Vol. 4 Issue 17 – Book Of The Week: Easy English for Busy People

Communicate is a two-book video-based communication course specially written to improve listening and speaking skills for English students in upper-secondary classes. The course covers the areas such as English in the personal sphere, English at work, academic English and English in a public or social context.

Vol. 4 Issue 17 – Research Paper: ‘Impact of CALL Materials in Teaching English Grammar at Higher Secondary Level’ by Jagdish S. Joshi, Nita D. Parmar & Mehul N Rana

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#17 | April 23, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 This paper is submitted by Dr. Jagdish S. Joshi, Associate Professor, UGC-ASC, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Ms. Nita D. Parmar, Ph.D. Research Scholar, Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya, Gandhinagar and Mehul N Rana, M.Phil. Research Scholar, Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya, Gandhinagar. Key Words: CALL, ELT, Innovation in teaching, Impact of CALL, Experimental… Continue reading Vol. 4 Issue 17 – Research Paper: ‘Impact of CALL Materials in Teaching English Grammar at Higher Secondary Level’ by Jagdish S. Joshi, Nita D. Parmar & Mehul N Rana

Vol. 4 Issue 17 – Research Paper: ‘Teaching and Testing Intensive Speaking Skills’ by Mamta Amin & Nitin Pillai

Speaking skills are imperative to develop communication competence. However, the need of the hour is to define the kind of speaking to be taught to the students and helping them gain the expertise through engaging classroom practices and valid testing methods. This paper deals with the different theories of speaking before zeroing in on Intensive speaking and promotes a theoretically sound method of teaching and testing Intensive speaking for beginners.

Vol. 4 Issue 17 – ELT Conference: ‘Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies in the 21st Century: Translocating / Transgressing Boundaries’ Dhaka, Bangladesh – May 25-26, 2012

We welcome both scholarly and creative submissions from the early career scholars and postgraduates including MPhil and Phd students who are studying and interested in the vibrant fields of English language, literatures in English, and cultural studies. We also offer graduate sessions to accommodate papers presented by the students in the MA and BA (Hons) programmes. There will be three WORKSHOPS and/or PLENARY SESSIONS that will address the formation of ‘boundaries’ erected by or around the academic disciplines. Confirmed plenary speakers include Prof. Fakrul Alam,University ofDhaka and Prof M Shahidullah,RajshahiUniversity.

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 16

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#16 | April 16, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Book Of The Week: Communicate – Article: ‘Graphic Organizers in ESL’ by Kenneth Beare   ELTWO Research Paper: ‘Digital Storytelling in the Foreign Language Classroom’ by Hayo Reinders   BBC TeachingEnglish Article: Using Dickens in class   About.com Video:Learn ESL: How to Write a Resume… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 16

Vol. 4 Issue 16 – Article: ‘Graphic Organizers in ESL’ by Kenneth Beare

Kenneth Beare, About.com ESL Guide, has posted an informative article titled “Graphic Organizers in ESL”.

Vol. 4 Issue 16 – ELTWO Research Paper: ‘Digital Storytelling in the Foreign Language Classroom’ by Hayo Reinders

Digital storytelling is a compelling activity for the language classroom. Easy to use for both writing and speaking practice, digital storytelling can be a good way to motivate students to use the language both inside and outside the classroom.

Vol. 4 Issue 16 – BBC TeachingEnglish Article: Using Dickens in class

Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and the British Council has been helping to celebrate his 200th birthday. One way that we have done this is by making teaching materials which can help teachers introduce Dickens into their lessons.

Vol. 4 Issue 16 – About.com Video:Learn ESL: How to Write a Resume

The About.com ESL team says, “Writing a resume can be a difficult task if English is your second language. Watch this how-to video from About.com for easy tips and ideas for writing a resume”.

Vol. 4 Issue 16 – Video: Language and the Mind Revisited – The Rest of the World

Influential linguist and political Activist Noam Chomsky discusses the properties, design and theories of language in this Hitchcock lecture presented at UC Berkeley.