Blended Learning – ELTJ
Monday, 19th July 2010Delighted that the next Key Concepts in ELT in the ELTJ is on Blended Learning. You can access this here: Blended Learning. Enjoy!
Archive for the ‘Writing’ Category
Delighted that the next Key Concepts in ELT in the ELTJ is on Blended Learning. You can access this here: Blended Learning. Enjoy!
Blended Learning – Update 7
Friday, 4th December 2009Heard about Wordle? What about TED.com? We are delighted that the latest (free!) update - Blended Learning Update number 7 - is ready to download as a .pdf from the Macmillan website! Enjoy it!
Networking in Poznan
Friday, 27th November 2009Hovering around the Macmillan stand at BESIG last weekend, I was asked: "What's your favourite thing about your new book?" Without thinking, I said: "the unique 'Social planner' at the back." This is where students can combine the power of print with the fixed sentence head ("I was born in..."), and the ...
te4be Newsletter
Thursday, 19th November 2009Hope you all received our Winter 2009 Newsletter. If you have recently subscribed and you haven't received it, it may be that your mail did not get through - I sent confirmation to a few addresses which were unsuccessful. Please mail us again! Alternatively, it may be caught in your spam mail. Best wishes: ...
Networking in English(Macmillan)
Tuesday, 17th November 2009Advance copies of our new book are OUT!! Watch this space...
Learning Technologies Page – Business Issues
Monday, 3rd August 2009The Learning Technologies page looks at using Wordle in the business English classroom. It then focuses on a new development in the world of electronic dictionaries and concludes with a few lines on digital materials. To read the rest of this article, please see Business Issues, the Newsletter of the IATEFL ...
An interview with Pete Sharma
Saturday, 25th July 2009Many thanks to Janine Bray-Müller for her great interview questions after my recent Hamburg presentation. The complete interview can be viewed on line. Sharma comes clean about a ton of stuff....happy reading!
Article in the Guardian Weekly
Thursday, 16th July 2009The Interactive whiteboard in language teaching Pete Sharma Nothing symbolises the ‘digital divide’ quite as much as the interactive whiteboard, or IWB. The divide is not just a gulf between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’; it is an ideological divide. This article sets out how the two opposing camps - the ...
“The times, they are a-changin’…..”
Thursday, 11th June 2009Using interactive whiteboards in the language classroom Pete Sharma In some countries, no child can go through the state education system without being taught by teachers who have access to an interactive whiteboard (IWB); in others, using an IWB is a distant dream. Almost no other educational tool symbolises and typifies the ...
te4be Newsletter
Saturday, 23rd May 2009We have just sent out our latest Newsletter. We hope you enjoy it! (If you haven't received it, please check your spam; drop us a mail if it isn't there, as I may not have transferred your original request into our database).
Training goes mobile
Monday, 18th May 2009New technology continues to advance at a rapid rate. What effect is it having on teacher training courses? This article explores the uses of a number of technologies on teacher training in ELT, and in particular, Master’s courses. For the rest of this article, Training goes mobile, by Pete Sharma, please ...
New Routes
Saturday, 16th May 2009New technology and ELT: the state of the art Pete Sharma There can be no doubt that new technology has forever changed the teaching and learning of languages. Why then is T.E.L.L. (technology-enhanced language learning) such a controversial area? This article provides a ‘snapshot’ of technology in ELT today. It describes some ...
BESIG Newsletter
Friday, 15th May 2009In the Learning Technologies page, Barney Barrett looks at two exciting developments in the world of electronic dictionaries. Then, Pete Sharma shares his experiences of 'process writing', based on his involvement in authoring some of the multimedia content of The Business, a new advanced level DVD-ROM. For the rest of this ...
Modern English Teacher
Wednesday, 25th February 2009I once gave a training session on technology to a group of language teachers and issued a typical participant feedback sheet at the end. The first comment I read was positive, as I expected: “Great; useful”. The next comment came as a shock: “What was the point of that session? ...
The six best business English books ever!
Wednesday, 4th February 2009Many thanks to Lindsay Clandfield for including this offering on his blog: six things Do visit the blog - it's one of the best six around......
CALL Review
Monday, 19th January 2009The latest CALL review is now available on the Learning Technologies website. You will need your LT SIG password to access the magazine. There are articles on a range of topics including M-Learning, Blended Learning theory and practice and games in language learning. Enjoy!
CALL Review – Summer 2008
Sunday, 5th October 2008The latest CALL review has been posted to the Learning Technologies SIG website. It's an unmissable issue.................... Gavin Dudeney updates us on Second Life; Maurice Claypole revisits Hot Potatoes; Kevin Westbrook presages the beginning of the end for blended learning;Jason Byrne looks at a CALL platform – Edubuntu; Graham Stanley encourages us ...
Blended Learning up-date 4
Thursday, 2nd October 2008The latest up-date for Blended Learning is now available to download from Macmillan's website. It focuses on two topics: Things to consider when setting up a wiki for use by teachers in a language school or language training company with a number of schools. An introduction to mapping software and an overview of ...
te4be Newsletter
Sunday, 20th July 2008Barney and I are delighted to say we have just sent out our second Newsletter. If you are subscribed, and have not received it, please check your spam mail. Drop us a mail if it has not arrived so we can re-send! If you haven't already done so, please subscribe now! ...
BESIG Business Issues
Monday, 16th June 2008The Learning Technologies page The Learning Technologies page looks at a number of websites of interest to ESP practitioners. It then focus on ‘Business Meetings’, the latest disc in a series of business English CD-ROMs from York Associates International and finishes with a brief round-up of news. To read the complete article ...