ELTWeekly Issue#57 Contents

Video: BBC Pronunciation Tips News: Teaching English abroad ‘appealing to more students’ Research Paper: ‘Bye Bye Blackboard: Learning Language through Web Technology’ by Devi Archana Mohanty Article: ‘How Listening to Music Influences English Language Teaching Learning and Everyday Life’ by Larry M. Lynch Research Paper: ‘Cartoons as an entertaining source of learning English(L2) for the… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#57 Contents

#57, News: Teaching English abroad ‘appealing to more students’

The idea of teaching English abroad is appealing to an increasing number of students, new research has shown. According to a study by i-to-i, student enquiries to its website onlinetefl.com have increased by 62 per cent over the last four months, with many exploring the career options open to them when they finish their studies.… Continue reading #57, News: Teaching English abroad ‘appealing to more students’

#57, Article: ‘How Listening to Music Influences English Language Teaching Learning and Everyday Life’ by Larry M. Lynch

English and Foreign Language Learner Benefits of Listening to Music How can you effectively use music in your English or foreign language learning class room? Listening to certain types of music has quite a number of additional benefits which go far beyond teaching and learning as we examined in a previous article. The impact of… Continue reading #57, Article: ‘How Listening to Music Influences English Language Teaching Learning and Everyday Life’ by Larry M. Lynch

#57, Video: BBC Pronunciation Tips

The main element of Pronunciation Tips is a series of 44 free videos showing the sounds of English. These videos encourage the user to not only practice the sounds of English but also to learn and use the phonetic symbols that represent them. What the judges said of this entry: Great resource that is of… Continue reading #57, Video: BBC Pronunciation Tips

#57, Research Paper: ‘Bye Bye Blackboard: Learning Language through Web Technology’ by Devi Archana Mohanty

ABSTRACT It is now quite clear that English has become a necessity today. We need it in different fields of life. It is the only valid language that can be understood by everyone across the globe. Hence it has become crucial for language learners to learn and acquire all the skills of this language such… Continue reading #57, Research Paper: ‘Bye Bye Blackboard: Learning Language through Web Technology’ by Devi Archana Mohanty

#57, Research Paper: ‘Cartoons as an entertaining source of learning English(L2) for the young learners(YL)’ by Sharmin Sultana

Cartoons as an entertaining source of learning English(L2) for the young learners(YL) by Sharmin Sultana, Senior Lecturer, English Language Institute, United International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. With the recent development of EFL/ESL studies, researchers are using diverse directions to analyze the language acquisition of the young learners (YL) and are examining more day-to-day issues. What is widely accepted in this regard… Continue reading #57, Research Paper: ‘Cartoons as an entertaining source of learning English(L2) for the young learners(YL)’ by Sharmin Sultana

Once again, postponing an issue of ELTWeekly

Dear readers, with deep feeling of apology, I want to convey that due to my traveling and engagement in some serious academic matters it has not been possible to publish the ELTWeekly this week. see you next week. Tarun

ELTWeekly Issue#56 Contents

Video: Accent Formation in Foreign Languages News: Indian? Want to prosper? Learn English Article: ‘ESL Employment – Teaching English Abroad, at Home, and Online’ by John D Rogers Research Paper: Integration of the Internet into a Language Curriculum in a Multicultural Society Article: ‘Classroom Observation’ by Jafar Maaitah Research Paper: ‘Technology as an Alchemy of… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#56 Contents

#56: Research Paper: Integration of the Internet into a Language Curriculum in a Multicultural Society

The rapid growth of the Internet, the global collection of interconnected computer networks, is both stimulative and instructive. The Internet has become one of the most powerful resources in accessing information. It is used for entertainment, sharing items, collecting and analyzing data, conducting interviews, chatting, downloading, and so on as well as education. Among the… Continue reading #56: Research Paper: Integration of the Internet into a Language Curriculum in a Multicultural Society

#56: News: Indian? Want to prosper? Learn English

Not that surprising, but this is one of the papers emerging from the Royal Economic Society conference I’m attending this week. The effect is large, especially for men: hourly wages up by a third. Here’s the press release: Being fluent in English increases the hourly wages of men in India by 34% and of women… Continue reading #56: News: Indian? Want to prosper? Learn English