10 Modern Ways to Use Technology in ESL Instruction
"Technology can be a great asset in ESL classrooms, offering authentic writing activities and endless resources on grammar instruction,...
Techniques and Technologies of Teaching Speaking: Dealing with Backwash Effect in Russia
Introduction It is common practice these days in Russia to substitute developing learners’ oral speech skills with training them for a...
Controversies in Using Technology in Language Teaching
'Interactive whiteboards are great!' 'Interactive whiteboards are expensive!' There are many controversial issues in the area of...
Innovations in learning technologies for English language teaching
Introduction Gary Motteram In this early part of the 21st century the range of technologies available for use in language learning and...
The benefits of new technology in language learning
Current word processors allow us to create and re-create our texts until they are fully comprehensible to others. Photo © Mat Wright...
Teaching languages with technology: tools that help students become fluent
Advertisement feature: From Padlets to Popplets, languages consultant Joe Dale shares the tools modern foreign languages teachers are...
10 Ways to Use Technology to Build Vocabulary
Drawing on research-based principles of vocabulary instruction and multimedia learning, this article presents 10 strategies that use free...
Strategies for Developing Speaking Skills
Students often think that the ability to speak a language is the product of language learning, but speaking is also a crucial part of the...
Goals and Techniques for Teaching Speaking
The goal of teaching speaking skills is communicative efficiency. Learners should be able to make themselves understood, using their...
Teaching Speaking: Activities to Promote Speaking in a Second Language
Introduction Speaking is "the process of building and sharing meaning through the use of verbal and non-verbal symbols, in a variety of...
