Conference: ‘The Asian Conference on Society, Education & Technology 2014’, Japan – October 28

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 16 | June 30, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036]

The International Academic Forum in partnership with Waseda University (Japan), Birkbeck University of London (UK), The National Institute of Education (Singapore), The National University of Tainan (Taiwan), Lincoln University (UK), the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKSAR), Virginia Tech (USA), Auburn University (USA), and its global partners is proud to announce the Second Annual Asian Conference on Society, Education & Technology, to be held from October 28-November 2, 2014, at the Rihga Royal Hotel & the adjoining Osaka International Conference Center, Osaka, Japan.

Professor Keith Miller

ACSET 2014 Conference Co-Chair and Featured Speaker

Professor, University of Illinois Springfield, USA
Keith W. Miller is the Schewe Professor of Liberal Arts and Science at the University of Illinois Springfield, where he is a member of the Computer Science Department, and an associate member of the Philosophy Department. Dr. Miller’s research interests are in software testing and in computer ethics, and he is currently the editor-in-chief of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine. He was awarded the 2011 Joseph Weizenbaum Award by the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology. (more…)

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Article: Classroom speaking challenges: it’s so hard getting the weaker students to join in

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 15 | June 9, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036]

The OUP ELT blog has published an article dealing with the classroom engagement of weaker students.

Erika Osvath, an experienced teacher and teacher-trainer, explores the third of our Solutions Speaking Challenges: ‘It’s so hard getting the weaker students to join in’. 

As I am sitting at my desk thinking over the issue of how to get weaker students to join in, my thoughts keep returning to the same questions:

Who are the weaker students?

What makes them ‘weaker’?

How do I want them to “join in”?

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Article: How to engage your students in online activities

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 15 | June 9, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036]

The Cambridge English blog has published an article on engaging students in online activities.

Motivating students doesn’t suddenly become easier when learning gains an online component. In this week’s webinar, Cambridge trainer and blended learning expert Deirdre Cijffers offered some advice on how to improve students’ engagement levels when they’re involved in blended learning.

You can find all of Deirdre’s advice in the webinar recording below, but we’ve picked out five of her top suggestions as a taster…

  • To get students motivated right from the very start of the semester, take some time to find out their interests and reasons for learning English. This not only prompts them to be more self-aware in their learning, but it also allows you to tweak the content of your lessons to match those interests, and so make lessons more engaging for them. Even if you can’t change the actual content of the session, you may be able to change the perspective from which you approach the topic.
  • It’s important to keep learning goals in mind throughout the semester. When you begin a new unit, look at the learning goals with your class, and then make sure to review them at the end: that will give students a sense of their short-term progress, building their confidence.

 

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