Tag: ELT Videos

Vol. 4 Issue 24 – Video: The Phonetics Symbols Course – Lesson 1

This video course has been prepared to give language students a powerful tool for speaking English well. The videos aim to identify and help with the pronunciation of the 39 phonetic symbols of the English language. You may read more about the use of phonetics at http://www.tipsforenglish.com/?p=388 ‘Why Phonetics?’

Vol. 4 Issue 23 – Video: English-English Talking Dictionary

English-English Talking Dictionary carries more than 5,00,000 Words. For each word it gives different accurate MEANINGS, Audio PRONUNCIATIONS(English & Marathi both), appropriate EXAMPLES, various SYNONYMS, ANTONYMS, HISTORY and GRAMMATICAL description with PICTORIAL explanation. more details at ..http://www.khandbahale.com/eetd.php

Vol. 4 Issue 21 – Webinar: Transitioning ESL Students to the Workplace

The Cambridge team has posted a replay of the ‘Transitioning ESL Students to the Workplace’ webinar.

Vol. 4 Issue 20 – Webinar: Ten ideas for mobile learning

This webinar, aimed at teachers with little or no experience in the subject, will show ten practical ways you can exploit mobile technology in order to support language learning. We will look at uses for both the teacher in class, and for the learner outside of lessons.

Vol. 4 Issue 20 – Video: Robert K. Logan on The Origin and Evolution of Language

University of Toronto Physics professor Robert K. Logan on The Origin and Evolution of Language and the Emergence of Concepts

Vol. 4 Issue 19 – Webinar: Thinking skills

In this webinar I will be focussing on some of the reasons why thinking is not always built into language classes and some of the things that teachers can do to encourage their learners to think more critically and more effectively. I will refer, among other things, to the place of textbooks, the importance of questions and questioning, the value of language awareness work and the inner world of learners.

Vol. 4 Issue 19 – Video: Speaking Up: The Origins of Language

Dr. Gustafson has been teaching at Villanova University for the past 23 years. He offers classes in political anthropology, Latin American politics and international relations. His research interests focus on the same areas.

Vol. 4 Issue 18 – Video: Language and the Mind Revisited – The Biolinguistic Turn

UC Berkeley presents the The Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lecture series, featuring linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky. Chomsky examines biolinguistics – the study of relations between physiology and speech.