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
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#98, Article: Sitcoms as a tool for ELT
ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#98 | September 19 | ISSN 0975-3036 Subscribe to ELTWeekly (FREE) “English teachers have been using videos in the classroom for decades and, more recently DVDs and online video clips from Youtube or Myspace. Sitcoms are an excellent classroom resource for a number of reasons. An episode generally lasts 30 minutes –… Continue reading #98, Article: Sitcoms as a tool for ELT
#98: ‘Relevance Of Communication Skills In Linguistic Perspective’ by Dr. Sitaram Bhargava
ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#98 | September 19 | ISSN 0975-3036 Subscribe to ELTWeekly (FREE) Dr. Sitaram Bhargava works with the Department of English, Government College, Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan). The use of communication skills has become very important in our lives.Without proper communication skills we are losers. Learning a second language is ,in fact, learning the four… Continue reading #98: ‘Relevance Of Communication Skills In Linguistic Perspective’ by Dr. Sitaram Bhargava
#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
#92, Research Paper: ‘Language loss, Identity, and English as an international language’ by Adel Dastgoshadeh & Kaveh Jalilzadeh
ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#92 | July 17, 2011 Language is inextricably linked with identity and in order to save identity, we need to attempt to save our language. The spread of English as an international language all across the globe has raised issues that need to be taken into account seriously as they affect… Continue reading #92, Research Paper: ‘Language loss, Identity, and English as an international language’ by Adel Dastgoshadeh & Kaveh Jalilzadeh
#92, Research Paper: ‘Colonial Attitude towards English vis-à-vis Glocal Trends in ELT’ by Dr. Sanjiv Kumar
ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#92 | July 17, 2011 Colonial Past of English Language Politics of language has always been crucial in the human history as it has proved the most potent tools in the hands of colonizers to colonise the natives. Language was then taken as the carrier of culture and means to dominate… Continue reading #92, Research Paper: ‘Colonial Attitude towards English vis-à-vis Glocal Trends in ELT’ by Dr. Sanjiv Kumar
ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#91 Contents
ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#91 | June 27, 2011 Book (to Read Online): ‘Dreams and Realities: Developing Countries and the English Language’ Edited by Hywel Coleman TeachingEnglish Article: Teaching without a coursebook Video: Teaching English With Games Article: ‘Useful Concepts and Acronyms for English Language Teaching’ by Sarah Handsworth Research Paper: ‘Importance of Learning Literature… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#91 Contents
#90, Research Paper: ‘An Account of Sources of Errors in Language Learners’ Interlanguage’ by Majid Ghelichi
ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#90 | June 20, 2011 Abstract EFL learners’ errors are a major area of study in the field of contrastive linguistics and SLA research. In this article, a roughly representative account of the significance and importance of errors has been provided. Various volumes by specialists in applied linguistics, language teaching, and… Continue reading #90, Research Paper: ‘An Account of Sources of Errors in Language Learners’ Interlanguage’ by Majid Ghelichi
#90, Research Paper: ‘Graphical Representation: An Effective Tool of Developing Writing Skills in an Academic’ by Madhavi Kesari
ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#90 | June 20, 2011 ** This paper is submitted for publication by Dr. Madhavi Kesari, JNTUHCEJ, Nachupally. Abstract Visual devices such as graphs and tables are convenient ways of displaying large quantities of information in a form that is quick and simple to understand. According to Sharon (2000), graphs can be… Continue reading #90, Research Paper: ‘Graphical Representation: An Effective Tool of Developing Writing Skills in an Academic’ by Madhavi Kesari
#85, Research Paper: ‘Towards Intercultural Communicative Competence in English Language Teaching’ by Saeid Najafi Sarem
Saeid Najafi Sarem is a Ph.D student at Islamic Azad University, Science and Research branch, Tehran, Iran. INTRODUCTION There have been reformulations of the different components of knowledge that underlie Canale and Swain’s influential model of communicative competent, the model, in its slightly modified form by Canale (1983), still forms the conventional framework for curriculum design… Continue reading #85, Research Paper: ‘Towards Intercultural Communicative Competence in English Language Teaching’ by Saeid Najafi Sarem