Studying abroad is one the most transformative and life changing experiences a person can undertake. It takes a great deal of time, effort and investment to successfully complete an undergraduate or post graduate course abroad. If you are on the fence about studying abroad maybe these benefits may sway your mind towards taking the leap....
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Three Icebreaker Games for ESL Classes
Looking for a way to break the ice with a new class? Be it a physical classroom or virtual classroom, ELTA has you covered with easy to conduct icebreaker games that will get you and your new students past the first awkward interactions. Here are five icebreaker games that you can use in a physical...
Peer Feedback
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines confidence as “a feeling or belief that you can do something well or succeed at something.” This is a feeling that teachers from all fields try to instil in their students to maximize their potential. Building confidence is vital in learning as students are forced out of their comfort zone and...
Teaching Technique – Present Simple
Teaching Technique is our latest guide series that focuses on ways to teach students English tenses using a combination of timelines and concept checking questions. Each week we’ll take a look at a different English tense, analyse their uses and concepts and outline the best method for delivering the lesson. This week we start off...
Five Ways to Make Your PPTs Pop
Tired of using old static PowerPoint presentations during your online classes? Perhaps it’s time to change things up. ELTA has come up with a list of simple things you can do to make your PPTs stand out, boost learner participation and give your presentation an overall professional feel. Let’s take a look at five simple...
Teaching Tenses Using Timelines
During a recent English Tenses class of mine, students found it diffcult to understand how one of the functions of the Present Perfect Simple Tense was to describe an unfinished past duration. The sentence was ‘He has worked here for 10 years.’ Students couldn’t understand how it was an unfinished action, as they believed the...
BLENDED LEARNING MODELS AND ITS ADVANTAGES
WHY BLENDED LEARNING? Technology has changed the way we make knowledge-making education more accessible to all. Education has undergone a revolution of its own, and 2020 is a stark example of this. As per statistics put out by UNESCO on its website, over 190 countries faced disruption in informal learning and teaching, impacting nearly 1.5...