Category: ELT Videos

Teaching English the Fun Way: Beginning Class (Video)

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 23 | September 22, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] A comfortable classroom environment is paramount in classroom management and enhances academic achievement. A song that everybody likes sets a relaxing and pleasant tone. The class is democratic and students have a lot of say in how the class proceeds. The kids know… Continue reading Teaching English the Fun Way: Beginning Class (Video)

Teaching English the Fun Way: The Game (Video)

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 23 | September 22, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] This game style of teaching grammar allows all students to be active and participate equally in the class. All students, no matter their level of English can master the game and have success. Students self-correct, help their teammates and analyze the work of… Continue reading Teaching English the Fun Way: The Game (Video)

ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 22

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 22 | September 15, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] UGC Sponsored National Conference on ‘Emerging Disciplines of Applied Linguistics’, Bangalore, October 13-14, 2014 ‘Communicative Language Teaching – A rescue to English beginners’ by Reena Mittal English Language Teacher Educator Conference – Hyderabad, February 2015 Article: Why Teachers Should Introduce Presentation Practice into… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 22

How Do We Communicate?: Language in the Brain, Mouth (Video Lecture)

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 22 | September 15, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] One of the most uniquely human abilities is the capacity for creating and understanding language. This lecture introduces students to the major topics within the study of language: phonology, morphology, syntax and recursion. This lecture also describes theories of language acquisition, arguments for… Continue reading How Do We Communicate?: Language in the Brain, Mouth (Video Lecture)

English as an Additional Language (Video Lecture)

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 22 | September 15, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] Maggie Webster, Senior Lecturer Primary Education at the Faculty of Education, Edgehill University, delivers a lecture on teaching English as an Additional Language. Maggie Webster, Senior Lecturer Primary Education at the Faculty of Education, Edgehill University, delivers a lecture on teaching English as… Continue reading English as an Additional Language (Video Lecture)

Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain (Video)

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 21 | September 7, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] How did humans acquire language? In this lecture, best-selling author Steven Pinker introduces you to linguistics, the evolution of spoken language, and the debate over the existence of an innate universal grammar. He also explores why language is such a fundamental part of… Continue reading Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain (Video)

Linguistics and Literature (Video)

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 21 | September 7, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036] In this lecture on the work of Roman Jakobson, Professor Paul Fry continues his discussion of synchrony and diachrony. The relationships among formalism, semiotics, and linguistics are explored. Claude Levi-Strauss’s structural interpretation of the Oedipus myth is discussed in some detail. In order… Continue reading Linguistics and Literature (Video)