#61, News: 94% primary students in India cannot recognise English

“Ahmedabad: For 94% of the primary students in India, English is an alien language. And this is official. A study conducted by the Programme Evaluation Organisation (PEO) of the Planning Commission has revealed that 94 per cent of the students in primary schools across the country cannot recognise the English alphabets. This reality check is… Continue reading #61, News: 94% primary students in India cannot recognise English

#61, Video: David Treuer – 2007 Heginbotham Lecture Series

Award-winning author David Treuer was the speaker for the 2007 Possibilities Heginbotham Literary Lecture. The lecture hosted by the Department of English and Modern Languages was held in the Buetow Auditorium on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Treuers third novel, The Translation of Dr. Apelles (2006), was named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington… Continue reading #61, Video: David Treuer – 2007 Heginbotham Lecture Series

#61, Case Study: ‘Enhancing Cultural Role in Foreign Language Classroom: a Case Study of Malaysian International High Schools’ by Dr. Khairi Al-Zubaidi

(This paper is submitted by  Dr.Khairi Obaid Al-Zubaidi, Associate Professor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, (UTM)International Campus, Academy of Languages. khairi_alzubaidi@yahoo.com) Culture is an inseparable portion of language. Culture is the main source of input to foreign language learning. The culture of English as a foreign language is not well understood in some of our English classrooms, in spite of a lot… Continue reading #61, Case Study: ‘Enhancing Cultural Role in Foreign Language Classroom: a Case Study of Malaysian International High Schools’ by Dr. Khairi Al-Zubaidi

#61, Article: ‘The scope of SLA’ by Mohammad Hashamdar

(This article is submitted by Mohammad Hashamdar, PhD Student, Islamic Azad University-Science and Research Branch- Tehran- IRAN, E-mail: m_hashamdar@yahoo.com) Second Language Acquisition has two different senses to be distinguished. Ellis (2005) classified these two senses. He referred to the first one as the learning of another language after the acquisition of one’s mother tongue is completed. He… Continue reading #61, Article: ‘The scope of SLA’ by Mohammad Hashamdar

ELTWeekly Issue#60

Worldwide ELT Events News: English Language Learners and the Power of Personal Stories Video: Teaching English using Obama’s speech – CNN Student News February 2, 2009 Research Paper: ‘The Role of Critical and Creative Thinking in TESL Context’ by Dr. Paritosh Chandra Dugar Article: ‘Teaching Spoken English for Non-native Students: Problems, Solutions and Techniques’ by… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#60

#60, Worldwide ELT Events

THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL TEFL CONFERENCE, DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY – OCTOBER 7-9, DAMASCUS SIXTH INTERNATIONAL SLELTA CONFERENCE – AUGUST 27-29, COLOMBO , SRI LANKA CAMELTA 9TH ANNUAL CONFERE – AUGUST 16-21, YAOUNDE, CAMEROON NATECLA NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION 2010 – JULY 9-11, UNITED KINGDOM JERUSALEM: ETAI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, JULY 13-15

#60, Free eBook: Intercultural Resources Pack for Latin America

This Resource Pack provides practical activities for teachers to be used in the classroom primarily in Latin America, although these can be adapted to suit other international contexts, as a tool for understanding other cultures and promoting reflection in order to avoid cultural bias and challenge stereotypes. This pack represents the outcome of a project… Continue reading #60, Free eBook: Intercultural Resources Pack for Latin America

#60, Article: Fun facts about our English language

You might not realize it, but English is one of the most difficult languages on Earth. Its rules have lots of exceptions, and its words are hard to spell. Here’s a typical example of how confusing English can be: Say the words “mate,” “eight” and “strait” out loud. They all make the same sound when… Continue reading #60, Article: Fun facts about our English language

#60, News: English Language Learners and the Power of Personal Stories

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. –William Butler Yeats Community organizers talk about the difference between “irritation” and “agitation.” We tend to irritate people when we push them to do what we want them to do — when we “fill up the pail,” in the words of… Continue reading #60, News: English Language Learners and the Power of Personal Stories