Word of the week: Global comprehension Video: English Language Teaching In Action – Disc 1: Games and Activities Research Paper: ‘Towards Intercultural Communicative Competence in English Language Teaching’ by Saeid Najafi Sarem Research Article: ‘Honing Communication Skills of Students’ by Leena U. Jadhav Susan Ryan’s Tip: Intonation Patterns
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#85, Research Paper: ‘Towards Intercultural Communicative Competence in English Language Teaching’ by Saeid Najafi Sarem
Saeid Najafi Sarem is a Ph.D student at Islamic Azad University, Science and Research branch, Tehran, Iran. INTRODUCTION There have been reformulations of the different components of knowledge that underlie Canale and Swain’s influential model of communicative competent, the model, in its slightly modified form by Canale (1983), still forms the conventional framework for curriculum design… Continue reading #85, Research Paper: ‘Towards Intercultural Communicative Competence in English Language Teaching’ by Saeid Najafi Sarem
#85, Susan Ryan’s Tip: Intonation Patterns
Perhaps you have heard people say that intonation is the melody or the music of spoken American English. That’s because English speakers use different types of intonation or pitch patterns in sentences and phrases. These intonation patterns are not visible in the written language. However they are extremely important because they convey meaning. If you… Continue reading #85, Susan Ryan’s Tip: Intonation Patterns
#85, Video: English Language Teaching In Action – Disc 1: Games and Activities
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 1: Games and Activities 1. Teaching… Continue reading #85, Video: English Language Teaching In Action – Disc 1: Games and Activities
#85, Word of the week: Global comprehension
Global comprehension means understanding the general meaning of what you are listening to or reading. It can be compared to selective comprehension, which means understanding specific information in the text, and detailed comprehension, which means understanding everything. Global, selective and detailed comprehensions have parallels with the three reading skills of skimming, scanning and intensive reading.… Continue reading #85, Word of the week: Global comprehension
ELTWeekly Issue#84
Word of the week: Informal assessment Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 14, Reflective Teaching Article: ‘Core activities for using the chart to integrate pronunciation’ by Adrian Underhill Research Paper: ‘The Possible Effects of Question-Making as a Post-Reading Activity on the Amount of Student-Teacher Interaction’ by Dr. Mohammad Mohammadi & Simin Nezamdoost-e Sani… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#84
#84, Article: ‘Core activities for using the chart to integrate pronunciation’ by Adrian Underhill
“I often see the Sound Foundations chart (you can see it below) in classrooms, and teachers using it to bring pronunciation into the central arena of language work. But sometimes teachers say they have not been introduced to a basic method for using it and they end up treating it like an ordinary wall chart.… Continue reading #84, Article: ‘Core activities for using the chart to integrate pronunciation’ by Adrian Underhill
#84, Research Paper: ‘The Possible Effects of Question-Making as a Post-Reading Activity on the Amount of Student-Teacher Interaction’ by Dr. Mohammad Mohammadi & Simin Nezamdoost-e Sani
Dr. Mohammad Mohammadi and Simin Nezamdoost-e Sani work with Urmia University (Urmia). Abstract This study investigated the effects of question-making as a post-reading activity on the development of student-teacher interaction. The subjects were 150 intermediate level language learners of Jahahad-e-Daneshgahi Language Institute chosen randomly with their age ranging between 16 and 20. The study included… Continue reading #84, Research Paper: ‘The Possible Effects of Question-Making as a Post-Reading Activity on the Amount of Student-Teacher Interaction’ by Dr. Mohammad Mohammadi & Simin Nezamdoost-e Sani
#84, Susan Ryan’s Tip: Spoken English is Stress Timed
English is a stress timed language. This means that stressed syllables occur at regular intervals when you say a sentence. In stress timed languages, the amount of time it takes you to say a sentence depends on the number of stressed syllables in a sentence, not on the total number of syllables. The combination of… Continue reading #84, Susan Ryan’s Tip: Spoken English is Stress Timed
#84, Article: ‘Sustainability in Full Bloom – From Indian Education Perspective’ by Aparna Marwah & Daljeet Singh Bawa
Aparna Marwah & Daljeet Singh Bawa work with Bharati Vidyapeeth University Institute of Management & Research, New Delhi. Institutions of higher education, particularly universities, have a significant role to play in the global transformation to socio-ecological sustainability. Higher education in India has the potential of a fire that can spread through the country bringing a… Continue reading #84, Article: ‘Sustainability in Full Bloom – From Indian Education Perspective’ by Aparna Marwah & Daljeet Singh Bawa