Tag: ELT Reading Tips

Beyond the classroom… Involving parents in learning, June 28-29 (OUP Webinar)

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 10 | June 20, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] This webinar looks at learning beyond the classroom. We will focus on activities to encourage parents to become active participants in their children’s learning process. Join me to find out more about how you can make learning meaningful for everyone! About Speaker Vanessa Esteves has been… Continue reading Beyond the classroom… Involving parents in learning, June 28-29 (OUP Webinar)

Don’t Ditch Dictation (BusyTeacher)

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 10 | June 20, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] It seemed boring and often pointless, and I figured there were better activities for my limited class time. But when I decided to give dictation a chance, I found out there are lots of ways to make it fun, interactive, and purposeful for ESL students.… Continue reading Don’t Ditch Dictation (BusyTeacher)

Bring Cinema into Your Classroom (BusyTeacher)

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 10 | June 20, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] People love movies. The movie business is proof that a good movie can make a huge impact on both society and individuals. That’s also true for your classroom. Movies can make learning great. I’m sure you’ve attended or taught classes that used movies as a… Continue reading Bring Cinema into Your Classroom (BusyTeacher)

Carol Read on ‘Seven Ways to Promote Creativity in the Classroom’ (Video)

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 10 | June 20, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Whether you teach pre-school, young learners, teens or adults, the ability to make your classroom a place where creativity thrives is a crucial factor in motivating and engaging learners. This talk explores seven ways to promote creativity and illustrates each one with a range of… Continue reading Carol Read on ‘Seven Ways to Promote Creativity in the Classroom’ (Video)

Using Corpora for EAP Writing Development (OUP ELT Blog)

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 10 | June 20, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Maggie Charles says, ” Do you spend hours looking for appropriate EAP examples? Do you sometimes struggle to answer when your students ask, ‘Can I say…?’ or ‘Is there another word for…?’. As EAP teachers, we encounter such problems on a daily basis and this where… Continue reading Using Corpora for EAP Writing Development (OUP ELT Blog)

11th International and 47th Annual conference on ‘Content-based Instruction and Learning: Redefining the English Language Curriculum’, Hyderabad, June 30, July 1&2, 2016

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 10 | June 20, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] The English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELTAI) is holding its 11th International and 47th Annual conference at the Vasavi College, Hyderabad on the theme, ‘Content-based Instruction and Learning: Redefining the English Language Curriculum’ on 30 June and 1-2 July 2016. Speakers include Maia K Norton (British… Continue reading 11th International and 47th Annual conference on ‘Content-based Instruction and Learning: Redefining the English Language Curriculum’, Hyderabad, June 30, July 1&2, 2016

Trips and tips… Paris and Blended Learning (Cambridge Conversations)

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 10 | June 20, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Gary Anderson says, “I didn’t have to travel far to attend the i-Learning Forum across town here in Paris recently. The trade show billed itself as ‘Technologies at the Service of Learning’ and the attendees were mainly Training and Human Resources managers from businesses. But the… Continue reading Trips and tips… Paris and Blended Learning (Cambridge Conversations)

Research Paper: ‘A Validation Study of the CEFR Levels of Phrasal Verbs in the English Vocabulary Profile’ by Masashi Negishia, Yukio Tonoa and Yoshihito Fujitaa

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 9 | June 6, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Abstract This article reports on a part of the development and validation project for the English Vocabulary Profile (EVP). The previous version of the EVP included 439 phrasal verbs as well as 4,666 individual word entries. Each of their meanings is ordered according to its… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘A Validation Study of the CEFR Levels of Phrasal Verbs in the English Vocabulary Profile’ by Masashi Negishia, Yukio Tonoa and Yoshihito Fujitaa

Webinar Replay: Supporting and exploiting student-generated videos

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 9 | June 6, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Last November, Anna Whitcher’s webinar Putting Students in the Director’s Chair looked at the practicalities of how teachers can use video creation as an engaging classroom project. This week, Ceri Jones explored this further – looking at how the video project can maximise language use and… Continue reading Webinar Replay: Supporting and exploiting student-generated videos