Category: ELTWeekly Vol. 5

Vol. 5 Issue 3 – Mobigam: Language on the Move in Gujarat

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 3 – India to set up English language labs in all provinces of Sri Lanka

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 3 – Video: Learner Language: Tools for Teachers

Learner language is the constantly changing ability students have to communicate as they learn a new language. It provides an index of students progress, allowing teachers to determine how to best educate them. By analyzing examples of learner language, students develop skills to address it when they are teaching.

Vol. 5 Issue 3 – Webinar: Values in the English Classroom, February 1

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#3 | January 21, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 OUP team is hosting a webinar Friday, February 1, 2013. The webinar is on ‘Values in the English Classroom’. Increasingly, teachers of all subjects are being asked to promote universal values such as fairness, politeness, kindness and healthy habits. An English lesson is a great… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 3 – Webinar: Values in the English Classroom, February 1

Vol. 5 Issue 3 – Webinar: Teaching Presentation Skills, January 25

OUP team is hosting a webinar Friday, January 25, 2013. The webinar is on ‘Teaching Presentation Skills’. Every minute of every day, a presentation is being given in a work situation. It’s a crucial communication skill for ALL business English students (from Elementary to Advanced). This webinar provides an introduction to teaching presentation skills to your students.

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 – 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.

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.