Tag: ELT Tips

ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 24

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 24 | September 29, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Discover: Dictionaries in the classroom ‘Teach English with Infographics’ – Tarun Patel ‘Macmillan Education Online Conference’, November 10-14, 2014 ‘5th International Conference on Teaching English as a Foreign Language’, Portugal – November 21-22 MIT Professor’s Lecture on ‘Listening, Speaking, and Pronunciation’ (Session 1) MIT… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 24

‘Teach English with Infographics’ – Tarun Patel

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 24 | September 29, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Information graphics or infographics are defined as “graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present complex information quickly and clearly”. Google shows 624,000 results for the keyword infographics. There number of online services available for creating infographics. Some of the services are piktochart.com, infogr.am, infographicscreator.com, create.visual.ly and venngage.com.… Continue reading ‘Teach English with Infographics’ – Tarun Patel

Discover: Dictionaries in the classroom

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 24 | September 29, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Hi everyone, I just found an interesting discussion on the usage of dictionaries in the classroom. The topic of the survey / discussion is: How do you use dictionaries in your classroom? Do your students use dictionaries to look up the meanings of words… Continue reading Discover: Dictionaries in the classroom

ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 23

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 23 | September 22, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Using TED Talks for developing speaking skills of learners ‘Smart Business Talk’ Book Focuses on Colloquial Expressions in Business English How to teach phonics to kindergarten children (Video) Activating Speaking – Incredible Teaching Tip (Video) ‘Education and Development Conference 2015′, March 5-7, 2015… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 23

Using TED Talks for developing speaking skills of learners

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 23 | September 22, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Multimedia contents are a great aid in teaching languages. As we all know the Internet has brought in a revolution in terms of accessing and utilizing such contents anywhere. In past few years, TED videos have got a momentum when it comes to… Continue reading Using TED Talks for developing speaking skills of learners

‘Smart Business Talk’ Book Focuses on Colloquial Expressions in Business English

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 23 | September 22, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] A new book from Manhattan Review, “Smart Business Talk,” is one of the first books with a primary focus on the uses, techniques and subtleties of Business English in addition to cultural differences. The goal is to effectively prepare non-native English-speaking professionals and students to manage challenges… Continue reading ‘Smart Business Talk’ Book Focuses on Colloquial Expressions in Business English