[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
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ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4 | February 17, 2014] News: Comma may be abolished from English language: US academic Video: MOOCS and other recent innovations in online learning Video: Video Games for Learning and Assessment Conference: EDULEARN14, Barcelona (Spain), July 7-9 Workshop: ‘English and Employability in Industry – Training the Teachers of English of Engineering Colleges’,… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4
News: Comma may be abolished from English language: US academic
The NDTV.com team has published an article titled “Comma may be abolished from English language: US academic”. Death of the comma? One of the most commonly used elements of written English – the humble comma – could be abolished as a punctuation mark without doing much damage to the language, a US academic has suggested.… Continue reading News: Comma may be abolished from English language: US academic
Video: MOOCS and other recent innovations in online learning
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4 | February 17, 2014] About the talk What will education of the future look like? Open, free and collaborative are some of the attributes of Jan Philipp Schmidt’s vision of education. Schmidt is an open education activist and researcher based at the MIT Media Lab where he works with Joi Ito… Continue reading Video: MOOCS and other recent innovations in online learning
Video: Video Games for Learning and Assessment
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4 | February 17, 2014] About the talk “How can I have the greatest impact?” After some years working in education reform, Robert Torres realized that the impact was minimum. Then, he thought “why not pay attention to what children were doing?” The answer to his question was video games. Since then,… Continue reading Video: Video Games for Learning and Assessment
Conference: EDULEARN14, Barcelona (Spain), July 7-9
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4 | February 17, 2014] EDULEARN14, the 6th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies will be held in Barcelona (Spain), on the 7th, 8th and 9th of July, 2014. EDULEARN14 provides the ideal opportunity to present your projects and experiences. It is the perfect platform to discuss the latest developments… Continue reading Conference: EDULEARN14, Barcelona (Spain), July 7-9
Workshop: ‘English and Employability in Industry – Training the Teachers of English of Engineering Colleges’, Chennai, February 27-28
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4 | February 17, 2014] Loyola – ICAM College of Engineering and Technology (LICET) is holding a workshop for the teachers of English on February 27-28, 2014. The theme of the workshop is “English and Employability in Industry – Training the Teachers of English of Engineering Colleges”. A note on workshop In… Continue reading Workshop: ‘English and Employability in Industry – Training the Teachers of English of Engineering Colleges’, Chennai, February 27-28
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