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ELTWeekly Issue #23, Word of the week: gadzookery
gadzookery • gad-ZOO-kuh-ree • noun British : the use of archaisms (as in a historical novel) Example Sentence: Bridget’s novel, set in colonial Virginia, features an engaging and cohesive plot, but the dialogue contains so much gadzookery that it doesn’t sound realistic. To know more about the word ‘gadzookery’, please visit: http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwodarch.pl?May.02.2009
ELTWeekly Issue #23, Video: Real World English in Classrooms
This video is about formal school component of the project ” Improving English Language Teaching and Learning in Mindanao” (IELTLM). Video made by Stuart Leigh of Real World Productions, New York, NY. It focuses on English language education in the Philippines. IELTLM is a project of the Real World Alliance (Real World Productions, Ateneo de… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #23, Video: Real World English in Classrooms
ELTWeekly Issue #23, Quote of the week
“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.” – Napoleon Hill