Tag: ELT Newsletter

#62, Research Article: ‘A Review of studies on Alternative Assessment in EFL Language’ by Sara Vali and Parnaz Kianiparsa

This article is submitted by Sara Vali and Parnaz Kianiparsa, lecturers at Payame Noor University, Iran (Damavand Center). Abstract As everyone knows, assessment becomes an indicative tool for analyzing the success of the teaching methods. Additionally, it helps students to recognize that they are making progress in foreign language development, which can motivate them to identify their… Continue reading #62, Research Article: ‘A Review of studies on Alternative Assessment in EFL Language’ by Sara Vali and Parnaz Kianiparsa

#62, Video-2: Pronunciation and Teaching Techniques

BridgeTEFL’s English Language Teaching In Action is a comprehensive 5-DVD set packed with 70 videos on essential topics in English language instruction. With lively games, fail-proof lessons, insightful classroom management tips, and much more, this collection has everything you need to make your teaching more effective! Contents of Disc 5: Pronunciation and Teaching Techniques Pronunciation… Continue reading #62, Video-2: Pronunciation and Teaching Techniques

#62, Article: ‘Pronunciation: what is the ideal goal?’ by Nick Shepherd

This article is submitted by Nick Shepherd, OBE, FRSA, MA, Language Editor. The other month I was sitting at the back of a classroom in York, listening to six Russian women and a Turkish girl trying to get their tongues around the following: “If we’d gone by train, it’d’ve been quicker.” (Actually, to be completely… Continue reading #62, Article: ‘Pronunciation: what is the ideal goal?’ by Nick Shepherd

ELTWeekly Issue#61

News: 94% primary students in India cannot recognise English Video: David Treuer – 2007 Heginbotham Lecture Series Article: ‘The scope of SLA’ by Mohammad Hashamdar Research Paper: ‘Learning about language learners’ learning styles’ by David Ockert Case Study: ‘Enhancing Cultural Role in Foreign Language Classroom: a Case Study of Malaysian International High Schools’ by Dr.… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#61

#61, Article: Using web resources to create tasks with real outcomes

I consider the greatest problem facing me as a language teacher is knowing how to motivate my students: how to get them past the hurdle of seeing learning English as just another academic subject, to regarding it as developing a communication tool that will be useful for them throughout their lives. Over the last years… Continue reading #61, Article: Using web resources to create tasks with real outcomes

#61, News: 94% primary students in India cannot recognise English

“Ahmedabad: For 94% of the primary students in India, English is an alien language. And this is official. A study conducted by the Programme Evaluation Organisation (PEO) of the Planning Commission has revealed that 94 per cent of the students in primary schools across the country cannot recognise the English alphabets. This reality check is… Continue reading #61, News: 94% primary students in India cannot recognise English

#61, Video: David Treuer – 2007 Heginbotham Lecture Series

Award-winning author David Treuer was the speaker for the 2007 Possibilities Heginbotham Literary Lecture. The lecture hosted by the Department of English and Modern Languages was held in the Buetow Auditorium on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Treuers third novel, The Translation of Dr. Apelles (2006), was named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington… Continue reading #61, Video: David Treuer – 2007 Heginbotham Lecture Series

#61, Case Study: ‘Enhancing Cultural Role in Foreign Language Classroom: a Case Study of Malaysian International High Schools’ by Dr. Khairi Al-Zubaidi

(This paper is submitted by  Dr.Khairi Obaid Al-Zubaidi, Associate Professor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, (UTM)International Campus, Academy of Languages. khairi_alzubaidi@yahoo.com) Culture is an inseparable portion of language. Culture is the main source of input to foreign language learning. The culture of English as a foreign language is not well understood in some of our English classrooms, in spite of a lot… Continue reading #61, Case Study: ‘Enhancing Cultural Role in Foreign Language Classroom: a Case Study of Malaysian International High Schools’ by Dr. Khairi Al-Zubaidi