ELTWeekly Volume 7

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

Post author:Tarun Patel
Post published:January 18, 2015
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[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…)

Cambridge University Press Webinar: How to improve your students’ IELTS score, January 27

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Post published:January 18, 2015
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[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 3 | January 19, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]

Cambridge University Press team says, “The IELTS test is a high-stakes test taken by over 2 million candidates every year. This webinar considers the problems faced by band 4 or 5 candidates who are preparing for the test and aiming to reach bands 6 or 7.

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Cambridge University Press Webinar: Getting them to talk in English, January 20

Post author:Tarun Patel
Post published:January 18, 2015
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[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 3 | January 19, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]

Cambridge University Press team says, “Getting learners to talk in English is one of the most difficult challenges facing the teacher. One of the major reasons for this is that speaking – unlike listening, reading and writing – can only normally take place directly in interaction with an audience, in real time: so if you express yourself badly, hesitate, make mistakes – such failings are immediately exposed to the listener(s). Many learners feel uncomfortable and stressed in such a situation, even within a supportive classroom, and often prefer to keep quiet or use their mother tongue. (more…)