ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#3 | January 21, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036

OUP team is hosting a webinar Friday, February 1, 2013. The webinar is on ‘Values in the English Classroom’.

Increasingly, teachers of all subjects are being asked to promote universal values such as fairness, politeness, kindness and healthy habits. An English lesson is a great way to teach values and, at the same time, encourage good global citizenship. For children, simple stories are the best way to do this.

Join author Susan Banman Sileci’s webinar to discover more about using stories to teach basic values, develop language skills and show real English in contexts that students will relate to and enjoy.

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OUP team is hosting a webinar Friday, January 25, 2013. The webinar is on 'Teaching Presentation Skills'. Every minute of every day, a presentation is being given in a work situation. It’s a crucial communication skill for ALL business English students (from Elementary to Advanced). This webinar provides an introduction to teaching presentation skills to your students.

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#2 | January 14, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036

OUP team is hosting a webinar Thursday, January 17, 2013. The webinar is on ‘Social Networking and ELT Pedagogy’.

Social networking helps students get more English practice, make English-speaking friends, and find better jobs in the future. But is there any evidence that social networking improves the learning process? Yes! Research indicates that social networking provides five key benefits to ELT learners such as building more meaningful communities and personalizing the learning process.

This session provides an overview of the research and suggests practical ways instructors can incorporate social media lessons into their teaching. (more…)