ELTWeekly Issue#55 Contents

Video: Preparing Pre-Service Teachers … for English Language Learners News: Word getting out about translation eBook: The ELT bibliography (2009) Article: ‘Factors and Problems of Teaching English as Second Language at Rural Areas’ by Nukesh Yellapu Blog: E-Learning Queen Article: ‘5 YouTube Videos to Teach English Pronunciation’ by Tarun Patel Research Article: ‘Towards Intercultural Communicative… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#55 Contents

#55, Article: ‘5 YouTube Videos to Teach Pronunciation’ by Tarun Patel

Hi everyone, As we know Internet has brought in greater flexibility for educators, especially for the language teachers. Today I am going to focus on 5 highly useful YouTube videos to teach English pronunciations. Here we go with the videos 🙂 Video#1: Pronunciation – several sounds/words – English Meeting ESL Lesson This video accompanies the… Continue reading #55, Article: ‘5 YouTube Videos to Teach Pronunciation’ by Tarun Patel

#55, Blog: E-Learning Queen

The blog E-Learning Queen focuses on distance training and education, from instructional design to e-learning and mobile solutions, and pays attention to psychological, social, and cultural factors. This edublog emphasizes real-world e-learning issues and appropriate uses of emerging technologies. Susan Smith Nash is the author of this blog. Visit E-Learning Queen at http://elearnqueen.blogspot.com

#55, eBook: The ELT bibliography (2009)

This general English language teaching (ELT) bibliography is designed to help English language teaching professionals select resources for the classroom, self-access centre, library or teachers’ resource collection. This general list focuses on actual teaching and learning resources, for example coursebooks, graded readers and examination preparation material. Download ‘The ELT bibliography (2009)’ by clicking this link: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk

#55, News: Word getting out about translation

“IT MIGHT seem like advances in language translation technology will soon cancel out the need for kids to learn foreign languages, but there are no signs that human translators will be out of a job just yet. The field of machine translation (MT) has been around for years but it has improved significantly over the… Continue reading #55, News: Word getting out about translation

#55, Article: Stirrers and settlers for the primary classroom

“Teaching in the primary classroom is very different from teaching teens or adults because of the amount of energy children have! Knowing how to channel this energy, or when to ‘stir’ and when to ‘settle’ children will help you achieve balanced lessons without children becoming over-excited on the one hand or bored on the other.… Continue reading #55, Article: Stirrers and settlers for the primary classroom

#55, Research Article: ‘Towards Intercultural Communicative Competence in English Language Teaching’ by Saeid Najafi Sarem & Babak Qasemi

There have been reformulations of the different components of knowledge that underlie Canale and Swain’s influential model of communicative competent, the model, in its slightly modified form by Canale (1983), still forms the conventional framework for curriculum design and classroom practice associated with communicative language teaching many educational contexts. The notion of communicative competence described… Continue reading #55, Research Article: ‘Towards Intercultural Communicative Competence in English Language Teaching’ by Saeid Najafi Sarem & Babak Qasemi

#55, Article: ‘Factors and Problems of Teaching English as Second Language at Rural Areas’ by Nukesh Yellapu

Factors and Problems of Teaching English as Second Language at Rural Areas for +1 Students in Andhra Pradesh Nukesh Yellapu, M.A.,B.Ed. With the long and varied experience of teaching English to young students in rural areas of Andhra Pradesh at +1 level, the columnist would like to share some of the vengeances and their probable… Continue reading #55, Article: ‘Factors and Problems of Teaching English as Second Language at Rural Areas’ by Nukesh Yellapu

#55, Video: Preparing Pre-Service Teachers … for English Language Learners

Improving Recruitment, Development & Retention Through Effective Pedagogy – Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Integrate Inquiry Science with Language and Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners: An Experimental Study Trish Stoddart – University of California, Santa Cruz Marco Bravo – Santa Clara University Jorge Solis – University of California, Berkeley This presentation describes the findings of… Continue reading #55, Video: Preparing Pre-Service Teachers … for English Language Learners