From the L&T Community

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MeetELT ‘Take it off…the page!’: Activities to lift students out of the textbook

The meetELT ‘Take it off…the page!’ event in Melbourne gathered some great ideas to motivate students in their learning.

Creating student communities beyond the classroom

Athanassia Iosifidou looks at how schools are engaging adult ESL learners in the community, to understand how they can be supporting students more in their education.

Celebrating accents: Using technologies to build student confidence in pronunciation

Jonathan Brown considers computer-based applications which can complement speaking and listening activities in the classroom.

Building intercultural awareness using the Intercultural Development Inventory

Amanda Johnson-Toala, Executive Director at the University of New Hampshire GSSP, discusses ways to initiate cross-cultural reflection.

The value of developing debating skills in Academic English units

Karen McRae explores debating as a form of assessment that brings together a range of academic and social skills for non-English speaking background students.

Fake news: Identifying, debunking and discussing false narratives with learners

Alyce Hogg provides educators the skills and tools to help students navigate the online sphere effectively to debunk false, misleading and biased content.

3 creative hands-on activities to help students with writing

Lisa Lindquist of Richard Bland College of William and Mary demonstrates how hands-on activities can help students develop their writing skills.

MeetELT ‘Speakeasy’: Overcoming the challenge of teaching speaking

One of the difficult things about teaching speaking is that you can’t see it. MeetELT’s ‘Speakeasy’ event tried to take the intangible nature of speaking and turn it into something a little more practical.

HEA Fellowships: Recognising teaching excellence at Navitas

Nine Navitas staff were recently awarded HEA Fellowships. They join a growing community which now includes 100,000 HEA Fellows from 88 countries.

Quick tips: Making a user-friendly Moodle for Academic English

Dan O’Donohue shares quick tips to make Moodle pages easier to read for students, teachers and administration.

Student Experience Project – Recipes for Success

Robert Daudet and Sharla Reid showcase ‘Navitas NA – Recipes for Success’ – a box of recipe cards with initiatives for improving the student experience throughout the student lifecycle.