ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#38 | October 28, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 The Department of English, Assam University, Silchar, and Forum for English Studies, Assam University, Silchar, will jointly organize a two-day National Conference on “Navigating Diaspora” during 11-12 March, 2014. The conference will be organized around plenary sessions, panel discussions and presentations by participants. Proposals for presentation at the… Continue reading Conference: ‘Navigating Diaspora’, March 2014, Silchar-India
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Symposium: ‘Technology in ELT: Challenges and Remedies’, November 23, Anand-India
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#38 | October 28, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Indukaka Ipcowala Institute of Management (I2IM), Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), Changa, Anand, Gujarat is organizing one day National Symposium on “Technology in ELT: Challenges and Remedies” on 23 November 2013 | Saturday in collaboration with English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELT@I),… Continue reading Symposium: ‘Technology in ELT: Challenges and Remedies’, November 23, Anand-India
Research Paper: ‘Error Analysis and the EFL Classroom Teaching’ by Xie & Jiang
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#38 | October 28, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 This paper makes a study of error analysis and its implementation in the EFL (English as Foreign Language) classroom teaching. It starts by giving a systematic review of the concepts and theories concerning EA (Error Analysis), the various reasons causing errors are comprehensively explored. The… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Error Analysis and the EFL Classroom Teaching’ by Xie & Jiang
Research Paper: ‘Task-Based Navigation of a Taxonomy Interface to a Digital Repository’ by Khoo, Wang & Chaudhry
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#38 | October 28, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 This is a study of hierarchical navigation; how users browse a taxonomy-based interface to an organizational repository to locate information resources. The study is part of a project to develop a taxonomy for an library and information science department to organize resources and support user… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Task-Based Navigation of a Taxonomy Interface to a Digital Repository’ by Khoo, Wang & Chaudhry
Video: Learner Language: Tools for Teachers
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#38 | October 28, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Learner language is the constantly changing ability students have to communicate as they learn a new language. It provides an index of students progress, allowing teachers to determine how to best educate them. By analyzing examples of learner language, students develop skills to address it… Continue reading Video: Learner Language: Tools for Teachers
Research Paper: ‘Multicultural Issues Represented In One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’ by Devang Rangani
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#37 | October 21, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Abstract: The novel One Amazing Thing a fiction by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni offers a wide scope of aesthetic exploration of cultural study. It begins with visiting strangers in the visa office in a city. The city is not mentioned anywhere in the novel. However,… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Multicultural Issues Represented In One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’ by Devang Rangani
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 37
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#37 | October 21, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Video: Building Vocabulary for Teaching ELLs Seminar: ‘Inclusive Education: Techniques of Teaching English to Differently-abled Students’, University of Hyderabad, January 23-24, 2014 ELT Voices – India, Volume 3, Issue 5 Released Video: Teaching Pronunciation: Seven Essential Concepts Research Paper: ‘Multicultural Issues Represented In One Amazing… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 37
Video: Building Vocabulary for Teaching ELLs
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#37 | October 21, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Jennifer Hixson’s presentation focuses on why vocabulary development is the most important part of English as a Second Language development; what vocabulary development really means for ELL students; how teachers can help students learn vocabulary when it is needed for content instruction, how to use… Continue reading Video: Building Vocabulary for Teaching ELLs
Seminar: ‘Inclusive Education: Techniques of Teaching English to Differently-abled Students’, University of Hyderabad, January 23-24, 2014
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#37 | October 21, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 University of Hyderabad’s Centre for English Language Studies’ Seminar cum workshop Inclusive Education: Techniques of Teaching English to Differently-abled Students 23 & 24 January, 2014 The term Inclusive Education has gained more importance all over the globe and more so in India in the last decade.… Continue reading Seminar: ‘Inclusive Education: Techniques of Teaching English to Differently-abled Students’, University of Hyderabad, January 23-24, 2014
Video: Seven Ways of Looking at Grammar
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#37 | October 21, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 What is grammar, and how is it internalized in the mind? Is it made up of symbolic code or of neural connections? Is it a sedimented trace left by previous conversations or an innate human capacity? Our answers to these questions obviously shape the way… Continue reading Video: Seven Ways of Looking at Grammar