Tag: ELT Articles and Research Papers

Vol. 5 Issue 13 – 10 Popular ‘EnglishTeachingDaily’ Posts

The 10th Annual Sloan-C Blended Learning Conference and Workshop, taking place July 8-9th at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, will center around the theme “Trend to Blend: Lessons from the Field” which reflects a renewed interest in blended learning while highlighting the significance of research and proven effective practices of the past decade in guiding our future.

ELTIS and ELTWeekly’s Research Paper Writing Competition

Very Important Note: If you have any query regarding the research paper writing competition, please send an email to info@eltweekly.com. Please do not contact ELTIS or the Chimayo Press. Hello Everyone, We would like to thank you all for your positive response to our research paper writing competition email. This competition is brought to you… Continue reading ELTIS and ELTWeekly’s Research Paper Writing Competition

Vol. 5 Issue 11 – Research Paper: ‘Using Blogs to Practice Grammar Editing Skills’ by Christopher Harwood

This paper reports on the pedagogic reasons for using blogs as a learning aid and how blogging was integrated into a curriculum at the National University of Singapore to support the learning of grammar editing skills of music students. To begin, the idea that blogging encourages learner autonomy by facilitating the practice and negotiation of meaning of ‘comprehensible output’ (Swain, 1995) is discussed.

Vol. 5 Issue 11 – Research Paper: ‘Readers Theatre: Improving Oral Proficiency in a Japanese University EFL Course’ by Patrick NG & Esther Boucher-Yip

Improving oral proficiency in the EFL classroom is usually a major goal for most EFL instructors. One effective approach in teaching oral skills is the use of drama called Readers Theatre (RT). It is a presentational performance based on principles and techniques of oral interpretation which seeks to entertain, instruct and persuade (Adams, 2003).

Vol. 5 Issue 11 – Article: ‘Indian Education System and English Language Teaching’ by Akshay Shingare & Padmavat Nirmala Shivram

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#11 | March 25, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Abstract English is mostly taught in India as a Second language. But As a Student, it was found that maximum schools and college students are considering English as a subject not a language. And this is the main reasons of errors in English for Indian… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 11 – Article: ‘Indian Education System and English Language Teaching’ by Akshay Shingare & Padmavat Nirmala Shivram

Vol. 5 Issue 9 – Research Paper: ‘The Effect of E-Books on Teaching of English: A Literature Review’ by Ratna Rao

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#9 | March 11, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Introduction In very simple terms digitalization means converting texts/images into digital forms. Digitalization is fast changing the teacher student relation in a class room. A student might be having an expert at a click away which can tell him at times much more than a… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 9 – Research Paper: ‘The Effect of E-Books on Teaching of English: A Literature Review’ by Ratna Rao

Vol. 5 Issue 9 – Research Paper: ‘A Bottom Up View of the Needs of Prospective Teachers’ by Peter Watkins

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#9 | March 11, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Abstract This article considers the provision of short pre-service initial teacher education courses, such as the Cambridge ESOL CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) course. Its starting point is the experiences of the prospective teachers who undertake the courses. A series of interviews… Continue reading Vol. 5 Issue 9 – Research Paper: ‘A Bottom Up View of the Needs of Prospective Teachers’ by Peter Watkins