#58, Tip of the week: Use MyPodcast.com to Create and Post your A-Lessons

As we all know, audio and video materials enhance the effectiveness of the contents we deliver. MyPodcast is a free service that enables people create and post their audio contents online. Here is the 2-step way to create and publish your audio contents: Recording MyPodcast provides a free software designed to work with our website,… Continue reading #58, Tip of the week: Use MyPodcast.com to Create and Post your A-Lessons

#58, News: Pearson Companies Win English-Language Teaching Awards in China

NewswireToday – /newswire/ – Beijing, China, 05/14/2010 – Pearson Longman, Pearson Language Tests and Wall Street English are honoured. Pearson Longman, Pearson Language Tests and Wall Street English were among the 50 organisations selected as the “most influential institutions in the English Language Teaching industry in China.” At an award ceremony held in Beijing on May 13,… Continue reading #58, News: Pearson Companies Win English-Language Teaching Awards in China

#58, Article: Creative writing for language learners (and teachers)

Creative writing normally refers to the production of texts which have an aesthetic rather than a purely informative, instrumental or pragmatic purpose. Most often, such texts take the form of poems or stories, though they are not confined to these genres. (Letters, journal entries, blogs, essays, travelogues, etc. can also be more or less creative.)… Continue reading #58, Article: Creative writing for language learners (and teachers)

#58, Article: Developing Communication Skills

Developing Communication Skills by Z. N. Patil, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad & Yeasmin Sultana, Ph.D. Research Scholar, Assam University, Silchar Life is a process of communication. Our activities and relationships depend on our ability to connect and communicate. A large part of our private and professional life is a series of communication… Continue reading #58, Article: Developing Communication Skills

ELTWeekly Issue#57 Contents

Video: BBC Pronunciation Tips News: Teaching English abroad ‘appealing to more students’ Research Paper: ‘Bye Bye Blackboard: Learning Language through Web Technology’ by Devi Archana Mohanty Article: ‘How Listening to Music Influences English Language Teaching Learning and Everyday Life’ by Larry M. Lynch Research Paper: ‘Cartoons as an entertaining source of learning English(L2) for the… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#57 Contents

#57, News: Teaching English abroad ‘appealing to more students’

The idea of teaching English abroad is appealing to an increasing number of students, new research has shown. According to a study by i-to-i, student enquiries to its website onlinetefl.com have increased by 62 per cent over the last four months, with many exploring the career options open to them when they finish their studies.… Continue reading #57, News: Teaching English abroad ‘appealing to more students’

#57, Article: ‘How Listening to Music Influences English Language Teaching Learning and Everyday Life’ by Larry M. Lynch

English and Foreign Language Learner Benefits of Listening to Music How can you effectively use music in your English or foreign language learning class room? Listening to certain types of music has quite a number of additional benefits which go far beyond teaching and learning as we examined in a previous article. The impact of… Continue reading #57, Article: ‘How Listening to Music Influences English Language Teaching Learning and Everyday Life’ by Larry M. Lynch

#57, Video: BBC Pronunciation Tips

The main element of Pronunciation Tips is a series of 44 free videos showing the sounds of English. These videos encourage the user to not only practice the sounds of English but also to learn and use the phonetic symbols that represent them. What the judges said of this entry: Great resource that is of… Continue reading #57, Video: BBC Pronunciation Tips