ELTWeekly Issue#25 – ELTWeekly

ELTWeekly Issue #25, Three Must Read ELT Blogs

UsingEnglish.com/weblog UsingEnglish.com is a general English language site, specialising in ESL (English as a Second Language) with a wide range of resources for learners and teachers of English, and has been running since the beginning of 2002. Different varieties of English are used; there are contributors from the United States, Canada, Pakistan and non-native speakers,… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #25, Three Must Read ELT Blogs

ELTWeekly Issue#25, Research paper: Four Good Reasons To Use Literature in the Primary School ELT

Four Good Reasons To Use Literature in the Primary School ELT By Ghosn, Irma K. Abstract This paper presents four arguments in favor of integrating literature into English as a foreign language (EFL) classes for grade school children, particularly in cases where academic language proficiency is the ultimate goal of instruction but where English exposure and… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#25, Research paper: Four Good Reasons To Use Literature in the Primary School ELT

ELTWeekly Issue#25, Article: Top tips for getting an EFL book published

Top tips for getting an EFL book published By Alex Case Do not bother sending book proposals. The traditional “send a book proposal, wait for review, proposal accepted if you are lucky, negotiate and then start writing” process to work anymore. It is dead. If you send a book proposal in, you might be very… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#25, Article: Top tips for getting an EFL book published

ELTWeekly Issue#25, Article: Developing Effective Listening Skills

Developing Effective Listening Skills By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi Good listening is one of the most significant skills to have in today’s multifaceted world. Families need good listening to face complicated stresses together. Corporate employees need it to solve complicated problems quickly and stay competitive. Students need it to understand complex and composite issues in their… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#25, Article: Developing Effective Listening Skills

ELTWeekly Issue#25, Book of the week: English Language Teaching in its Social Context: A Reader

English Language Teaching in its Social Context: A Reader By C. Candlin Book Description English Language Teaching in its Social Context presents four major principles of English language teaching: * focusing on the roles played by teachers and learners * recognizing the individuality of language learners * supporting teachers in the provision of active guidance for… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#25, Book of the week: English Language Teaching in its Social Context: A Reader

ELTWeekly Issue #25, Quote of the week

“…if learners are exposed only to texts about things they know, they may over-rely on intelligent guesswork at the expense of their ability at bottom-up processing” – Scott Thornbury

ELTWeekly Issue #25, Word of the week: desolate

desolate • DESS-uh-lut • adjective 1 : devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted 2 : joyless, disconsolate, and sorrowful through or as if through separation from a loved one 3 a : showing the effects of abandonment and neglect : dilapidated * b : barren, lifeless c :devoid of warmth, comfort, or hope : gloomy Example: The landscape looks… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #25, Word of the week: desolate

ELTWeekly Issue#25, Worldwide ELT events

THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE TEACHING (ICLLT-1), Padang, October 16 – 17 As a world-wide language, the great need for the teaching-learning of Ednglish as an L2 and/or an FL has been increasing significantly. However, the teaching-learning process of English as an FL in Indonesia has not been fairly successful yet. Natural, cultural,… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#25, Worldwide ELT events

ELTWeekly Issue#25, Worldwide ELT news

Nick Seaton: School language teaching leaves children lost for words AS with almost everything else they’ve touched in education, the present Government has made a pig’s ear of foreign languages in schools. Little over a decade ago, French, German and Spanish were mainstream subjects. Now they hover on the fringes and are, literally, non-existent in… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#25, Worldwide ELT news