Volume 6 Issue 33

Article: Practical ideas for the Business English classroom: Part Two – Making the most of video

Post author:Tarun Patel
Post published:December 29, 2014
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[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 33 | December 28, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036]

The OUP ELT blog has published an article dealing with international tests.

One survey into the use of video in education reports that teachers increasingly welcome this tool as a means to support learning. For example, 68% of teachers believe video stimulates discussion, 66% say video increases motivation and 62% think their teaching is more effective by using video. Please see the link provided at the end of the article for more details of this survey.

These figures are all based on responses to education in general, but I’d suggest that if you were to research similar figures for Business English teachers, you’d probably find the percentages were even higher. That’s simply because video lends itself in so many ways to Business English teaching.

Here are five examples of how to integrate video into your Business English lessons, with suggestions for classroom activities.

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Cambridge English Teacher Webinar on ‘Creativity, Pedagogy and Mobile Technology’ February 11, 2015

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CET webinar team says, “What is creativity and how do you incorporate it into daily lesson plans? How can you also include mobile technology in the creative process so both you and your students are developing together?

Our students and the world around us are a constant source of inspiration for lesson ideas. However, finding time to reflect and document such creative ideas takes time, especially when teaching back-to-back lessons on a daily basis. In this session, Joanna will share insight into her process of ideas generation and the role of her sketchbooks, how she aligns creativity with teaching and learning objectives and how mobile technologies are subsequently deployed to ensure students are responsible for both creating and critically evaluating their own content. (more…)

The Cambridge English Language Assessment programme of webinars for teachers in 2015

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Cambridge English team says, “Our webinars for teachers are free to join and led by a team of experts from Cambridge English Language Assessment. These experts will also be available to answer participants’ questions.

The webinars cover our range of exams and teaching qualifications, providing valuable information about individual exams, their tasks and format as well as details about how each exam is assessed and what the implications are for teachers. Downloadable support materials, a certificate of attendance and a recording of the presentation will be available after each webinar.

The webinars will be held on a Monday afternoon and Wednesday morning (UK time), so they are accessible to teachers around the world. If you have missed any of our previous webinars, you can watch recordings and download the slides from our official YouTube channel Cambridge English TV“. (more…)