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ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 26

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#26 | July 22, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Video: Writing and spelling exercise for EFL teachers FYI: WizIQ To Host Free English Language MOOC for Teachers ‘Fourth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence’, Arizona, January 23-26, 2014 e-learning symposium 2014, January 23-24, 2014 Article: Lexical notebooks or vocabulary cards?… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 26

Vol. 5 Issue 26 – Video: Writing and spelling exercise for EFL teachers

In this video we share a clip from a recent Cambridge English Teacher webinar with Julie Dawes. Join Cambridge English Teacher for fortnightly webinars full of career advice and tips for English teachers. www.cambridgeenglishteacher.org

Vol. 5 Issue 26 – Research Paper: ‘Developing Criteria for Evaluating ESP Textbooks: Issues and Options’ by Ajit Kumar Pradhan

This paper begins with the need of a textbook and the difference between ESP and EGP textbook. Further, criteria to evaluate an ESP textbook will be evolved and different ESP textbooks from India and abroad will be analysed in groups. And finally some issues on ESP textbook evaluation in Indian contexts will be discussed with its significance to classroom practices.

Vol. 5 Issue 26 – ‘Fourth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence’, Arizona, January 23-26, 2014

With greater awareness of the importance of intercultural competence in enabling learners to communicate effectively in an increasingly interconnected world, and with global travel and instant international communications available to a growing number of people, one of the primary goals of language teaching is to promote the acquisition of intercultural competence in the classroom and beyond.

Vol. 5 Issue 26 – Article: Lexical notebooks or vocabulary cards?

Few would doubt that students should leave a lesson with some kind of transcript of it: be it a notebook or, if technology allows, pages from an Interactive WhiteBoard (IWB) emailed to your students – in order to be able to go over the material covered in class.