[ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 10 | May 7, 2018 | ISSN 0975-3036]

In a Socratic seminar, Socratic circle, fishbowl, or Harkness discussion, the primary goal is for students to engage in and sustain an academic discussion independent of the teacher. The benefits of student-led discussions are well documented—students learn to purposefully reference the text as evidence as they develop opinions, and they learn to be more receptive to and respectful of the ideas of others.

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[ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 10 | May 7, 2018 | ISSN 0975-3036]

* Published from Cambridge ELT Blog.

In this article Marcin Lewandowski looks at processing and memorising data in chunks, to aid vocabulary learning in the EFL classroom.

Let’s try a little experiment. Look at the following letters for a few seconds: R, O, Z, R, Y, W, K, A. Now, look away and write the letters on a sheet of paper from memory.

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[ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 10 | May 7, 2018 | ISSN 0975-3036]

* Published from Cambridge ELT Blog.

Are you looking for ideas for using practice tests with exam students? As the official publishers for Cambridge English Qualifications, and the writers of the IELTS test, we’ve got plenty up our sleeves…

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