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The latest English Teaching article on BBC TeachingEnglish is titled “UWorldwide survey on use of learners’ own language”.
ellenpd says, “Would you like to contribute to a worldwide research project? Northumbria University and the Open University are investigating how learners’ own language is used in ELT and TESOL classrooms around the world.
The latest English Teaching article on BBC TeachingEnglish is titled “Using texts constructively: what are texts for?”.
Michael Swan says, “Text use may seem a dull topic after all the exciting matters that other guest writers have dealt with recently. However, language learning is, after all, learning language, not just doing fun things with it. And texts – by which I mean the relatively short spoken and written passages that come in textbooks and other teaching materials – can, if they are used properly, play an important part in the learning process. So here goes.
The latest English Teaching article on BBC TeachingEnglish is titled “Worldwide survey on use of learners’ own language”.
TE Editor says, “Would you like to contribute to a worldwide research project? Northumbria University and the Open University are investigating how learners’ own language is used in ELT and TESOL classrooms around the world. The project, funded by the British Council, aims to look at what teachers think about the use of learners’ own language in the ELT classroom and how this influences classroom practice.
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The latest English Teaching article on BBC TeachingEnglish is titled “Using poems to develop productive skills”.
TE Editor says, “You and your students might already enjoy reading and listening to poetry in your own language and perhaps in English too. Poems are, after all, authentic texts. This is a great motivator. Poems are often rich in cultural references, and they present a wide range of learning opportunities. For me, the aim is to teach English through poetry, not to teach the poetry itself, so you don’t need to be a literature expert.
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The latest English Teaching article on BBC TeachingEnglish is titled “Superlative noughts and crosses”.
Derek Spafford says, “I like to use this activity to promote the use of the superlative form. It utilises a well-known game that students find stimulating and fun to play.
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The latest English Teaching article on BBC TeachingEnglish is titled “Second International conference for English language teacher educators”.
TE Editor says, “TThe second international conference for English language teacher educators will be held from 3 to 5 March 2012 at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad. The conference focuses on the theme of Assessment and Evaluation of English Language Teacher Education, Teaching and Learning. The theme is designed to focus our attention on the importance of setting, achieving and maintaining standards which lead to better quality and more accountability, not just at the practitioner level, but also at the programme levels”.
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The latest English Teaching article on BBC TeachingEnglish is titled “Powerpoint for teachers”.
Rob Lewis says, “This is something I’ve already blogged about - if you have the right facilities in your classroom, powerpoint can be a very useful addition to your teaching toolkit”.
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The latest English Teaching article on BBC TeachingEnglish is titled “Vocabulary and autonomy”.
TE Editor says, “This article looks at ways to improve your students’ abilities to both explore, store and use vocabulary. The general aim is to involve the students in a more autonomous fashion in their learning, rather than simply having them presented with word lists selected by the teacher or syllabus.
- The role of vocabulary teaching
- How can teachers help their learners?
- Self-initiated independent learning
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The latest English Teaching article on BBC TeachingEnglish is titled “Teaching the tale: language and memory”.
David Heathfield says, “A feature that is common both to language teaching and to traditional folk and fairy tales is the repetition of phrases or ‘language chunks’. In the most popular English versions of some traditional tales the exact same phrase is repeated unmodified, e.g. ‘I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down,’ Wolf threatens each of the Three Little Pigs. In other tales a phrase is repeated but amended each time, e.g.
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