Pronunciation can be a challenging and intricate aspect of language. It involves the correct articulation and vocalization of sounds, intonation patterns, stress placement, and rhythm. Pronunciation varies greatly across languages and even within different regions or dialects of the same language.
For learners of a new language, mastering pronunciation...
PISA is an international survey conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to assess the knowledge and skills of 15-year-old students in reading, mathematics, and science. The addition of the English language proficiency assessment will provide a more comprehensive picture of students' abilities.
Cambridge Assessment...
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 organisations. He has worked in language education for 30 years as a teacher, trainer, author, and director in Germany, Italy, Poland, the UK, and the USA, and...
Darren Perrett is Senior Assessment Services, Recognition and Pedagogy Manager. He heads up a team of experts at Cambridge responsible for assessment, pedagogy, and recognition in the region and has been working in language assessment for over 10 years. He holds a master’s degree in Language Testing from Lancaster University and is currently in his...
Ken Wilson is a teacher trainer, and an author of a large amount of ELT materials; he has published with OUP, Cengage and Macmillan. His most recent series is “Smart Choice”, published by OUP. He has also written more than a hundred ELT radio and television programmes, including fifty radio scripts for the Follow Me series, thirty Look Ahead TV scripts...
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, which challenges the notion of grammatical accuracy as the main goal of language teaching, teacher-centered classes, student-centered classes, silent classes...
The skills of writing and reading are some of the most complex and sophisticated abilities that humans have developed. Both of these skills involve a multitude of cognitive processes, including perception, memory, attention, language comprehension, and higher-order thinking.
Writing, for example, requires the ability to form letters and words, organize...
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 involves strategic and organizational management, training and consultancy in a range of areas including testing and assessment, learning technologies, materials...
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 question: “Will we ever reach gender equality in the workplace?” or “is it just a theory that is morally right but can never be realized?”
What barriers have...
