Category: ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 2

Vol. 5 Issue 5 – Research Paper: ‘Using Facebook to Extend Learning into Students’ Digital Lives’ by Chris Harwood & Brad Blackstone

English remains an often confusing and difficult language to learn (and teach!) for many reasons. The common “gap” between how a word is spelled and how it sounds is one challenge. Another source of confusion and many headaches remains the surprisingly large number of homonyms and homophones, different words with the same sound. Just as computer speech software programs like Siri on the iPhone find it difficult to distinguish the number 2 from the preposition “to” from the word “too”, so do many listeners.

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 2

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#2 | January 14, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Video: Five Communicative Language Teaching Methods Article: Technology is starting to change language-learning Webinar: Let’s Share: Bringing Technology into Your Young Learner Classroom, January 25 Webinar: Social Networking and ELT Pedagogy, January 17 Article: ‘Don’t Let Perfectionism Silence You!’ by Eric Roth Symposium: Alternative Pedagogies… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 2

Vol. 5 Issue 2 – Symposium: Alternative Pedagogies in the English Language & Communication Classroom, Singapore – May 27-29, 2013

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#2 | January 14, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 The Centre for English Language Communication (CELC), National University of Singapore, invites colleagues from the world over to participate in its fourth international symposium for English language teachers. This symposium combines classroom-based research paper presentations, workshops, demonstrations, poster sessions, and colloquia to give presenters and… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 2 – Symposium: Alternative Pedagogies in the English Language & Communication Classroom, Singapore – May 27-29, 2013

Vol. 5 Issue 2 – Article: ‘Don’t Let Perfectionism Silence You!’ by Eric Roth

Some English students make learning English even more difficult by expecting themselves to speak “perfect”, with “no accent” just like ” a real native English speaker.” May I suggest that this noble goal is both very difficult to achieve – especially for adults – and often even unwise.

Vol. 5 Issue 2 – Webinar: Social Networking and ELT Pedagogy, January 17

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#2 | January 14, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 OUP team is hosting a webinar Thursday, January 17, 2013. The webinar is on ‘Social Networking and ELT Pedagogy’. Social networking helps students get more English practice, make English-speaking friends, and find better jobs in the future. But is there any evidence that social networking… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 2 – Webinar: Social Networking and ELT Pedagogy, January 17

Vol. 5 Issue 2 – Webinar: Let’s Share: Bringing Technology into Your Young Learner Classroom, January 25

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#2 | January 14, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 OUP team is hosting a webinar Friday, January 25, 2013. The webinar is on ‘Let’s Share: Bringing Technology into Your Young Learner Classroom’. Would you like to bring technology into your English class? Not sure how to start? Incorporating even a small amount of technology… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 2 – Webinar: Let’s Share: Bringing Technology into Your Young Learner Classroom, January 25

Vol. 5 Issue 2 – Article: Technology is starting to change language-learning

THE teacher who corrects your correspondent’s awful Mandarin is soft-spoken, authoritative and far away. Thanks to Skype, you can have face-to-face lessons with native speakers of more or less any language without stirring from your chair. Technology may one day make language-learning redundant (see article); meanwhile, it makes it easier.