– Quote of the week – Video: Old English: Languages of the World: Introductory Overviews – Research Paper: Relevance of a Digital Language Laboratory to the Teaching and Testing of Listening and Speaking Skills – Research Paper: Importance of English and CAI on outsourcing – Article: EFL Teachers LinkedIn – Article: Teaching pre-school English – Book Review: ‘The Universal Course in FRENCH’… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #26 Contents
Category: ELTWeekly Issue#26
ELTWeekly Issue #26, Video: Old English: Languages of the World: Introductory Overviews
Alexander Arguelles presents a series of videos to provide introductory overviews of the languages of the world. Working diachronically through various language families in turn, he demonstrates how to identify each language, translates a text sample to show how it works, and discusses its genetic affiliation and cultural context. For further information about the series,… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #26, Video: Old English: Languages of the World: Introductory Overviews
ELTWeekly Issue #26, Research Paper: Relevance of a Digital Language Laboratory to the Teaching and Testing of Listening and Speaking Skills
Relevance of a Digital Language Laboratory to the Teaching and Testing of Listening and Speaking Skills By Atul Bansilal Patil Over the past thirty years, the evolution of technology with rapid developments has changed our workplace, schools, colleges and society. It is hard to believe that as late as the 1980’s, the overhead projector was considered… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #26, Research Paper: Relevance of a Digital Language Laboratory to the Teaching and Testing of Listening and Speaking Skills
ELTWeekly Issue #26, Research Paper: Importance of English and CAI on outsourcing
Importance of English and CAI on outsourcing By Dr. N.K. Mehta & Dr. D. Mehta Abstract English is the window to the world. It has been regarded as the international language. With the advent of globalization and privatization the world has turned into a “global village”. Modern technology has also helped to give momentum to… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #26, Research Paper: Importance of English and CAI on outsourcing
ELTWeekly Issue#26, Article: EFL Teachers LinkedIn
EFL Teachers LinkedIn By Karenne Sylvester This article first appeared on How to Learn English (http://kalinago.blogspot.com/) Like everything else in life, you getback what you put in and LinkedIn is no exception to this rule. LinkedIn is a social-networking site, in the way that Facebook, Twitter and Ning are, however, its community function is slightly different –… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#26, Article: EFL Teachers LinkedIn
ELTWeekly Issue#26, Article: Teaching pre-school English
Teaching pre-school English By Alex Case Should my English teaching school be a pre-school school? (Or should my pre-school be an English teaching school?) You only have to look at the amount of new materials being launched by the major EFL publishers for the pre-school English teaching market (see, for example, references 1, 2 and… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#26, Article: Teaching pre-school English
ELTWeekly Issue#26, Book Review: ‘The Universal Course in FRENCH’ by Pawan Kumar
‘The Universal Course in FRENCH’ by Pawan Kumar Reviewed by Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi Mr Pawan Kumar, who is a teacher of French in Amity University, Lucknow Campus, since last three years, has written a student friendly book in which elementary or zero level learners can be well-versed with day-to-day French and its pronunciation. The book… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#26, Book Review: ‘The Universal Course in FRENCH’ by Pawan Kumar
ELTWeekly Issue#26, Quote of the week
English is the common tongue of our global village. Whether you live and work in an English speaking country, or need English for travel and fun, English is the passport to success and a deeper understanding of our quickly changing world. – Kenneth Beare, About.com Guide to ESL