Word of the week: Informal assessment Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 14, Reflective Teaching Article: ‘Core activities for using the chart to integrate pronunciation’ by Adrian Underhill Research Paper: ‘The Possible Effects of Question-Making as a Post-Reading Activity on the Amount of Student-Teacher Interaction’ by Dr. Mohammad Mohammadi & Simin Nezamdoost-e Sani… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#84
Category: ELT Research Papers
#84, Research Paper: ‘The Possible Effects of Question-Making as a Post-Reading Activity on the Amount of Student-Teacher Interaction’ by Dr. Mohammad Mohammadi & Simin Nezamdoost-e Sani
Dr. Mohammad Mohammadi and Simin Nezamdoost-e Sani work with Urmia University (Urmia). Abstract This study investigated the effects of question-making as a post-reading activity on the development of student-teacher interaction. The subjects were 150 intermediate level language learners of Jahahad-e-Daneshgahi Language Institute chosen randomly with their age ranging between 16 and 20. The study included… Continue reading #84, Research Paper: ‘The Possible Effects of Question-Making as a Post-Reading Activity on the Amount of Student-Teacher Interaction’ by Dr. Mohammad Mohammadi & Simin Nezamdoost-e Sani
ELTWeekly Issue#83
Word of the week: Direct method Opinion: Do Teachers Have the Right to Blog? Advertisement: Station-e Language Lab Susan Ryan’s Tip: Three Strategies for Listening to Spoken English Research Paper: ‘Forgetting vs. Remembering: Implications in Language Teaching’ by Laleh Fakhraei Faruji Article: ‘Using texts constructively 2: intensive input-output work’ by Michael Swan Video: Shaping the… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#83
#83, Research Paper: ‘Forgetting vs. Remembering: Implications in Language Teaching’ by Laleh Fakhraei Faruji
Laleh Fakhraei Faruji is a Ph.D Candidate in Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Department of Literature & Foreign Languages, Tehran, Iran. If asked, most of us would probably say that our biggest memory problem is forgetting things we want to remember. Due to the importance of forgetting, and implications of theories of forgetting… Continue reading #83, Research Paper: ‘Forgetting vs. Remembering: Implications in Language Teaching’ by Laleh Fakhraei Faruji
ELTWeekly Issue#82
Word of the week: Choral repetition Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 12, Younger Learners Susan Ryan’s Tip: Using Content, Focus & Function Words in Spoken English Advertisement: Clarity English Courses Article: Using texts constructively: what are texts for? Research Article: ‘Types of Syllabuses in Language Teaching – ESL/EFL Context’ by Shabnum Iftikhar.… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#82
ELTWeekly Issue#81
Word of the week: Realia Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 11, Individual Learner Differences Susan Ryan’s Tip: ‘Linking in English Pronunciation’ Research Paper: ‘Reading Disability – A specific blockage in Language Learning: An Overview of the problem and Suggestions for the Follow-up studies’ by Vaishali Shivkumar Research Paper: ‘Teaching English Language to… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#81
#81, Word of the week: Realia
Realia are real things that are brought to the class and used as a resource. Example The learners are learning to describe clothes. In turn, they describe someone in the class for others to identify. In the classroom Realia can include the learners themselves, the classroom, furniture, the school, published material such as advertisements and… Continue reading #81, Word of the week: Realia
#81, Research Paper: ‘Reading Disability – A specific blockage in Language Learning: An Overview of the problem and Suggestions for the Follow-up studies’ by Vaishali Shivkumar
Vaishali Shivkumar (M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil.) works as Lecturer & District Coordinator (English Language Laboratory) at Z. F. Wadia Women’s College & N. K. Jhota College of Commerce, Surat- Gujarat. “A learning disability refers to retardation, disorder, or delayed development in one or more of the processes of speech, language, reading, writing, arithmetic, or other school subject resulting from a… Continue reading #81, Research Paper: ‘Reading Disability – A specific blockage in Language Learning: An Overview of the problem and Suggestions for the Follow-up studies’ by Vaishali Shivkumar
#81, Research Paper: ‘Teaching English Language to Engineering Students and The Problems Faced by The Language Teachers: Solutions Through Computers’ by Dr.S.Mercy Gnana Gandhi
Teaching English Language to Engineering Students and The Problems Faced by The Language Teachers: Solutions Through Computers
ELTWeekly Issue#80
ELTWeekly, a refereed journal and newsletter [Issue 80 | January 2011 | ISSN 0975-3036] Word of the week: PPP Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 10, Alternative Assessment Susan Ryan’s Tip: ‘The Importance of the Schwa Vowel Sound’ Article: ‘ICT in Education: HOW and WHAT to study in 21st Century?’ – UNESCO Tashkent Research Paper:… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#80