ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#92

Video: Business English Teaching: A school owner’s perspective Buy This Book: ‘Ideas That Really Work!: Activities for English and Language Arts’ by Cheryl Miller Thurston Article: Grammar vs lexis or grammar through lexis? Research Paper: ‘Language loss, Identity, and English as an international language’ by Adel Dastgoshadeh & Kaveh Jalilzadeh Research Paper: ‘Colonial Attitude towards… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#92

#90, Susan M Ryan’s Article: ‘Accent Reduction for Indians: Pronunciation Problems for South Asians’

ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#90 | June 20, 2011 Many Indians (South Asian English speakers) are puzzled when they realize that Americans have difficulty understanding their spoken English. If this sounds familiar you may find yourself wondering, “Why is my English so difficult for Americans to understand?” One reason is because most Indian English speakers… Continue reading #90, Susan M Ryan’s Article: ‘Accent Reduction for Indians: Pronunciation Problems for South Asians’

#90, Article: Online video for ELT

ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#90 | June 20, 2011 “In this article I am going to explore the use of short video clips in the classroom. By short videos I am referring to short clips such as news items, short documentaries, music videos and trailers for films etc. Using a clip Advantages of using video… Continue reading #90, Article: Online video for ELT

ELTWeekly Issue#89 Contents

Word of the week: Class contract Video: English Language Teaching In Action – Disc 3: Receptive Skills Susan Ryan’s Tip: Frequently Mispronounced Consonant Resource of the week: Forvo – Online Pronouncing Dictionary Article: ‘English Language Games Make Teaching Vocabulary Fun and Easy!’ by Karlee Demierre ‘E-Learning – Substitution through Technology or Amalgamation with Technology’ By… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#89 Contents

ELTWeekly Issue#88 Contents

Word of the week: Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic – VAK Video: English Language Teaching In Action – Disc 2: Productive Skills Resource of the week: Learnable.com (Take an online course. Or make your own.) Susan Ryan’s Tip: Frequently Mispronounced Consonant Advertisement: Station-e Language Lab Article: ‘The Status of English Language Teaching in Pakistan’ by Syed… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#88 Contents

#88, Article: ‘The Status of English Language Teaching in Pakistan’ by Syed Ali Waqas

In Pakistan with its 63 year’s history and a colonial past the role of English has been a controversial one. To quote Rahman, successive constitutions of 1956, 1962 and 1973 all articulated the desire to replace English by Urdu in all domains but for all practical purposes. Today English remains a second language in Pakistan.… Continue reading #88, Article: ‘The Status of English Language Teaching in Pakistan’ by Syed Ali Waqas

ELTWeekly Issue#87 Contents

Word of the week: Rubric Video: What’s on TeachingEnglish Article: ‘Teaching Reading to English Language Learners’ by Deborah Chitester Join MA, M. Phil. Programs at H M Patel Institute of English Training and Research Article: ‘Power-Point Presentation – A tool to enhance speaking skills of ESL learners’ by Dr. N. Padmasree and Ms.Krati Sharma Research… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#87 Contents

#87, Research Paper: Stylistic Analysis of Josef Essberger’s ‘The Winepress’ by Shyam Ji

Shyam Ji works as Lecturer in English NIET, Gr. Noida. The aim of this paper is to analyze the syntactic and stylistic features of Josef Essberger’s short story The Winepress. Theory followed to study the features of language in this story is the theory as propounded by Leech et al.(1981). The paper first of all… Continue reading #87, Research Paper: Stylistic Analysis of Josef Essberger’s ‘The Winepress’ by Shyam Ji

ELTWeekly Issue#85

Word of the week: Global comprehension Video: English Language Teaching In Action – Disc 1: Games and Activities Research Paper: ‘Towards Intercultural Communicative Competence in English Language Teaching’ by Saeid Najafi Sarem Research Article: ‘Honing Communication Skills of Students’ by Leena U. Jadhav Susan Ryan’s Tip: Intonation Patterns

ELTWeekly Issue#82

Word of the week: Choral repetition Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 12, Younger Learners Susan Ryan’s Tip: Using Content, Focus & Function Words in Spoken English Advertisement: Clarity English Courses Article: Using texts constructively: what are texts for? Research Article: ‘Types of Syllabuses in Language Teaching – ESL/EFL Context’ by Shabnum Iftikhar.… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#82