English and Foreign Language Learner Benefits of Listening to Music How can you effectively use music in your English or foreign language learning class room? Listening to certain types of music has quite a number of additional benefits which go far beyond teaching and learning as we examined in a previous article. The impact of… Continue reading #57, Article: ‘How Listening to Music Influences English Language Teaching Learning and Everyday Life’ by Larry M. Lynch
Category: ELT Research Articles
#57, Research Paper: ‘Bye Bye Blackboard: Learning Language through Web Technology’ by Devi Archana Mohanty
ABSTRACT It is now quite clear that English has become a necessity today. We need it in different fields of life. It is the only valid language that can be understood by everyone across the globe. Hence it has become crucial for language learners to learn and acquire all the skills of this language such… Continue reading #57, Research Paper: ‘Bye Bye Blackboard: Learning Language through Web Technology’ by Devi Archana Mohanty
#56: Article: ‘Classroom Observation’ by Jafar Maaitah
As Hopkins (1993 cited in McDonough 1997) describes, observation is a “pivotal activity with a crucial role to play in classroom research” (p 101). The purpose of this observation is to inspect the various interpersonal interactions between instructor ,aids and learners. Observations is not a rigid technique, it should be a dynamic one, this dynamism… Continue reading #56: Article: ‘Classroom Observation’ by Jafar Maaitah
#56: Research Paper: ‘Technology as an Alchemy of Language and Communication’ by Mansa Ram Maity
Technology as an Alchemy of Language and Communication: A Critical Estimation of Machine Translation by Mansa Ram Maity, Lecturer in English, Rajiv Gandhi University – IIIT, Basar The century that has gone by, witnessed far-reaching changes in linguistics, Anthropology, literature and philosophy leading to the change in the earlier status of translation considered as ‘a… Continue reading #56: Research Paper: ‘Technology as an Alchemy of Language and Communication’ by Mansa Ram Maity
#55, Article: Stirrers and settlers for the primary classroom
“Teaching in the primary classroom is very different from teaching teens or adults because of the amount of energy children have! Knowing how to channel this energy, or when to ‘stir’ and when to ‘settle’ children will help you achieve balanced lessons without children becoming over-excited on the one hand or bored on the other.… Continue reading #55, Article: Stirrers and settlers for the primary classroom
#55, Article: ‘Factors and Problems of Teaching English as Second Language at Rural Areas’ by Nukesh Yellapu
Factors and Problems of Teaching English as Second Language at Rural Areas for +1 Students in Andhra Pradesh Nukesh Yellapu, M.A.,B.Ed. With the long and varied experience of teaching English to young students in rural areas of Andhra Pradesh at +1 level, the columnist would like to share some of the vengeances and their probable… Continue reading #55, Article: ‘Factors and Problems of Teaching English as Second Language at Rural Areas’ by Nukesh Yellapu
#54, Research Paper: ‘The Effect of Monolingual, Bilingual, and Bilingualized Dictionaries on Vocabulary Comprehension and Production’ by Abbas Ali Zarei
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of monolingual, bilingual, and bilingualized dictionaries on vocabulary comprehension and production of Iranian EFL learners of English at different proficiency levels. A total number of 270 students at Tabriz Azad University (nine groups of 30 members each) participated in the study. Three groups were… Continue reading #54, Research Paper: ‘The Effect of Monolingual, Bilingual, and Bilingualized Dictionaries on Vocabulary Comprehension and Production’ by Abbas Ali Zarei
#54, Article: ‘Attention English Language Teachers and Learners – There is No Such Thing As Grammar’ by Judy M. Thompson
Grammar is linear and spoken English is abstract. Latin grammar with its hundreds of 1 + 1 = 2 rules is too concrete to adequately characterize English writing, much less speaking. “Adjectives describe nouns” is a good example of an overplayed grammar rule that simply does not ring true. Merry, Happy, Joyous, Cheerful, Glad… are… Continue reading #54, Article: ‘Attention English Language Teachers and Learners – There is No Such Thing As Grammar’ by Judy M. Thompson