ELTWeekly Issue#64

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Video: Middle English: Languages of the World News-1: Take notes by texting News-2: Dispatch: Learning ‘Globish’ Research Paper: ‘Patterns of the Iranian Advanced Learners’ Problems with English Collocations’ by Abbas…

#64, Article: ICT in ELT: Using BBC Learning English Content in ELT, Part 2

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In the first part of this article, I have given a general introduction to the experiment I carried out with the students of Pharmacy at CHARUSAT. This week, I am…

#64, ELT Article: ‘English Language Teaching – How to Use MindMaps’ by David F. James

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Here is a method you will definitely want to include in your English language teaching toolkit:

MindMaps

What Are MindMaps?

A MindMap is a diagram showing related words and ideas linked around a central word of idea. By representing words in a radial fashion, the mind can quickly assimilate a number of words at once and see their relation to other words. Seeing a complete picture in this way is, under some circumstances, much more effective than representing the same information in a linear fashion.

Where Did MindMaps Come From?

Tony Buzan, an author and educational consultant, created them, coined the term and formally introduced the idea of MindMaps back in 1974.

How Can MindMaps Be Used In English Language Teaching? (more…)