‘Chicago International Conference on Education 2015’ – Chicago, May 26-27, 2015

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 29 | December 1, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036]

Chicago ICE offers a unique opportunity for academics and other professionals all around the world to present a wide array of perspectives, scholarship, and expertise in the pursuit of excellence in K-12 education. Most importantly, this group of academics will share the best practices for one common goal and our priority: to increase our students’ success. Chicago ICE envisions this conference to go beyond expectations and elevate educational standards.

For the past two years, Chicago ICE has been successful in bringing together attendees from an array of countries and displaying a variety of topics to help enrich the knowledge of teaching students in today’s world.  We plan to continue doing just that with Chicago ICE 2015 and invite leaders, educators, and professionals to join us in making today’s schools the best they can be.  (more…)

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Article: Moving into EAP: navigating the transition

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 22 | September 15, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036]

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

First and foremost, you’ll want to know what EAP really is. ‘What is EAP?’ might sound like a straightforward question, but there’s quite a lot to it. For some people EAP means study skills – for example making notes while listening to a lecture – yet there’s much more to EAP than this.

It’s helpful to start with the three key words in EAP – English, Academic, Purposes – and look at each of these in turn.

What English should we focus on?

English is such a vast language that we need to be clear about what’s most relevant for our students, and spend time on this. We simply don’t have the time to cover everything.
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