Word of the week: Webquest Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 02, Building Language Awareness Book of the week: ‘Working with English Language Learners: Answers to Teachers’ Top Ten Questions’ by Stephen Cary Article: ‘Pronunciation – the poor relation?’ by Adrian Underhill Research Paper: ‘Emotional Intelligence: The Key To Language Learning And Social… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#72
Category: ELTWeekly Issue#72
#72, Research Paper: ‘Emotional Intelligence: The Key To Language Learning And Social Interaction’ by Dr. G.A. Ghanshyam
This paper is submitted by Dr. G.A. Ghanshyam, Head, Dept. of English, Govt. M.L. Shukla College, Seepat, Bilaspur (C.G.) India 495555 The aptitudes you need to succeed start with intellectual horsepower- but people need emotional competence, too, to get the full potential of their talents. The reason we don’t get people’s full potential is emotional incompetence.… Continue reading #72, Research Paper: ‘Emotional Intelligence: The Key To Language Learning And Social Interaction’ by Dr. G.A. Ghanshyam
#72, Research Article: ‘Teaching Partition Fiction Through Technology’ by Imran Surti
Genre is a key means by which we categorize the many forms of literature and culture. However, it is also much more than that: in talk and writing, in music and images, in film and television, genres actively generate and shape our knowledge of the world. It is a French term derived from the Latin… Continue reading #72, Research Article: ‘Teaching Partition Fiction Through Technology’ by Imran Surti
#72, Book of the week: ‘Working with English Language Learners: Answers to Teachers’ Top Ten Questions’ by Stephen Cary
If you teach English language learners, you probably have too many unanswered questions to count. How do I assess a student’s English? How do I get my reluctant speakers to speak English? How do I teach grade-level content to English beginners? Fortunately, second language acquisition expert and teacher coach Stephen Cary has answers to your… Continue reading #72, Book of the week: ‘Working with English Language Learners: Answers to Teachers’ Top Ten Questions’ by Stephen Cary
#72, Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 02, Building Language Awareness
The focus in Module 1 was on the importance of contextualizing language. In Module 2, the focus is on the need to be aware of the specific language within that context. That is, the awareness, the attention, and the noticing of the particular features of language that add to learning. This means that it is… Continue reading #72, Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 02, Building Language Awareness
#72, Article: ‘Pronunciation – the poor relation?’ by Adrian Underhill
” The point I want to make is that pronunciation teaching has been neglected and that we have all lost out through this. In spite of the development of interesting teaching materials by various people it remains the poor relation of language teaching, poorly related to the rest of what happens in the language classroom.… Continue reading #72, Article: ‘Pronunciation – the poor relation?’ by Adrian Underhill
#72, Word of the week: Webquest
A webquest is an activity that requires learners to use the Internet in order to complete a task. Webquests can extend over an entire course, several classes or be integrated into a single lesson. Example The learners are discussing the topic of UFOs. They use a webpage of eyewitness accounts to answer true or false… Continue reading #72, Word of the week: Webquest