Vol. 4 Issue 17 – Webinar: CLIL for secondary schools

In this session we will explore what works in CLIL. We will stress the final L in CLIL. Learning will be the focus of the session. In addition, we will unpick what is meant by CLIL in different contexts. Finally we will look at some strategies that are practical, learning centered and inclusive.

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Vol. 4 Issue 17 – Book Of The Week: Easy English for Busy People

Communicate is a two-book video-based communication course specially written to improve listening and speaking skills for English students in upper-secondary classes. The course covers the areas such as English in the personal sphere, English at work, academic English and English in a public or social context.

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Vol. 4 Issue 17 – Research Paper: ‘Teaching and Testing Intensive Speaking Skills’ by Mamta Amin & Nitin Pillai

Speaking skills are imperative to develop communication competence. However, the need of the hour is to define the kind of speaking to be taught to the students and helping them gain the expertise through engaging classroom practices and valid testing methods. This paper deals with the different theories of speaking before zeroing in on Intensive speaking and promotes a theoretically sound method of teaching and testing Intensive speaking for beginners.

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