Essential Reading is an American English, four-level course that builds on the latest research into good readers. It includes explicit vocabulary work and fluency development – each book comes with a complete short story taken from the Macmillan Readers series.
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Vol. 4 Issue 19 – Conference: DOSTEE – Scope International Conference, June 22-23, Gujarat – India
The conference is aimed at exploring the interface between the teaching of English and employability skills in the context of Gujarat in India. English has long been seen as a tool of empowerment and equity, and within this globalised world, it is fast becoming a necessary tool to interact with people, transact views, and create a sense of community.
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 18
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#18 | April 30, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Book Of The Week: ‘Interact’ by Bob Jones & David Coulson . Webinar: Dealing with challenging learners . About.com Video: Vocabulary for Business Letters . Video: Language and the Mind Revisited – The Biolinguistic Turn . BBC TeachingEnglish Article: Using poems to develop productive skills… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 18
Vol. 4 Issue 18 – Article: ‘Top 7 Strategies to Deliver Great Presentations’ by Ann Logsdon
Kenneth Beare, About.com ESL Guide, has posted an informative article titled “Graphic Organizers in ESL”.
Vol. 4 Issue 18 – ELTWO Research Paper: Using Blogs to Practice Grammar Editing Skills’ by Christopher Harwood
This paper reports on the pedagogic reasons for using blogs as a learning aid and how blogging was integrated into a curriculum at the National University of Singapore to support the learning of grammar editing skills of music students.
Vol. 4 Issue 18 – Research Paper: ‘In Search of Swaraj in ELT Class-rooms: Translation, Indian Literatures and English’ by Tushar Vyas
Away from ELT theories propounded by the western theorists, the paper aims at studying the scenario of English language teaching in Gujarat and India. While the paper emphasizes the need for English language, it addresses issues related to learner, learning, content and culture and searches for alternatives of culturally loaded English literature taught in Indian class-rooms by the name of English language learning.
Vol. 4 Issue 18 – BBC TeachingEnglish Article: Using poems to develop productive skills
The TE editor says, “You and your students might already enjoy reading and listening to poetry in your own language and perhaps in English too. Poems are, after all, authentic texts….
Vol. 4 Issue 18 – Video: Language and the Mind Revisited – The Biolinguistic Turn
UC Berkeley presents the The Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lecture series, featuring linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky. Chomsky examines biolinguistics – the study of relations between physiology and speech.
Vol. 4 Issue 18 – About.com Video: Vocabulary for Business Letters
The About.com ESL team says, “Writing a business letter can be intimidating for an English learner. Watch this About.com video to learn some common English phrases to help you write a successful letter”.
Vol. 4 Issue 18 – Webinar: Dealing with challenging learners
TeachingEnglish team says, “What is a challenging learner? Why do some learners challenge us more than others? How can we understand challenging behaviour in a different way so that we can teach these learners better in the classroom? This webinar will address these questions and explain the effects of loss, trauma, violence and neglect on the brain, learning and behaviour”.