The term feedback can apply to a number of classroom situations and procedures, but here it refers to a range of techniques employed by the teacher to facilitate responses from the students to an exercise or task. Inevitably, teachers feel that the whole class needs and deserves to know the correct answer or response to… Continue reading #70, Article: ‘Conducting Feedback on Exercises and Tasks’ by Duncan M
Category: ELT Articles and Research Papers
#70, Article: ‘English is ‘Fun” by Sophia Jaychandran
English language in the present day context has undergone a whole lot of new dimensions and paradigms. This is clearly manifested in the manner in which the language that has been rather receptive and flexible to many inflexional changes. In my presentation, I wish to highlight some of the easy but rock-solid ways of acquiring… Continue reading #70, Article: ‘English is ‘Fun” by Sophia Jaychandran
#70, Article: ‘Which one: Persian, Farsi or Parsi?’ by Zohre Maleki, Alborz University, Iran
Introduction: In the past few years, there has been a tendency to replace the adjective “Persian” by “Farsi”. These discussions over the usage of Farsi in European languages has long existed among Iranians, especially Iranian immigrants. As usual, some agree and others disagree. The official language of Iran is sometimes called Farsi in English and… Continue reading #70, Article: ‘Which one: Persian, Farsi or Parsi?’ by Zohre Maleki, Alborz University, Iran
ELTWeekly Issue#69
Word of the week: Mechanical activities Video: Teaching English Language Learners Across the Curriculum Course Preview Article: ‘Teaching English As A Foreign Language – 7 Tips For Using Popular Movies’ by Larry M. Lynch Article: ‘Am I ready to be a teacher trainer?’ by Tessa Woodward Article: ‘ELT in India – Past and Present’ by… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#69
#69, Article: ‘Teaching English As A Foreign Language – 7 Tips For Using Popular Movies’ by Larry M. Lynch
Movies and Videos in the EFL Classroom If you’re looking to expand the role of movies and videos in your EFL classroom, what better way to expand the learners’ communicative skills, grammar and vocabulary than by using clips from popular movies? Try using these seven tips for stimulating learner motivation while enjoying a favored pastime… Continue reading #69, Article: ‘Teaching English As A Foreign Language – 7 Tips For Using Popular Movies’ by Larry M. Lynch
#69, Article: ‘Am I ready to be a teacher trainer?’ by Tessa Woodward
“Experienced teachers sometimes ask themselves the question, ‘Am I ready to be a teacher trainer?’ They may ask in response to a request from a boss to run a workshop, in response to seeing a job advertisement, or in response to their own desire to keep developing and moving on in their professional field. Each… Continue reading #69, Article: ‘Am I ready to be a teacher trainer?’ by Tessa Woodward
#69, Book Review of ‘English and Soft Skills’ by Dr.S.P.Dhanavel
‘English and Soft Skills’ by Dr.S.P.Dhanavel Book reviewed by Dr.M.Renuga, Professor of English, Sona College of Technology, Salem-5, Tamilnadu. Introduction English and Soft Skills by Dr. S.P. Dhanavel is a one-of-its-kind book catering to the needs of youngsters, especially the college students, for developing their English language skills and soft skills in an integrated way through relevant extracts from world… Continue reading #69, Book Review of ‘English and Soft Skills’ by Dr.S.P.Dhanavel
#69, Article: ‘ELT in India – Past and Present’ by Dawane Chandrashekhar Ashokrao
* Dawane Chandrashekhar Ashokrao works with Dept. of English, Yeshwant Mahavidyalaya, Nanded. English due to its international importance is a language to be aspired for. N. Krishnaswammy and Lalitha Krishnaswamy have rightly said: Much like oil or the microchip, English, today, is used globally. Life will become paralyzed if petrol and computers are not available… Continue reading #69, Article: ‘ELT in India – Past and Present’ by Dawane Chandrashekhar Ashokrao
ELTWeekly Issue#68
Video: ELT In Action: Pronunciation and Teaching Techniques Word of the week: Applied linguistics Fellowship: Sheikh Nahayan Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships Research Article: ‘Traditional and Modern Ways of Word Formation and Principles underlying in It’ by V. Harindhar Reddy Article: ‘Teaching English As A Foreign Language – Seven Reasons Why Using Music Is Important’ by Larry… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#68
#68, Research Article: ‘Traditional and Modern Ways of Word Formation and Principles underlying in It’ by V. Harindhar Reddy
The target of this research article is to meet 3 objectives. One of the important aims of this research article is to provide information about word formation in such a way to create awareness to common man who comes across plenty of new words coined and used extensively in newspapers and on-line daily. However, the… Continue reading #68, Research Article: ‘Traditional and Modern Ways of Word Formation and Principles underlying in It’ by V. Harindhar Reddy