[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 3 | January 27, 2014] Language is power. Everyone knows that. Or ought to, at any rate. We often see some professionals more successful than others, not only because of their competence in their field of work, but also their command of language, whether it is written or spoken, their mother tongue… Continue reading Article: ‘Language is Power’ by Dharmendra Sheth
Category: ELT Research Papers
Research Paper: ‘The Power of Story in the ESL Classroom’ by Bonnie J. Nicholas, Marian J. Rossiter & Marilyn L. Abbott
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 3 | January 27, 2014] Although considerable research has examined the use of literature in the second language (L2) classroom, there has been less investigation into the integration of learners’ personal stories in the English as a second language (ESL) classroom. Following Wajnryb’s (2003) categorizations of story as language learning, genre, and… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘The Power of Story in the ESL Classroom’ by Bonnie J. Nicholas, Marian J. Rossiter & Marilyn L. Abbott
Research Paper: ‘The Reliability of the OWLS Written Expression Scale with ESL Kindergarten Students’by Gina L. Harrison, Keira C. Ogle & Megan Keilty
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 3 | January 27, 2014] A reliability analysis was conducted on the Written Expression Scale from the Oral and Written Language Scales, (OWLS, Carrow-Woolfolk, 1996), with 68 ESL and 56 non-ESL kindergarten students. Interrater and internal consistency estimates for the Written Expression Scale were examined separately for each language group. Despite lower… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘The Reliability of the OWLS Written Expression Scale with ESL Kindergarten Students’by Gina L. Harrison, Keira C. Ogle & Megan Keilty
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 21
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#21 | June 17, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Article: Top 5 Countries with Best ESL Salaries Conference: ‘In Medias Res: Uses of Narrative in English Language Studies’, North Cyprus,September 2013 Conference: ‘Teaching English for Healthcare Conference’, Switzerland ,September 2013 Video: Second Language Acquisition And Second Language Sensitivity Video: Strategies for Teaching ESL Students… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 21
‘Nuances of Choice Based Credit System for Education and Career Development’ by Dr. V. Barla
Abstract This study was conducted on a stratified convenience sample of 500 students at RG Kedia Colleges, ST.Mary`s Group of Institutions and Osmania University Campus Hyderabad from November to December 2012, for the purpose of making an empirical evaluation of students` perceptions on CBCS system . The principal Null Hypothesis was that students do not… Continue reading ‘Nuances of Choice Based Credit System for Education and Career Development’ by Dr. V. Barla
‘The Art of Framing Objectives – A Technique to Enhance Outcome Based Learning’ by Merlin Depsy Vinoth
Abstract In this era of booming technology, the English classrooms in India are flooded with innovative explorations to engage the learners. In spite of the new methodologies, there is a lapse in the intended outcome. Here, it becomes necessary to plan and prepare the content in order to cater to the varying interests… Continue reading ‘The Art of Framing Objectives – A Technique to Enhance Outcome Based Learning’ by Merlin Depsy Vinoth
‘A Case Study of Children Learning English in Rural Based Community Schools’ by Bushra Pasha
Abstract This research proposal focuses on developing English Language skills for the underprivileged children living in the far flung rural areas of Sindh, Pakistan. It focuses on developing effective methodologies for English language teaching. It can fill in the gap where the rural learners lack the quality of language teaching imparted as compared to the… Continue reading ‘A Case Study of Children Learning English in Rural Based Community Schools’ by Bushra Pasha
‘The importance of speaking English to Rural students’ by T. Bhaskar David
Abstract English is the most widely spoken language in the world and it stands out as the most popular and influential on earth. It is being spoken almost all over world and has gained a prominent place in the minds and hearts of people especially even the rural students want to learn the second language… Continue reading ‘The importance of speaking English to Rural students’ by T. Bhaskar David
‘Teaching English as a Foreign Language’ by Dr. Anuradha Mishra
Abstract The topic of my research paper ‘Teaching English as a Foreign Language’ is one of the most modern and widely researched topic throughout the world in present times. This is one of main reasons which led me to choose this topic of research. Some of the other reasons for the selection of this topic … Continue reading ‘Teaching English as a Foreign Language’ by Dr. Anuradha Mishra
‘Use of Authentic materials in ELT at the Tertiary level in Engineering colleges: Some approaches and experiments’ by R. Nilavu
Abstract English language is a vital factor in one’s career. The thirst for improvement and the impact for the language are developing in leaps and bounds particularly among the tertiary level students. English Language Teaching to such tertiary level students who are the speakers of other languages is the need of the hour. Students of… Continue reading ‘Use of Authentic materials in ELT at the Tertiary level in Engineering colleges: Some approaches and experiments’ by R. Nilavu