Research Article: ‘Call Me… Maybe: A Framework for Integrating the Internet into ELT’ by George M. Chinnery

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 5 | February 2, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]

Imagine your students practicing their English by playing the role of film critic on movie-review websites like Rotten Tomatoes (rottentomatoes. com) … or product reviewer on online shopping sites like Amazon (amazon.com) … or reporter on digital storytelling sites like Storify (storify. com).

On the Internet, students of English have an authentic context in which to share their lives through expressive narrative and eye-catching imagery on social media organizers like Pinterest (pinterest.com). (more…)

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Cambridge Blog: How to help your students to stop struggling and start speaking

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 3 | January 19, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]

Anna says, “For me, as a language teacher, getting students to speak up in class and motivating them to participate in discussions is a challenging task. But, as a language learner I know that speaking a foreign language can be a vulnerable, scary and stressful experience. Whether in a class setting or in real-life situations with native speakers, under the pressure of “having to say something”, a lot of language learners start feeling self-conscious and insecure.

As someone who has spent her entire life as an expatriate in multilingual environments, I still feel this way in certain situations, and I believe that there are certain underlying issues that need to be addressed, in order to encourage language learners to speak up, and to engage them in conversations. (more…)

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