Vol. 5 Issue 2 – Article: ‘Don’t Let Perfectionism Silence You!’ by Eric Roth

Some English students make learning English even more difficult by expecting themselves to speak “perfect”, with “no accent” just like ” a real native English speaker.” May I suggest that this noble goal is both very difficult to achieve – especially for adults – and often even unwise.

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Vol. 5 Issue 2 – Webinar: Social Networking and ELT Pedagogy, January 17

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#2 | January 14, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036

OUP team is hosting a webinar Thursday, January 17, 2013. The webinar is on ‘Social Networking and ELT Pedagogy’.

Social networking helps students get more English practice, make English-speaking friends, and find better jobs in the future. But is there any evidence that social networking improves the learning process? Yes! Research indicates that social networking provides five key benefits to ELT learners such as building more meaningful communities and personalizing the learning process.

This session provides an overview of the research and suggests practical ways instructors can incorporate social media lessons into their teaching. (more…)

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Vol. 5 Issue 2 – Webinar: Let’s Share: Bringing Technology into Your Young Learner Classroom, January 25

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#2 | January 14, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036

OUP team is hosting a webinar Friday, January 25, 2013. The webinar is on ‘Let’s Share: Bringing Technology into Your Young Learner Classroom’.

Would you like to bring technology into your English class? Not sure how to start? Incorporating even a small amount of technology in your teaching can yield enormous rewards in learning.

Join Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto in a webinar that will help you to:

  • Understand how technology can enhance your lessons
  • Find innovative ways to use the technology tools you already have available to you
  • Include high tech ideas in your lessons even if you teach in a low tech classroom.

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