Word of the week: Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic – VAK Video: English Language Teaching In Action – Disc 2: Productive Skills Resource of the week: Learnable.com (Take an online course. Or make your own.) Susan Ryan’s Tip: Frequently Mispronounced Consonant Advertisement: Station-e Language Lab Article: ‘The Status of English Language Teaching in Pakistan’ by Syed… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#88 Contents
Category: ELT Research Papers
#88, Research Paper: ‘The Daily Newspaper and the English Text books: A Study’ by Dr. Shree Deepa
Dr. Shree Deepa works with the University of Hyderabad. English Text books are indispensable entities in the language class room. Newspapers are mere ‘aids’ or additional decorative material. Text books are printed and published in different editions and remain in print for years. One edition of the text book lasts for a particular period of time… Continue reading #88, Research Paper: ‘The Daily Newspaper and the English Text books: A Study’ by Dr. Shree Deepa
#88, Research Paper: ‘What the Learners Don’t’ Learn, Why?: An Investigative Study of the Grammatical Errors of Hindi-medium ESL learners of Uttar Pradesh’ by Dr. Praggya M Singh
Dr.Praggya M. Singh works as an Associate Professor in English at Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan. English has been a subject of great instructional concern for educators in all sectors of education in India. The recent expansion of convent and English medium schools has become a reality. This is due to the lack of public attention to English taught… Continue reading #88, Research Paper: ‘What the Learners Don’t’ Learn, Why?: An Investigative Study of the Grammatical Errors of Hindi-medium ESL learners of Uttar Pradesh’ by Dr. Praggya M Singh
ELTWeekly Issue#87 Contents
Word of the week: Rubric Video: What’s on TeachingEnglish Article: ‘Teaching Reading to English Language Learners’ by Deborah Chitester Join MA, M. Phil. Programs at H M Patel Institute of English Training and Research Article: ‘Power-Point Presentation – A tool to enhance speaking skills of ESL learners’ by Dr. N. Padmasree and Ms.Krati Sharma Research… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#87 Contents
#87, Article: ‘Power-Point Presentation – A tool to enhance speaking skills of ESL learners’ by Dr. N. Padmasree and Ms.Krati Sharma
Dr. N. Padmasree and Ms.Krati Sharma work with Jaipur National University, Jaipur, India. ESL learners especially those who are pursuing professional and technical courses need to know and understand the importance of making presentations in their professional life. For them it is a tool, a medium, a way to express themselves with the provided aid. In the present… Continue reading #87, Article: ‘Power-Point Presentation – A tool to enhance speaking skills of ESL learners’ by Dr. N. Padmasree and Ms.Krati Sharma
ELTWeekly Issue#86 Contents
Video: Learn English the British Council way Word of the week: Test teach test Event: IATEFL 2011: Brighton Online, April 15-19 Book Review: ‘Introductions to Language Study’ Reviewed by Rana Faqir Muhammad Aslam Article: ‘English Language Teaching – Using Toys as Educational Tools’ by Larry M. Lynch Advertisement: Station-e Language Lab Article: Teaching without a… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#86 Contents
#86, Research Paper: ‘Reshaping the Pedagogue: The Changing Role of a Language Instructor in a Multicultural Classroom’ by Richa Goyal
Richa Goyal works with the Banasthali Vidyapith. This paper analyses the need for revamping the image of the traditional pedagogue in a language classroom. Language teaching is not related to imparting knowledge but is an art as well as a science of developing the skills of listening, reading, writing and speaking in a foreign language.… Continue reading #86, Research Paper: ‘Reshaping the Pedagogue: The Changing Role of a Language Instructor in a Multicultural Classroom’ by Richa Goyal
Worldwide ELT Conferences, 2011 (Bangladesh, UK, Syria and India)
Dear friends, Many of the ELTWeekly subscribers have submitted requests for ELT conferences details. Have a look at the information on some conferences which are taking place in near future. Please click on the following links to get conference details. BELTA International conference, Bangladesh, May 20 – May 22 2011 The 3rd International Conference on Language… Continue reading Worldwide ELT Conferences, 2011 (Bangladesh, UK, Syria and India)
ELTWeekly Issue#85
Word of the week: Global comprehension Video: English Language Teaching In Action – Disc 1: Games and Activities Research Paper: ‘Towards Intercultural Communicative Competence in English Language Teaching’ by Saeid Najafi Sarem Research Article: ‘Honing Communication Skills of Students’ by Leena U. Jadhav Susan Ryan’s Tip: Intonation Patterns
#85, Research Paper: ‘Towards Intercultural Communicative Competence in English Language Teaching’ by Saeid Najafi Sarem
Saeid Najafi Sarem is a Ph.D student at Islamic Azad University, Science and Research branch, Tehran, Iran. INTRODUCTION There have been reformulations of the different components of knowledge that underlie Canale and Swain’s influential model of communicative competent, the model, in its slightly modified form by Canale (1983), still forms the conventional framework for curriculum design… Continue reading #85, Research Paper: ‘Towards Intercultural Communicative Competence in English Language Teaching’ by Saeid Najafi Sarem