ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#6 | February 6, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Webinar: Dealing with challenging learners Video: From Communicative Competence to Teaching Speaking Webinar: Spoken grammar/lexical approach Video: Reading Strategies That Improve Comprehension Video: Teaching Grammar Communicatively Event: Second International conference for English language teacher educators, March 3-5, Hyderabad, India Book of the week: ‘Techniques… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 6
Category: ELT Research Articles
Vol. 4 Issue 6 – Research Paper: ‘A study on the impact of Area on the undergraduate learners’ attitudes towards the English language’ by Hitendra Vyas
The present paper focuses on the impact of Area on the undergraduate learners’ attitudes towards the English language as regards to the situation of ELT in India. SLA research has consistently pointed out that attitudes towards the target language play an important role in learning it. The research on the role of attitudes in English language teaching naturally interests the investigator as a college teacher of English in an Arts college. The researcher has examined the undergraduate learners’ attitudes towards the English language. This paper focuses on the undergraduate learners of English in Arts colleges affiliated to the Gujarat University (Ahmedabad) but located in urban and rural areas. It has been observed that students do want to learn and improve their knowledge of English but somehow they shy away from the language. On their part, the college teachers of English have consistently displayed a lack of understanding of the students’ needs, problems, and interests.
Vol. 4 Issue 6 – Research Paper: ‘Corpus-Based Approach Toward Teaching Collocation of Synonyms’ by Aliakbar Jafarpour, Mahmood Hashemian & Sepideh Alipour
The study was aimed at providing more insights on the application of the corpus-based approach. The objectives of the study were to compare its learning effects with the conventional teaching method’s effects on collocations of synonyms. The study was conducted with two groups of L2 learners. One group was randomly assigned to be the experimental group studying with the corpus-based approach whereas the other represented the comparison group studying with the conventional teaching method. The learners from both groups were matched in pairs according to their language proficiency and collocation knowledge on the pretest. During the study, the experimental group was trained through paper-based and hands-on activities to deal with the concordance information in the corpus whereas the comparison group was taught collocations of synonyms through conventional activities such as explicit teaching. The instruments for collecting data included the pretest, posttest, prewriting and postwriting.
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 5
Many non-native speakers feel uneasy teaching their students English pronunciation. This workshop is designed to use free software and information from the Internet to help teachers improve their students’ pronunciation. Workshop led by Colin Large, English Language Fellow
Vol. 4 Issue 5. – Research Paper: ‘Relevance of Stylistics in R.K.Narayan’s Novel ‘The Guide’’ by Dr. Sitaram Bhargava
The Department of English conducts workshops with experts in the area of ELT to equip the teachers with changing trends in language teaching methodologies on a regular basis. Although the workshop is meant for teachers in the area of English for Science and Technology, it may be useful to the scholars and also to the students of ELT. Research scholars doing experimental studies may also benefit by learning the techniques in teaching vocabulary and pronunciation.
Vol. 4 Issue 5. – Video: Using Computers to Teach Pronunciation
Many non-native speakers feel uneasy teaching their students English pronunciation. This workshop is designed to use free software and information from the Internet to help teachers improve their students’ pronunciation. Workshop led by Colin Large, English Language Fellow
Vol. 4 Issue 5. – Video: Introduction to Teaching Pronunciation Workshop – Adrian Underhill
Macmillan ELT team says, “Due to popular demand we’ve now made the whole 1 hour ‘Introduction to teaching pronunciation’ video by Adrian Underhill available for you to view. We hope you enjoy this great workshop”.
Vol. 4 Issue 5. – Macmillan Gateway course video
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#5 | January 30, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Short video showcasing the Gateway course and the features of Gateway Online for both teachers and students.
Vol. 4 Issue 5. – Book of the week: ‘Teaching English Language Learners through Technology’ by Tony Erben, Ruth Ban & Martha Castañeda
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#5 | January 30, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 In Teaching English Language Learners through Technology, the authors explore the use of computers/technology as a pedagogical tool to aid in the appropriate instruction of ELLs across all content areas. The special focus of this book is on the informed use of various technologies and… Continue reading Vol. 4 Issue 5. – Book of the week: ‘Teaching English Language Learners through Technology’ by Tony Erben, Ruth Ban & Martha Castañeda
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 4
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#4 | January 23, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Video: Shukla Bose: Teaching one child at a time ELTWO Research Article: ‘Creative Ways of Teaching Research Paper Writing’ by Alejandro S. Bernardo Video: Teaching Word-Stress Research Article: ‘The Appropriateness of the Communicative Approach and the Community Language Learning method adopted in foreign language… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 4