ELTWeekly Issue #21 Contents
By Tarun Patel
- Word of the week: gadzookery
- Video: Teaching English Language Learners Across the Curriculum
- Article: Learn English with a Friend
- Article: What to do with morphases.com
- Research Paper: Teaching of Speaking Skill, Gramar and Vocabulary of English Language
- Reading lesson plan by Michael Berman
- Book of the week: Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model
- Research paper: Age, Gender and Social Class in ELT Coursebooks: A Critical Study
June 14th, 2009
ELTWeekly Issue #21, Quote of the week
By Tarun Patel
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: the potential for greatness lives within each of us.
ELTWeekly Issue #21, Word of the week: gadzookery
By Tarun Patel
gadzookery • \gad-ZOO-kuh-ree\ • noun
- British : the use of archaisms (as in a historical novel)
Example:
Bridget’s novel, set in colonial Virginia, features an engaging and cohesive plot, but the dialogue contains so much gadzookery that it doesn’t sound realistic.
To know more about the word ‘gadzookery’, please visit: http://www.merriam-webster.com
ELTWeekly Issue #21, Video: Teaching English Language Learners Across the Curriculum
By Tarun Patel
This video includes snippets from the following segments:
* Components of Effective Instructional Delivery in ESL/ELD and Sheltered Instruction/SDAIE Featuring a classroom scene that demonstrates best practices from the English Learners Scaffolding Strategies Checklist
* Contextual Factors in Second Language Acquisition Featuring a panel discussion, How is it that some English Learners acquire English more quickly than others?
* Culturally Relevant Instruction: When Teachers and Students Bring Different Cultural Experiences to the Classroom Featuring an anecdote about name-changing.
ELTWeekly Issue #21, Puzzle of the week
By Tarun Patel
Using the letter grid below, how many words can you find. Each word must contain the central H and no letter can be used twice, however, the letters do not have to be connected. Proper nouns are not allowed, however, plurals are. There is at least one nine letter word. Advanced: 50+ words. Average: 25 words. All words can be found in the Oxford Wordpower dictionary. Here are couple to start you off: ache, heart …
NOTE: Post your answers as comment.
