ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 9
[ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 9 | April 16, 2018 | ISSN 0975-3036] Graded Readers and 21st Century Skills BBC’s Caroline Wyatt on how language learning has been vital to her career…
BBC’s Caroline Wyatt on how language learning has been vital to her career
[ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 9 | April 16, 2018 | ISSN 0975-3036]
Caroline Wyatt has been reporting on global affairs and war for more than two decades, working as a foreign correspondent based in Germany, France and Russia for 15 years, and reporting from places including Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Chechnya, Egypt and Israel. In 2014, Caroline moved from reporting defence to covering global religious affairs and ethics. She moved in 2016 to making BBC radio documentaries after being diagnosed definitively with MS. Caroline grew up travelling the world thanks to her British diplomat father, and spent her teenage years in West Berlin during the Cold War. She is an occasional presenter for Radio 4’s Saturday PM programme, as well as The World This Week on World Service Radio.
Teaching critical thinking in the language classroom
[ELTWeekly Volume 10, Issue 9 | April 16, 2018 | ISSN 0975-3036]
In this article, Ana Tatsumi, our ELT consultant from Brazil, discusses the importance of critical thinking, considerations for teachers and students, and shares some classroom activity ideas.
Consider the game “This or that”: you will be given questions, and for each of them you must state your preference. They are: a) a rich breakfast dish with eggs, bacon, pancakes and maple syrup or a healthy green smoothie; b) watching a movie at home or going out with friends on Saturday night; c) buying a new car (yours is fine, by the way) or going on a luxurious 2-week vacation anywhere; d) a very demanding, high-paying job or a 9-to-5 more stable position. (more…)