[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 6 | March 3, 2014] Research Paper: ‘Vocabulary Development during Read-Alouds: Examining the Instructional Sequence’ by Karen J. Kindle Research Paper: ‘Listening to Learn: Boosting Vocabulary with Interactive Activities’ by Joshu Cohen Video: Total Physical Response (TPR) Video: Introducing the Oxford Test of English Video: Five Communicative Language Teaching Methods Video: Library… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 6
Category: ESL Research Papers
Research Paper: ‘Vocabulary Development during Read-Alouds: Examining the Instructional Sequence’ by Karen J. Kindle
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 6 | March 3, 2014] Reading aloud to children is a recommended practice in early childhood and primary-grade classrooms that is purported to enhance vocabulary growth. General guidelines can be found in the literature, but practitioners often rely on conventional wisdom and their own instincts to embed vocabulary instruction into their read-alouds.… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Vocabulary Development during Read-Alouds: Examining the Instructional Sequence’ by Karen J. Kindle
Research Paper: ‘Listening to Learn: Boosting Vocabulary with Interactive Activities’ by Joshu Cohen
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 6 | March 3, 2014] Despite being one of our most important and most often used modalities, listening is an area of language instruction that is often overlooked by teachers and researchers alike as fertile ground for the enhancement of students’ vocabulary knowledge. For low-level learners, especially those not in full control… Continue reading Research Paper: ‘Listening to Learn: Boosting Vocabulary with Interactive Activities’ by Joshu Cohen
FYI: Two International Research Journals
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 6 | March 3, 2014] I am glad to present information about two international research journals published by Prof. Dr. K. V. Dominic. 1. International Journal on Multicultural Literature (IJML) ISSN: 2231-6248 (An International Refereed Biannual Published in January and July) Abstracted and indexed at EBSCO Host, USA Edited and Published by: Dr. K. V.… Continue reading FYI: Two International Research Journals
Article: ‘Self-determination theory based lesson plans that work by utilizing autonomy, competence, and relatedness’ by David Ockert
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 6 | March 3, 2014] This paper is written in response to several requests for self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985; Ryan & Deci, 2000) based lesson plans / tasks that can be used in a communicative language teaching (CLT) class. The theoretical basis for the task presented herein can be… Continue reading Article: ‘Self-determination theory based lesson plans that work by utilizing autonomy, competence, and relatedness’ by David Ockert
Article: ‘Gender differences that appear from a Self-Determination Theory survey of JHS students’ by David Ockert
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 5 | February 24, 2014] There are several types of motivational theories and much has been written on various theories of EFL learner motivation (e.g., Dörnyei, 2009a; Dornyei, 1998; Dörnyei & Ushioda, 2009; Gardner, 2001; Oxford, 1994; Oxford & Shearin, 1994). Ur (1996) proposed a distinction of two types of motivation for… Continue reading Article: ‘Gender differences that appear from a Self-Determination Theory survey of JHS students’ by David Ockert
Article: ‘JHS students’ willingness to communicate: dyads, meetings, public speaking and with strangers’ by David Ockert
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4 | February 17, 2014] In the November/December issue of The Language Teacher, internationally renowned author and educator Jack Richards commented that “Affect refers to a number of emotional factors that may influence language learning and language use” (Richards, 2012, p. 49). These emotions may range from excitement and enthusiasm to boredom,… Continue reading Article: ‘JHS students’ willingness to communicate: dyads, meetings, public speaking and with strangers’ by David Ockert
ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 3
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 3 | January 27, 2014] Dear readers, We are extremely happy to present the third issue of the ELTWeekly newsletter. Do share the contents of this newsletter with your colleagues. Here you go: Research Paper: ‘The Power of Story in the ESL Classroom’ by Bonnie J. Nicholas, Marian J. Rossiter & Marilyn… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 3
Article: ‘Language is Power’ by Dharmendra Sheth
[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
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