Using blogs and forums with higher-level learners (Cambridge English Blog)

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 9 | April 6, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]

When thinking about using blogs and forums in the classroom, higher-level learners seem to be the obvious choice of target audience.  They certainly make the teacher’s job easier:  they can understand instructions more easily and therefore don’t need as much guidance to get to the right places online. Higher-level learners also have greater linguistic resource, so it’s easier to think of interesting topics for them to write about. Perfect, no? (more…)

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Conference on Language, Learning, & Culture, April 10-11, 2015

[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 8 | March 23, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]

Following a successful inaugural conference in the spring of 2014, the School of Education at Virginia International University(VIU) will be hosting its second Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture(CLLC) on April 10-11, 2015.

The 2015 theme, Next-Generation Assessment, intends to reframe assessment in terms of its ability to meet the needs and achieve the goals of all stakeholders: empowering students with awareness of their strengths and areas for development; giving educators additional diagnostic information and tools to adapt their instruction; and providing administrators, testing organizations, policy makers, and community members with rigorous data on outcomes that can be used to improve educational programs. The goal is to begin a solutions-oriented dialogue on the next generation of innovations in assessment by acknowledging the interplay among a variety of factors related to language, learning, and culture. (more…)

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