#43, Research Paper: Intellectual Fashion in India: The Role of Euphemism, Neologism and Slang in Indian English

Intellectual Fashion in India: The Role of Euphemism, Neologism and Slang in Indian English By Dr.Asma Rizwan, Asst. Professor, People’s Institute of Management & Research, Bhopal. English like all language is not static. It is ever changing and adopting new words and style or let’s call it fashion. Global English has led to a crisis of terminology.… Continue reading #43, Research Paper: Intellectual Fashion in India: The Role of Euphemism, Neologism and Slang in Indian English

#43, ELT Resource: HotChalk’s LessonPlansPage.com

HotChalk’s LessonPlansPage.com is a collection of over 4,000 lesson plans from Preschool through High School and beyond, that were developed by Kyle Yamnitz, students and faculty at The University of Missouri, and more recently by the users of this website. Launched in October of 1996, The Lesson Plans Page was developed to assist educators of… Continue reading #43, ELT Resource: HotChalk’s LessonPlansPage.com

#43, Download Webinar: Pronunciation in Communication: An Aviation Perspective

Pronunciation is an essential ingredient in the ability to communicate effectively. This is illustrated in the new requirements for pilots and air traffic controllers to be able to pass their message successfully. Perfection is not the goal but mutual intelligibility is. In this webanair I’ll look at the background to the requirements and question whether the traditional method of pronunciation teaching is relevant for the modern International English world.

#43, eBook: Language Teaching Projects for the Third World

This Document, from 1983, offers a selection of project case studies and commentaries from various African contexts. Most of the projects were British Council-run. The authors reflect the preoccupations of expatriate project workers of the day, and the lack of African contributors strikes the modern reader immediately. Nevertheless, this is a valuable resource for those interested in the history of English for development and the role of donor agencies.

#42, Download Webinar: ‘New technology – new pedagogies’ by Pete Sharma

‘New technology – new pedagogies’ by Pete Sharma This webinar looks at some of the key new technologies in English language teaching, then provides an overview of some of the emerging ‘new pedagogies’. Download this webinar now for your iPod / iPhone / iTunes

#42, Article: Using the Holy Bible As an Authentic Language Learning Text

Using the Holy Bible As an Authentic Language Learning Text By Larry M. Lynch Foreign Language Learning There are a slew of commercial textbooks, guidebooks and all manner of language learning study aids when studying English as a foreign or second language. The same is true for most other main stream, major languages like French,… Continue reading #42, Article: Using the Holy Bible As an Authentic Language Learning Text

#42, Research Article: Technology, ELT and Literature Teaching

Teaching language and teaching literature both are the areas where many things we may find interconnected. Many a times literature can be a source of teaching and learning in Language area or vice versa language study material can help learners of literature to interpret various things in literature.