Top tips for getting an EFL book published By Alex Case Do not bother sending book proposals. The traditional “send a book proposal, wait for review, proposal accepted if you are lucky, negotiate and then start writing” process to work anymore. It is dead. If you send a book proposal in, you might be very… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#25, Article: Top tips for getting an EFL book published
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ELTWeekly Issue#22, Article: Developing Good Speaking Skills
Developing Good Speaking Skills By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi The aim of spoken English is to enable students to communicate in the target language. It is important to: (i) expose the learners to maximum use of language. (ii) help them to see how language functions in different situations.(iii) help them to internalize the rules of… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#22, Article: Developing Good Speaking Skills
ELTWeekly Issue#22, Article: ELT Jargon June 2009
ELT Jargon June 2009 By Alex Case behaviourism- the idea that the kids not being naughty is about all you can expect from a kindergarten English lesson Communication Accommodation Theory- the discredited idea that host families in the UK actually speak to the students who are staying with them communicative strategies- ways students can avoid… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#22, Article: ELT Jargon June 2009
ELTWeekly Issue#20, Article: An i on podcasts
An i on podcasts By Karenne Sylvester This article first appeared on Kalinago English (http://how2learnenglish.blogspot.com/) A great way to learn English is by listening to English. There are many podcasts (short files of audio regularly delivered to your computer) available on i-tunes. i-tunes is free of charge, you can download it from here. Once you have… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#20, Article: An i on podcasts
ELTWeekly Issue#20, Article: English through Personal Development
English through Personal Development By Michael Berman Mike Solly in the April 2008 edition of the EL Gazette wrote “It is my belief that global issues and questions of identity start from “I” and “who I am”, and what I have called English through Personal Development or ETPD is very much about these questions – making… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#20, Article: English through Personal Development
ELTWeekly Issue#20, Research Article: Is Information Technology the Right Way to Teach Business Studies?
Is Information Technology the Right Way to Teach Business Studies? – A project Undertaken in the Private Business Schools Dr. Bhavna Mashru(Ph.D,) The objective was to prepare and present reports, examining the use of Information Technologies in Business Studies. Along with the major objective there were some minor ones related to the development of communication and… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#20, Research Article: Is Information Technology the Right Way to Teach Business Studies?
ELTWeekly Issue#20, Article: Making writing interactive
Making writing interactive By Alex Case 1. Collaborative writing Getting students to write together automatically means there is interaction between them. Possible problems when doing this include: the stronger or more dominant student having the pen and the others doing nothing, students doing all their speaking in L1 and only writing in English, students and… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#20, Article: Making writing interactive
ELTWeekly Issue#19, Article: Communicative Language Teaching in India By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi
Communicative Language Teaching in India By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) developed some two decades ago as a response against the diverse approaches to second/foreign language teaching practiced in the last forty to fifty years, especially in the Structural (Grammatical) Approach. CLT is a language teaching programme focusing on learners’ ability to… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#19, Article: Communicative Language Teaching in India By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi
ELTWeekly Issue#18, Article: Integration of Skills in English Language Teaching By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi
Integration of Skills in English Language Teaching By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi Integration of skills is a very important practice in the teaching of any language. No skill can be taught in isolation and segregation. There exists a deep, profound and inseparable connection between language use and the context in which it is entrenched and embedded.… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#18, Article: Integration of Skills in English Language Teaching By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi
ELTWeekly Issue#18, Article: 15 ways of combining listening and reading By Alex Case
15 ways of combining listening and reading By Alex Case Copyright 2009 Alex Case/ TEFL.net, republished with permission. 1. Radio news Many sites that offer streaming or downloadable radio news also have a short text summarizing the story. Reading this before listening will make comprehension easier, especially if students discuss what they read and/ or think about… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#18, Article: 15 ways of combining listening and reading By Alex Case