Category: ELTWeekly

Webinar: ‘Video cameras in the hands of learners’, April 15-16

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 11 | April 14, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] The OUP team is hosting a webinar on ‘Video cameras in the hands of learners’ on April 15-16. Webinar overview The OUP team says, “Video-recording devices can give extra depth and meaning to the activities, tasks and projects that students get involved with. In… Continue reading Webinar: ‘Video cameras in the hands of learners’, April 15-16

Research: Students learning English benefit more in two-language instructional programs than English immersion, Stanford research finds

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 11 | April 14, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Andrew Myers says, “Like a growing number of school systems across the country, San Francisco Unified School District is tasked with educating increasing rolls of students for whom English is not their first language. In the United States, the school-aged population has grown a… Continue reading Research: Students learning English benefit more in two-language instructional programs than English immersion, Stanford research finds

‘Preparing students for Digital Age’ by Mallikaa Shril

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 11 | April 14, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Teaching is a highly skilled and complex profession geared up for challenges. Teachers of today in the Digital Age, unlike yesteryears,  are indeed in an influential scenario. They are called for,  to develop a series of attributes for their practice in relation to pedagogy,… Continue reading ‘Preparing students for Digital Age’ by Mallikaa Shril

ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 10

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 10 | March 31, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] ‘A four skills activity for large classes (or small)’ by David Ockert Communicative Grammar for Multi-Level English Language Learners Teaching English the Fun Way: Beginning Class Peer Editing & Correction for Effective Language Teaching ‘Writing Skills – through a looking glass’ by Bushra Pasha… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 10

‘A four skills activity for large classes (or small)’ by David Ockert

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 10 | March 31, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] This activity works great with large groups because it requires the use of all four language skills in an exciting, interactive, and low-pressure competition (Norris, 1993). In addition, it works best in a classroom with movable tables and chairs. This type of activity also… Continue reading ‘A four skills activity for large classes (or small)’ by David Ockert

Teaching English the Fun Way: Beginning Class

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 10 | March 31, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] A comfortable classroom environment is paramount in classroom management and enhances academic achievement. A song that everybody likes sets a relaxing and pleasant tone. The class is democratic and students have a lot of say in how the class proceeds. The kids know the… Continue reading Teaching English the Fun Way: Beginning Class

Communicative Grammar for Multi-Level English Language Learners

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 10 | March 31, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] English language learning is so multi-faceted that experts describe a “heterogeneous language class” as a class with more than one student. Ability, needs, background, age, and psychological make-up are just some of the variables among learners. Preparing different tasks for students at different levels… Continue reading Communicative Grammar for Multi-Level English Language Learners

‘Use of Poetry for Effective Teaching of English’ by Reena Mittal

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 10 | March 31, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] A Poetry is a piece of writing in which words are arranged beautifully and rhythmically. We have recently celebrated World Poetry Day on 21st March and suddenly this thought come into my mind to write something on this topic. Studying and writing poetry can… Continue reading ‘Use of Poetry for Effective Teaching of English’ by Reena Mittal

‘Approaching a Literary Text Stylistically’ by Dr Shibu Simon

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 10 | March 31, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036]   The crux of the problem in teaching literature is how to guide the learners to develop an individual response to literature. Such a guidance will have to focus on the values linguistic units acquire in contexts of use and in orienting learners to… Continue reading ‘Approaching a Literary Text Stylistically’ by Dr Shibu Simon