ELTWeekly Issue #20 Contents
By Tarun Patel
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- Video of the week: Anecdotes in the ELT classroom
- Book of the week: Teaching English Language Learners
- Article: English through Personal Development
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- Research Article: Is Information Technology the Right Way to Teach Business Studies?
- Article: Making writing interactive
- Research paper: Semiotic Approach and Its Contributions to English Language Learning and Teaching
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June 6th, 2009
ELTWeekly Issue #20, Word of the week: otiose
By Tarun Patel
otiose • \OH-shee-ohss\
- 1 : producing no useful result : futile
- 2 : being at leisure : idle
- 3 : lacking use or effect : functionless
Example Sentence:
“Half the streets are cobbled and half wide, empty, modern highways at whose pretentious crossings an occasional rickshaw waits for the otiose traffic lights to change to green.”
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ELTWeekly Issue #20, Quote of the week
By Tarun Patel
We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language. Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it.