ELTWeekly Issue #25 Contents
By Tarun Patel
- Video: The History of the English Language
- Book of the week: English Language Teaching in its Social Context: A Reader
- Article: Developing Effective Listening Skills
- Article: Top tips for getting an EFL book published
- Research paper: Four Good Reasons To Use Literature in the Primary School ELT
- Macmillan Brings ELT Webinars for YOU
- Feedback.
July 11th, 2009
ELTWeekly Issue #25, Three Must Read ELT Blogs
By Tarun Patel
UsingEnglish.com is a general English language site, specialising in ESL (English as a Second Language) with a wide range of resources for learners and teachers of English, and has been running since the beginning of 2002. Different varieties of English are used; there are contributors from the United States, Canada, Pakistan and non-native speakers, but much of the site uses British English as it was set up in the UK.
Prof. Larry M. Lynch has created this blog for foreign language learning, for teaching English as a Foreign Language, to develop skill as an Article Writer or give polished Speaking Presentations.
This blog covers teaching, learning, reading, writing, culture, literature, classroom management, new technologies, health… anything related to education. (plus some Spanish and Catalan).
ELTWeekly Issue #25, Quote of the week
By Tarun Patel
“…if learners are exposed only to texts about things they know, they may over-rely on intelligent guesswork at the expense of their ability at bottom-up processing”
- Scott Thornbury
ELTWeekly Issue #25, Word of the week: desolate
By Tarun Patel
desolate • \DESS-uh-lut\ • adjective
- 1 : devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted
- 2 : joyless, disconsolate, and sorrowful through or as if through separation from a loved one
- 3 a : showing the effects of abandonment and neglect : dilapidated
- * b : barren, lifeless
- c :devoid of warmth, comfort, or hope : gloomy
Example: The landscape looks truly desolate in the winter, but when it blossoms in the spring, it can be surprisingly beautiful.
To know more about the word ‘desolete’, please visit: http://www.merriam-webster.com
ELTWeekly Issue #25, Video: The History of the English Language
By Tarun Patel
One thousand years of history in ten minutes! Grammar Spice tells you about the three stages of the English Language.