Vol. 5 Issue 17 – Workshop: ‘Innovative Pedagogies for Enhancing The Employability Skills of Students’, BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, September 2013

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#17 | May 20, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Introduction “… The ability to drive the interview rather than being driven and a lot of other signs help develop the first impression.” – Werner Fernandes – Principal Consultant, Pink and White Consulting. Employability skills are vital to finding a job. According to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) survey,… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 17 – Workshop: ‘Innovative Pedagogies for Enhancing The Employability Skills of Students’, BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, September 2013

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 16

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#16 | May 13, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Article: ‘Rhythm, rhyme, repetition, reasoning and response in oral storytelling’ by David Heathfield The English Effect – How can you get involved? Conference: ’39th International Byron Conference’, London, July 1-6, 2013 Symposium: ’19th European Symposium on Languages for Special Purposes’, Vienna, Austria , July 8-10,… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 16

Vol. 5 Issue 16 – Symposium: ‘E-reading between the lines: 21st century literature, digital platforms and literacies’, Brighton – England, July 5, 2013

The 5th N.E.A.R. Language Education Conference will be held on Saturday, May 25, 2013, on the campus of the University of Niigata Prefecture in Niigata, Japan.

Vol. 5 Issue 16 – Symposium: ’19th European Symposium on Languages for Special Purposes’, Vienna, Austria , July 8-10, 2013

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#16 | May 13, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Dear colleagues, You are cordially invited to participate in the 19th LSP Symposium to be held from 8-10 July 2013 at the Centre for Translation Studies of the University of Vienna. You are invited to submit abstracts for papers to be presented at the conference on the… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 16 – Symposium: ’19th European Symposium on Languages for Special Purposes’, Vienna, Austria , July 8-10, 2013

Vol. 5 Issue 16 – Conference: ’39th International Byron Conference’, London, July 1-6, 2013

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#16 | May 13, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 This conference will examine Byron’s engagement with politics in the widest sense: as a poet, as a member of the House of Lords, as a commentator on his time, and latterly as a would-be revolutionary. Academic sessions might include: Byron and the politics of culture… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 16 – Conference: ’39th International Byron Conference’, London, July 1-6, 2013

Vol. 5 Issue 6 – TESOL Online Seminar: The Keys to Success in Teaching English to Young Learners, April 24

This research focused on the effects of bilingual instruction on the acquisition of literacy skills of preschoolers. An experimental design was used, with language of instruction as the independent variable and the different literacy skills as dependent variables. The sample consisted of preschool children belonging to an urban poor community in the Philippines.