ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#38 | October 28, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Communicative Language Teaching: What We Have Gained (And What We Might Have Lost) – A Conversation Between Jeremy Harmer and Scott Thornbury
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Video: ELL Conference 2012: Oh NO!!! Your Student Speaks Very Little English
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#38 | October 28, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Randy Kalal’s presentation focuses on oral language development and its use in the classroom in order to enhance the learning experience. Participants are involved in in-depth discussions and hands-on activities throughout the session and are encouraged to openly and excitedly participate during the duration of… Continue reading Video: ELL Conference 2012: Oh NO!!! Your Student Speaks Very Little English
Research Paper: ‘Error Analysis and the EFL Classroom Teaching’ by Rosa Muñoz Luna
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#38 | October 28, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 The following article aims to revisit Selinker’s theory of Interlanguage by analysing a group of undergraduates’ written scripts in L2. The initial outcomes of the study establish a linguistic parallelism between students’ Interlingua and English as a lingua franca in the academic world. In the… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Error Analysis and the EFL Classroom Teaching’ by Rosa Muñoz Luna
Conference: ‘Innovations in English Language Teaching’, November 23, Chennai-India
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#38 | October 28, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 SRM EASWARI Engineering College, Chennai is organising a National Conference on ‘ Innovations in English Language Teaching’-IELT 2013 on 23rd November 2013. The objective of the conference is to bring together the teachers and researchers of ELT and to promote the transfer and exchange of innovative… Continue reading Conference: ‘Innovations in English Language Teaching’, November 23, Chennai-India
Conference: ‘Navigating Diaspora’, March 2014, Silchar-India
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#38 | October 28, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 The Department of English, Assam University, Silchar, and Forum for English Studies, Assam University, Silchar, will jointly organize a two-day National Conference on “Navigating Diaspora” during 11-12 March, 2014. The conference will be organized around plenary sessions, panel discussions and presentations by participants. Proposals for presentation at the… Continue reading Conference: ‘Navigating Diaspora’, March 2014, Silchar-India
Symposium: ‘Technology in ELT: Challenges and Remedies’, November 23, Anand-India
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#38 | October 28, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Indukaka Ipcowala Institute of Management (I2IM), Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), Changa, Anand, Gujarat is organizing one day National Symposium on “Technology in ELT: Challenges and Remedies” on 23 November 2013 | Saturday in collaboration with English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELT@I),… Continue reading Symposium: ‘Technology in ELT: Challenges and Remedies’, November 23, Anand-India
Research Paper: ‘Error Analysis and the EFL Classroom Teaching’ by Xie & Jiang
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#38 | October 28, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 This paper makes a study of error analysis and its implementation in the EFL (English as Foreign Language) classroom teaching. It starts by giving a systematic review of the concepts and theories concerning EA (Error Analysis), the various reasons causing errors are comprehensively explored. The… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Error Analysis and the EFL Classroom Teaching’ by Xie & Jiang
Research Paper: ‘Task-Based Navigation of a Taxonomy Interface to a Digital Repository’ by Khoo, Wang & Chaudhry
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#38 | October 28, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 This is a study of hierarchical navigation; how users browse a taxonomy-based interface to an organizational repository to locate information resources. The study is part of a project to develop a taxonomy for an library and information science department to organize resources and support user… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Task-Based Navigation of a Taxonomy Interface to a Digital Repository’ by Khoo, Wang & Chaudhry
Video: Learner Language: Tools for Teachers
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#38 | October 28, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 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… Continue reading Video: Learner Language: Tools for Teachers
Research Paper: ‘Multicultural Issues Represented In One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’ by Devang Rangani
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#37 | October 21, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Abstract: The novel One Amazing Thing a fiction by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni offers a wide scope of aesthetic exploration of cultural study. It begins with visiting strangers in the visa office in a city. The city is not mentioned anywhere in the novel. However,… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Multicultural Issues Represented In One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’ by Devang Rangani