Literature is not about writing love poems – Times of India Bangalore: Nonagenarian litterateur L Basavaraju feels literature is not about writing love poems, but striving for the betterment of human dignity. He’s also thoroughly disappointed with present-day polity, administration, writers and literature. Basavaraju is president of the 75th All India Kannada Literary Convention (Sahitya Sammelan) in Chitradurga… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#3 – Worldwide ELT News
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ELTWeekly Issue #2 – December 22, 2008
The second issue of ELTWeekly has been released. This issue is content packed with: – Tip of the week – Video of the week – Featured article: Developing Language Skills through e-learning: Everyone’s Duty, Nobody’s Doing – ELT News – Upcoming events – Book of the week – Useful resources – Feedback. Download the ELTWeekly… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #2 – December 22, 2008
ELTWeekly Issue#2 – Article of the week by Bhaskar Pandya
Developing Language Skills through e-learning: Everyone’s Duty, Nobody’s Doing by Bhaskar Pandya Present article is based on a Poster prepared by Dr. S Arumuga Perumal, though the focus changes herein. It intends to present an overview of how language skills can be developed and / or honed by using e-learning. It also intends… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#2 – Article of the week by Bhaskar Pandya
ELTWeekly Issue#2 – Video of the week
ELTWeekly video of the week: Teaching English with Games In this video the Bridge-Linguatec Inc. team shows three ways of incorporating games into your ESL and EFL classes. I am sure you will find those three tips worth trying.
ELTWeekly Issue#2 – Useful ELT resources
1. ESL.About.com About.com is an online neighborhood of hundreds of helpful experts, eager to share their wealth of knowledge with visitors. The ESL.About.com is headed by Kenneth Beare who is an ESL Guide at About.com. ESL.About.com offers free English courses, vocabulary lessons, ready made lesson plans, grammar tips, and various quizzes. Key topics on the site include:… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#2 – Useful ELT resources
ELTWeekly Issue 2 – Book of the week: The ELT Curriculum: Design, Innovation and Mangement by Ronald White
The ELT book of the week for the second issue of ELTWeekly is: “The ELT Curriculum: Design, Innovation and Mangement” by Ronald White Book Details Paperback: 208 pages Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (July 7, 1998) Language: English ISBN-10: 0631151524 ISBN-13: 978-0631151524 Book Description ELT teachers today are faced with a bewildering choice of aims, methods and materials.… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue 2 – Book of the week: The ELT Curriculum: Design, Innovation and Mangement by Ronald White
ELTWeekly Issue#2 – Worldwide ELT News
English teaching tries to get past ‘how are you?’ – Viet Nam News HA NOI — Low efficiency in teaching English at universities is a thorny issue, especially since the State has invested money and resources in improving courses. A first-year student at the Ha Noi National University summarised his English learning process from the sixth… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#2 – Worldwide ELT News
ELTWeekly Issue#2 – Tip of the week
Tip of the week: Encourage More Use of English in Classroom Getting students to use English in the classroom is one of the biggest challenges. We could motivate them use English by doing following these steps: Always present yourself as an English speaker. Don’t be tempted tu use students’ language to be more effective at teaching.… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#2 – Tip of the week
ELTWeekly Issue#2 – Worldwide ELT Events
1. English Language Teaching Conference (ELT-Con) 2009 – Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia ELT-Con 2009 is the 4th. biennial international English language teaching conference organised by PELLTA. The theme is Language Matters: New Ways of Looking at English Language Teaching & Learning. Organized by: Penang English Language Learning & Teaching Association (PELLTA) Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 15 January 2009… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#2 – Worldwide ELT Events
ELTWeekly Issue 1 – Thank YOU
Dear Subscriber, At the outset, let us thank YOU for subscribing to the ELTWeekly Newsletter. With the launch of this newsletter, we ensure the delivery of “Quality Content ” every Monday – in your inbox. We invite ELT experts from all over to contribute to this newsletter in the forms of articles, case studies, ELT… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue 1 – Thank YOU