Category: ELTWeekly Issue#62

ELTWeekly Issue#62

British Council EAQUALS curriculum News: 1,300 ways to say the same thing ELT Conferences and Workshops, July-September 2010 Video-1: Future of English Language Teaching Video-2: Pronunciation and Teaching Techniques Article: ‘Pronunciation: what is the ideal goal?’ by Nick Shepherd Research Article: ‘A Review of studies on Alternative Assessment in EFL Language’ by Sara Vali and… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#62

#62, News: 1,300 ways to say the same thing

An online archive is collecting English accents to help academics and actors. Could you add yours? “Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the store: six spoons of fresh snow peas, five thick slabs of blue cheese, and maybe a snack for her brother Bob. We also need a small… Continue reading #62, News: 1,300 ways to say the same thing

#62, British Council EAQUALS curriculum

This project may be of interest to anyone involved in curriculum development. The downloadable leaflet gives a sample of the work completed thus far on a British Council project to create a core curriculum based, in part, on the CEFR. The British Council and EAQUALS have joined together to create a core curriculum inventory for the English… Continue reading #62, British Council EAQUALS curriculum

#62, Research Paper: ‘Reader Response and Its Relevance for Communicative Language Teaching in the Context of EFL Learners’ by Dr. Prashant Mishra

This paper is submitted by Dr. Prashant Mishra, Professor and Head, Department of English Govt. S.V.P.G. College Neemuch (MP) 458 441. ABSTRACT Structuralism and modernism endeavour to explore the core and the central meaning of a text. They regard an author as God and elevated a text to the heights of canonical status. On the… Continue reading #62, Research Paper: ‘Reader Response and Its Relevance for Communicative Language Teaching in the Context of EFL Learners’ by Dr. Prashant Mishra

#62, Research Article: ‘A Review of studies on Alternative Assessment in EFL Language’ by Sara Vali and Parnaz Kianiparsa

This article is submitted by Sara Vali and Parnaz Kianiparsa, lecturers at Payame Noor University, Iran (Damavand Center). Abstract As everyone knows, assessment becomes an indicative tool for analyzing the success of the teaching methods. Additionally, it helps students to recognize that they are making progress in foreign language development, which can motivate them to identify their… Continue reading #62, Research Article: ‘A Review of studies on Alternative Assessment in EFL Language’ by Sara Vali and Parnaz Kianiparsa

#62, Video-2: Pronunciation and Teaching Techniques

BridgeTEFL’s English Language Teaching In Action is a comprehensive 5-DVD set packed with 70 videos on essential topics in English language instruction. With lively games, fail-proof lessons, insightful classroom management tips, and much more, this collection has everything you need to make your teaching more effective! Contents of Disc 5: Pronunciation and Teaching Techniques Pronunciation… Continue reading #62, Video-2: Pronunciation and Teaching Techniques

#62, Article: ‘Pronunciation: what is the ideal goal?’ by Nick Shepherd

This article is submitted by Nick Shepherd, OBE, FRSA, MA, Language Editor. The other month I was sitting at the back of a classroom in York, listening to six Russian women and a Turkish girl trying to get their tongues around the following: “If we’d gone by train, it’d’ve been quicker.” (Actually, to be completely… Continue reading #62, Article: ‘Pronunciation: what is the ideal goal?’ by Nick Shepherd