Category: English Language Teaching Competitions

Vol. 4 Issue 43 – Article: 'Soft Skills – Indispensable for Success' by B.Shoba Rao

Today soft have become very important and is the key mantra to success in both the professional and personal front.Soft skills is now a subject in most colleges in Chennai and students have to take an exam that gets them credits. With India emerging as a hub for different out sourcing activities, employers want their employers to have soft skills along with the technical or hard skills. Teachers therefore, do play an important role in enhancing soft skills among students at the tertiary level from where most of them refer to go for an employment.Academicians,course planners and material producers, collaborators and people at the helm of affairs are looking at how best these skills go to the students and they use them at work to bring success not only for themselves and the organization they work.

Vol. 4 Issue 43 – Book Review: 'English Language Teaching: Perspective from Periphery (2012)' by Anand Mahanand

There is a need to undertake serious research studies catering to the needs of these demands of the marginalized and underprivileged sections of our society. Proper Investigations are necessary to discover how far English Language Teaching (ELT) can be integrated with the indigenous culture of the learners, how far learners can be trained to use English for their academic purposes and how best literature can be used in English language teaching and learning. There are few books which address all the above issues as successfully and succinctly as Anand Mahanand’s ‘English Language Teaching: Perspective from Periphery’.

Vol. 4 Issue 43 – Research Paper: 'Eliot’s Concern to Modernity and The Story of an Un-heroic Hero Prufrock- An Evaluation of Love Songs of J. Alfred Prufrock' by Chetan Trivedi

The works of T.S. Eliot are frequently interpreted in terms of the contemporary time-spirit as he is considerably influenced by his time and its scenario. The story of the misfortunes of modern society is the story of his poems. Eliot’s poetry has relevance not merely to the modern peculiar human situation but also to the universal human predicament. His poems are the analysis of ‘crisis’ and ‘contemporary disillusionment’. His poems also show the shadow of time-spirit, the predicament of modern man, the futility and misery of modern existence. In the Present Research Paper, the Researcher has depicted the Modernity and Un-heroic Heroism of Prufrock in the poem Love Songs of J. Alfred Prufrock.

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 42

 ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#42 | October 15, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Video: Tips for Teachers about Vocabulary Instruction Article: ‘ESL and TEFL: Teaching English Grammar to Children through Games’ by Shelley Vernon Conference: INTED2013 (7th International Technology, Education and Development Conference), Spain – March 2013 Research Paper: ‘Reading skills; Some Reflections’ by Shakeela Noorbasha Video: Authenticity… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 42

Vol. 4 Issue 42 – 'ESL and TEFL: Teaching English Grammar to Children through Games' by Shelley Vernon

One of the questions ESL and TEFL teachers are asking on forums the world over is: how can you teach grammar through games? If you don’t want your class to glaze over with dictation, writing exercises and “Jimmy, would you please read paragraph 1,” then take heart! You’ll find you can teach everything you want with games, and the children remember it better to boot.

Vol. 4 Issue 42 – POLL: How would you use social media in the English language classroom?

Have you considered incorporating social media into your classes? Watch English language students talking about how they use social media in everyday life, then take our poll to find out what teachers around the world think about using social networking in their English lessons.

Vol. 4 Issue 42 – Research Paper: 'Reading skills; Some Reflections' by Shakeela Noorbasha

Francis Bacon rightly said “Reading maketh a full man; conference ready man; and writing an exact man.” It is a rich resource for the learners to acquire all basic skills of communications. Reading is perhaps the most important tool in all academic advancements. Reading is one of the four language skills: Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. It is a receptive skill like listening.. It always has been an important part of the learning process in college classrooms. In the modern age of information, reading is a fundamental survival skill. Learners, who acquire skills in the target language, will be able to delineate their ideas through a creative, emotive use of language. We derive much pleasure from reading novels and poetry. Our vocabulary is broadened as we read newspapers, magazines, journals and other literary works. When we open the books, we open the doors that swing wide to unlimited horizons of knowledge, wisdom and inspiration that will enlarge the dimension of our life. Reading skills enable the readers to turn writing into meaning and achieve the goals of independence, comprehension and fluency.