ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#100 | October 3 | ISSN 0975-3036 Subscribe to ELTWeekly (FREE) What is Emotional Intelligence (EI)? Emotional quotient (EQ) or Emotional Intelligence (EI) is the way we understand and shape how we think, feel and act (Corrie, Catherine, 2009). These are soft skills unlike hard skills or intelligent quotient (IQ) which are… Continue reading #100, Article: ‘Emotional Intelligent (EI): The Need of the Hour’ by Shoba Rao
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#100, ‘EnglishClub.com’ Article: ‘Teaching Multi-Level Classes’
ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#100 | October 3 | ISSN 0975-3036 Subscribe to ELTWeekly (FREE) The latest ‘EnglishClub.com’ article is titled “Teaching Multi-Level Classes”. Multi-level classrooms are as varied as the students in them. Most often, they include students who communicate in English at a variety of different levels.
ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#98
ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#98 | September 19 | ISSN 0975-3036 Subscribe to ELTWeekly (FREE) TeachingEnglish Video: Mobile learning Research Article: ‘Why are English Teachers Married to Soft Skills?’ by Dr Shree Deepa Article: Sitcoms as a tool for ELT Event: English Road Shows In India Video: Linguistics and Literature Article: ‘Past Trends in English Language… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#98
#98, Research Article: ‘Why are English Teachers Married to Soft Skills?’ by Dr Shree Deepa
ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#98 | September 19 | ISSN 0975-3036 Subscribe to ELTWeekly (FREE) Dr Shree Deepa works with ELTC, University of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (India). Everyone talks about the importance of ‘soft skills.’ It has become the intellectual property of the English teachers (read experts). Any ‘Soft Skill Trainer’ has to have a masters’… Continue reading #98, Research Article: ‘Why are English Teachers Married to Soft Skills?’ by Dr Shree Deepa
#96, Research Article: ‘An Action Research on Increasing the Students’ Confidence in Speaking: An Iranian Experience’ by Vahid Rahmani Doqaruni
ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#96 | August 29, 2011 | ISSN 0975-3036 Vahid Rahmani Doqaruni holds an M.A. in TEFL from Mazandaran University, Iran. He has been teaching English in private language institutes and Entrepreneurship Center of Mazandaran University in Iran during the last 5 years. His major research interests are: Action research and discourse… Continue reading #96, Research Article: ‘An Action Research on Increasing the Students’ Confidence in Speaking: An Iranian Experience’ by Vahid Rahmani Doqaruni
#94, Article: A framework for planning a listening skills lesson
ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#94 | August 8, 2011 | ISSN 0975-3036 “Listening is one of the most challenging skills for our students to develop and yet also one of the most important. By developing their ability to listen well we develop our students’ ability to become more independent learners, as by hearing accurately they… Continue reading #94, Article: A framework for planning a listening skills lesson
#82, Word of the week: Choral repetition
Choral repetition is when the teacher or a learner models language and the group of learners repeat it together. Example The class are practising the pronunciation of the schwa sound. The teacher models words from a list and the learners repeat them together. In the classroom Choral repetition is not a very common choice of… Continue reading #82, Word of the week: Choral repetition
#82, Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 12, Younger Learners
Younger learners are from 4-10 years of age, and from kindergarten through 5th grade. Younger learners are active and creative. They learn through doing. They are social, they like to play, and they have the ability to develop the rules of language themselves, as they play with different language content and input. They also have… Continue reading #82, Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 12, Younger Learners
#76, Research Article: ‘What is the Best Method to Assess EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension?’ by Parnaz Kianiparsa and Sara Vali
Parnaz Kianiparsa and Sara Vali, Lecturers at Payame Noor University, Iran (Damavand Center) Abstract Assessing reading comprehension ability of EFL learners has always been one of the disputable factors in language testing. Considering reading comprehension as one of the significant skills in learning a foreign language, it is essential for EFL teachers or experts to… Continue reading #76, Research Article: ‘What is the Best Method to Assess EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension?’ by Parnaz Kianiparsa and Sara Vali
#74, Article: ‘Video recorders in the classroom’ by Jamie Keddie
“I have just become an uncle! My new nephew Tomás is three weeks old today. Mummy and daddy live in Barcelona but his maternal grandparents and great granddad live in Scotland. As you can probably imagine then, Tomás is currently getting used to the mobile phones, Flip camcorders and other video recording devices that are… Continue reading #74, Article: ‘Video recorders in the classroom’ by Jamie Keddie