As with any industry English language teaching is full of specialist terms and acronyms that mean nothing to those outside the industry. This article will take you through some of the most common terms used to help you prepare if you are considering entering the English language teaching industry. I use the term industry, as… Continue reading #71, Article: ‘Useful Concepts and Acronyms for English Language Teaching’ by Sarah Handsworth
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#71, Word of the week: Global comprehension
Global comprehension means understanding the general meaning of what you are listening to or reading. It can be compared to selective comprehension, which means understanding specific information in the text, and detailed comprehension, which means understanding everything. Global, selective and detailed comprehensions have parallels with the three reading skills of skimming, scanning and intensive reading.… Continue reading #71, Word of the week: Global comprehension
#71, Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 13, Peer Observation in Teaching Practices
Classroom observation can take different forms. The two most common are: 1. Summative observation, in which another teacher or an administrator observes the class. The purpose for this is evaluative and may result a rating of some kind. 2. And, formative observation, in which two teachers, or “peers,” do a “friendly” observation of each other’s… Continue reading #71, Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 13, Peer Observation in Teaching Practices
#71, Research Article: ‘Indian English Fiction: Experimenting the Queen’s Language’ by Chirag Dhandhukiya
ELTWeekly ISSN 0975-3036 Chirag Dinesh Dhandhukiya works as a lecturer with the Department of English at C Z Patel College of Business and Management, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat. Introduction Indian Writing in English has contributed in the field of both English fiction and poetry. In the recent years, Indian fiction writers have been widely recognized by the West.… Continue reading #71, Research Article: ‘Indian English Fiction: Experimenting the Queen’s Language’ by Chirag Dhandhukiya
#71, Article: ‘English and Employability’ by Dr. R. Kannan
ELTWeekly ISSN 0975-3036 Dr. R. Kannan works as an Assistant Professor with the Department of English at Fatima Michael College of Engg. & Technology, Madurai. Preamble English, being a global language, has occupied an unparallel position today. As a result of this, learning English and acquiring skills in it is mandatory. English has touched upon every field of study.… Continue reading #71, Article: ‘English and Employability’ by Dr. R. Kannan
ELTWeekly Issue#70
Word of the week: Fossilization Video: TEFL Online Tutorial: Teaching English With Games Article: ‘Conducting Feedback on Exercises and Tasks’ by Duncan M Article: ‘English is ‘Fun” by Sophia Jaychandran Article: ‘Which one: Persian, Farsi or Parsi?’ by Zohre Maleki, Alborz University, Iran.
#70, Article: ‘Conducting Feedback on Exercises and Tasks’ by Duncan M
The term feedback can apply to a number of classroom situations and procedures, but here it refers to a range of techniques employed by the teacher to facilitate responses from the students to an exercise or task. Inevitably, teachers feel that the whole class needs and deserves to know the correct answer or response to… Continue reading #70, Article: ‘Conducting Feedback on Exercises and Tasks’ by Duncan M
#70, Word of the week: Fossilization
Fossilization refers to the process in which incorrect language becomes a habit and cannot easily be corrected. Example Many advanced level learners who have Spanish as an L1 do not distinguish between ‘he’ and ‘she’. This could be a fossilized error. In the classroom Errors in general take time to correct but a fossilized error… Continue reading #70, Word of the week: Fossilization
#70, Article: ‘English is ‘Fun” by Sophia Jaychandran
English language in the present day context has undergone a whole lot of new dimensions and paradigms. This is clearly manifested in the manner in which the language that has been rather receptive and flexible to many inflexional changes. In my presentation, I wish to highlight some of the easy but rock-solid ways of acquiring… Continue reading #70, Article: ‘English is ‘Fun” by Sophia Jaychandran
#70, Article: ‘Which one: Persian, Farsi or Parsi?’ by Zohre Maleki, Alborz University, Iran
Introduction: In the past few years, there has been a tendency to replace the adjective “Persian” by “Farsi”. These discussions over the usage of Farsi in European languages has long existed among Iranians, especially Iranian immigrants. As usual, some agree and others disagree. The official language of Iran is sometimes called Farsi in English and… Continue reading #70, Article: ‘Which one: Persian, Farsi or Parsi?’ by Zohre Maleki, Alborz University, Iran