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ELTWeekly Issue#24, Research paper: Reading Loud and Clear: Reading Aloud in ELT

Reading Loud and Clear: Reading Aloud in ELT By Gabrielatos, Costas Abstract: This paper discusses whether there is a place for reading aloud (RA) in the modern foreign language classroom, and if so, when and how it should be used. It concentrates on English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learners of elementary level and upward who have mastered the… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#24, Research paper: Reading Loud and Clear: Reading Aloud in ELT

ELTWeekly Issue #23 Contents

– Quote of the week – Word of the week: gadzookery – Video: Real World English in Classrooms – Book of the week: Activities for Teaching English and Language Arts – Worldwide ELT news – Research paper: Englishes in Asia: Communication, Identity, Power and Education – Article: Developing Good Reading Skills – Article: Pronunciation points you can cover with Business classes – Lesson… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #23 Contents

ELTWeekly Issue#23, Research paper: Englishes in Asia: Communication, Identity, Power and Education

Englishes in Asia: Communication, Identity, Power and Education By Kirkpatrick, Andy, Ed. Abstract: This collection of papers comprises proceedings from the 5th English in South East Asia Conference, held in December 2000 at Curtin University of Technology in Perth. The 19 papers include the following: (1) “Global English and Local Language Policies” (Robert Phillipson); (2)… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#23, Research paper: Englishes in Asia: Communication, Identity, Power and Education

ELTWeekly Issue#23, Article: Pronunciation points you can cover with Business classes

Pronunciation points you can cover with Business classes By Alex Case his is a brainstormed list of things that could be included on a syllabus for a Business English and/ or ESP speaking and/ or pronunciation course, including a few teaching ideas on how to tackle those points. For more information and resources on pronunciation practice… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#23, Article: Pronunciation points you can cover with Business classes

ELTWeekly Issue #23, Word of the week: gadzookery

gadzookery • gad-ZOO-kuh-ree • noun British : the use of archaisms (as in a historical novel) Example Sentence: Bridget’s novel, set in colonial Virginia, features an engaging and cohesive plot, but the dialogue contains so much gadzookery that it doesn’t sound realistic. To know more about the word ‘gadzookery’, please visit: http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwodarch.pl?May.02.2009

ELTWeekly Issue #23, Video: Real World English in Classrooms

This video is about formal school component of the project ” Improving English Language Teaching and Learning in Mindanao” (IELTLM). Video made by Stuart Leigh of Real World Productions, New York, NY. It focuses on English language education in the Philippines. IELTLM is a project of the Real World Alliance (Real World Productions, Ateneo de… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #23, Video: Real World English in Classrooms

ELTWeekly Issue#23, Worldwide ELT events

Children’s Literature in Language Education, International Conference, Hildesheim University, Germany,   February 25-27, 2010 Hildesheim University and the Young Learner & Teenager SIG, IATEFL, are organising an exciting and innovative international TEFL conference on children’s literature which will cover a wide area in English language teaching, from the youngest learners to advanced language students. We are delighted to have… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#23, Worldwide ELT events

ELTWeekly Issue#23, Worldwide ELT news

Banning language teaching rules will leave us tongue-tied I went house-hunting last week. I drove off in pursuit of that elusive item, the perfect place to live. I was following directions printed on the estate agent’s glossy brochure. “Turn left,” it said, “then bare right.” Obedience could have led to arrest for indecency. Wouldn’t that… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#23, Worldwide ELT news