ELTWeekly Issue#67

#67, News: Robot Teachers! (Coming Soon to a Classroom Near You)

Post author:Tarun Patel
Post published:August 19, 2010
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They’re coming, and they’ll be here by September! Robot teachers, programmed with a single mission: to save our failing schools. Funded by the Frankenstein Foundation, computer engineers in secret mountain…

#67, Word of the week: Alveolar consonants

Post author:Tarun Patel
Post published:August 19, 2010
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Blending is one of the many ways new words are made in English. It refers to joining the beginning of one word and the end of another to make a…

#67, Article: Cuisenaire rods in the language classroom

Post author:Tarun Patel
Post published:August 19, 2010
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The first time I saw Cuisenaire rods being used in the language classroom I had no idea how much fun they could be. Since then I've used them in both…