Category: ELTWeekly

‘Writing Skills – through a looking glass’ by Bushra Pasha

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 10 | March 31, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Precisely, what do we do as writers when we compose a piece of script? What kind of mood, behavior, thought, choices of words represent the composition? How the writer becomes involved in the writing? What keeps him going? What causes blocks that most of… Continue reading ‘Writing Skills – through a looking glass’ by Bushra Pasha

ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 9

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 8 | March 17, 2014] Video: Reading Comprehension Strategies : Teaching English Grammar Research Paper: ‘Using E-Portfolios and ESL Learners’ by Maha Alawdat Video: Teaching Grammar in Today’s Classroom—Part 1 ‘Relevance of English, Mathematics & Management Sciences to Technical Courses REMMT – 2014′, Hyderabad, April 3-4 ‘GloCALL 2014′, Ahmedabad, October 9-11 Video:… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 9

Research Paper: ‘Using E-Portfolios and ESL Learners’ by Maha Alawdat

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 8 | March 17, 2014] Abstract This study examines the use of e-portfolios for ESL (English as a second language) learners. The data were collected by reviewing 11 empirical studies from 2010-2012 in order to synthesize meaningful information about e-portfolios for ESL/EFL (English as a foreign language) acquisition. The studies were coded… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Using E-Portfolios and ESL Learners’ by Maha Alawdat

Video: Reading Comprehension Strategies : Teaching English Grammar

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 8 | March 17, 2014] It’s important to teach English grammar to promote growth, understanding and knowledge, and to improve writing performance, creativity and insight. Discover how English grammar skills can provide a tool for learning other languages with help from an English specialist and president of a theater group in this… Continue reading Video: Reading Comprehension Strategies : Teaching English Grammar

‘GloCALL 2014’, Ahmedabad, October 9-11

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 8 | March 17, 2014] Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan’s Sheth R.A College of Arts And Commerce (Ahmedabad) is organizing Eighth Joint International Conference from 9th -11th October 2014 at  Bhavan’s College Campus. The theme of the conference is ‘COMPUTER-ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING’. Computer has become a language in itself. Today Computer Assisted teaching has become a challenge for… Continue reading ‘GloCALL 2014’, Ahmedabad, October 9-11

‘Relevance of English, Mathematics & Management Sciences to Technical Courses REMMT – 2014’, Hyderabad, April 3-4

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 8 | March 17, 2014] Department of M & H, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology (MGIT), Hyderabad  is conducting a Two-Day National Conference on “Relevance of English, Mathematics & Management Sciences to Technical Courses (REMMT – 2014)” during 3 – 4 April, 2014 in association with ELTAI, Hyderabad Chapter and ISTE, MGIT Chapter. The… Continue reading ‘Relevance of English, Mathematics & Management Sciences to Technical Courses REMMT – 2014’, Hyderabad, April 3-4

ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 8

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 8 | March 17, 2014] FYI: Get ‘Visuals for Foreign Language Instruction’ from a University of Pittsburgh Project Authenticity in TESOL The Undergraduate Lecture: Four Teaching Styles ‘Twelfth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities’, Spain, June 11-13 Patricia Kuhl: The linguistic genius of babies ACPI-TESOL Convention 2014, Costa Rica, June… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 8