ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 22

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 22 | September 15, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] UGC Sponsored National Conference on ‘Emerging Disciplines of Applied Linguistics’, Bangalore, October 13-14, 2014 ‘Communicative Language Teaching – A rescue to English beginners’ by Reena Mittal English Language Teacher Educator Conference – Hyderabad, February 2015 Article: Why Teachers Should Introduce Presentation Practice into… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 22

How Do We Communicate?: Language in the Brain, Mouth (Video Lecture)

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 22 | September 15, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] One of the most uniquely human abilities is the capacity for creating and understanding language. This lecture introduces students to the major topics within the study of language: phonology, morphology, syntax and recursion. This lecture also describes theories of language acquisition, arguments for… Continue reading How Do We Communicate?: Language in the Brain, Mouth (Video Lecture)

English as an Additional Language (Video Lecture)

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 22 | September 15, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Maggie Webster, Senior Lecturer Primary Education at the Faculty of Education, Edgehill University, delivers a lecture on teaching English as an Additional Language. Maggie Webster, Senior Lecturer Primary Education at the Faculty of Education, Edgehill University, delivers a lecture on teaching English as… Continue reading English as an Additional Language (Video Lecture)

Article: Why Teachers Should Introduce Presentation Practice into English Language Classes

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 22 | September 15, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] The OUP ELT blog has published an article dealing with international tests. Many people are terrified of speaking in public, even though it probably isn’t true that it edges out death at the top of the list of most common fears.  My first presentation… Continue reading Article: Why Teachers Should Introduce Presentation Practice into English Language Classes

English Language Teacher Educator Conference – Hyderabad, February 2015

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 22 | September 15, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] The British Council in partnership with English and Foreign Languages University (EFL-U) Hyderabad will come together again to host the fifth International English Language Teacher Educator Conference (TEC15) in Hyderabad from 27 February – 1 March 2015. The underlying theme of the previous conferences… Continue reading English Language Teacher Educator Conference – Hyderabad, February 2015

‘Communicative Language Teaching – A rescue to English beginners’ by Reena Mittal

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 22 | September 15, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] This article is submitted by Reena Mittal.  CLT was introduced in late 1970s in European countries for making those familiar with English whose first language is not English. It is an approach to language teaching in which both teacher and student participate enthusiastically and learn… Continue reading ‘Communicative Language Teaching – A rescue to English beginners’ by Reena Mittal

UGC Sponsored National Conference on ‘Emerging Disciplines of Applied Linguistics’, Bangalore, October 13-14, 2014

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 22 | September 15, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] The Department of English, APS College of Commerce, N R Colony, Bangalore -19, is organizing a UGC sponsored national conference on ‘Emerging Disciplines of Applied Linguistics’ onOctober 13-14, 2014. About the Conference: Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field. Major branches of applied linguistics include bilingualism and multilingualism,… Continue reading UGC Sponsored National Conference on ‘Emerging Disciplines of Applied Linguistics’, Bangalore, October 13-14, 2014