Category: ELT Newsletter

Vol. 4 Issue 34 – Article: ‘Teaching English As a Foreign Language With Social Responsibility’ by Larry M. Lynch

Are you conserving and recycling water? As EFL, ESL or foreign language teaching professionals we ultimately have a responsibility to our learners, our adopted communities and ourselves as a form of social responsibility. We can quite easily, quickly and responsibly incorporate global, regional and local social issues into our class sessions to provide our language learners with an outlet for their English as a foreign language or other foreign language communicative skills. Pollution, crime, the environment, global warming and terrorism are all available topics of concern regionally and locally worldwide. Take water conservation for example.

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 33

 ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#33 | August 13, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Classroom Tip: Drawing dictation Video: Professor Farzad Sharifian: English as an International Language (EIL) 2011 Lecture Article: How Listening to Music Influences English Language Teaching Learning Video: Learner Language: Tools for Teachers | The New School International Conference On ‘Empowering The English Language Classroom’ At… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 33

Vol. 4 Issue 33 – Book Review: ‘Hakuna Matata – Life is Calling’ – Dr.Krati Sharma

Hakuna Matata Life is Calling is a fiction which falls under the genre of Indian Writing in English. This fiction is a maiden attempt of Srinivas Yanamandra. He is a C.A. by profession and in his amateur attempt he proves that, he is well read author who is not only a keen observer but also possesses a lucid style.

Vol. 4 Issue 33 – International Conference On ‘Empowering The English Language Classroom’ At Malaviya National Institute Of Technology, Jaipur, January 18-19, 2013

The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India, invites English language teachers, professionals and research scholars to submit proposals for papers, posters and workshops for the International Conference on ‘Empowering the English Language Classroom.’ This International Conference is a part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Malaviya National Institute of Technology, an Institute of National Importance and one of the premier National Institutes of Technology in India. The conference will take place at M.N.I.T Jaipur from January 18th to 19th, 2013.

Vol. 4 Issue 33 – Video: Learner Language: Tools for Teachers | The New School

Learner language is the constantly changing ability students have to communicate as they learn a new language. It provides an index of students progress, allowing teachers to determine how to best educate them. By analyzing examples of learner language, students develop skills to address it when they are teaching.

Vol. 4 Issue 33 – Video: Professor Farzad Sharifian: English as an International Language (EIL) 2011 Lecture

In this lecture, Professor Sharifian presents an overview of the paradigm of English as an International Language (EIL). Starting with a brief historical account of the development of the paradigm and a demographic account of the spread and the use of the English language around the globe, he elaborates on the themes that have emerged as the key topics within the field. These include renationalization of English, use of English as a lingua franca, politics of EIL, identity and EIL, attitude towards EIL, ownership of English, teaching EIL, proficiency in EIL, and native-speakerism. At the end of the lecture, Professor Kirkpatrick will present a commentary on the EIL Lecture.