Dictation in The English Language Classroom: Techniques of Dictation by Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi Dictation is a classroom task where a word, phrase, or sentence is spoken aloud by the teacher or heard from the voice on the audio recorder and the learners are asked to write it down. Dictation is a new methodology for… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#31, Article: Dictation in The English Language Classroom: Techniques of Dictation
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ELTWeekly Issue#30, Article: Passionate Writing Assignments That Motivate Language Learners
More Passionate Writing Assignments That Motivate Language Learners By Larry M. Lynch Even Ernest Hemingway Had to Learn to Write We said in the first article of this series that there are no native writers of English or any other foreign language for that matter. Each of us, no matter what our first language is,… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#30, Article: Passionate Writing Assignments That Motivate Language Learners
ELTWeekly Issue#29, Article: Making Effective Use of Short Stories in English Or Foreign Language Teaching
Making Effective Use of Short Stories in English Or Foreign Language Teaching by Larry M. Lynch A Proven Method of Language Acquisition One of the most effective long-term methods of learning a language is that of an on-going series of readings. In fact, among the ways native speakers of English, French and other languages continue… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#29, Article: Making Effective Use of Short Stories in English Or Foreign Language Teaching
ELTWeekly Issue#26, Article: EFL Teachers LinkedIn
EFL Teachers LinkedIn By Karenne Sylvester This article first appeared on How to Learn English (http://kalinago.blogspot.com/) Like everything else in life, you getback what you put in and LinkedIn is no exception to this rule. LinkedIn is a social-networking site, in the way that Facebook, Twitter and Ning are, however, its community function is slightly different –… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#26, Article: EFL Teachers LinkedIn
ELTWeekly Issue#26, Article: Teaching pre-school English
Teaching pre-school English By Alex Case Should my English teaching school be a pre-school school? (Or should my pre-school be an English teaching school?) You only have to look at the amount of new materials being launched by the major EFL publishers for the pre-school English teaching market (see, for example, references 1, 2 and… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#26, Article: Teaching pre-school English
ELTWeekly Issue#25, Article: Top tips for getting an EFL book published
Top tips for getting an EFL book published By Alex Case Do not bother sending book proposals. The traditional “send a book proposal, wait for review, proposal accepted if you are lucky, negotiate and then start writing” process to work anymore. It is dead. If you send a book proposal in, you might be very… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#25, Article: Top tips for getting an EFL book published
ELTWeekly Issue#25, Article: Developing Effective Listening Skills
Developing Effective Listening Skills By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi Good listening is one of the most significant skills to have in today’s multifaceted world. Families need good listening to face complicated stresses together. Corporate employees need it to solve complicated problems quickly and stay competitive. Students need it to understand complex and composite issues in their… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#25, Article: Developing Effective Listening Skills
ELTWeekly Issue#24, Article: Developing Effective Writing Skills
Developing Effective Writing Skills By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi Writing is a complex skill because it requires the coordination of content, language, meaning and style. Handwriting demands attention at the earlier stages of learning to write. Initially, our focus on teaching writing is on accuracy, later the focus shifts to appropriacy. Cohesion (Structural) and coherence (meaning)… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#24, Article: Developing Effective Writing Skills
ELTWeekly Issue#24, Article: Bringing graded readers into the classroom
Bringing graded readers into the classroom By Alex Case Reading equals Speaking: Bringing Graded Readers into the Classroom Most schools have at least a couple of graded readers lying around the school, if only freebies that were sent unsolicited by publishers, and if not it is easy enough to get hold of some. In too… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#24, Article: Bringing graded readers into the classroom
ELTWeekly Issue#24, Research paper: Reading Loud and Clear: Reading Aloud in ELT
Reading Loud and Clear: Reading Aloud in ELT By Gabrielatos, Costas Abstract: This paper discusses whether there is a place for reading aloud (RA) in the modern foreign language classroom, and if so, when and how it should be used. It concentrates on English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learners of elementary level and upward who have mastered the… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#24, Research paper: Reading Loud and Clear: Reading Aloud in ELT