Category: ELT Newsletter

#36, Book of the week: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language by David Crystal Editorial Reviews From Library Journal Crystal, an author, lecturer, and BBC broadcaster on language, here approaches English with the same combination of scholarly seriousness and inviting visual presentation that made his Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (LJ 5/1/88) so successful. This large, lively, and lavishly illustrated… Continue reading #36, Book of the week: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language

#36, Blog of the Week: huffenglish.com

Hi friends, huffenglish.com is the blog of the week for issue #36.

Dana Huff runs huffenglish.com. Dana teaches 9-12th grade English and a 10th grade Writing Seminar at the Weber School, a private Jewish high school in the Atlanta metro-area. She has been teaching since 1997; She taught middle school Language Arts and Journalism for two years and pre-K for one year and all the rest have been high school English.

#36, Research Article: ‘Language and Culture’ by Mahsa Kia

Culture is the act of developing the intellectual and moral faculties especially by education.(Webster dictionary)

The national centre for cultural competence defines culture as an” integrated pattern of human behavior that includes thoughts, communications, languages, practices, beliefs, values, customs, courtesies, rituals, manners of interacting and roles, relationships and expected behaviors of racial, ethnic, religious or social group; and the ability to transmit the above to the succeeding generation.(Good,Sockalingam,Brown&Jones,2000)

#36, Interview with Dr. Atanu Bhattacharya

Hi friends, today we have with us Dr. Atanu Bhattacharya, a dynamic English Language Teacher working with H M Patel Institute of English Training & Research, Vallabh Vidyanagar – Gujarat as a Reader. On his credit Dr. Bhattacharya has several research papers focusing on English Literature and use of ICT in ELT. He has conducted… Continue reading #36, Interview with Dr. Atanu Bhattacharya

#36, Research Article: ‘The Use of L1 in Teaching English’ by Ms Daisy

There is no rule that you should never use L1 in English lessons, nor on the other hand is there any excuse for using L1 most of the time. Like many other teaching strategies, the use of L1 involves rapid on-your-feet decision making: is it worth switching to L1 at this point? Or would it be better to stay with English? We should finally free ourselves from the misconceptions and try to appreciate the existing alliance between the L1 and L2. Our ultimate aim should be to have students who are proficient L2 users rather than deficient L1 speakers.

#36, Word of the Week: plumply • PLUMP-lee

WORD: plumply • PLUMP-lee • adverb MEANING : in a wholehearted manner and without hesitation or circumlocution :forthrightly EXAMPLE: Having taken offense at the remark, Sir Jeffrey plumply asked the man if his insult was intentional. To know more about ‘plumply’, please visit http://www.merriam-webster.com

ELTWeekly Issue#35 Contents

– Word of the Week: futurity • fyoo-TOOR-uh-tee – Video: Task Based Learning – new ELT Expert Interview: Interview with Dr. S Mohanraj – Article: Social Networking Sites for Teaching English, Part-3 – Article: Developing Communicative Language Skills – Article: A Need to Study Literature by Students of Technical / Professional / Business Communication – Free eBook: Creative Ways – Slide Show: Harnessing… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#35 Contents

#35, Free eBook: Creative Ways

Starting to teach creative writing in the English language classroom A teaching pack based on materials developed by the British Council in cooperation with the BBC World Service. It was inspired by the British Council’s 15th Oxford Conference on Teaching Literature Overseas, which was held in 2000. The theme of the conference was ‘From critical… Continue reading #35, Free eBook: Creative Ways