Category: ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 40

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 40

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#40 | November 24, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Video: Using Web 2.0 Tools for Alternative Assessment of ESL Students Video: ‘My English’: Second Language Acquisition as Individual and Social Construction Video: Language Teaching Methods: Suggestopedia Research Paper: ‘Effect of Using Facebook to Assist English for Business Communication Course Instruction’ by Ru-Chu Shin Research Paper:… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 40

Video: Language Teaching Methods: Suggestopedia

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#40 | November 24, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Language Teaching Methods explores various methodologies of English language teaching. This was a joint project by Diane Larsen-Freeman and the U.S. Information Agency and was produced in 1990. This video demonstrates Suggestopedia with Lise Sparrow.

Research Paper: ‘Effect of Using Facebook to Assist English for Business Communication Course Instruction’ by Ru-Chu Shin

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#40 | November 24, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 This paper aimed to explore the effect of incorporating blended learning with Facebook and peer assessment for English for Business Communication course for college students. A total of 111 students from a public technological university participated in this study. The participants were divided into three Facebook… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Effect of Using Facebook to Assist English for Business Communication Course Instruction’ by Ru-Chu Shin

Research Paper: ‘Solving the Problems of Designing and Teaching a Packed English for Specific Purposes Course’ by Belinda Ho

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#40 | November 24, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Background: In an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course offered to a department in a university in Hong Kong preparing the students for their internship, students were expected to learn to write and engage in spoken activities related to a number of documents over a period… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Solving the Problems of Designing and Teaching a Packed English for Specific Purposes Course’ by Belinda Ho

Research Paper: ‘Revisiting Materials for Teaching Languages for Specific Purposes’ by Jesus Garcia Laborda

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#40 | November 24, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Teaching materials in languages for specific purposes have evolved in the last few years dramatically. The Internet currently plays a significant role in such development and has permitted both a wider range of resources and its free availability almost anywhere in the World. This paper presents… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Revisiting Materials for Teaching Languages for Specific Purposes’ by Jesus Garcia Laborda