Category: ELT Newsletter

Webinar: ‘Helping students with speaking’, January 16

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#41 | December 9, 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

BUY Compelling Conversations – Get Your Students Talking – In English!

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#41 | December 9, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 “We learn by doing.” – English Proverb Do you want more English conversation activities in your ESL classes? Do your English students need practice asking and answering questions?  Are you looking for engaging ESL materials that spark genuine student conversations on topics that matter to… Continue reading BUY Compelling Conversations – Get Your Students Talking – In English!

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 40

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#40 | November 24, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Video: Using Web 2.0 Tools for Alternative Assessment of ESL Students Video: ‘My English’: Second Language Acquisition as Individual and Social Construction Video: Language Teaching Methods: Suggestopedia Research Paper: ‘Effect of Using Facebook to Assist English for Business Communication Course Instruction’ by Ru-Chu Shin Research Paper:… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 40

Video: Language Teaching Methods: Suggestopedia

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#40 | November 24, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Language Teaching Methods explores various methodologies of English language teaching. This was a joint project by Diane Larsen-Freeman and the U.S. Information Agency and was produced in 1990. This video demonstrates Suggestopedia with Lise Sparrow.

Research Paper: ‘Effect of Using Facebook to Assist English for Business Communication Course Instruction’ by Ru-Chu Shin

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#40 | November 24, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 This paper aimed to explore the effect of incorporating blended learning with Facebook and peer assessment for English for Business Communication course for college students. A total of 111 students from a public technological university participated in this study. The participants were divided into three Facebook… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Effect of Using Facebook to Assist English for Business Communication Course Instruction’ by Ru-Chu Shin

Research Paper: ‘Solving the Problems of Designing and Teaching a Packed English for Specific Purposes Course’ by Belinda Ho

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#40 | November 24, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Background: In an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course offered to a department in a university in Hong Kong preparing the students for their internship, students were expected to learn to write and engage in spoken activities related to a number of documents over a period… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Solving the Problems of Designing and Teaching a Packed English for Specific Purposes Course’ by Belinda Ho

Research Paper: ‘Revisiting Materials for Teaching Languages for Specific Purposes’ by Jesus Garcia Laborda

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#40 | November 24, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Teaching materials in languages for specific purposes have evolved in the last few years dramatically. The Internet currently plays a significant role in such development and has permitted both a wider range of resources and its free availability almost anywhere in the World. This paper presents… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Revisiting Materials for Teaching Languages for Specific Purposes’ by Jesus Garcia Laborda

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 39

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#39 | November 11 , 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Conference: Chicago International Conference on Education 2014 (Chicago ICE), May 2014, USA Research Paper: ‘Students’ Motivation towards Computer Use in EFL Learning’ by Gulten Genc & Selami Aydin Research Paper: ‘CALL for Researchers: Capturing a Ubiquitous Influence of Technology’ by Mie Shigemitsu Symposium: ‘Technology… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 39