ELTWeekly Issue#19 Contents

– Worldwide ELT news – Video of the week: ELT – Warmup – Worldwide ELT events – Research paper: A Comparative Analysis of Pair-Work and Individual Assignments in Two ELT Grammar Classes – Article: 15 fun activities for prepositions of time By Alex Case – Article: Communicative Language Teaching in India By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi – Article: Improve Your Reading Skills… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#19 Contents

ELTWeekly Issue#19, Article: Improve Your Reading Skills By Dr. Naveen K Mehta

Improve Your Reading Skills By Dr. Naveen K Mehta (drnknmehta73@gmail.com), Faculty, ICAI, New Delhi  “Reading is to mind what exercise is to body.” -Richard Steele) Undoubtedly, Reading helps to develop and improve other skills. Reading enriches our knowledge bank and leads us to a world of better understanding and healthy relationship. The primary function of reading is… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#19, Article: Improve Your Reading Skills By Dr. Naveen K Mehta

ELTWeekly Issue#19, Research paper: A Comparative Analysis of Pair-Work and Individual Assignments in Two ELT Grammar Classes

A Comparative Analysis of Pair-Work and Individual Assignments in Two ELT Grammar Classes By Sert, Olcay Descriptors: Comparative Analysis; Second Language Learning; Grammar; Assignments; Language Teachers; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Grouping (Instructional Purposes) Publication date: 2005-10-00 Pages: 18 Abstract: Assignments prepared in pair-work have long been evaluated to be more successful when compared to individually prepared assignments in many respects in foreign language learning contexts. However,… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#19, Research paper: A Comparative Analysis of Pair-Work and Individual Assignments in Two ELT Grammar Classes

ELTWeekly Issue#19, Article: 15 fun activities for prepositions of time By Alex Case

15 fun activities for prepositions of time By Alex Case 1. Prepositions of time SNAP Prepare playing cards with the preposition of time replaced with a gap, with at least two different prepositions in the pack and approximately the same number of cards for each preposition- for example, 10 cards with “at” missing, 10 cards… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#19, Article: 15 fun activities for prepositions of time By Alex Case

ELTWeekly Issue#19, Worldwide ELT events

National Conference on ‘Literature, Language and Technology’, H M Patel Institute of English Training & Research, Vidyanagar, Gujarat – India, May 23 – 24, 2009 Technology, in today’s world, has become an integral part of our lives and whether, we like it or not, is widely accessed by the teachers and learners for varied purposes.… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#19, Worldwide ELT events

ELTWeekly Issue#19, Article: Communicative Language Teaching in India By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi

Communicative Language Teaching in India By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) developed some two decades ago as a response against the diverse approaches to second/foreign language teaching practiced in the last forty to fifty years, especially in the Structural (Grammatical) Approach. CLT is a language teaching programme focusing on learners’ ability to… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#19, Article: Communicative Language Teaching in India By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi

ELTWeekly Issue#19, Worldwide ELT news

Feldman is Howard County Teacher of the Year Kimberly Feldman had no idea what was happening when Superintendent Sydney L. Cousin and other top-ranking school officials entered her class at Oakland Mills High School with a bouquet of flowers. Her students were thrilled by a mock trial lesson, which her principal said is indicative of… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#19, Worldwide ELT news