ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 30

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#30 | July 23, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Video: David Crystal – Texts and Tweets: myths and realities . eBook of the week: Developing Professional-level Language Proficiency . Cambridge ELT Interview with Susan Hunston . Research Paper: ‘Role of Mother Tongue in Teaching English as a Second Language to Tamil Students’ by Vairamuthu… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 30

Vol. 4 Issue 30 – Research Paper: ‘Role of Mother Tongue in Teaching English as a Second Language to Tamil Students’ by Vairamuthu Suntharesan

Using the student’s mother tongue in the ESL classes has been felt to be very productive as it is found to develop language accuracy and fluency. The objective of this paper is to discuss how mother tongue can be effectively used in teaching certain linguistic areas in order to motivate students and promote their language proficiency faster. Translation in ESL classes which enables the process of comparing student’s first language with the second language would undoubtedly enable students to attain the ability of using the language in real life situations for communicative purposes.

Vol. 4 Issue 30 – Video: David Crystal – Texts and Tweets: myths and realities

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#30 | July 23, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Professor David Crystal, one of the world’s leading linguistic experts, challenges the myth that new communication technologies are destroying language.

Vol. 4 Issue 30 – Article: ‘How can creative writing develop language skills?’ by Tarala Joshi

Many English teachers from my region would agree that English as a second language is mostly only a writing affair. Our students read and write English; rather they reproduce in their writing what they have read. How would they express their ‘own’ ideas and thoughts in English?