‘ICT Assisted Editing as a Humanising Communicative Task in CLT’ by Professor (Dr) Shibu Simon

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 11 | April 28, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] This article proposes to analyse the feasibility and the potential of using ICT1 assisted editing as a humanising2 communicative task3 in CLT4 classrooms. It discusses an editing software but the focus is on how to use this software to provide learners with authentic and… Continue reading ‘ICT Assisted Editing as a Humanising Communicative Task in CLT’ by Professor (Dr) Shibu Simon

‘Regionalism in Pronunciation’ by Reena Mittal

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 11 | April 28, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] English in India is a question of Linguistic centralism while the other languages lead to linguistic regionalism. A foreign language always posed problems in the country when exist firmly and distinctly. We have heard of Regionalism in the novels of Hardy and R.K. Narayan;… Continue reading ‘Regionalism in Pronunciation’ by Reena Mittal

#74, Susan Ryan’s Tip: How to Use the Correct Syllable Stress Pattern

Stressing syllables correctly in spoken English is often an area of great difficulty for south Asian language speakers. Speakers of South Asian languages frequently place stress on the first syllable of a word.  However, in spoken American and British English the stress or emphasis may fall on many different syllables.