ELT Articles and Research Papers – Page 7

‘ICT Assisted Editing as a Humanising Communicative Task in CLT’ by Professor (Dr) Shibu Simon

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 11 | April 28, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] This article proposes to analyse the feasibility and the potential of using ICT1 assisted editing as a humanising2 communicative task3 in CLT4 classrooms. It discusses an editing software but the focus is on how to use this software to provide learners with authentic and… Continue reading ‘ICT Assisted Editing as a Humanising Communicative Task in CLT’ by Professor (Dr) Shibu Simon

‘Regionalism in Pronunciation’ by Reena Mittal

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 11 | April 28, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] English in India is a question of Linguistic centralism while the other languages lead to linguistic regionalism. A foreign language always posed problems in the country when exist firmly and distinctly. We have heard of Regionalism in the novels of Hardy and R.K. Narayan;… Continue reading ‘Regionalism in Pronunciation’ by Reena Mittal

‘The Semantics of Poetry Analysis’ by Bushra Pasha

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 11 | April 28, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] By poetry analysis we mean to review the poetry with a critical eye. This involves consideration on the poem, analyzing the figurative speech, theme, mood, poetic devices, poet’s stance and of course you sharing your own attitude on the poetry. STEPS FOR WRITING… Continue reading ‘The Semantics of Poetry Analysis’ by Bushra Pasha

‘Use of Poetry for Effective Teaching of English’ by Reena Mittal

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 10 | March 31, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] A Poetry is a piece of writing in which words are arranged beautifully and rhythmically. We have recently celebrated World Poetry Day on 21st March and suddenly this thought come into my mind to write something on this topic. Studying and writing poetry can… Continue reading ‘Use of Poetry for Effective Teaching of English’ by Reena Mittal

‘Approaching a Literary Text Stylistically’ by Dr Shibu Simon

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 10 | March 31, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] The crux of the problem in teaching literature is how to guide the learners to develop an individual response to literature. Such a guidance will have to focus on the values linguistic units acquire in contexts of use and in orienting learners to… Continue reading ‘Approaching a Literary Text Stylistically’ by Dr Shibu Simon

‘Writing Skills – through a looking glass’ by Bushra Pasha

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 10 | March 31, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Precisely, what do we do as writers when we compose a piece of script? What kind of mood, behavior, thought, choices of words represent the composition? How the writer becomes involved in the writing? What keeps him going? What causes blocks that most of… Continue reading ‘Writing Skills – through a looking glass’ by Bushra Pasha