Exams & Exam Preparation
Relieve exam stress with practice tests
Practice tests can be an effective tool for exam preparation, and they are commonly used by students and educators to help assess and improve learning. In this article, we will discuss the benefits ...
C2: “The End of English”!
Exam Craze
For many decades, Greece had had the largest number of candidates sitting for C2 exams. Other countries with much larger populations were nowhere near the Greek candidature for this level....
How long does it take to reach C1 and C2 Level?
It takes at least 12 years in general for a native speaker to reach C1 level in his own language, so you can hardly expect that a teenage or adult foreigner can take any less than a decade to approach...
ELT Magazine Selections
Education
Habitat and Protected Areas Management in Greece
Natural ecosystems are threatened, and human life is endangered because of our unwise choices. The natural environment is bleeding, while at the same time there is a rapid destabilization of the glo...
‘Do students need more time to learn or do they need more time to play?’
When I was a child, my friends and I had two educations. We had school, and we also had ‘play education’. We played in mixed-age neighbourhood groups almost every day after school, often until dark. W...
Focus on the Learner. Teaching lessons from Monty Python’s “The Life of Brian”.
Do you know the scene in Monty Python’s “The Life of Brian” where a crowd has gathered outside his house and are chanting as one? Brian tells them they don’t need to follow a leader; that they are a...
Teaching to the test: the demise of language teaching
Language teaching has been an essential part of the education system for decades. Learning a foreign language can provide numerous benefits, including enhanced communication skills, cognitive develo...
The Link Between Exams and Stress
Exams are an integral part of the educational system and often determine a student's academic performance, level of achievement, and future opportunities. However, the pressure to perform well on ex...
Exams - Tips for Success
Exams are an important part of the educational process, but they can also be a source of stress for many students. However, with the right approach, students can prepare and perform well on exams wi...
News
DISCOVER SHAKESPEARE WITH DR LUKE PRODROMOU An Online Event by the QLS Book Club
On Saturday 4 February, the QLS Book Club had the honour of hosting one of the foremost luminaries in the field of ELT globally, Dr Luke Prodromou, over two online events under the title "Discover S...
STORY TELLING IN ELT for EFL Teachers
A Story telling seminar was organized by Dr. Evaggelia Karagianni, ELT State School advisor for Eastern Attika and was hosted at the premises of Ellinogermaniki Agogi. The four-hour workshop was ...
English Language Summer Courses – Where to begin?
StudyTours goes to Rome
English is one of the most widely spoken languages across the globe – with approximately 20 per cent of the world’s population listing English as one of their spoken tongues...
NOCN ESOL International Convention
Last month, November 10th, we had the chance to meet friends, colleagues and dear fellow education travellers in a very warm place in Neo Heraklion with one basic thing in mind; the most effective tea...
If you are a qualified teacher of English, and you have the right to work in the UK, read on!
PLUS offers English courses to young learners aged 10-17. We provide a comprehensive package of tuition, social experience, and accommodation to international groups in our 14 dedicated junior schoo...
Cambridge University Press and Assessment is partnering with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Cambridge University Press and Assessment is partnering with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on a new English language assessment. The goal of the new assessment...
Professional Development
Teacher Collaboration Part B; why is it so hard to work together?
Just be kind…
Some of you might remember my first article about teacher collaboration, some of you might not; it doesn’t really matter. My point is a different one. I am not sure if this happens in...
Co-teaching: It takes two (or more) to tango!
Co-teaching is when teachers are paired together in a classroom and they share equal responsibilities for planning, instructing, and assessing students. The most common way of co-teaching is when g...
Communication can change your… colours
I bet you have all listened to this Cyndi Lauper song. Quite cheesy I would say as seeing the true colours of someone could lead not to love but to a million different emotions to start with. ...
Teacher well-being - ‘Teacher what?’
..you think to yourself when you see this title and you smile ironically but you start reading the article because you still want to -slash- need to think positively!
Let’s try to describe what a ...
Successful Continuous Professional Development
Professional development is very important in educators’ personal and professional life. We have all seen teachers, who passionately attend preservice courses but are left unsupported afterwards. Th...
Doctors specialize, shouldn’t you as an English teacher?
In my experience of 32 years in the ELT trade I have seen and worked in most sectors and I have one thing to say: it’s about time that the majority of EFL teachers who teach general English move on ...
Interviews
Thom Kiddle, Director of NILE, talks about Teaching and Assessment
Thom Kiddle has a Master’s degree in Language Testing from Lancaster University and the Cambridge Delta. He is the Director of NILE (Norwich Institute for Language Education). His role at NILE invol...
“Is your school a CD or a concert?”
Michael Carrier Talks to ELT NEWS about the Future of Learning
“Is your school a CD or a concert?”
Michael Carrier is managing director of Highdale Consulting and consults a number of educational o...
Alan Maley gently unfolds the story of his life which goes side-by-side with the development of ELT
In his long ELT career Alan Maley has seen a lot: blackboards turning white (and now computerized), the emphasis on reading, repeating and memorizing being replaced by the communicative approach, wh...
Christine Tsatasba, President of GlobalCert, talks about women in leadership
ELT NEWS has taken the initiative to publish a series of interviews on women’s leadership. Whenever there are talks on gender and diversity, critics and sceptics often revolve around the big questi...
Tom Reynolds: Grades are a destination, let’s break down the language journey into steps
Tom Reynolds is an experienced classroom practitioner, school senior leader, consultant-adviser, teacher-trainer, and national Specialist Leader of Education with expertise in raising standards of E...
Elizabeth Veliou, Educator of the Year, talks about her teaching career and her vision of a holistic language education
Elizabeth Veliou was born and raised in Lamia. She holds a BA in English Language and Literature from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and an MA in Cinema Studies from the University of Bris...
Featured Sections
Young Learners? I Can’t Take it Anymore!
It’s no secret that teaching young learners comes across as an exhausting responsibility which eventually takes its toll on us as years go by. Come every September, we are introduced to our classes ...
Monumental Work: Teaching Young Learners
Learners for Life
The discussion on teaching English to Young Learners (YL) can be fragmentized according to different parameters, with age being the most prevalent in the Greek, English-teaching ...
Responding to the Needs of Every Young Learner
“All children start their school careers with sparkling imaginations, fertile minds, and a willingness to take risks with what they think.”
Sir Ken Robinson
Elementary school learners generally...
Teaching English to Young Learners
How can we approach teaching vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation to young learners? How can we create a supportive environment that encourages young learners to learn about and reflect on their ...
Conditioning Young Learners’ Class Behaviours
What do you do when off-task behaviours and student disruptions occur? Here are some things you can do to establish procedures and avoid disruptions.
Greet students at the door and give them a piec...
Teaching Young Learners
In the current issue of ELT NEWS, we focus on teaching young learners. A teacher of young learners, especially of those aged below 10 years ultimately takes on the role of children’s entertainer. F...
SEN
The 3 Principles to Supporting Special Educational Needs Students
Research in the field of special educational needs and inclusion has equipped the educational community with evidence-based practices and ideas to support classroom diversity. How come that stude...
Teaching Dyslexic Learners Online
Technology is a gift for students with dyslexia, provided that it is used properly. This is because most dyslexic learners are visual learners and computer materials are designed to be accessed t...
