ELTWeekly Issue#81

Word of the week: Realia Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 11, Individual Learner Differences Susan Ryan’s Tip: ‘Linking in English Pronunciation’ Research Paper: ‘Reading Disability – A specific blockage in Language Learning: An Overview of the problem and Suggestions for the Follow-up studies’ by Vaishali Shivkumar Research Paper: ‘Teaching English Language to… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#81

#81, Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 11, Individual Learner Differences

Learners in one classroom are both similar and, at the same time, different. A learner-centered approach to teaching requires teachers to understand this duality, and to be aware of the different ways in which students learn. Some differences are easy to see or discover, such as age/gender/socioeconomic conditions/and level of education. Other differences may be… Continue reading #81, Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 11, Individual Learner Differences

#81, Word of the week: Realia

Realia are real things that are brought to the class and used as a resource. Example The learners are learning to describe clothes. In turn, they describe someone in the class for others to identify. In the classroom Realia can include the learners themselves, the classroom, furniture, the school, published material such as advertisements and… Continue reading #81, Word of the week: Realia

#81, Susan Ryan’s Tip: ‘Linking in English Pronunciation’

English speakers use linking to join words toegether so that they flow together smoothly.  It often sounds like people are saying one long word since they are no stops between words. Here are two of the most common types of linking- Consonant to vowel linking When words that end in a consonant sound are adjacent… Continue reading #81, Susan Ryan’s Tip: ‘Linking in English Pronunciation’

#81, Research Paper: ‘Reading Disability – A specific blockage in Language Learning: An Overview of the problem and Suggestions for the Follow-up studies’ by Vaishali Shivkumar

Vaishali Shivkumar (M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil.) works as Lecturer & District Coordinator (English Language Laboratory) at Z. F. Wadia Women’s College & N. K. Jhota College of Commerce, Surat- Gujarat. “A learning disability refers to retardation, disorder, or delayed development in one or more of the processes of speech, language, reading, writing, arithmetic, or other school subject resulting from a… Continue reading #81, Research Paper: ‘Reading Disability – A specific blockage in Language Learning: An Overview of the problem and Suggestions for the Follow-up studies’ by Vaishali Shivkumar

#81, Research Paper: ‘Teaching English Language to Engineering Students and The Problems Faced by The Language Teachers: Solutions Through Computers’ by Dr.S.Mercy Gnana Gandhi

Teaching English Language to Engineering Students and The Problems Faced by The Language Teachers: Solutions Through Computers