MELTA 18th International Conference : ALIGNING TEACHING AND LEARNING – June 11-13, 2009, Malaysia The Malaysian English Language Teaching Association (MELTA) will host its 18th International Conference on the theme Aligning Teaching And Learning Effective Methodologies In English Language Education at Puteri Pacific Hotel, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia from 11-13 June 2009. The conference also promises… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#4, Worldwide ELT events
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ELTWeekly Issue#4, Tip of the week: Blog to Teach
Blog to Teach by Tarun Patel Blogging can be a powerful and interesting activity to expand your reach among your students and also to help them improve their language. Blogs can be utilized this way: Put your teaching materials, assignments, time table, important dates on blog Write summary of everyday lessons on your blog… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#4, Tip of the week: Blog to Teach
ELTWeekly Issue#4, Quote of the week
Dr. Willard Gaylin English is such a deliciously complex and undisciplined language, we can bend, fuse, distort words to all our purposes. We give old words new meanings, and we borrow new words from any language that intrudes into our intellectual environment.
ELTWeekly Issue#4, Article: “YouTube for ELT” by Tarun Patel
Here’s the featured article for the fourth issue of ELTWeekly: YouTube for ELT by Tarun Patel The English Language Teaching process has been energized with the emergence of new Internet technologies and now the Web 2.0 tools. Also using videos for language teaching has been one of the most effective ways to achieve success in… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#4, Article: “YouTube for ELT” by Tarun Patel
ELTWeekly Issue#4, Book of the week: The Practice of English Language Teaching
The ELT book of the week for the fourth issue of ELTWeekly is: The Practice of English Language Teaching, 3rd Edition by Jeremy Harmer Book Details Paperback: 370 pages Publisher: Pearson ESL; 3rd edition (April 10, 2001) Language: English ISBN-10: 0582403855 ISBN-13: 978-0582403857 Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches Price: $39.89. Editorial Reviews Product… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#4, Book of the week: The Practice of English Language Teaching
ELTWeekly Issue#4, Guest Article: ELT – Using Toys as Educational Tools
With the issue#4 of ELTWeekly, we are starting a new guest article series. In this series we will have expert’s articles posted every week. Here’s the very first article in this series: English Language Teaching – Using Toys as Educational Tools by Prof. Larry M. Lynch Children love to play. Who can deny it? So… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#4, Guest Article: ELT – Using Toys as Educational Tools
ELTWeekly Issue #3 – Teaching Abroad: a Guide to the Basics
Dear Friends, We are here with the last issue of ELTWeekly for the year 2008. Due to some technical problems with our web server today we haven’t posted the HTML version of the newsletter. So for this week you can read the newsletter either in PDF format or on our blog at eltweekly.com/more. For this week… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #3 – Teaching Abroad: a Guide to the Basics
ELTWeekly Issue#3 – Tip of the week
Use technology in classroom, wisely Technology facilitates teaching and always helps teacher in creating good classroom atmosphere. However, there is a point which should be noted – overuse of technology can diminish the positive role of a teacher and produce unexpected results. When a teacher takes recourse to technology, the purpose is to create interest… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#3 – Tip of the week
ELTWeekly Issue#3 – Worldwide ELT events
British Council’s 12th National ELT Conference 2009, Colombia Conference theme: Perspectives in Bilingualism: Current views and trends Day / Date: April 23 – 25, 2009 Place: Universidad de La Salle, Sede Chapinero, Bogotá, Colombia Proposals for sessions should fall on one of the following topics in relation to Bilingualism: Issues in EFL, ESL, CLIL, Content Based Learning,… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#3 – Worldwide ELT events
ELTWeekly Issue#3 – Featured article: Teaching Abroad: a Guide to the Basics
Teaching Abroad: a Guide to the Basics by Joel Bleasedale Teaching English as foreign language (or second language) is an excellent option for visiting new parts of the world. Because English is commonly used for diplomacy, higher education, business and technology, English teachers and classes are in high demand around the worldwide. Knowing how to… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#3 – Featured article: Teaching Abroad: a Guide to the Basics