#56: News: Indian? Want to prosper? Learn English

Not that surprising, but this is one of the papers emerging from the Royal Economic Society conference I’m attending this week. The effect is large, especially for men: hourly wages up by a third. Here’s the press release: Being fluent in English increases the hourly wages of men in India by 34% and of women… Continue reading #56: News: Indian? Want to prosper? Learn English

#56: Video: British Council Seminar: using literature

BBC’s TeachingEnglish team has posted a video on using literature for English language teaching and learning. The TeachingEnglish team says, “This is the first of our British Council Seminar videos. The seminars encourage debate on areas of contemporary interest in the field of English language teaching and learning. This particular event, with a focus on using… Continue reading #56: Video: British Council Seminar: using literature

#56: Article: ‘ESL Employment – Teaching English Abroad, at Home, and Online’ by John D Rogers

Those that speak English as a second language have many opportunities open to them. Being bilingual is a tremendous attribute to possess and those that learn English with great proficiency can procure many excellent opportunities. Of course, the beneficial nature of the opportunities will often be based on the skill the person possesses speaking English.… Continue reading #56: Article: ‘ESL Employment – Teaching English Abroad, at Home, and Online’ by John D Rogers

#56: Article: ‘Classroom Observation’ by Jafar Maaitah

As Hopkins (1993 cited in McDonough 1997) describes, observation is a “pivotal activity with a crucial role to play in classroom research” (p 101). The purpose of this observation is to inspect the various interpersonal interactions between instructor ,aids and learners. Observations is not a rigid technique, it should be a dynamic one, this dynamism… Continue reading #56: Article: ‘Classroom Observation’ by Jafar Maaitah

#56: Research Paper: ‘Technology as an Alchemy of Language and Communication’ by Mansa Ram Maity

Technology as an Alchemy of Language and Communication: A Critical Estimation of Machine Translation by Mansa Ram Maity, Lecturer in English, Rajiv Gandhi University – IIIT, Basar The century that has gone by, witnessed far-reaching changes in linguistics, Anthropology, literature and philosophy leading to the change in the earlier status of translation considered as  ‘a… Continue reading #56: Research Paper: ‘Technology as an Alchemy of Language and Communication’ by Mansa Ram Maity

ELTWeekly Issue#55 Contents

Video: Preparing Pre-Service Teachers … for English Language Learners News: Word getting out about translation eBook: The ELT bibliography (2009) Article: ‘Factors and Problems of Teaching English as Second Language at Rural Areas’ by Nukesh Yellapu Blog: E-Learning Queen Article: ‘5 YouTube Videos to Teach English Pronunciation’ by Tarun Patel Research Article: ‘Towards Intercultural Communicative… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#55 Contents

#55, Article: ‘5 YouTube Videos to Teach Pronunciation’ by Tarun Patel

Hi everyone, As we know Internet has brought in greater flexibility for educators, especially for the language teachers. Today I am going to focus on 5 highly useful YouTube videos to teach English pronunciations. Here we go with the videos 🙂 Video#1: Pronunciation – several sounds/words – English Meeting ESL Lesson This video accompanies the… Continue reading #55, Article: ‘5 YouTube Videos to Teach Pronunciation’ by Tarun Patel

#55, Blog: E-Learning Queen

The blog E-Learning Queen focuses on distance training and education, from instructional design to e-learning and mobile solutions, and pays attention to psychological, social, and cultural factors. This edublog emphasizes real-world e-learning issues and appropriate uses of emerging technologies. Susan Smith Nash is the author of this blog. Visit E-Learning Queen at http://elearnqueen.blogspot.com