An extensive reading and speed-reading programme
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If the Communicative Approach has been superseded, what, asks Simon Andrewes, has taken its place?
The year 2020 was a year full of challenges to everybody around the world, as
The secret of motivation lies in the language you use, say Jane Revell and Susan
Overall, academic writing simultaneously creates fascination and fear in English language learners, and I see
This article is an attempt to distil the essence of what is involved in the
In Company 3.0 Logistics John Allison and Jeremy Townend Macmillan Education 2017 I was probably
Perspectives (Intermediate) (British English version) Daniel Barber, Lewis Lansford, Amanda Jeffries National Geographic Learning 2017
Films and TV series are some of the most engaging pieces of authentic materials and have been used in English lessons for a long time. Watch to discover five ways to use films and TV series to make lessons more engaging and promote learning even outside the classroom.
Sheila Thorn is the author of Integrating Authentic Listening into the Language Classroom from Pavilion ELT. In this interview, she tells us more about herself, offers some useful advice, discusses what has inspired her and explained why you should go buy her book.
A confusing conversation in her local petrol station one day led Chia Suan Chong to explore the factors that can cause misunderstanding, from possible expectations of her non-native appearance to the regional variations of language use. She soon realised that sometimes having the right words still isn’t enough.
Some say that our classrooms should feature 70% of student talking time and only 30% of teacher talking time. But how can we get students talking for the majority of their time in the classroom if we don’t know how to listen? Chia Suan Chong, our ETp blogger, explores how listening to students can encourage them to communicate and offer ten tips to help teachers become better listeners.
Much of what we do in the language classroom is categorised as a focus on accuracy or a focus on fluency. We should either be correcting our students’ grammar usage, or helping them get rid of those gaps in between utterances. But is the development of communicative competence and the work on communication skills also part of a focus on fluency? Or are they different things? Chia Suan Chong explores.
With so many joining in the decluttering movement sparked by Marie Kondo and her new TV series, Chia Suan Chong considers how she can use her method to declutter her study, reorganise her books and papers, and make space for new thoughts and ideas.
We are delighted to announce that ETpedia is a finalist for Innovation in teacher resources category at the British Council ELTons Awards for Innovation in English Language Teaching.