Engaging content for your Business English lessons SOCIOINT 2018 Conference, Dubai, July 2-4, 2018 Digital reading versus print texts with Dr. Peter Watkins LILA ’18 Conference, Istanbul, March 30-31, 2018 Using authentic practice tests in the IELTS classroom [Video] Johanna Stirling – activities for low-level literacy in EAP classes [Video] Sarah Lynn on Brain-Based Approaches… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 4
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Digital reading versus print texts with Dr. Peter Watkins
Once again, for this #TDWednesday, we are taking a privileged peek at the forthcoming Teaching and Developing Reading Skills by Dr. Peter Watkins. This week, Peter has selected a digital reading activity from the chapter Exploiting Digital Resources. Nowadays, it’s very common for us to engage with a huge variety of texts in a digital format as well… Continue reading Digital reading versus print texts with Dr. Peter Watkins
Sarah Lynn on Brain-Based Approaches to Teaching [Video]
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]
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