Category: ELTWeekly Issue#56

#94, Research Paper: ‘Pedagogic Approach To Language Acquisition For Corporate Readiness’ by Dr. Swayam Prabha Satpathy

ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#94 | August 8, 2011 | ISSN 0975-3036 In the present scenario, the young minds are adaptable to the change in the environment but are restricted to acquire a language which is already in their minds right from their childhood. As most of the medium of education is English and the… Continue reading #94, Research Paper: ‘Pedagogic Approach To Language Acquisition For Corporate Readiness’ by Dr. Swayam Prabha Satpathy

ELTWeekly Issue#56 Contents

Video: Accent Formation in Foreign Languages News: Indian? Want to prosper? Learn English Article: ‘ESL Employment – Teaching English Abroad, at Home, and Online’ by John D Rogers Research Paper: Integration of the Internet into a Language Curriculum in a Multicultural Society Article: ‘Classroom Observation’ by Jafar Maaitah Research Paper: ‘Technology as an Alchemy of… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#56 Contents

#56: Research Paper: Integration of the Internet into a Language Curriculum in a Multicultural Society

The rapid growth of the Internet, the global collection of interconnected computer networks, is both stimulative and instructive. The Internet has become one of the most powerful resources in accessing information. It is used for entertainment, sharing items, collecting and analyzing data, conducting interviews, chatting, downloading, and so on as well as education. Among the… Continue reading #56: Research Paper: Integration of the Internet into a Language Curriculum in a Multicultural Society

#56: News: Indian? Want to prosper? Learn English

Not that surprising, but this is one of the papers emerging from the Royal Economic Society conference I’m attending this week. The effect is large, especially for men: hourly wages up by a third. Here’s the press release: Being fluent in English increases the hourly wages of men in India by 34% and of women… Continue reading #56: News: Indian? Want to prosper? Learn English

#56: Video: British Council Seminar: using literature

BBC’s TeachingEnglish team has posted a video on using literature for English language teaching and learning. The TeachingEnglish team says, “This is the first of our British Council Seminar videos. The seminars encourage debate on areas of contemporary interest in the field of English language teaching and learning. This particular event, with a focus on using… Continue reading #56: Video: British Council Seminar: using literature

#56: Article: ‘ESL Employment – Teaching English Abroad, at Home, and Online’ by John D Rogers

Those that speak English as a second language have many opportunities open to them. Being bilingual is a tremendous attribute to possess and those that learn English with great proficiency can procure many excellent opportunities. Of course, the beneficial nature of the opportunities will often be based on the skill the person possesses speaking English.… Continue reading #56: Article: ‘ESL Employment – Teaching English Abroad, at Home, and Online’ by John D Rogers

#56: Article: ‘Classroom Observation’ by Jafar Maaitah

As Hopkins (1993 cited in McDonough 1997) describes, observation is a “pivotal activity with a crucial role to play in classroom research” (p 101). The purpose of this observation is to inspect the various interpersonal interactions between instructor ,aids and learners. Observations is not a rigid technique, it should be a dynamic one, this dynamism… Continue reading #56: Article: ‘Classroom Observation’ by Jafar Maaitah

#56: Research Paper: ‘Technology as an Alchemy of Language and Communication’ by Mansa Ram Maity

Technology as an Alchemy of Language and Communication: A Critical Estimation of Machine Translation by Mansa Ram Maity, Lecturer in English, Rajiv Gandhi University – IIIT, Basar The century that has gone by, witnessed far-reaching changes in linguistics, Anthropology, literature and philosophy leading to the change in the earlier status of translation considered as  ‘a… Continue reading #56: Research Paper: ‘Technology as an Alchemy of Language and Communication’ by Mansa Ram Maity