If I asked you to associate Fine Arts with one word, I am pretty confident the answer would, unequivocally, be drawing or sketching, writes Maria Christoforou. Now, I am curious to see which word you would use to relate the subject of English to the specifics of a course of Fine Arts. That is an even greater challenge! […]
The Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in English Language Teaching, Learning and Assessment: Either Friend or Foe? The full Web Conference Programme for 9 November 2018 can now be revealed. This event was previously promoted by us with this short animation. To enter the room on the day you can scan the QR code above or […]
Picking out a laptop that works well for the needs of the user is difficult for anyone, writes guest blogger, Davor Gasparevic. The myriad choices of computers all require careful consideration of size, speed, memory, graphics, performance and, of course, cost. Gamers require more powerful computers; add virtual reality (VR) into the mix and you […]
UPDATE: The deadline for this travel grant was on November 12th 2018. From a selection of entries, the winner is Rafael Webster, from Brazil. We are delighted for him to be joining us in Liverpool. Rafael is an English teacher at Cultura Inglesa SP. He is a Translation and Interpretation graduate, holds a Cambridge CELTA certificate, is pursuing […]
by Barbara Anna Zielonka Following an interview in our May 2018 newsletter, Global Teacher Prize 2018 finalist and winner of the Outstanding Pole Award, Barbara Anna Zielonka, writes for us about an approach that she has been using for the past 5 years. She would love other language teachers to do the same in their […]
The 3rd OLLReN annual online conference on research into using technology for language learning takes places on 4 October 2018. This is a jointly organised and hosted event by the Learning Technologies SIG, Laureate International Universities and Cambridge University Press. Last year’s slides and recordings are available here and there are some thumbnails from last year’s […]
Video is a part of how students communicate with each other in their everyday lives, and teachers know that it is becoming a vital component in maintaining students’ interest and focus in the classroom, which is especially important for kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), writes scholarship winner, Julia Koifman. In order to achieve […]
This is the final post of five which are focusing on the speakers on the LTSIG strand at the International House ELT conference, taking place in Barcelona on 9 / 10 February. Last, but not least, is our coordinator, Sophia Mavridi. Session title: Green thumbs up. Using technology to go paperless Are you tired […]
