ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#17 | May 20, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 The International Academic Forum in conjunction with its global partners is proud to announce the Inaugural European Conference on Language Learning, to be held from July 18-21 2013, at the Brighton Thistle Hotel, Brighton, England. CONFERENCE THEME: “Shifting Paradigms: Informed Responses” Over the past years,… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 17 – Conference: ‘ECLL 2013 – The European Conference on Language Learning’, Brighton, United Kingdom, July 18-21, 2013
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Vol. 5 Issue 17 – Conference: ‘ECTC 2013 – The European Conference on Technology in the Classroom’, Brighton, United Kingdom, July 11-14, 2013
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#17 | May 20, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 The International Academic Forum in conjunction with its global partners is proud to announce the Inaugural European Conference on Technology in the Classroom, to be held from July 11-14 2013, at the Thistle Hotel, Brighton, England. CONFERENCE THEME: “The Impact of Innovation: Technology and You” Technology… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 17 – Conference: ‘ECTC 2013 – The European Conference on Technology in the Classroom’, Brighton, United Kingdom, July 11-14, 2013
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
‘Hypothesis Testing of Cochran’s Q Test and z- test on 10 most frequently mispronounced words of Mewari ESL Learners in Rajasthan’ by Asif Iqbal
Abstract Mispronunciation of English words is a common problem among second language learners and this paper highlights the common problems that students face be it in terms of phonemic awareness or the feeling of inferiority. This paper is part of the interdisciplinary research study that was carried out on fifty commonly mispronounced words in region of… Continue reading ‘Hypothesis Testing of Cochran’s Q Test and z- test on 10 most frequently mispronounced words of Mewari ESL Learners in Rajasthan’ by Asif Iqbal
‘Changing Roles of Teachers with ICT in Teaching and Learning of English as Second and Foreign Language’ by Khushboo Kuddus
Abstract The breakthrough of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has dramatically changed the modern life in almost all the aspects. The association of ICT in our daily life is inevitable. The integration of ICT in English Language Teaching, (ELT) as Foreign Language (FL) or Second Language (SL) has made the teaching and learning easier, authentic,… Continue reading ‘Changing Roles of Teachers with ICT in Teaching and Learning of English as Second and Foreign Language’ by Khushboo Kuddus
‘Rehabilitating the Contrastive Analysis through the Use of First language in the English Language Classroom’ by Shivani
Abstract Throughout much of the history of research into second language acquisition (SLA), the role of learners’ first language (L1) in the second language (L2) learning has been a hotly debated issue. Different viewpoints are but a mere reflection of the different methodological shifts in English Language Teaching (ELT). I believe that L1 of the… Continue reading ‘Rehabilitating the Contrastive Analysis through the Use of First language in the English Language Classroom’ by Shivani