, 2018
SOCIOINT 2018– 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES will be held in DUBAI (UAE), on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of July 2018 is an interdisciplinary international conference that invites academics, independent scholars and researchers from around the world to meet and exchange the latest ideas and discuss issues concerning all fields of Education, Social Sciences and Humanities.… Continue reading SOCIOINT 2018 Conference, Dubai, July 2-4, 2018
Engaging content for your Business English lessons
What’s the point of talking about this? Because exploring a topic with your class that they are interested in and passionate about can spark some great conversations. Discussing content that students don’t want to engage with is, in contrast, nowhere near as valuable. In this post, Business English author John Hughes looks at the types of topics… Continue reading Engaging content for your Business English lessons
ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 3
Dr. John Macaliste on Challenges in language teacher education Conference: Third National Conference on Indian English : Concepts, Contexts and Pedagogy, Gujarat, February 2-3, 2018 Why should we teach phrasal verbs? Marjo Mitsutomi & Minna Kirjavainen on First and Second Language Acquisition Let’s talk speaking: Watch the recording! Stephen Krashen at the 36th TESOL Greece… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 3
Dr. John Macaliste on Challenges in language teacher education
When people embark upon the journey to become a language teacher, they begin to face challenges to the beliefs they already have about language learning and teaching, beliefs that have to a large extent been formed by their own experience as language learners. During the language teacher education programme, there is an expectation that change… Continue reading Dr. John Macaliste on Challenges in language teacher education
Marjo Mitsutomi & Minna Kirjavainen on First and Second Language Acquisition
Prof. Mitsutomi and Dr. Kirjavainen co-presented at the IAFOR Asian Conference on Language Learning 2014 (ACLL2014) in Osaka, Japan. For more information about the ACLL conference, please visit www.acll.iafor.org. Their Featured Presentation looks at the process of first and second language acquisition and introduces some of their latest findings in the course of doing their… Continue reading Marjo Mitsutomi & Minna Kirjavainen on First and Second Language Acquisition