We’ve seen teachers in Korea who swear by their public school jobs and we’ve seen teachers who say they’d never teach in anything other than a private school (hagwons/kindergartens) in Korea. For the public school positions, the bar has been raised in terms of the qualifications and experience of the teachers accepted.
Category: ELT Articles and Research Papers
Vol. 4 Issue 45 – Research Paper: 'Using Teaching Aids Effectively to Enhance Speaking Skills' by Sunita N Dalvai
Effective teaching begins prior to the teacher entering the classroom. Teachers must formulate their goals and think about how they will achieve them before facing the students. The teacher must be able to apply a number of different methods of teaching to reach students with different learning styles. In order to encourage critical thinking and real life application, students must be pushed to think outside the box. This means teachers need to be able to create an environment for this to occur.
Vol. 4 Issue 45 – Article: 'How to Stimulate Conversation in the ESL Classroom' by Lenore Holditch
While some teachers complain about chatty and unruly students, ESL teachers often struggle with the opposite problem. Students can be despondent and unnaturally quiet during ESL classes, and even the most upbeat and energetic teachers can encounter daunting silences and weak discussions.
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 44
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#44 | October 29, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Video: Empowering the Language Learner Book Review: ‘English for Academic and Professional Skills (2012)’ by Anand Mahanand Conference: The 33rd Thailand TESOL International Conference, January 25, 2013 Article: ‘Tips For Teaching English As A Foreign Language (TEFL)’ by Kathleen Chester Video: Teaching Vocabulary with Gradable… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 44
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 43
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#43 | October 22, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Video: Teaching Speaking with Task-Based Learning Book Review: ‘English Language Teaching: Perspective from Periphery (2012)’ by Anand Mahanand Webinar: A trip down the memory lane of methodology, November 29 Video: Jack C. Richards on Listening Comprehension Video: Seven Ways of Looking at Grammar Article: ‘Soft… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 43
Vol. 4 Issue 43 – Article: 'Soft Skills – Indispensable for Success' by B.Shoba Rao
Today soft have become very important and is the key mantra to success in both the professional and personal front.Soft skills is now a subject in most colleges in Chennai and students have to take an exam that gets them credits. With India emerging as a hub for different out sourcing activities, employers want their employers to have soft skills along with the technical or hard skills. Teachers therefore, do play an important role in enhancing soft skills among students at the tertiary level from where most of them refer to go for an employment.Academicians,course planners and material producers, collaborators and people at the helm of affairs are looking at how best these skills go to the students and they use them at work to bring success not only for themselves and the organization they work.
Vol. 4 Issue 43 – Research Paper: 'Eliot’s Concern to Modernity and The Story of an Un-heroic Hero Prufrock- An Evaluation of Love Songs of J. Alfred Prufrock' by Chetan Trivedi
The works of T.S. Eliot are frequently interpreted in terms of the contemporary time-spirit as he is considerably influenced by his time and its scenario. The story of the misfortunes of modern society is the story of his poems. Eliot’s poetry has relevance not merely to the modern peculiar human situation but also to the universal human predicament. His poems are the analysis of ‘crisis’ and ‘contemporary disillusionment’. His poems also show the shadow of time-spirit, the predicament of modern man, the futility and misery of modern existence. In the Present Research Paper, the Researcher has depicted the Modernity and Un-heroic Heroism of Prufrock in the poem Love Songs of J. Alfred Prufrock.
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 42
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#42 | October 15, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Video: Tips for Teachers about Vocabulary Instruction Article: ‘ESL and TEFL: Teaching English Grammar to Children through Games’ by Shelley Vernon Conference: INTED2013 (7th International Technology, Education and Development Conference), Spain – March 2013 Research Paper: ‘Reading skills; Some Reflections’ by Shakeela Noorbasha Video: Authenticity… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 42
Vol. 4 Issue 42 – 'ESL and TEFL: Teaching English Grammar to Children through Games' by Shelley Vernon
One of the questions ESL and TEFL teachers are asking on forums the world over is: how can you teach grammar through games? If you don’t want your class to glaze over with dictation, writing exercises and “Jimmy, would you please read paragraph 1,” then take heart! You’ll find you can teach everything you want with games, and the children remember it better to boot.
Vol. 4 Issue 42 – Research Paper: 'Reading skills; Some Reflections' by Shakeela Noorbasha
Francis Bacon rightly said “Reading maketh a full man; conference ready man; and writing an exact man.” It is a rich resource for the learners to acquire all basic skills of communications. Reading is perhaps the most important tool in all academic advancements. Reading is one of the four language skills: Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. It is a receptive skill like listening.. It always has been an important part of the learning process in college classrooms. In the modern age of information, reading is a fundamental survival skill. Learners, who acquire skills in the target language, will be able to delineate their ideas through a creative, emotive use of language. We derive much pleasure from reading novels and poetry. Our vocabulary is broadened as we read newspapers, magazines, journals and other literary works. When we open the books, we open the doors that swing wide to unlimited horizons of knowledge, wisdom and inspiration that will enlarge the dimension of our life. Reading skills enable the readers to turn writing into meaning and achieve the goals of independence, comprehension and fluency.