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ELTWeekly Issue#20, Book of the week: Teaching English Language Learners

Teaching English Language Learners: Content and Language in Middle and Secondary Mainstream Classrooms By Michaela Wyman Colombo and Dana Furbush Book Details Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc (November 12, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 1412959659 ISBN-13: 978-1412959650 Price: $38.65 Book Description ‘Teaching English Language Learners: Content and Language in Middle and Secondary Mainstream Classrooms‘ provides… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#20, Book of the week: Teaching English Language Learners

ELTWeekly Issue #20, Word of the week: otiose

otiose • OH-shee-ohss 1 : producing no useful result : futile 2 : being at leisure : idle 3 : lacking use or effect : functionless Example Sentence: “Half the streets are cobbled and half wide, empty, modern highways at whose pretentious crossings an occasional rickshaw waits for the otiose traffic lights to change to green.” To know… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #20, Word of the week: otiose

ELTWeekly Issue#19 Contents

– Worldwide ELT news – Video of the week: ELT – Warmup – Worldwide ELT events – Research paper: A Comparative Analysis of Pair-Work and Individual Assignments in Two ELT Grammar Classes – Article: 15 fun activities for prepositions of time By Alex Case – Article: Communicative Language Teaching in India By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi – Article: Improve Your Reading Skills… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#19 Contents

ELTWeekly Issue#19, Article: Improve Your Reading Skills By Dr. Naveen K Mehta

Improve Your Reading Skills By Dr. Naveen K Mehta (drnknmehta73@gmail.com), Faculty, ICAI, New Delhi  “Reading is to mind what exercise is to body.” -Richard Steele) Undoubtedly, Reading helps to develop and improve other skills. Reading enriches our knowledge bank and leads us to a world of better understanding and healthy relationship. The primary function of reading is… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#19, Article: Improve Your Reading Skills By Dr. Naveen K Mehta

ELTWeekly Issue#19, Research paper: A Comparative Analysis of Pair-Work and Individual Assignments in Two ELT Grammar Classes

A Comparative Analysis of Pair-Work and Individual Assignments in Two ELT Grammar Classes By Sert, Olcay Descriptors: Comparative Analysis; Second Language Learning; Grammar; Assignments; Language Teachers; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Grouping (Instructional Purposes) Publication date: 2005-10-00 Pages: 18 Abstract: Assignments prepared in pair-work have long been evaluated to be more successful when compared to individually prepared assignments in many respects in foreign language learning contexts. However,… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#19, Research paper: A Comparative Analysis of Pair-Work and Individual Assignments in Two ELT Grammar Classes

ELTWeekly Issue#19, Article: 15 fun activities for prepositions of time By Alex Case

15 fun activities for prepositions of time By Alex Case 1. Prepositions of time SNAP Prepare playing cards with the preposition of time replaced with a gap, with at least two different prepositions in the pack and approximately the same number of cards for each preposition- for example, 10 cards with “at” missing, 10 cards… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#19, Article: 15 fun activities for prepositions of time By Alex Case

ELTWeekly Issue#19, Worldwide ELT events

National Conference on ‘Literature, Language and Technology’, H M Patel Institute of English Training & Research, Vidyanagar, Gujarat – India, May 23 – 24, 2009 Technology, in today’s world, has become an integral part of our lives and whether, we like it or not, is widely accessed by the teachers and learners for varied purposes.… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#19, Worldwide ELT events

ELTWeekly Issue#19, Subscriber space: A Book Review by Hall Houston

Teaching Unplugged by Luke Meddings and Scott Thornbury A Book Review by Hall Houston  About 8 years ago, I read an article titled “Teaching Unplugged” by Scott Thornbury in It’s for Teachers magazine. The article described a new approach to teaching languages that de-emphasized coursebooks and other teaching materials, and stressed real communication between students. This approach was… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#19, Subscriber space: A Book Review by Hall Houston