Category: ELT Newsletter

Teaching English the Fun Way: Beginning Class

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 10 | March 31, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] A comfortable classroom environment is paramount in classroom management and enhances academic achievement. A song that everybody likes sets a relaxing and pleasant tone. The class is democratic and students have a lot of say in how the class proceeds. The kids know the… Continue reading Teaching English the Fun Way: Beginning Class

Communicative Grammar for Multi-Level English Language Learners

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 10 | March 31, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] English language learning is so multi-faceted that experts describe a “heterogeneous language class” as a class with more than one student. Ability, needs, background, age, and psychological make-up are just some of the variables among learners. Preparing different tasks for students at different levels… Continue reading Communicative Grammar for Multi-Level English Language Learners

‘Use of Poetry for Effective Teaching of English’ by Reena Mittal

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 10 | March 31, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] A Poetry is a piece of writing in which words are arranged beautifully and rhythmically. We have recently celebrated World Poetry Day on 21st March and suddenly this thought come into my mind to write something on this topic. Studying and writing poetry can… Continue reading ‘Use of Poetry for Effective Teaching of English’ by Reena Mittal

‘Approaching a Literary Text Stylistically’ by Dr Shibu Simon

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 10 | March 31, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036]   The crux of the problem in teaching literature is how to guide the learners to develop an individual response to literature. Such a guidance will have to focus on the values linguistic units acquire in contexts of use and in orienting learners to… Continue reading ‘Approaching a Literary Text Stylistically’ by Dr Shibu Simon

‘Writing Skills – through a looking glass’ by Bushra Pasha

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 10 | March 31, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Precisely, what do we do as writers when we compose a piece of script? What kind of mood, behavior, thought, choices of words represent the composition? How the writer becomes involved in the writing? What keeps him going? What causes blocks that most of… Continue reading ‘Writing Skills – through a looking glass’ by Bushra Pasha

ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 9

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 8 | March 17, 2014] Video: Reading Comprehension Strategies : Teaching English Grammar Research Paper: ‘Using E-Portfolios and ESL Learners’ by Maha Alawdat Video: Teaching Grammar in Today’s Classroom—Part 1 ‘Relevance of English, Mathematics & Management Sciences to Technical Courses REMMT – 2014′, Hyderabad, April 3-4 ‘GloCALL 2014′, Ahmedabad, October 9-11 Video:… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 9

Research Paper: ‘Using E-Portfolios and ESL Learners’ by Maha Alawdat

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 8 | March 17, 2014] Abstract This study examines the use of e-portfolios for ESL (English as a second language) learners. The data were collected by reviewing 11 empirical studies from 2010-2012 in order to synthesize meaningful information about e-portfolios for ESL/EFL (English as a foreign language) acquisition. The studies were coded… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Using E-Portfolios and ESL Learners’ by Maha Alawdat

Video: Reading Comprehension Strategies : Teaching English Grammar

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 8 | March 17, 2014] It’s important to teach English grammar to promote growth, understanding and knowledge, and to improve writing performance, creativity and insight. Discover how English grammar skills can provide a tool for learning other languages with help from an English specialist and president of a theater group in this… Continue reading Video: Reading Comprehension Strategies : Teaching English Grammar