South Africa was primarily a Dutch colony and later taken up by the British. The country was plagued by racial and cultural conflicts but has conquered over its troubles to a large extent in the recent past. It is now a multi-cultural and a multi-lingual country with 11 official languages and only 8% of its’ population conversant in English. Economically, it has been doing very well and is striving to do better in the global world. Since communication is very important to further their development in world economy, the people in South Africa are educating themselves in today’s lingua franca, English.
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Vol. 4 Issue 5. – UGC National Seminar in Indore, India: ‘Voicing The Silence: Redefining English Literary Studies’, February 17-18, 2012
This conference means to address all areas of literature written in English including classical to Victorian, Edwardian, Modernist and contemporary Literature in English differently as the locus of impersonality and emotion, of autonomy and commitment, and also analyzing it in the light of ethics and responsibility and would addresse fundamental questions about ethics and literature To work on ethics is quite a challenge since various definitions of the term have been given from Aristotle, Spinoza and Kant to Levinas, Ricoeur, Derrida, Deleuze, Nussbaum, Badiou, Bouveresse or Attridge.
Vol. 4 Issue 5. – National Workshop on Teaching Vocabulary and Pronunciation at the Tertiary Level, February 10, Sathyabama University, India
The Department of English conducts workshops with experts in the area of ELT to equip the teachers with changing trends in language teaching methodologies on a regular basis. Although the workshop is meant for teachers in the area of English for Science and Technology, it may be useful to the scholars and also to the students of ELT. Research scholars doing experimental studies may also benefit by learning the techniques in teaching vocabulary and pronunciation.
Vol. 4 Issue 5. – Research Paper: ‘Relevance of Stylistics in R.K.Narayan’s Novel ‘The Guide’’ by Dr. Sitaram Bhargava
The Department of English conducts workshops with experts in the area of ELT to equip the teachers with changing trends in language teaching methodologies on a regular basis. Although the workshop is meant for teachers in the area of English for Science and Technology, it may be useful to the scholars and also to the students of ELT. Research scholars doing experimental studies may also benefit by learning the techniques in teaching vocabulary and pronunciation.
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 4
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#4 | January 23, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Video: Shukla Bose: Teaching one child at a time ELTWO Research Article: ‘Creative Ways of Teaching Research Paper Writing’ by Alejandro S. Bernardo Video: Teaching Word-Stress Research Article: ‘The Appropriateness of the Communicative Approach and the Community Language Learning method adopted in foreign language… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 4
Vol. 4 Issue 4. – ELTWO Research Article: ‘Creative Ways of Teaching Research Paper Writing’ by Alejandro S. Bernardo
The ELTWO team has published a research paper entitled “Creative Ways of Teaching Research Paper Writing” by Alejandro S. Bernardo.
Vol. 4 Issue 4. – Video: Teaching Word-Stress
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#4 | January 23, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036
Vol. 4 Issue 4. – Research Article: ‘The Appropriateness of the Communicative Approach and the Community Language Learning method adopted in foreign language class rooms in the Middle East- A critical review’ by S. Christopher Gnana Seelan
This article critically reviews the feasibility of two prominent contemporary language teaching methods in foreign language class rooms in the Middle East- the Communicative Approach and the Community Language Learning method- to show to the readers the effectiveness of these methods and the enormous flexibilities that these two methods offer to the Foreign Language teachers who teach in the Middle East.
Vol. 4 Issue 4. – TeachingEnglish Article: Aspects of Business English
The term Business English can cover a multitude of things. When someone says they teach business English or they are studying business English it is quite possible that the speaker and the listener may have a different understanding of the term.
Vol. 4 Issue 4. – Article: ‘The Concepts of Multiculturalism-Strengthening through Soft Skills’ by K. Babitha
Good soft skills include the ability of people to balance the commercial needs of their company with the individual needs of their staff. Being flexible and able to adapt the ambience of an organization and being able to collaborate with others and influence situations through lateral and more creative thinking. The ability to deal with differences, multiculturalism and diversity is needed more than ever.