Category: ELTWeekly Vol. 5

Vol. 5 Issue 35 – Research Paper: Investigating Instructional Strategies for Using Social Media in Formal and Informal Learning

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#35 | September 30, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Despite the high popularity of personal use of online social media, a low percentage of students and instructors use them for educational purposes. This qualitative study explores the use of social media among faculty in the discipline of public administration in the United States. Eight… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 35 – Research Paper: Investigating Instructional Strategies for Using Social Media in Formal and Informal Learning

Vol. 5 Issue 35 – Video: Learner Language: Tools for Teachers

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#35 | September 30, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 The Communicative Approach is so well-established, it’s more or less the default methodology for second language teaching. But where did it come from? How has it evolved? Where does it work? What are its strengths and its weaknesses? In this wide-ranging conversation, in which Scott… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 35 – Video: Learner Language: Tools for Teachers

Vol. 5 Issue 35 – Article: Get lit up: literature as a teacher’s best friend

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#35 | September 30, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 The BBC TeachingEnglish team has published an article titled “Get lit up: literature as a teacher’s best friend”. BBC TeachingEnglish team  team says, “Literature. Quite a divisive word, that. Throw it through an open window into a room full of language teachers and most will dive… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 35 – Article: Get lit up: literature as a teacher’s best friend

Vol. 5 Issue 35 – Video: Communicative Grammar for Multi-Level English Language Learners

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#35 | September 30, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 English language learning is so multi-faceted that experts describe a “heterogeneous language class” as a class with more than one student. Ability, needs, background, age, and psychological make-up are just some of the variables among learners. Preparing different tasks for students at different levels is… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 35 – Video: Communicative Grammar for Multi-Level English Language Learners

Vol. 5 Issue 35 – Research Paper: Teaching, Learning, and Sharing: How Today’s Higher Education Faculty Use Social Media

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#35 | September 30, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Faculty are big users of and believers in social media. Virtually all higher education teaching faculty are aware of the major social media sites; more than three-quarters visited a social media site within the past month for their personal use; and nearly one-half posted content.… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 35 – Research Paper: Teaching, Learning, and Sharing: How Today’s Higher Education Faculty Use Social Media

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 34

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#34 | September 23, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Research Paper: ‘Global Trends in Language Learning in the 21st Century’ Sarah Elaine Eaton Conference: ’2013 3rd International Conference on Languages, Literature and Linguistics – ICLLL-2013′, Sydney, Australia, December 8-9, 2013 Video: Building Vocabulary for Teaching ELLs Video: Teaching Grammar and Vocabulary Research Paper: ‘Teaching… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 34

Vol. 5 Issue 34 – Video: Learner Language: Tools for Teachers

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#34 | September 23, 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 Vol. 5 Issue 34 – Video: Learner Language: Tools for Teachers

Vol. 5 Issue 34 – Research Paper: ‘Teaching English as a Foreign/Second Language in Nepal: Past and Present’ Krishna Bista

In this paper, the author reviews the history of English language teaching English as a second or foreign language in schools and colleges in Nepal. Teaching English language and literature in Nepal is of about a half a decade, starting from the mid of twentieth century.