“??Shaping the Way We Teach English, Successful Practices Around the World” materials are designed for English as a Foreign Language educators who share the following two goals: 1. Building an academic or “pedagogical”? foundation; and, 2. Improving classroom practices. If you have these same goals, then these materials are for you! An innovative offering from the Office… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#33, Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Introduction
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ELTWeekly Issue#33, ELT Resource of the Week: CLIL
CLIL stands for Content and Language Integrated Learning. It refers to teaching subjects such as science, history and geography to students through a foreign language. This can be by the English teacher using cross-curricular content or the subject teacher using English as the language of instruction. Both methods result in the simultaneous learning of content… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#33, ELT Resource of the Week: CLIL
ELTWeekly Issue#33, Macmillan Interactive Webinars – Season 2
Watch live talks from some of the biggest names in English language teaching, right in your web browser. All webinars are free to join – all you require is an internet connection and a computer. (Please note: Registration for the webinars series is separate from the Macmillan Education resources email service. You will need to register to view the webinars… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#33, Macmillan Interactive Webinars – Season 2
ELTWeekly Issue#33, Article: Sexism in Linguistics
Sexism in Linguistics by Murali Vemula (Ph.D), Research Scholar, Kakatiya University, Warangal.A.P. Introduction It is difficult to separate linguistic features that are sexist from linguistic features that help to maintain sexual stereotypes. For example, the choice of ‘he’ as the sex-indefinite pronoun is sexist because it excludes women (femininity) but it also perpetuates the idea that women are… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#33, Article: Sexism in Linguistics
ELTWeekly Issue#33, Research Paper: Individual Differences in First Language Acquisition
Individual Differences in First Language Acquisition by Professor: Dr. Birjandi and M-Hashamdar, Islamic Azad University, Science & Research Branch Abstract The present paper is intended to search for individual differences in first language acquisition. It identifies differences in social, cognitive, cultural, and linguistic dimensions. What the researcher has found out so far is that bulk of research… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#33, Research Paper: Individual Differences in First Language Acquisition
ELTWeekly Issue#32 Contents
– Quote of the Week – ‘To The Eternal Learner of English’ – a poem by Dr K K Ray – Video: 10 Steps to Teaching Vowels and Consonant Sounds – Article: EDUCATION AND LITERACY – Book Review: ‘globish – The World Over’ – Article: 5 Ways to Handle a Heterogeneous Language Class – Research Paper: Significance of Group works in Heterogeneous… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#32 Contents
ELTWeekly Issue#32, Free eBook: Developing an Association for Language Teachers
Developing an Association for Language Teachers by Ana Falcão and Margit Szesztay This handbook has one simple purpose. That is, to provide some practical suggestions for language teachers. It may be that you are thinking about setting up an association or that you have already started an association and would like more ideas on certain aspects. The… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#32, Free eBook: Developing an Association for Language Teachers
ELTWeekly Issue#32, Worldwide ELT Events
First International Conference on Foreign Language Learning and Teaching(FLLT 2009), Bangkok, Thailand , 16-17 October The FLLT 2009 Conference intends to provide a forum for academics in the fields of foreign language learning and teaching to report theoretical and empirical developments in their areas of specialty and to exchange ideas through paper presentations and posters. The conference aims particularly… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#32, Worldwide ELT Events
ELTWeekly Issue#32, Research Paper: The Ubiquity of the English Language and the Cruxes in Learning it as a First Language in India
The Ubiquity of the English Language and the Cruxes in Learning it as a First Language in India by Aadhi Ramesh Babu, Asst. Professor in English in Kamala Institute of Technology and Sciences, Huzurabad, Karimnagar, Andrapradesh India is a vast country with different languages in different parts of the country. These regional languages differ from each… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#32, Research Paper: The Ubiquity of the English Language and the Cruxes in Learning it as a First Language in India
ELTWeekly Issue#32, Research Paper: Significance of Group works in Heterogeneous Classroom
Significance of Group Works in Heterogeneous Classroom by Dr.N.V.Bose, Institute of Language teaching, Jamnagar, Gujarat (boseenvy AT rediffmail DOT com) ABSTRACT The use of group works in the second language classroom has been supported by both theoretical and pedagogical arguments. The language generated in group work sessions is near to real life and not mere reproduction of… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#32, Research Paper: Significance of Group works in Heterogeneous Classroom