Category: ELTWeekly Vol. 5

Vol. 5 Issue 5 – Article: ‘Homophones Can Haunt: A Minor Mistake in Miner Valley’ by Eric Roth

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.

Vol. 5 Issue 5 – Research Paper: ‘Pedagogical Blogging: Promoting Tertiary Level Students’ Critical Thinking by Using Socratic Questions’ by Zahra Shahsavar & Tan Bee Hoon

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.

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.

Vol. 5 Issue 5 – Webinar: Getting students to answer questions in full sentences, February 23

How do you deal with the challenge of teaching Business English to people who are preparing, through their studies, to enter the global business environment? What kind of Business English do they need? Business communication skills are important, but studying business at degree level and beyond also requires learners to develop sophisticated reading and writing skills in order to deal with complex material on a wide range of topics, and to become familiar with key concepts and related vocabulary.

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 4

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#4 | January 27, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Article: ‘Teaching English As A Second Language: A How To Guide’ by Chris Harmen Video: Listening, Speaking, and Pronunciation Event: Across and Beyond English Language – Linguistics, Literature, Didactics, Albania – April 5-6, 2013 Event: 2013 2nd International Conference on Language, Medias and Culture –… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 4