ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 52

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#52 | December 24, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Video: Online Professional Development for English Language Teachers ‘Why Are So Many EFL Textbooks So Bland, Boring, and Culturally Tone Deaf?’ by Eric Roth Video: Intel Teach Elements: 21st Century Teacher Professional Development Event: Short-Term Course on Communication @ the Workplace, February 18-22, Jaipur –… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 52

Vol. 4 Issue 52 – 'Why Are So Many EFL Textbooks So Bland, Boring, and Culturally Tone Deaf?' by Eric Roth

How can English teachers working abroad and international English textbook publishers both respect local cultures and create more engaging English classroom lessons? The challenge may be more complicated than you might suspect.

Vol. 4 Issue 52 – Conference: 'Contemporary English Studies: Society, Culture and Language', March 6-8, Assam University – India

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#52 | December 24, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Introduction The Department of English, Assam University and the Forum for English Studies, Assam University will jointly organize a three-day International Conference on “Contemporary English Studies: Society, Culture and Language.” The conference would include a key-note speech and other invited lectures by eminent scholars as… Continue reading Vol. 4 Issue 52 – Conference: 'Contemporary English Studies: Society, Culture and Language', March 6-8, Assam University – India

Vol. 4 Issue 52 – Seminar: A Four-Day National Seminar-Workshop on “Radical General Semantics” at JNU, Jaipur, January 16-19

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#52 | December 24, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Jaipur National University is organizing a Four-Day National Seminar-cum-Workshop on “Radical General Semantics” from  16 to19 January 2013  in collaboration with the ‘Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics & Other Human Sciences’ . The Director of this Centre ,  Prof. P.C. Kar  has recently been honoured with 2012 Nicolas Guillen Lifetime… Continue reading Vol. 4 Issue 52 – Seminar: A Four-Day National Seminar-Workshop on “Radical General Semantics” at JNU, Jaipur, January 16-19

Vol. 4 Issue 52 – Video: Online Professional Development for English Language Teachers

We are happy to host the International Conference on Outcome Based Teaching and Learning of English in Anna University, Chennai. The effort in this conference is to grapple with the ideas and concepts underlying OBE particularly with reference to teaching and learning of English and communication skills and to come up with ideas on how to make English language learning outcome based and effective in India.

Vol. 4 Issue 52 – Video: Intel Teach Elements: 21st Century Teacher Professional Development

We are happy to host the International Conference on Outcome Based Teaching and Learning of English in Anna University, Chennai. The effort in this conference is to grapple with the ideas and concepts underlying OBE particularly with reference to teaching and learning of English and communication skills and to come up with ideas on how to make English language learning outcome based and effective in India.