ELTWeekly Issue#5, Guest Article: Why I Like the English Language

Here’s the guest article for the fifth issue of ELTWeekly: Why I Like the English Language by Barbara Freedman-De Vito   I really like the English language. I’ve been speaking it all my life, but it’s not until I became an English teacher, teaching English as a foreign language, that I really started to understand how… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#5, Guest Article: Why I Like the English Language

ELTWeekly Issue#5, Worldwide ELT news

$1b to widen school choice Adele Wong and Beatrice Siu  Friday, January 09, 2009   Secondary schools will be allowed to choose the medium of instruction for various subjects from September next year, according to a HK$1 billion plan unveiled by the government yesterday. However, schools choosing to use English must ensure that 85 percent… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#5, Worldwide ELT news

ELTWeekly Issue#4, Video of the week: ESL Error Correction Techniques

Here is the video of the week for the fourth issue of ELTWeekly: ESL Error Correction Techniques In this video a teacher from Madrid explains the error correction techniques that he used in his ESL/EFL (English as a Second Language / English as a Foreign Language) classroom with some Spanish students.

ELTWeekly Issue#4, Useful ELT resources

Pearson Longman English Language Teaching Website On this website, there are lots of ideas and free resources for learners and teachers of English language. Try fun online activities, download free support materials and get helpful tips on learning and teaching English. Find out more about Great Teachers and how to become a Pearson Longman Author. Pearson Longman English… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#4, Useful ELT resources

ELTWeekly Issue#4, Worldwide ELT news

The English language is going to the dogs – The Japan Times On Friday nights, I teach private English lessons to five people and three dogs. The dogs are good students: They are very quiet and never bark or interrupt. They always come to class well-groomed, wearing smart looking T-shirts and dresses. Absenteeism is rare,… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#4, Worldwide ELT news

ELTWeekly Issue#4, Worldwide ELT events

MELTA  18th  International  Conference  :  ALIGNING  TEACHING  AND  LEARNING – June 11-13, 2009, Malaysia The Malaysian English Language Teaching Association (MELTA) will host its 18th International Conference on the theme Aligning Teaching And Learning Effective Methodologies In English Language Education at Puteri Pacific Hotel, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia from 11-13 June 2009. The conference also promises… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#4, Worldwide ELT events

ELTWeekly Issue#4, Tip of the week: Blog to Teach

Blog to Teach by Tarun Patel Blogging can be a powerful and interesting activity to expand your reach among your students and also to help them improve their language. Blogs can be utilized this way:   Put your teaching materials, assignments, time table, important dates on blog Write summary of everyday lessons on your blog… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#4, Tip of the week: Blog to Teach

ELTWeekly Issue#4, Quote of the week

Dr. Willard Gaylin English is such a deliciously complex and undisciplined language, we can bend, fuse, distort words to all our purposes. We give old words new meanings, and we borrow new words from any language that intrudes into our intellectual environment.