Here’s the featured article for the fifth issue of ELTWeekly: Audio-video Aids in Teaching English by Rajesh Bharvad The new era assigns new challenges and duties on the modern teacher. The traditional methods on teaching English have been drastically changed with the remarkable entry of technology in the arena of teaching. Given that technology provides… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#6, Article: Audio-video Aids in Teaching English

6th Language & Technology Conference, April 16-18, Cordoba, Argentina Theme / Topic of event: Language and Technology Day / Date: April 16-18, 2009 Place: Cordoba, Argentina More information:  IMTT brings together people and companies from around the world to address critical issues that shape our business in a relaxed atmosphere before, during and after lectures and meetings. The IMTT Conference has become the most innovative… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#6, Worldwide ELT events

The ELT book of the week for the sixth issue of ELTWeekly is: From Teacher to Manager: Managing Language Teaching Organizations by Ron White, Andrew Hockley, Melissa S. Laughner and Julie van der Horst Jansen Book Details – Paperback: 294 pages – Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (October 27, 2008) – Language: English –… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#6, Book of the week: From Teacher to Manager

Tunisia launches English language teaching reform project – Middle East Online Tunisian Ministry of Education signs MoU with British Council for huge English language teaching project. By Mamoon Alabbasi – LONDON The Tunisian Ministry of Education and Training signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the British Council in London Tuesday, to prepare for a… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#6, Worldwide ELT news

*** ESL Library *** The ESL Library offers language teachers from all over the world access to thousands of printableflashcards and hundreds of ready-made lesson plans for the classroom.  The site was originally known as ESL-Images.com, but changed its name to the ESL Library in March 2007. ESL-Images.com started in 2002, and grew to be one of the… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#6, Useful ELT resources

Here is the video of the week for the sixth issue of ELTWeekly: Repetition in English Language Teaching In this video Author Scott Thornbury is talking about the use of Repetition in English language teaching. More information on methods in ELT is available here: www.macmillanenglish.com/methodology.

Using Dictionaries by Tarun Patel Try to give the students each an English-English dictionary. Make sure they know how to use it. If not, teach them how. Encourage them to refer to their dictionary whenever appropriate during the lesson, though they should try to guess the meaning from the context first where possible. In the classroom… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#6, Tip of the week: Using Dictionaries

Reading Aloud by Tarun Patel During your ELT session pick a student and ask him/her to read the instructions for your activities for that particular session. e.g. ‘Nilu, please read the instructions for Activity X for us’. And yes, don’t forget to pick a different student each time. Why read aloud? 1. It saves you… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#5, Tip of the week: Reading Aloud