Posts Tagged ‘ELT’
Resources for ELT Students during the Coronavirus Pandemic
by Walter Henderson, Jr., Senior Supervising Editor, ELT Due to the global pandemic, UNESCO estimates that more than 90% of the world’s children can no longer attend regular classes. Many have now been redirected to online learning. However, as reported by EdWeek, students learning English may be inadvertently left behind. Westchester recommends three very attractive…
Read MoreHow CLIL helps English language learners
by Walter Henderson, Jr., Senior Supervising Editor of ELT What is CLIL? As outlined in this article from the British Council, CLIL [klɪl] is a tongue-twisting acronym that stands for Content and Language Integrated Learning. It generally refers to a popular approach where students learn about a particular subject or topic in a foreign or second…
Read MoreBETT Show London Review
by Kevin J. Gray, President and Chief Content Officer In late January, Westchester Education Services attended the BETT London conference. The event, which started as a British Ed Tech show 30+ years ago, now draws exhibitors and visitors from around the world, with a heavy presence of UK, US, Middle Eastern, Asian, and Latin American…
Read MoreWhat Goes into Creating Good ELT Content?
by Walter Henderson, Jr., Senior Supervising Editor, ELT When ELT teachers answer this question, we expect their responses to match our own internal checklist: ‘integrated skills?’, ‘authentic audio?’, ‘communicative activities?’, ‘valid and reliable assessments?’, etc. The checklists are important given that most ELT teaching and learning practices, if not dominated, are at least mediated by…
Read MoreWalter Henderson Jr., ELT Expert
Westchester K-12 is extremely pleased to announce the addition of Walter Henderson Jr. to our already top-flight editorial content development team. Joining Anne Riccio, Supervising Editor for ELA & Humanities, and Dave Bailis, STEM Content Director — Walter adds to the Westchester K-12 team the extremely important element of English Language Training (ELT). Walter’s…
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