Pictures in the classroom By Tarun Patel Pictures could prone to be a great aid in the ELT process. Pictures give students information which does not require translation. Pictures can avoid long explanations in words which students would not understand. Pictures also help students communicate incomplete information and so they leave space for the students’… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#11, Tip of the week
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ELTWeekly Issue #11, Article: ICT in the teaching of English and Community Development
ICT in the teaching of English and Community Development By Kaushal Kotadia and Dr Parul Popat Earlier the phrase information technology popularly known as IT was the buzzword. However, in the recent years IT has incorporated one more letter C in it making itself ICT. The C in ICT has been introduced because it has become… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #11, Article: ICT in the teaching of English and Community Development
ELTWeekly Issue#11, Expert article: Communicative ELT Through Two Approaches
Using Communicative English Language Teaching Through Two Approaches By Larry M. Lynch Communicative Language Teaching Previously, in one of my articles I stated that I use the communicative language teaching through two approaches. The two approaches mentioned were: • Content-Based Instruction (CBI) • Task-Based language teaching (TBLT) Advantages of Each One Two good references to… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#11, Expert article: Communicative ELT Through Two Approaches
ELTWeekly Issue#11, Worldwide ELT events
National Seminar on “ELT Methods and Materials: How Can We Make Them Interesting?” – University of Hyderabad, March 3 This two-day seminar aims at discussing newer resources and methods for teaching Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary and Grammar. These methods and materials need to be interesting to the students, original and practical. Textbooks do not find… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#11, Worldwide ELT events
ELTWeekly Issue#11, Video of the week: Future of English language teaching
In the following video Rod Bolitho, Guest on the teachingenglish.org.uk site talks about how he sees the future of English language teaching.
ELTWeekly Issue#11, Question of the week
What is the longest English word? Please submit your answer in the fowm of a comment.