An interview with Scott Granville of Chasing Time English
We speak to Scott Granville, award-winning writer and producer, about his mission to create dramatic narrative videos for English language learners …
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The pronunciation problem: an interview with Laura Patsko
All things considered, it seems there is still some way to go before ELT course materials – and the teachers that use them – are able to address pronunciation in class appropriately and effectively.
Laura Patsko is a language consultant specialising in the practical applications of linguistic research. In this post, Laura addresses how pronunciation is currently being addressed by ELT publishers and content creators, and what could be done to better support English learners.
What’s changing in English Language Teaching?
Cambridge University Press’s Better Learning conference this summer brought together ELT influencers and decision-makers from around the world to discuss the most important issues facing students and teachers today – and the trends we can expect to see in the near future. Jose Antonio Mendez, Cambridge’s Director of Global Market Research, shares the outcomes.
ELTjam’s top 5 posts of 2015
As 2015 draws to a close, we look back at our most popular posts of the year. As ever, we’ve had some gems this year, so here’s your chance to make sure you haven’t missed out. And this year’s number one post was also the most-read ELTjam post ever.
So here, in reverse order, are the TOP 5 posts of 2015. Can you guess what #1 is?
Equal rights for nNESTs?
In this guest post Marek Kiczkowiak from the blog TEFL Reflections and the TEFL Equity Advocates campaign explores the issue of prejudice against non-native English speaker teachers and issues a plea for a more egalitarian approach to hiring teachers, placing more emphasis on skills and qualifications than on mother tongue.
The evolved uni classroom
Following on from his post ‘Me and my iPad‘, Phil Wade shares his experiences of working in a university classroom laden with tech.
The challenge of creating content for private EFL lessons
In a previous post we heard from Kris Jagasia on how his startup EdTech company TurksLearnEnglish had recognised and acted on an opportunity they identified within the Turkish language education market. Kris returns to eltjam to tell us about another learning platform he and his team have developed to aid the private language tutor, and how 1-to-1 lessons differ to full-class teaching. Kris, it’s over to you …
Time for a new set of EdTech glasses?
This one’s been on my mind a while. Sometimes I wonder if we look at EdTech from a narrow perspective. The post below explains why.
ELT’s Collective Consciousness: What Can We Learn From The Questions We Ask?
I don’t know what it is but we at eltjam are feeling a little nostalgic. It might be that we’ve met our 500th follower on twitter this week. It might be the spate of glorious weather that the UK is revelling in. Who knows? Either way, it’s at times like this that it makes sense … Read more
