Learning-to-Learn: Vocabulary Mapping By Karenne Sylvester This article first appeared on Kalinago English (http://how2learnenglish.blogspot.com/) How do you keep note of the new words you learn in your lessons, that you come across in newspapers and magazines, that you learn on this blog? Are you making lists, doing this? You are not alone. So was my… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#18, Article: Learning-to-Learn: Vocabulary Mapping By Karenne Sylvester
ELTWeekly Issue#18, Subscriber space: Research paper By Maleeheh Mousavi
The Washback Effect of TEFL University Entrance Exam on Academic Behavior of Students and Professors By Maleeheh Mousavi, Payamenour University & Mehrdad Amiri, Iranian Architectural Center Abstract The present study was an attempt to investigate the washback effect of the Knowledge test of TEFL MA University Entrance Exam on students and professors. This section of TEFL MA UEE consists… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#18, Subscriber space: Research paper By Maleeheh Mousavi
ELTWeekly Issue#18, Worldwide ELT news
*** British Council’s first English language teaching centre soon *** Chennai , Apr 24 The British Council will soon open its first English language teaching Centre in Chennai , offering language courses for professional and personal development, specially tailored to needs of Indian learners. The centre would initially open in three classrooms in the Regus Citi Centre, while existing premises on Anna Salai would be renovated, a British Council press release said here today. The Council is equipped to… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#18, Worldwide ELT news
ELTWeekly Issue#18, Worldwide ELT events
*** 2009 EUROCALL: New Trends in Computer Assisted Language Learning, Gandia, September 9-12 *** After 13 years EUROCALL returns to Valencia. Some of the more senior members of EUROCALL will recall the 1995 Conference which took place in September that year, hosted by the Department of Modern Languages. Although e-mail was only slowly emerging at the time, EUROCALL… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#18, Worldwide ELT events
ELTWeekly Issue #17, Quote of the week
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. – Oscar Wilde
ELTWeekly Issue#17, Research paper: In Pursuit of Alternatives in ELT Methodology: WebQuests
In Pursuit of Alternatives in ELT Methodology: WebQuests By Sen, Ayfer; Neufeld, Steve Descriptors Questionnaires; Internet; English (Second Language); College Students; Computer Uses in Education; Computer Literacy; Web Based Instruction; Critical Thinking; Thinking Skills; Foreign Countries Abstract Although the Internet has opened up a vast new source of information for university students to use and explore, many students lack the skills to find, critically evaluate and intelligently exploit… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#17, Research paper: In Pursuit of Alternatives in ELT Methodology: WebQuests
ELTWeekly Issue#17, Worldwide ELT news
*** English lessons for primary school teachers on cards *** Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government is planning a major campaign to improve the quality of education in primary and middle schools of the state, with special focus on improving teaching in mathematics, science and English. Sources in the government said that one aim of the drive will be… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#17, Worldwide ELT news
ELTWeekly Issue#17, Worldwide ELT events
***Creating an English Language Teaching Hub, Philippines ESL Journal & Asian EFL Journal, Philippines, August 7-8*** The First TESOL Philippines International EFL ESL Conferencewill be held at the Crown Regency Hotel, Cebu, Philippines, from August 7th-8th 2009. The aim of this conference is to bring together EFL practitioners across Asia to exchange views on a wide range of issues in EFL ESL… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#17, Worldwide ELT events
ELTWeekly Issue#17, ELT cartoon of the week
ELTWeekly Issue#17, Article: I dislike the word homework
I dislike the word homework By Karenne Sylvester This article first appeared on Kalinago English (http://kalinago.blogspot.com/) I was just about to turn off the Kalinago and go on over to write in How-to-Learn-English, about idioms and ballparks but just before I do that I just gotta get something off my chest. I hate the word homework. I teach… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#17, Article: I dislike the word homework