From my extensive experience of training English language teachers from all around the world, I believe that many teachers have heard of the concept of multimodality but the majority are unsure ...
https://teachingenglishwithoxford.oup.com/2023/11/16/multimodality-and-multimodal-literacy-elt/
There is a mix of excitement and concern about the implications of artificial intelligence and big data for English language teaching. In our new Talking ELT podcast, Professor Hayo Reinders and ...
Flashback: Late 2014, a couple of colleagues and I are on Skype (yes Skype!) talking about our love of podcasts, and what we’re currently listening to. At that time, the podcast du jour was Ser...
https://teachingenglishwithoxford.oup.com/2023/02/20/elt-podcasts-you-should-be-listening-to/
At one time or another, most teachers will experience a lack of student motivation in the classroom. This is especially true following the Covid-19 pandemic. The sudden shift from in-person to on...
Since I started this beautiful journey as a teacher, I knew it was going to be a great challenge. We all know that we must spend a lot of time planning classes that keep our students engaged and ...
We know that there are lots of opportunities from technology in ELT – but we also see examples of technology doing what we know isn’t good from a teaching point of view. How can we make sure ...
https://teachingenglishwithoxford.oup.com/2022/06/08/is-technology-really-helping-us-teach-better/
Last December I took part in an online discussion about digital literacy. Amongst the many interesting questions posed by teachers, one question came up that I had never been asked before – Who...
https://teachingenglishwithoxford.oup.com/2022/02/04/teaching-digital-literacy/
Any mode of teaching comes with its advantages and disadvantages, and this is certainly true of online teaching. One advantage of teaching synchronous classes online is that there is normally the...
https://teachingenglishwithoxford.oup.com/2021/12/14/chatbox-activities-online-teaching/
Not only have classrooms around the world moved online, but professional development has too. So, when you’re not in the classroom, you’re now in a different online platform for your professi...
https://teachingenglishwithoxford.oup.com/2021/02/18/online-teacher-training/
After sinking or swimming in the virtual world of remote education, many teachers will probably look back at 2020 as when they learnt how to use most of the digital tools in the shortest of time....
https://teachingenglishwithoxford.oup.com/2021/01/11/covid-19-impact-world-education/