What’s the atmosphere like when Election time approaches in your country? Are the expectations of the people high or are they negative about the likelihood of any change taking place? This is what the story that follows is all about: THE CANDIDATES AND THE ELECTORATE Election time was fast approaching in the remote and inaccessible… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#21, Reading lesson plan by Michael Berman
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ELTWeekly Issue#21, Book of the week: Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model
Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model (3rd Edition) By Jana Echevarria, MaryEllen J. Vogt, Deborah J. Short Editorial Reviews Book Description One of the most influential books in the field in years! Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP(R) Model presents a coherent, specific, field-tested model of sheltered instruction that specifies… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#21, Book of the week: Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model
ELTWeekly Issue #21, Quote of the week
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: the potential for greatness lives within each of us.
ELTWeekly Issue #21, Word of the week: gadzookery
gadzookery • gad-ZOO-kuh-ree • noun British : the use of archaisms (as in a historical novel) Example: 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
ELTWeekly Issue#21, Research paper: Age, Gender and Social Class in ELT Coursebooks: A Critical Study
Age, Gender and Social Class in ELT Coursebooks: A Critical Study By Arikan, Arda Abstract: Recent trends in English Language Teaching (ELT) research necessitates the study of course books and instructional materials from various perspectives including but not limited to their cultural, social, and psychological qualities and effects (Kramsch 2000). Age, social class, and gender, as… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#21, Research paper: Age, Gender and Social Class in ELT Coursebooks: A Critical Study
ELTWeekly Issue#21, Article: Learn English with a Friend
Learn English with a Friend By Karenne Sylvester This article first appeared on How to Learn English (http://how2learnenglish.blogspot.com) Who do you know who’s also learning English? Isn’t there someone in your office, department or building? With English becoming so important globally, I bet there is! Learning, like everything else, is so much more fun when… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#21, Article: Learn English with a Friend
ELTWeekly Issue#21, Article: What to do with morphases.com
What to do with morphases.com By Alex Case Morphases is a face photo manipulation programme that is easy to use and was the biggest hit of the month with my 8 to 11 year olds, with them fighting to speak English to tell me how to change the faces, asking for the address so that… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#21, Article: What to do with morphases.com
ELTWeekly Issue #21, Video: Teaching English Language Learners Across the Curriculum
This video includes snippets from the following segments: * Components of Effective Instructional Delivery in ESL/ELD and Sheltered Instruction/SDAIE Featuring a classroom scene that demonstrates best practices from the English Learners Scaffolding Strategies Checklist * Contextual Factors in Second Language Acquisition Featuring a panel discussion, How is it that some English Learners acquire English more… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #21, Video: Teaching English Language Learners Across the Curriculum
ELTWeekly Issue#21, Worldwide ELT events
2nd English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Coference ,Hochschule (University of Applied Sciences) in Ulm, Germany, 26 September Plenary Speaker: Thomas Haeckel, Cisco Systems Europe – Register here: www.esp-conference.de Do you teach specialist English? Would you like to know what’s new in your field? Have you thought of moving into specialist English teaching but are not… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#21, Worldwide ELT events
ELTWeekly Issue #21, Puzzle of the week
Using the letter grid below, how many words can you find. Each word must contain the central H and no letter can be used twice, however, the letters do not have to be connected. Proper nouns are not allowed, however, plurals are. There is at least one nine letter word. Advanced: 50+ words. Average: 25 words.… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #21, Puzzle of the week