The place of English language in India today In the mid-1980s, when I was studying journalism in the US, a question I was often asked was: “How do you speak English so well?” My reply was simple and honest. I would start by patiently explaining how I had studied English not just as a language… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#16, Worldwide ELT news
ELTWeekly Issue#16, Article: Coping with Conflict – In the Classroom or Out of it
Coping with Conflict – In the Classroom or Out of it By Michael Berman In every community, every family, every classroom, and every staffroom, there are relationship problems, most of which are swept under the carpet, and most of which inevitably resurface again, often when we are least expecting them to, to cause even greater problems… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#16, Article: Coping with Conflict – In the Classroom or Out of it
ELTWeekly Issue#16, Video of the week: Successful Pronunication 1 (Macmillan)
Adrian Underhill takes a practical approach to teaching pronunciation in this video from Macmillan ELT. You will learn new ways to help your students work on English sounds, words and connected speech. Video 1 of 4. See more at www.macmillanenglish.com/methodology
ELTWeekly Issue #16, Word of the week: wherefore
wherefore • WAIR-for • adverb meaning: 1 : for what reason or purpose : why 2 : therefore. example: “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” (William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet) To know more about the word ‘wherefore’, please visit: http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwodarch.pl?Mar.15.2009
ELTWeekly Issue #16, Quote of the week
“Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.” – Aristotle
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ELTWeekly Issue#16, Subscriber space: Research paper by Mahnaz Azad
Accommodation Theory Revisited By Mahnaz Azad, Islamic Azad University In interpersonal situations, language can be used to convey information about one’s personality, temperament, social status, group belonging, and so forth. Although many of us like to think that we interact essentially the same way to virtually every person we encounter, due to fairness and our integrity,… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#16, Subscriber space: Research paper by Mahnaz Azad
ELTWeekly Issue#16, Article: What can your Business English students teach you?
What can your Business English students teach you? By Karenne Sylvester This article first appeared on Kalinago English (http://kalinago.blogspot.com/) I have another great secret. My students are incredible people. They are bankers, managers, managing bankers; they are CEOs and CFOs, web programmers and designers; they are parents, they are wives and husbands, they belong to… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#16, Article: What can your Business English students teach you?
ELTWeekly Issue#15 Contents
DOWNLOAD ELTWeekly Issue#15 by Clicking HERE Quote of the week Tip of the week Word of the week: symbiosis Video of the week: How to Teach Basic Conversational English Expert article: English Language Error Correction Worldwide ELT news Book of the week: Teaching… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#15 Contents
ELTWeekly Issue#15, Tip of the week
Pictures in the classroom By Tarun Patel Activity: Building a story Select a picture of a person going to work. After showing the picture, ask the students to give a name to the individual. Write the name on the board and make further notes of answers to the following questions. Is he or she married? Has… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#15, Tip of the week