Dear readers, We are very happy to mark the beginning of this ELT Experts Interview Series. Today we have with us Dr Sathuvalli Mohanraj of EFL University. Dr S Mohanraj was born in Mysore and was educated there till he attained his postgraduate degree in English. Later he worked there for seven years and subsequently… Continue reading #35, Interview with Dr. S Mohanraj, EFL University
Category: English Language Teaching
#35, Article: Developing Communicative Language Skills
Developing Communicative Language Skills by Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi Developing communication skills is not only the responsibility of language teachers but also subject teachers. Classrooms are set up for the purpose of communicating ideas and not to impose our ideas on young and growing minds. Teaching has to be innovative, dynamic, and most of all interactive.… Continue reading #35, Article: Developing Communicative Language Skills
#35, Word of the Week: futurity • fyoo-TOOR-uh-tee
WORD: futurity • fyoo-TOOR-uh-tee MEANING: 1 : time to come : future 2 : the quality or state of being future 3 : future events or prospects EXAMPLE: The motivational speaker exhorted us to change the way we live today, rather than looking always toward some vague distant futurity. To know more about ‘futurity’, please visit http://www.merriam-webster.com
#35, Video: Task Based Learning
This video gives an overview and practice of task based language teaching approach.
#35, Research Article: P = ELT + ECC
P = ELT + ECC by Ms. Anjali Thakur, Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad – India. English language teaching in the professional institutes is subordinated and substandard, so are the skill acquired by the passing out students. The NKC found the quality of Engineering graduates as ‘unemployable’, so, it recommends ‘multiple skill development’ at large and proposed ‘qualitative… Continue reading #35, Research Article: P = ELT + ECC
#35: Onestopclil’s Birthday Competition
Onestopclil has announced a competition for the ELT practitioners. Please read below to participate in the conference: Onestopclil team says, “lets us know what you think about onestopclil and what have been your favourite resources and be in with a chance to receive some fantastic prizes!
#35, Article: A Need to Study Literature by Students of Technical / Professional / Business Communication
A Need to Study Literature by Students of Technical / Professional / Business Communication by Prof(Dr) Kum Kum Ray Education systems and programmes should be with intellectual dimensions within the parameters of rational traditions of modern scholarships; the outcome of philosophical investigations into the entire spectrum of , social, cultural, aesthetic, moral, religious values . Develop… Continue reading #35, Article: A Need to Study Literature by Students of Technical / Professional / Business Communication
ELTWeekly Issue#34 Contents
– Word of the Week: demean • dih-MEEN – Video: Web 2.0 & Language Learning – ELT Resource of the Week: The Bus Stop – Article: Social Networking Sites for Teaching English, Part-2 – Research Article: Learning English Genres: A New ELT Paradigm – Research Paper: Anxiety in Language Learning CHECK OUT ELTWeekly’s ELT, ESL and EFL Events Blog – Blog of… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#34 Contents
ELTWeekly Issue#34, Book of the week: English for Specific Purposes
English for Specific Purposes (Cambridge Language Teaching Library) by Tom Hutchinson and Alan Waters Book Description English for Specific Purposes offers the teacher a new perspective on this important field. The main concern of the book is effective learning and how this can best be achieved in ESP courses. The authors discuss the evolution of ESP and… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#34, Book of the week: English for Specific Purposes
ELTWeekly Issue#34, Blog of the week: Sue Swift’s ELT Notebook
Sue Swift’s ‘ELT Notebook‘ is selected to feature in Blog of the week column of ELTWeekly Issue#34. Sue Swift is an EFL teacher and teacher trainer for over thirty years now and has lived and worked in a variety of European and Asian countries. She is the author of a number of published courses, and runs… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#34, Blog of the week: Sue Swift’s ELT Notebook