This paper begins with the need of a textbook and the difference between ESP and EGP textbook. Further, criteria to evaluate an ESP textbook will be evolved and different ESP textbooks from India and abroad will be analysed in groups. And finally some issues on ESP textbook evaluation in Indian contexts will be discussed with its significance to classroom practices.
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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 – Video: Seven Ways of Looking at Grammar
What is grammar, and how is it internalized in the mind? Is it made up of symbolic code or of neural connections? Is it a sedimented trace left by previous conversations or an innate human capacity? Our answers to these questions obviously shape the way we go about teaching second languages.
Vol. 4 Issue 43 – Video: Teaching Speaking with Task-Based Learning
When students work on tasks in pairs or small groups, they use language at every step: planning, executing, and presenting. This demonstration shows students planning and describing their own Utopian societies.