In this issue of Modern English Teacher

Technology in and out of the classroom

 

Jack C Richards discusses the importance of understanding and managing emotions, Daniel Costa examines the relationships between users and technology, and Laura Hadwin considers how graphic organisers can help develop cognitive skills.  

Other topics in this issue include: why write your own materials, the power of community in ELT, mirroring for English, and setting up an online book club - plus much more. 

In this issue of Modern English Teacher

Technology in and out of the classroom

 

 

Jack C Richards discusses the importance of understanding and managing emotions, Daniel Costa examines the relationships between users and technology, and Laura Hadwin considers how graphic organisers can help develop cognitive skills.

Other topics in this issue include: why write your own materials, the power of community in ELT, mirroring for English, and setting up an online book club - plus much more.

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Five Sizzling Summer Reads for English Learners

A common question asked to teachers is ‘What can we do outside class to improve English?’ In this blog post for Modern English Teacher, David Dogson explains why his answer is ‘read’ and recommends five original novels that are great for secondary students and older at intermediate level and above.

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Technology tips for three instructional contexts

Ekaterina Arshavskaya

Which tools are going to help learner engagement? Which ones are going to make learning more efficient? Which ones will help learners think more critically. This article suggests a range.

A positive approach to (online) English language teaching

Jeffrey Dawala Wilang

Among the ideas covered are adopting a humanistic approach, negotiating learning goals and assessment, being sensitive to learner needs, allowing learner mistakes, providing real-world task, reducing corrective (negative) feedback, and creating a relaxing learning environment.

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Online and engaged

Beth Melia-Leigh and Nicholas Northall

In the first of two articles, the authors offer a range of activities designed to interest and motivate online learners. These activities are originally classroom based but work equally well online.

What's the point of rediscovering America?

If you are looking for relevant, engaging, quirky and authentic content, then advertising is a rich source. In this article the author offers a range of activities to use alongside real advertisements.

The right question at the right time

In this article, Zoe Smith argues that  by referring to a “cheatsheet” of Socratic questions, teachers can expand their questioning repertoire as well as learners’ analytical processing.

Online and engaged

Beth Melia-Leigh and Nicholas Northall

In the first of two articles, the authors offer a range of activities designed to interest and motivate online learners. These activities are originally classroom based but work equally well online.

What's the point of rediscovering America?

If you are looking for relevant, engaging, quirky and authentic content, then advertising is a rich source. In this article the author offers a range of activities to use alongside real advertisements.

The right question at the right time

In this article, Zoe Smith argues that  by referring to a “cheatsheet” of Socratic questions, teachers can expand their questioning repertoire as well as learners’ analytical processing.

New for subscribers

Online and engaged

Beth Melia-Leigh and Nicholas Northall

In the first of two articles, the authors offer a range of activities designed to interest and motivate online learners. These activities are originally classroom based but work equally well online.

What's the point of rediscovering America?

If you are looking for relevant, engaging, quirky and authentic content, then advertising is a rich source. In this article the author offers a range of activities to use alongside real advertisements.

The right question at the right time

In this article, Zoe Smith argues that  by referring to a “cheatsheet” of Socratic questions, teachers can expand their questioning repertoire as well as learners’ analytical processing.

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Implicit and explicit critical thinking activities

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Paul Dummett presents a few examples of what implicit and explicit critical thinking activities look like.

A Working Model for Critical Thinking in the ELT Classroom

National Geographic Learning

In our October article on the topic of Critical Thinking in ELT, my co-author Paul Dummett suggested that critical thinking in English language teaching should involve more than simply identifying fact from misinformation or searching texts for supporting evidence. We argue instead that critical thinking is more encompassing and should be viewed as a ‘critical disposition’ (Davis and Barnett, 2015) or as an enquiring mindset towards learning.

Bringing Shakespeare into the classroom

Helbing English

‘To be or not to be…’ This famous Shakespeare quote may be familiar to your students even if they haven’t read or seen Hamlet. In fact, given much of our everyday language contains expressions and idioms from Shakespeare, your students might recognise more words from his plays than they think. Consequently, it is worth tapping into his plays to enrich your language classroom.

Implicit and explicit critical thinking activities

National Geographic Learning

Paul Dummett presents a few examples of what implicit and explicit critical thinking activities look like.

A Working Model for Critical Thinking in the ELT Classroom

National Geographic Learning

In our October article on the topic of Critical Thinking in ELT, my co-author Paul Dummett suggested that critical thinking in English language teaching should involve more than simply identifying fact from misinformation or searching texts for supporting evidence. We argue instead that critical thinking is more encompassing and should be viewed as a ‘critical disposition’ (Davis and Barnett, 2015) or as an enquiring mindset towards learning.

Bringing Shakespeare into the classroom

Helbing English

‘To be or not to be…’ This famous Shakespeare quote may be familiar to your students even if they haven’t read or seen Hamlet. In fact, given much of our everyday language contains expressions and idioms from Shakespeare, your students might recognise more words from his plays than they think. Consequently, it is worth tapping into his plays to enrich your language classroom.

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Implicit and explicit critical thinking activities

National Geographic Learning

Paul Dummett presents a few examples of what implicit and explicit critical thinking activities look like.

A Working Model for Critical Thinking in the ELT Classroom

National Geographic Learning

In our October article on the topic of Critical Thinking in ELT, my co-author Paul Dummett suggested that critical thinking in English language teaching should involve more than simply identifying fact from misinformation or searching texts for supporting evidence. We argue instead that critical thinking is more encompassing and should be viewed as a ‘critical disposition’ (Davis and Barnett, 2015) or as an enquiring mindset towards learning.

Bringing Shakespeare into the classroom

Helbing English

‘To be or not to be…’ This famous Shakespeare quote may be familiar to your students even if they haven’t read or seen Hamlet. In fact, given much of our everyday language contains expressions and idioms from Shakespeare, your students might recognise more words from his plays than they think. Consequently, it is worth tapping into his plays to enrich your language classroom.

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In this episode of The Internet as a Virtual Textbook series, Damien Herlihy turns his attention to virtual speaking practice to motivate students to use English orally beyond the confines of the (online) classroom.