[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 2 | January 11, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] About Webinar Motivated learners are more likely to engage in the learning process both inside and outside the classroom. However, it is sometimes difficult to determine exactly what it is that motivates learners. Is it their individual desire to learn, or is it the… Continue reading Cambridge English Webinar: Maintaining Motivation: Engaging learners through the course, January 19
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Online Learning Platforms: Helping your students engage (OUP ELT Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 2 | January 11, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Many English coursebooks come with access to an online learning platform full of material to help learners develop their language skills further. These can be particularly beneficial for academic English learners who need to achieve a certain level of English within a limited time… Continue reading Online Learning Platforms: Helping your students engage (OUP ELT Blog)
How digital technology is changing our lives… and our language (OUP ELT Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 1 | January 4, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] New words that enter the language are a reflection of the way people’s lives are changing. If we look at what is trending, we can see that new technology can bring with it new capabilities. There are wearables – computing devices that you can… Continue reading How digital technology is changing our lives… and our language (OUP ELT Blog)
Using tablets in the EFL classroom: Why & How (OUP ELT Blog)
[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 1 | January 4, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Whenever someone mentions using technology in the classroom, my first reaction is “Why?” And that was my recent reaction to using tablets. Why should students use tablets in the EFL classroom? How does it help them learn better? For me, the key is not… Continue reading Using tablets in the EFL classroom: Why & How (OUP ELT Blog)
#63, Video: Enhance your ICT presentation skills in class
Presenting to pupils is something teachers do on a day to day basis, yet many are still nervous about incorporating ICT into their presentations. Lise meets Joe Dale, a middle school French teacher, who is already using ICT technology to enhance his own presentations. After observing one of his classes, Lise returns to her own… Continue reading #63, Video: Enhance your ICT presentation skills in class
#53, ICT in Education: Class Blogmeister – Learning as conversation
Perhaps one of the most fascinating tools that has emerged from the Internet cloud in recent years is the Blog. A shortening of the term Web log, the Blog is an online publishing tool that enables people to easily publish their loves, passions, dislikes, peeves, discoveries, and insights. Thousands of teachers have discovered the value… Continue reading #53, ICT in Education: Class Blogmeister – Learning as conversation
ELTWeekly Issue#37 Contents
Blog of the week: Richard Byrne’s ‘Free Technology for Teachers’ Research Paper: Characteristics of Indian English Video: Cambridge Academy of English Free eBook: Action Plan for Teachers Book of the week: Internet English: Www-Based Communication Activities Interview with Dr. Ranganayaki Srinivas Article: English Teacher: An Integral Entity of English Language by Aadhi Ramesh Babu GUIDELINES… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#37 Contents
#37, Blog of the week: Richard Byrne’s ‘Free Technology for Teachers’
Dear friends, Richard Byrne’s Free Technology for Teachers is the blog of the week for the issue#37. Richard’s blog features reviews of free technology recourses and how teachers can use them. At the core of the blog the content deals with the ideas for Technology Integration in Education. Talking about his blog, Richard says, “The purpose… Continue reading #37, Blog of the week: Richard Byrne’s ‘Free Technology for Teachers’
#36, Blog of the Week: huffenglish.com
Hi friends, huffenglish.com is the blog of the week for issue #36.
Dana Huff runs huffenglish.com. Dana teaches 9-12th grade English and a 10th grade Writing Seminar at the Weber School, a private Jewish high school in the Atlanta metro-area. She has been teaching since 1997; She taught middle school Language Arts and Journalism for two years and pre-K for one year and all the rest have been high school English.
#36, Research Article: ‘Language and Culture’ by Mahsa Kia
Culture is the act of developing the intellectual and moral faculties especially by education.(Webster dictionary)
The national centre for cultural competence defines culture as an” integrated pattern of human behavior that includes thoughts, communications, languages, practices, beliefs, values, customs, courtesies, rituals, manners of interacting and roles, relationships and expected behaviors of racial, ethnic, religious or social group; and the ability to transmit the above to the succeeding generation.(Good,Sockalingam,Brown&Jones,2000)