ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#43 | December 30, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY (Established under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956) Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Road, Chennai – 600 119, Tamil Nadu, India A one day National Conference on Trends in English for Science & Technology with special focus on Technical Writing (Download Brochure) TEST… Continue reading Conference: ‘Trends in English for Science & Technology’, India – January 29, 2014
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Conference: ELTIS’ 4th National Conference on ELT – February 7-8, Pune, India,
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#43 | December 30, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 The English Language Teaching Institute of Symbiosis (ELTIS) is hosting 4th National Conference on ELT on February 7-8. The theme of the conference is “Cultivating the Skill of Reading: a Classroom Challenge”. Tracks (Sub-Themes) Silent Reading and Reading Aloud Teaching the Reading of Poetry / Prose… Continue reading Conference: ELTIS’ 4th National Conference on ELT – February 7-8, Pune, India,
Book Review: ‘Seven Steps Around the Fire’ by Mahesh Dattani
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#43 | December 30, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 This book review is submitted by Suman Yadav, Research Scholar, Dept.of English, JNU, Jaipur. Seven Steps Around the Fire is one of the famous Radio plays of Mahesh Dattani. It was first broadcast as Seven Circles Around the Fire by BBC Radio 4 on 9 January, 1999. The… Continue reading Book Review: ‘Seven Steps Around the Fire’ by Mahesh Dattani
Conference: TISCELL 2014 – February 7-8, Faridabad, India
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#43 | December 30, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 TISCELL 2014 – A 2-day platform for the Sociologists, Linguists, Literary persons, research scholars, teachers and the lovers of English language and literature to come together to analyse… • The social changes in the past 100 years and their impact on English language & Literature… Continue reading Conference: TISCELL 2014 – February 7-8, Faridabad, India
Seminar: ‘Narratives of Violence in Postmodern Literature’ – February 27-28, Sagar, MP, India
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#43 | December 30, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Department of English & Other European Languages, Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar (M.P.) is organising a seminar on “Narratives of Violence in Postmodern Literature” on February 27-28 at Sagar, MP, India. Theme Statement All along their evolution and dissolution, various ancient and medieval civilizations–… Continue reading Seminar: ‘Narratives of Violence in Postmodern Literature’ – February 27-28, Sagar, MP, India
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 42
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#42 | December 16, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Book of the week: ‘Instant Academic Skills’ by Sarah Lane Research Paper: ‘From Unity to Diversity: Twenty-Five Years of Language-Teaching Methodology’ Case Study: ‘Promoting Language Learning in the Primary Classroom and Beyond’ – Liam F. Heaney Research Paper: ‘Two Dimensions of Teacher Knowledge: The Case… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 42
Webinar: ‘Helping students with speaking’, January 16
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#42 | December 16, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 CUP is hosting a webinar on ‘Helping students with speaking’ with Chris Redston on Thursday, January 16, 2013 at 3:00 pm. Webinar description Chris Redston, author of face2face, talks about how you can create successful and meaningful speaking opportunities in your classes. He will discuss how to… Continue reading Webinar: ‘Helping students with speaking’, January 16
Book of the week: ‘Instant Academic Skills’ by Sarah Lane
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#42 | December 16, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Instant Academic Skills provides ready-to-teach, photocopiable lessons for busy teachers who want to give their students extra practice in general academic skills. The lessons cover all four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and can be taught individually or as a learning ‘unit’. Challenging activities… Continue reading Book of the week: ‘Instant Academic Skills’ by Sarah Lane
Video: Authenticity and Legitimacy in Multilingual Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#42 | December 16, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 After problematizing the authority of the native speaker in second language acquisition research, applied linguists are now questioning the very notion of standard national language as an appropriate object of study (Canagarajah 2007, Cenoz & Gorter 2010). More important than learning the elements of… Continue reading Video: Authenticity and Legitimacy in Multilingual Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
Conference: ‘Trends in English for Science & Technology’, India – January 29, 2014
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#42 | December 16, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY (Established under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956) Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Road, Chennai – 600 119, Tamil Nadu, India A one day National Conference on Trends in English for Science & Technology with special focus on Technical Writing (Download Brochure) TEST… Continue reading Conference: ‘Trends in English for Science & Technology’, India – January 29, 2014