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My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn’t just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you’ve got to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren’t only bombs and bullets — no, they’re little gifts, containing meanings! -Philip Roth

Macmillan ELT Resource Sites Supporting and enhancing your students’ language learning, Macmillan’s ELT resource sites provide free English Language supplementary material to download and use in your classroom. To receive the latest resources direct to your inbox, you can register for the Macmillan English Update! Get the resources you need – visit the resource sites for the type of… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#3 – Useful ELT resources

The second issue of ELTWeekly has been released. This issue is content packed with: – Tip of the week – Video of the week – Featured article: Developing Language Skills through e-learning: Everyone’s Duty, Nobody’s Doing – ELT News – Upcoming events – Book of the week – Useful resources – Feedback. Download the ELTWeekly… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #2 – December 22, 2008

Developing Language Skills through e-learning: Everyone’s Duty, Nobody’s Doing   by Bhaskar Pandya   Present article is based on a Poster prepared by Dr. S Arumuga Perumal, though the focus changes herein. It intends to present an overview of how language skills can be developed and / or honed by using e-learning. It also intends… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#2 – Article of the week by Bhaskar Pandya

ELTWeekly video of the week: Teaching English with Games In this video the Bridge-Linguatec Inc. team shows three ways of incorporating games into your ESL and EFL classes. I am sure you will find those three tips worth trying.  

1. ESL.About.com About.com is an online neighborhood of hundreds of helpful experts, eager to share their wealth of knowledge with visitors. The ESL.About.com is headed by Kenneth Beare who is an ESL Guide at About.com. ESL.About.com offers free English courses, vocabulary lessons, ready made lesson plans, grammar tips, and various quizzes. Key topics on the site include:… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#2 – Useful ELT resources

The ELT book of the week for the second issue of ELTWeekly is: “The ELT Curriculum: Design, Innovation and Mangement” by Ronald White Book Details Paperback: 208 pages Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (July 7, 1998) Language: English ISBN-10: 0631151524 ISBN-13: 978-0631151524 Book Description ELT teachers today are faced with a bewildering choice of aims, methods and materials.… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue 2 – Book of the week: The ELT Curriculum: Design, Innovation and Mangement by Ronald White

English teaching tries to get past ‘how are you?’ – Viet Nam News HA NOI — Low efficiency in teaching English at universities is a thorny issue, especially since the State has invested money and resources in improving courses. A first-year student at the Ha Noi National University summarised his English learning process from the sixth… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#2 – Worldwide ELT News