ELTWeekly Issue#45 Contents

HAPPY 2010! 🙂 ELTons 2010 Shortlists Announced Christmas based ELT Lesson Plan Article: ‘Creative writing for language learners (and teachers)’ by Alan Maley Free eBook: English as a Second Language in the United Kingdom Video 1: Seven Ways of Looking at Grammar Video 2: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Introduction Research Paper: ‘Teaching Grammar… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#45 Contents

#45, ELTons 2010 Shortlists Announced

The ELTons is the only international awards ceremony that rewards the wealth of innovative new English language teaching (ELT) resources that help English language learners and teachers achieve their goals. Find out who has been nominated for an ELTon in the following categories: – The UK Award for Innovation – The Cambridge ESOL International Award for… Continue reading #45, ELTons 2010 Shortlists Announced

#45, Christmas based ELT Lesson Plan

There are lots of Christmas activities on the British Council’s site for young learners – LearnEnglish Kids – which you can use with your students during the festive season. You will find all the resources on one page on NEW LearnEnglish Kids: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/category/topics/christmas You can also find the resources on these pages: http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-topics-christmas.htm http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-topics-christmas-presents.htm On this… Continue reading #45, Christmas based ELT Lesson Plan

#45, Article: ‘Creative writing for language learners (and teachers)’ by Alan Maley

Creative writing for language learners (and teachers) by Alan Maley Creative writing normally refers to the production of texts which have an aesthetic rather than a purely informative, instrumental or pragmatic purpose. Most often, such texts take the form of poems or stories, though they are not confined to these genres. (Letters, journal entries, blogs,… Continue reading #45, Article: ‘Creative writing for language learners (and teachers)’ by Alan Maley

#45, Free eBook: English as a Second Language in the United Kingdom

This is, of course, as much a key topic in the UK as it was in 1985 when this book was originally published. The book aimed to cover ‘English teaching to British residents’ and addresses teaching children in the school sector; teaching adults in education and in the workplace; and teacher training, among others. One… Continue reading #45, Free eBook: English as a Second Language in the United Kingdom

#45, Video 2: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Introduction

This video featurs some introductory materials are designed for English as a Foreign Language educators who share the following two goals: 1. Building an academic or “pedagogical” foundation; and, 2. Improving classroom practices. If you have these same goals, then these materials are for you! An innovative offering from the Office of English Language Programs, Shaping… Continue reading #45, Video 2: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Introduction

#45, Video 1: Seven Ways of Looking at Grammar

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 we go about teaching second languages. In this talk, Scott… Continue reading #45, Video 1: Seven Ways of Looking at Grammar

#45, Research Paper: ‘Teaching Grammar Through Situational Approach’ by Prashant Mishra

Teaching Grammar Through Situational Approach  by Prashant Mishra, Professor and Head, Department of English, Government S.V.P.G. College, NEEMUCH(M.P.) 458 441 Introduction: Learning of mother tongue is an unconscious process. People learn their mother tongues from the socio-cultural surroundings. They do not learn the grammar of their mother tongues consciously and deliberately. But learning of a… Continue reading #45, Research Paper: ‘Teaching Grammar Through Situational Approach’ by Prashant Mishra