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Vol. 4 Issue 10 – Research Paper: ‘A Psychoanalytic Study of Pivotal Characters in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Macbeth’ by Jay Mehta

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#10 | March 5, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Abstract Psychoanalysis; fathered by Dr. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), is primarily a process for the analysis and therapy of neurosis. It has altered the course and content of twentieth century literature. Interestingly, Freud derived some of his concepts from literary works like ‘Oedipus Rex’ etc. Often… Continue reading Vol. 4 Issue 10 – Research Paper: ‘A Psychoanalytic Study of Pivotal Characters in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Macbeth’ by Jay Mehta

Vol. 4 Issue 10 – Research Paper: ‘Teaching Tenses to ESL Learners: Task Based Approach’ by Dr. Krati Sharma

The term ‘tense’ can be defined as a secondary grammatical category which serves to locate an event or a situation in time. It accounts for example for the difference in the sentences ‘John leaves’ or ‘John left’. It encompasses two aspects: a morphological aspect, namely a system of tenses encoded in the verb’s morphology, and a semantic aspect dealing with the temporal location of the event or events depicted in one or more sentences: the ‘meaning’ of the various tenses.

Vol. 4 Issue 10 – Research Paper: ‘Emotional Engagement At Work in the Service Sector’ by Aparna Marwah

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#10 | March 5, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 1. What is Emotional Labour? Emotional labor is the expression of organizationally desired emotions by service agents during service encounters (Hochschild, 1979, 1983; Ashforth & Humphrey, 1993). Morris and Feldman (1996) define emotional labor as “the effort, planning, and control needed to express organizationally desired… Continue reading Vol. 4 Issue 10 – Research Paper: ‘Emotional Engagement At Work in the Service Sector’ by Aparna Marwah

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 9

ELT Webinar: ‘Using literature for language learning’, February 28, 12.00 UK time Book Review: OUP’s ‘Personality Development and Soft Skills’ by Dr. Barun K Mitra ELTWO Research Paper: ‘Assessing Students’ Language Arts Performance: The Experience of Hong Kong Teachers’ by Benjamin Li Video: Strategies for Teaching Reading: Thinking Partners ELTWO Research Paper: ‘Five Reasons Why… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 9

Vol. 4 Issue 9 – ELTWO Research Paper: ‘Assessing Students’ Language Arts Performance: The Experience of Hong Kong Teachers’ by Benjamin Li

This article reports findings from an investigation of the English language arts (LA) assessment strategies used in Hong Kong secondary schools, and the extent to which these strategies reflect the principles of performance-based assessment.

Vol. 4 Issue 9 – ELTWO Research Paper: ‘Five Reasons Why Listening Strategy Instruction Might Not Work With Lower Proficiency Learners’ by Willy A Renandya

Despite numerous theoretical discussions and empirical studies that have been generated in the past 30 years or so, a strategic approach to teaching L2 listening has not been whole-heartedly embraced by practitioners, in particular when they work with lower proficiency learners of English.

Vol. 4 Issue 9 – Research Article: ‘Bringing the language-learners in to the Zone through scaffolding- A Critical Approach of Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development’ by S. Christopher Gnana Seelan

This paper reports on the pedagogic reasons for using blogs as a learning aid and how blogging was integrated into a curriculum at the National University of Singapore to support the learning of grammar editing skills of music students.

Vol. 4 Issue 9 – Research Paper: ‘Why Indian Pupil Face Problem in Learning English as Second Language’ by Prof. Kailash Atkare & Dr. Nirmal S. Padmavat

Indian Pupil has less chance to listen proper pronunciation, as well as he/she faces trouble in learning English as A second Language because of varieties in pronunciation, differences in the structure of sentences, no firm rule of grammar. Present paper is the description of this all causes which make trouble in learning English as a second language by Indian Pupil.

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 8

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#8 | February 20, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 ELTWO Research Paper: ‘Using Blogs to Practice Grammar Editing Skills’ by Christopher Harwood Video: Get the Gist – Comprehension Strategy Video: The Truth About Teaching English (ESL) in South Korea ELT Webinar: ‘Thinking skills’ on February 21, 12.00 UK time ELT Webinar: ‘Using literature… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 8