I teach communication skills to the students of Engineering, Applied Sciences and Pharmacy at Charotar University of Science & Technology where it is possible to have ICT tools in every session for helping students be better learners. While teaching a course called Communication Skills – 1 to the students of Pharmacy in the academic year… Continue reading #63, Article: ICT in ELT: Using BBC Learning English Content in ELT, Part 1
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#63, Video: Enhance your ICT presentation skills in class
Presenting to pupils is something teachers do on a day to day basis, yet many are still nervous about incorporating ICT into their presentations. Lise meets Joe Dale, a middle school French teacher, who is already using ICT technology to enhance his own presentations. After observing one of his classes, Lise returns to her own… Continue reading #63, Video: Enhance your ICT presentation skills in class
#63, News: What the Multi-Billion Dollar ESL Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know!
The following excerpt has been retrieved from http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/07/prweb4236504.htm ESL Expert David Redman offers free weekly webinars on Starting an Online Teaching Business! The free how to teach online Webinars encourage people to get started teaching online. The ESL industry wants people to go overseas to teach English, but with today’s technology teaching English from your… Continue reading #63, News: What the Multi-Billion Dollar ESL Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know!
#63, Article: ‘Looking at Sri Lankn English with hindsight’ by Rohana R. Wasala
The following excerpt has been retrieved from the article ‘Looking at Sri Lankn English with hindsight’ by Rohana R. Wasala (http://www.island.lk/index.php) As an ordinary citizen and an English language teaching (ELT) professional with some experience, I have no quarrel with the notion of Sri Lankan English/es or the idea of a standard form of it… Continue reading #63, Article: ‘Looking at Sri Lankn English with hindsight’ by Rohana R. Wasala
#63, Article: Portfolios in ELT
The following excerpt from “Portfolios in ELT” article has been retrieved from http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/portfolios-elt. Portfolios are a popular and effective way of motivating young learners, providing a fun way to review language and helping them to reflect on their own objectives, ways of learning and success. A brief history of European Language Portfolios What are Language… Continue reading #63, Article: Portfolios in ELT
#63, Research Article: ‘TBL: a focused approach in teaching ESL’ by Dr. G.A. Ghanshyam
This paper “TBL: a focused approach in teaching ESL” is submitted by Dr. G.A. Ghanshyam, Head, Dept. of English, Govt. M.L. Shukla College, Seepat, Bilaspur (C.G.) India 495555. Email: gaglish@yahoo.com A global language, a universal medium of communication, a bridge between cultures; there are as many epithets as forms of English that represent the face of contemporary… Continue reading #63, Research Article: ‘TBL: a focused approach in teaching ESL’ by Dr. G.A. Ghanshyam
#63, ELT Research Article: ‘Teaching Literature through Language: Some Considerations’ by Abraham Panavelil Abraham
This article “Teaching Literature through Language: Some Considerations” is submitted by Abraham Panavelil Abraham (Ph D), Professor of English, University of Nizwa, P.O.Box 33, P.C 616, Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman. Abstract Teaching literature through language calls for active involvement of both the teacher and the taught. Here, the focus is on teaching literature and the… Continue reading #63, ELT Research Article: ‘Teaching Literature through Language: Some Considerations’ by Abraham Panavelil Abraham
#62, News: 1,300 ways to say the same thing
An online archive is collecting English accents to help academics and actors. Could you add yours? “Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the store: six spoons of fresh snow peas, five thick slabs of blue cheese, and maybe a snack for her brother Bob. We also need a small… Continue reading #62, News: 1,300 ways to say the same thing
#62, British Council EAQUALS curriculum
This project may be of interest to anyone involved in curriculum development. The downloadable leaflet gives a sample of the work completed thus far on a British Council project to create a core curriculum based, in part, on the CEFR. The British Council and EAQUALS have joined together to create a core curriculum inventory for the English… Continue reading #62, British Council EAQUALS curriculum
#62, Research Paper: ‘Reader Response and Its Relevance for Communicative Language Teaching in the Context of EFL Learners’ by Dr. Prashant Mishra
This paper is submitted by Dr. Prashant Mishra, Professor and Head, Department of English Govt. S.V.P.G. College Neemuch (MP) 458 441. ABSTRACT Structuralism and modernism endeavour to explore the core and the central meaning of a text. They regard an author as God and elevated a text to the heights of canonical status. On the… Continue reading #62, Research Paper: ‘Reader Response and Its Relevance for Communicative Language Teaching in the Context of EFL Learners’ by Dr. Prashant Mishra