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ELTWeekly Issue#20, Article: An i on podcasts
An i on podcasts By Karenne Sylvester This article first appeared on Kalinago English (http://how2learnenglish.blogspot.com/) A great way to learn English is by listening to English. There are many podcasts (short files of audio regularly delivered to your computer) available on i-tunes. i-tunes is free of charge, you can download it from here. Once you have… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#20, Article: An i on podcasts
ELTWeekly Issue#20, Worldwide ELT news
Gujrati medium teachers shifted back AHMEDABAD: The state education department recently issued orders that nine surplus Gujarati medium teachers who were posted in English mediumschools for over a decade be transferred back to Gujarati medium schools. This directive comes close on the heels of the TOI report that the pathetic state of English medium students who constantly… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#20, Worldwide ELT news
ELTWeekly Issue#20, Research paper: Semiotic Approach and Its Contributions to English Language Learning and Teaching
Semiotic Approach and Its Contributions to English Language Learning and Teaching By Sert, Olcay Abstract Semiotics is a progressing and promising discipline with its applications in many fields of study. As a bridge between semiotics and foreign language teaching (FLT), educational semiotics has started to attract attention of many scholars, English Language Teaching (ELT) instructors and… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#20, Research paper: Semiotic Approach and Its Contributions to English Language Learning and Teaching
ELTWeekly Issue#20, Article: English through Personal Development
English through Personal Development By Michael Berman Mike Solly in the April 2008 edition of the EL Gazette wrote “It is my belief that global issues and questions of identity start from “I” and “who I am”, and what I have called English through Personal Development or ETPD is very much about these questions – making… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#20, Article: English through Personal Development
ELTWeekly Issue#20, Research Article: Is Information Technology the Right Way to Teach Business Studies?
Is Information Technology the Right Way to Teach Business Studies? – A project Undertaken in the Private Business Schools Dr. Bhavna Mashru(Ph.D,) The objective was to prepare and present reports, examining the use of Information Technologies in Business Studies. Along with the major objective there were some minor ones related to the development of communication and… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#20, Research Article: Is Information Technology the Right Way to Teach Business Studies?
ELTWeekly Issue#20, Article: Making writing interactive
Making writing interactive By Alex Case 1. Collaborative writing Getting students to write together automatically means there is interaction between them. Possible problems when doing this include: the stronger or more dominant student having the pen and the others doing nothing, students doing all their speaking in L1 and only writing in English, students and… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#20, Article: Making writing interactive
ELTWeekly Issue#20, Worldwide ELT events
The Handheld Learning Conference, October 5-7, London The Handheld Learning Conference is the world’s leading event about learning using mobile and inexpensive access technologies, attended by more than 1,500 international delegates. Lead speakers for 2009 include: Malcolm McLaren, Agent provocateur and artist James Paul Gee, Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University Professor… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#20, Worldwide ELT events
ELTWeekly Issue#20, Video of the week: Anecdotes in the ELT classroom
The authors of the Inside Out coursebooks talk about the use of Anecdotes for speaking practice in the ELT classroom. For more information see www.insideout.net or www.macmillanenglish.com.
ELTWeekly Issue#20, Cool ELT Resources
ESLgo.com ESL go is a free English community of ESL students and ESL teachers. We help ESL students learning English as a second language through free ESL classes and free English practice message boards. ESL go.com also provides free teaching ESL activities for TESOL, TESL, and TEFL. Learning ESL – English as a second language/foreign language: 1. Take… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#20, Cool ELT Resources