Word of the week: Choral repetition Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 12, Younger Learners Susan Ryan’s Tip: Using Content, Focus & Function Words in Spoken English Advertisement: Clarity English Courses Article: Using texts constructively: what are texts for? Research Article: ‘Types of Syllabuses in Language Teaching – ESL/EFL Context’ by Shabnum Iftikhar.… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#82
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#82, Article: Using texts constructively: what are texts for?
“Text use may seem a dull topic after all the exciting matters that other guest writers have dealt with recently. However, language learning is, after all, learning language, not just doing fun things with it. And texts – by which I mean the relatively short spoken and written passages that come in textbooks and other… Continue reading #82, Article: Using texts constructively: what are texts for?
#82, Susan Ryan’s Tip: Using Content, Focus & Function Words in Spoken English
When English speakers talk they emphasize the content and focus words in a sentence. That’s because these words are the most important for meaning. Function words are said quickly because these words, while needed for structure, are not always key to meaning. In spoken English each sentence or phrase contains: A Focus word-the most important… Continue reading #82, Susan Ryan’s Tip: Using Content, Focus & Function Words in Spoken English
#82, Word of the week: Choral repetition
Choral repetition is when the teacher or a learner models language and the group of learners repeat it together. Example The class are practising the pronunciation of the schwa sound. The teacher models words from a list and the learners repeat them together. In the classroom Choral repetition is not a very common choice of… Continue reading #82, Word of the week: Choral repetition
#82, Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 12, Younger Learners
Younger learners are from 4-10 years of age, and from kindergarten through 5th grade. Younger learners are active and creative. They learn through doing. They are social, they like to play, and they have the ability to develop the rules of language themselves, as they play with different language content and input. They also have… Continue reading #82, Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 12, Younger Learners
#82, Research Article: ‘Types of Syllabuses in Language Teaching – ESL/EFL Context’ by Shabnum Iftikhar
The aim of this article is to present and introduce those influential types of syllabuses which are feasible in the domain of ESL/EFL and provides a rationale for the integration of these syllabuses as well. Etymologically syllabus means a ‘label or ‘table of contents’. The American Heritage Dictionary defines syllabus as outline of a course… Continue reading #82, Research Article: ‘Types of Syllabuses in Language Teaching – ESL/EFL Context’ by Shabnum Iftikhar