ELTWeekly Issue#22, Worldwide ELT news

By Tarun Patel

Vision of a bilingual society within reach

MALAY is my mother tongue, the language of home and family, the language in which the most tender of feelings are expressed, the tongue with which the harshest of emotions are spewed!

My first two years of formal learning was in a Malay primary school in Rasah, Seremban, where I picked up the rudiments of kira-kira and alam sekitar. After that it was off to the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus Seremban where my love for the English language and literature was sown. I went on to read English literature and linguistics later.

Read the complete news at http://www.thesundaily.com/article.cfm?id=34646

English in Brighton with us – English Language Centre in Brighton by liz Tyrrell & Sue Williams

Philippines’ challenge as English slips

A western academic publisher warns that the Philippines needs to maintain high standards of spoken English or risk losing valuable business in teaching and call-centre operations.

Paul Robertson, who publishes academic journals about the teaching and learning of English, says that in the last two years the Philippines has become “the mecca of English language learning” in its region.

On top of millions of its own citizens learning English, up to a quarter of a million foreigners have travelled to the Philippines to learn the language.

Read the complete news at http://australianetworknews.com/stories/200906/2598360.htm?desktop

English opens window to world

JAIPUR: Surge in the number of applicants for BA English (Honours) and postgraduate programmes in English in Rajasthan University (RU) is a recent trend.

This is due to the increase in job opportunities for students from this department. “There has been a rise in the number of applicants with the improving level of placements,” said Arun Soule, a professor of English, RU.

Looking at the increasing number of applicants in the department, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that it is one of the most popular disciplines among the language programmes.

Read the complete news at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Jaipur/English-opens-window-to-world/articleshow/4660292.cms

FTK and Educomp Co-Develop Vernacular Interface

FTK Technologies and Educomp Solutions have co-developed ‘MagiKeys’ — a software-based language interface for those who would like to learn computers but are not proficient in the English language. Magikeys, is based on FTK’s LooKeys software and co-branded with Educomp Solutions, which is an education solutions provider.

MagiKeys has been introduced into government schools in India. MagiKeys has been designed to cater to the needs of Indian government schools, allowing both students and teachers across India to use computers in their native language, all through an intuitive and easy-to-learn interface. According to FTK Technologies, the language barrier is the main obstacle for government schools that want to introduce computers to its students. Since pupils are more familiar with their native language, FTK and Educomp developed MagiKeys to make the process of learning computers easier. Educomp Solutions helped FTK Technologies create a special interface that functions similarly to LooKeys. As a result of which computer-aided teaching can be done in various Indian languages.

Read the complete news at http://enterpriser.cxotoday.com/India/Know_It/FTK_and_Educomp_Co-Develop_Vernacular_Interface/551-103222-449.html

Partners in English Language Learning

What is your mission?

Help English language learners become thriving members of our community by offering one-on-one tutoring and building bridges that foster cross-cultural respect, understanding and friendship.

What is your yearly budget, and how many paid employees do you have?

We operate on an annual budget of less than $17,000. Our part-time program Coordinator is PiELL’s only paid staff member. We occupy a small office at Lyman Gilmore Middle School, donated by the Grass Valley School District.

Read the complete news at http://www.theunion.com/article/20090615/WEBUPDATE/906159990/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1053

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June 21st, 2009

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Tarun Patel (http://tarunpatel.net/blog/) is an ELT and Communication skills teacher, working with Charotar University of Science & Technology (CHARUSAT - http://charusat.ac.in/). He has been dealing with the Language learning processes for last seven years. 'Technology in Teaching English' is his favorite domain and he has presented several research papers in national and international conferences on the same theme. He is the founder editor of ELTWeekly (http://eltweekly.com/), India's first weekly ELT eNewsletter which reaches in more than forty countries and benefits more than 1600d teachers of English and Communication Skills. Have a look at his personal blog http://tarunpatel.net/blog/.