“I have just become an uncle! My new nephew Tomás is three weeks old today. Mummy and daddy live in Barcelona but his maternal grandparents and great granddad live in Scotland. As you can probably imagine then, Tomás is currently getting used to the mobile phones, Flip camcorders and other video recording devices that are… Continue reading #74, Article: ‘Video recorders in the classroom’ by Jamie Keddie
#74, Word of the week: Word stress
Word stress indicates which syllables are stressed – or emphasised – in a word. Example ‘Photograph’ has word stress Ooo (stress on the first syllable), ‘photographer’ has word stress oOoo (stress on the second syllable). In the classroom There are many ways to indicate word stress visually, including the method above, putting a line above… Continue reading #74, Word of the week: Word stress
#74, Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 04, Pair and Group Work
The focus in this module is on Pair and Group Work. Pair and Group Work incorporates principles and themes from the Cooperative Learning and Collaborative Learning theoretical frameworks. We will look at some real classroom examples, using Stella Ting-Toomey’s “describe, interpret, evaluate” process to analyze what is happening with pair and group work in these… Continue reading #74, Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 04, Pair and Group Work
#74, Research Article: ‘English At The Primary Level: Realities” by Mahananda Pathak
Mahananda Pathak is a doctoral student in The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. He can be reached at mahanandap@gmail.com. Abstract This paper presents the methodologies that teachers in a remote village in Assam used to teach English to primary school students. The activities used by the teachers in these classes are not unique to… Continue reading #74, Research Article: ‘English At The Primary Level: Realities” by Mahananda Pathak
#74, Susan Ryan’s Tip: How to Use the Correct Syllable Stress Pattern
Stressing syllables correctly in spoken English is often an area of great difficulty for south Asian language speakers. Speakers of South Asian languages frequently place stress on the first syllable of a word. However, in spoken American and British English the stress or emphasis may fall on many different syllables.
#74, Research Article: ‘Constructivist Pedagogy in ELT Classroom’ by Dr. S. K. Agrawal
Dr. S. K. Agrawal works as an Associate Professor at the Dept. of English, JRNRV University, Udaipur – India. The term ‘constructivism’ refers both to the method of learning and nature of knowledge. It means the idea that individuals, through their interaction with the environment, construct their own knowledge. (Fosnot 1996; Steffe and Gale, 1995).… Continue reading #74, Research Article: ‘Constructivist Pedagogy in ELT Classroom’ by Dr. S. K. Agrawal
ELTWeekly Issue#73
Word of the week: Deductive approach Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 03, Integrating Skills Susan Ryan’s Tip: Teaching English Pronunciation: The Importance of Syllable Stress Research Paper: ‘The Relationship Between the Use of Portfolio Assessment and Students’ Improvement in Listening Comprehension’ by Majid Ghelichi Research Paper: ‘Selection, Classification, Strategies of Developing and… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#73
#73, Word of the week: Deductive approach
A deductive approach to teaching language starts by giving learners rules, then examples, then practice. It is a teacher-centred approach to presenting new content. This is compared with an inductive approach, which starts with examples and asks learners to find rules, and hence is more learner-centred. Example The form and use of the third conditional… Continue reading #73, Word of the week: Deductive approach
#73, Research Paper: ‘Selection, Classification, Strategies of Developing and Techniques of Teaching Vocabulary’ by by V. Harindhar Reddy
A) Pre-word Rich heritage of English vocabulary always makes us to feel it, a thing of wondrous. Teeming numbers of new words intrigue some of us, a lot. This true love on words acted as a driving force in jotting down this article. Word power is heart and soul of the language. It has been… Continue reading #73, Research Paper: ‘Selection, Classification, Strategies of Developing and Techniques of Teaching Vocabulary’ by by V. Harindhar Reddy
#73, Article: ‘Video for the English classroom’ by Jamie Keddie
“Exactly five years ago this month, the video-sharing site YouTube was officially launched to the public. Since then, the site and others like it have been affecting the world in diverse and unpredictable ways. For the language teacher, YouTube may be nothing less than one of the best sources of material the classroom has ever… Continue reading #73, Article: ‘Video for the English classroom’ by Jamie Keddie