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ELTWeekly Issue#23, Article: Developing Good Reading Skills

Developing Good Reading Skills By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi Reading Comprehension is understanding a written text which means extracting the required information from it as efficiently as possible. For example, we apply different reading strategies when looking at a notice board to see if there is an advertisement for a particular type of flat and when… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#23, Article: Developing Good Reading Skills

ELTWeekly Issue#23, Book of the week: Activities for Teaching English and Language Arts

Ideas That Really Work!: Activities for Teaching English and Language Arts By Cheryl Miller Thurston With a wealth of practical lessons and activities—from how to correctly use apostrophes to creating “word snapshot” posters—this guide contains information that can help any English or language arts teacher inspire middle grade and high school students. Because of its humor,… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#23, Book of the week: Activities for Teaching English and Language Arts

ELTWeekly Issue#23, Lesson Plan: ‘Millionth English word’ declared

‘Millionth English word’ declared By Michael Berman Which language contains the largest number of words, and approximately how many does it contain? The answer is English and the number is approximately a million. What implications do you think this has for foreign students when choosing what kind of dictionary to use? Now read through the… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#23, Lesson Plan: ‘Millionth English word’ declared

BEC Competition – Win a Two-week Teacher Development Course in Cambridge!

Hi friends, Today I have got the information about another competition for you – English teachers 🙂 The University of Cambridge is holding a competition for the teachers who use technology in the classroom when teaching Business English. Read below the details from the Cambridge site: BEC Competition – Win a Two-week Teacher Development Course in… Continue reading BEC Competition – Win a Two-week Teacher Development Course in Cambridge!

ELTWeekly Issue #22, Word of the week: gravitate

gravitate • GRAV-uh-tayt • verb 1 : to move under the influence of gravitation 2 a : to move toward something * b : to be drawn or attracted especially by natural inclination Example: Left to their own devices in a department store, children will naturally gravitate toward the toy aisle. To know more about the… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #22, Word of the week: gravitate

ELTWeekly Issue #22, Quote of the week

“The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.” – Oscar Wilde

ELTWeekly Issue#22, Worldwide ELT news

Vision of a bilingual society within reach MALAY is my mother tongue, the language of home and family, the language in which the most tender of feelings are expressed, the tongue with which the harshest of emotions are spewed! My first two years of formal learning was in a Malay primary school in Rasah, Seremban,… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#22, Worldwide ELT news

ELTWeekly Issue#22, Worldwide ELT events

Interactive Technologies and Games: Education, Health and Disability, Nottingham Trent University, October 27 Call for papers The aim of the conference is to bring together academics and practitioners to showcase practice and to show how research ideas and outcomes can be mainstreamed. It will introduce a wider audience to key findings and products from research and will… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#22, Worldwide ELT events

ELTWeekly Issue#22, Book of the week: Pathways to Teaching Series: Practical Strategies for Teaching English Language LearnersPathways to Teaching Series: Practical Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners

Pathways to Teaching Series: Practical Strategies for Teaching English Language LearnersPathways to Teaching Series: Practical Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners By Ellen Curtin EDITORIAL REVIEWS From the Back Cover BCC for Curtin, Practical Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners ISBN-10: 013513059X ISBN-13: 9780135130599 This book is for student teachers, experienced teachers new to English Language Learners, beginning… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#22, Book of the week: Pathways to Teaching Series: Practical Strategies for Teaching English Language LearnersPathways to Teaching Series: Practical Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners