Category: ELTWeekly Issue#18

ELTWeekly Issue#18 Contents

Click Here to DOWNLOAD ELTWeekly Issue#18 in PDF Format – Quote of the week – Worldwide ELT news – Video of the week: Anecdotes in the ELT classroom: Sue Kay & Vaughan Jones – Word of the week: extremophile – Blog of the week: Alex Case’s TEFLastic Blog – Request ELT Webinars – Article: Integration of Skills in English Language Teaching By… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#18 Contents

ELTWeekly Issue #18, Blog of the week: Alex Case’s TEFLastic Blog

TEFLtastic with Alex Case Tefltastic is loaded with the variety of resources for the teacher of English. Alex Case has posted multiple blogs and articles. He covers almost all the topics in relation to the teaching methodology. However, he has focused more on the linguistic areas useful in teaching English language. Apart from linguistics he… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #18, Blog of the week: Alex Case’s TEFLastic Blog

ELTWeekly Issue #18, Word of the week: extremophile

extremophile • ik-STREE-muh-fyle – noun meaning: an organism that lives under extreme environmental conditions example: “Cold-loving extremophiles could show us what kinds of creatures might live … in parts of the solar system previously thought uninhabitable.” To know more about the word ‘extremophile’, please visit: http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwodarch.pl?Apr.01.2009

ELTWeekly Issue#18, Request ELT Webinars

Dr. Ranganayaki Srinivas has launched the ‘Webinar Course Just For You’ program. She designs each webinar on a specific topic based on participants’ needs. Dr. Ranganayaki says, “What is the specific webinar course you are looking for? Post your questions on which I can conduct a webinar course specially for you. Vote for the questions submitted by others.… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#18, Request ELT Webinars

ELTWeekly Issue#18, Article: Integration of Skills in English Language Teaching By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi

Integration of Skills in English Language Teaching By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi Integration of skills is a very important practice in the teaching of any language. No skill can be taught in isolation and segregation. There exists a deep, profound and inseparable connection between language use and the context in which it is entrenched and embedded.… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#18, Article: Integration of Skills in English Language Teaching By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi

ELTWeekly Issue#18, Cool ELT resources

*** Teacher of English.com *** Teacher of English.com is the UK’s premiere online PowerPoint based GCSE English resources website for teaching English at KS2, KS3 and KS4 GCSE English. Teacher of English provides editable teaching resources, PowerPoint lesson plans and schemes of work for teachers of English Language and English Literature. All their resources are developed and produced… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#18, Cool ELT resources

ELTWeekly Issue#18, Article: 15 ways of combining listening and reading By Alex Case

15 ways of combining listening and reading By Alex Case Copyright 2009 Alex Case/ TEFL.net, republished with permission. 1. Radio news Many sites that offer streaming or downloadable radio news also have a short text summarizing the story. Reading this before listening will make comprehension easier, especially if students discuss what they read and/ or think about… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#18, Article: 15 ways of combining listening and reading By Alex Case

ELTWeekly Issue#18, Book of the week: Teaching Reading to English Language Learners: Differentiated Literacies

Teaching Reading to English Language Learners: Differentiated Literacies By Socorro Herrera     Book Description This is a practical, research-based text designed to guide teachers in the development and implementation of programs for second language learners.    This text blends theory and practice to provide grade-level and ESL teachers with the tools they need to differentiate… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#18, Book of the week: Teaching Reading to English Language Learners: Differentiated Literacies

ELTWeekly Issue#18, Research paper: The Ecology of Communicative Language Teaching: Reflecting on the Singapore Experience

The Ecology of Communicative Language Teaching: Reflecting on the Singapore Experience By Zhang, Lawrence Jun Source: Online Submission, Paper presented at the Annual CELEA International Conference (Guangzhou, China, Nov 11-13, 2006) Publication Date: 2006-11-11 Pages: 14 Abstract This paper addresses the ecology of communicative language teaching (CLT) by reflecting on the Singapore experience. It reviews how CLT was… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#18, Research paper: The Ecology of Communicative Language Teaching: Reflecting on the Singapore Experience