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Evaluating Multimedia Language Learning
Zöe Handley is an OUP Research Fellow in Applied Linguistics at the Department of Education, Oxford University, which has recently conducted a systematic review of the research on the use of new...
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Harnessing the power of Web 2.0
Having considered the impact of Computer Assisted Language Learning and Computer Mediated Communication on the EFL classroom, Zöe Handley now examines how Web 2.0 technologies are changing the way...
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Party Mix: Engaging teenage learners
In this guest post, Anna Musielak, a Gimnazjum (Lower Secondary) teacher and teacher trainer from Poland, tells us how she coped with teaching teenagers and gives her tips for how to engage this...
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How to boost your students’ chances in an oral exam
In this post, Paul Davies, co-author of Solutions 2nd edition talks about boosting your students’ chances in oral exams. Pity the poor student who has to sit an oral exam. Speaking in public is...
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Getting the hares back in the race
Ahead of his talk at IATEFL Liverpool, Edmund Dudley looks at ways of motivating certain difficult types of teenage learners. I have two types of teenage student. First, there are the tortoises. They...
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A selection of classroom resources for #Halloween
Halloween is nearly upon us, so we thought we’d share some of our classroom resources for you to use with your students. The below resources are primarily intended for Primary and Secondary levels. All...
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A selection of classroom resources for #Christmas
Christmas is nearly upon us, so we thought we’d share some of our classroom resources for you to use with your students. The below resources are primarily intended for Primary and Secondary levels. All...
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How do I stop students from using their mother tongue?
Gareth Davies, an experienced teacher and teacher trainer gives his thoughts on the first of our Solutions Speaking Challenges: reducing the use of L1 in class. In a recent survey on speaking...
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Webinar: Leading a horse to water and making it drink!
Olha Madylus, a teacher and teacher trainer specialising in both primary and secondary education, introduces her upcoming webinar entitled ‘Leading a horse to water and making it drink‘ on 5th and 7th...
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My students say the absolute minimum
Zarina Subhan, an experienced teacher and teacher trainer, tackles the second of our Solutions Speaking Challenges: “My students say the absolute minimum”. I find myself in the classroom in an...
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Approaches to culture with 21st Century teens
Ahead of his webinar on 28th and 30th May, Edmund Dudley looks at why it is important for our teenage students to learn about culture in their English lessons. Millions of young people around the world...
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EFL classroom activities and resources for Halloween
As Halloween is nearly upon us, Stacey Hughes, teacher trainer in the Professional Development team at OUP, has been busy creating a collection of ghostly classroom activities for you to use with your...
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Classroom resources for Christmas
Christmas nearly upon us, so we thought we’d share some classroom resources to help you and your class get in the festive mood. Teacher trainers Stacey Hughes and Verissimo Toste from our Professional...
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insight Top 10 Tips: Reading
Students often find it difficult to engage with reading and writing instruction and practice, particularly when large, intimidating texts are involved. This is the first in our series of insight blog...
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Getting English language students to practice outside of class
For many teachers the extension of language learning outside the classroom can really benefit their students, but how can you be sure they’re using the right materials to further their practice?...
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insight Top 10 Tips: Writing
Students often find it difficult to engage with reading and writing instruction and practice, particularly when large, intimidating texts are involved. This is the second in our series of insight blog...
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insight Top 10 Tips: Using Literature
Students often find it difficult to engage with reading and writing instruction and practice, particularly when large, intimidating texts are involved. This is the second in our series of insight blog...
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insight Top 10 Tips for Using Literature (Part 2)
Students often find it difficult to engage with reading and writing instruction and practice, particularly when large, intimidating texts are involved. This is the third in our series of insight blog...
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Perspectives on Lesson Planning
ELT teacher, teacher trainer and course book author, John Hughes, looks at different approaches to lesson planning and their effectiveness as teaching tools ahead of his webinar on the subject on the...
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Graded Readers and 21st Century Skills
Graded readers then and now Using graded readers to help learners to improve their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills is not a recently discovered English teaching technique. In the 1920s,...
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