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Podcast: Episode 7

This month the panel discusses English as a Lingua Franca, the pros and cons of co-teaching and affective filters. Special guests include DELTA-qualified EAP teacher, Luke Roger, and we also have an interview with teacher trainer and author of A New A-Z of ELT, Scott Thornbury

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NILE top 20: Activities 5 & 6

Activities 5 & 6 focus on developing language of speculation and ways to work on vocabulary.

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Challenges in ELT: ELT in the 21st century

Christina Lorimer discusses some of the challenges teachers face in the 21st-century classroom.

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Approaches used in EAP for the 21st century learner

This article provides a guide to the award-winning EAP series from author, Aylin Graves.

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Aylin Graves

Aylin Graves, author of EAP for the 21st century learner, tells us about winning writing awards, being beyond embarrassment and how she keeps her writing fresh.

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Applied linguistics: Empowering language learning through assessment

Director of Assessment and Evaluation, Liying Cheng, and Associate Professor of Language Assessment and Testing, Janna Fox, look at how teachers can make more of assessment in the classroom.

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Elementary news lesson: Japanese workers work longer hours

April 2017: A typical employee in a Japanese company works around nine hours every day, an hour more than many other countries.

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NILE top 20: Activities 3 & 4

Activities 3 & 4 focus on listening using a ’runaround’ activity and speaking using ‘ask the expert’.

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Podcast: Episode 6

This month the panel discusses videos and the flipped classroom and teaching annoying words and phrases. Special guests include our first overseas guest teacher, Natalia Guerreiro from Brazil, and we also have an interview with pronunciation expert and former president of IATEFL Adrian Underhill.

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Cambridge English First: Use of English: Language focus: Time expressions

This lesson aims to help students prepare for the key word transformation section of the exam (part 4) by focusing on time expressions with the present perfect.

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Cambridge English First: Use of English: Language focus: Prefixes

This lesson aims to help students prepare for the word formation section of the exam (part 3) by focusing on prefixes mis- and dis-.

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Cambridge English First: Use of English: Language focus: Articles

This lesson aims to help students prepare for the open cloze section of the exam (part 2) by focusing on articles.

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Business Spotlight: Just being social

This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, considers the topic of using social media during working hours.

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EAP for the 21st century learner: Lesson 6: A job without a boss

In this lesson, students practice listening and speaking fluency as they are introduced to the issue of hierarchy in the workplace.

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Global critical eye: Stressed out

In this lesson, students learn different expressions related to stress.

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NILE top 20

Specialist teacher development centre NILE provide their top 20 teaching activities on handy flashcards.

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NILE top 20: Activities 1 & 2

Activities 1 & 2 focus on vocabulary recycling using a vocabox and speaking using dyadic circles.

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Challenges in ELT: Teaching students with Specific Learning Difficulties

Varinder Unlu offers some insights and advice into teaching students with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD).

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Kerry Maxwell

Kerry Maxwell, author of Buzzwords and Language for, tells us about lexicography, swimming in lochs and provides some tips for becoming an ELT author.

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Applied linguistics: Teaching pronunciation

Associate Professor of English, Charles Hall, and Senior English Language Fellow, Christopher Hastings, offer some guidelines for teaching pronunciation.