KSAALT 2nd Annual Conference, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 7 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Association of Language Teachers – KSAALT is accepting abstracts for the 2nd annual conference to be held on May 7, 2009. The flagship theme is: EXEMPLARY TEACHING: THEORY AND PRACTICE. The sub-themes are: Technology and Language Learning Best Practices Theory and Research Content and Language… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#14, Worldwide ELT events

Teaching English as second language for elementary kids a challenge for district The number of students in grades kindergarten through fifth grade speaking English as a second language has increased almost 400 percent in the past four years, from just a few to more than 20.  But the school district can only afford one part-time… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#14, Worldwide ELT news

Giving the students various activities which enable them to communicate in English among the students enhance their chance to be more fluent in their use of the language. Every grammar session or the teaching of any topic should be followed by communicative activities. Such activities not only activate the interest among the students but also… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#14: Tip of the week: Facilitate the learning of English language through communicative activities

The Attitudes of ELT Students towards the Internet in Doing Their Homework By Atamturk, Nurdan Abstract Educational technology has been gaining importance in English language teaching since with the help of technological tools teaching and learning became more effective. This study which is descriptive in nature, is designed to investigate the present attitudes of ELT students… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#14, Research paper: The Attitudes of ELT Students towards the Internet in Doing Their Homework

Easy & Engaging ESL Activities and Mini-Books for Every Classroom: Terrific Teaching Tips, Games, Mini-Books & More to Help New Students from Every Nation Build Basic English Vocabulary and Feel Welcome! By Kama Einhorn Book Description Meets TESOL Standards! Great ideas for assessing your ESL student¹s needs, communicating with the child¹s family, and more! Plus vocabulary-building… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#14, Book of the week: Easy & Engaging ESL Activities and Mini-Books for Every Classroom

Cambridge Messages Attractive and innovative, Messages is the perfect course to motivate lower-secondary students. Teacher and students are rewarded by immediate results with every ‘Step’. Level 1 assumes students have studied English at primary school, but gives full coverage of all basic language areas. The free workbook Audio CD has been expanded to include a… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#14, Cool ELT resources

English Language Teachers: Throw Away the Course Book and Adapt Authentic Materials By Larry M. Lynch Use Authentic Materials? If asked why they rely heavily on course books for English language teaching, among a variety of other reasons, one that emerges is the seeming unsuitability of available authentic materials. Principal reasons cited for this “unsuitability”… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#14, Expert article: Throw Away the Course Book and Adapt Authentic Materials