While some teachers complain about chatty and unruly students, ESL teachers often struggle with the opposite problem. Students can be despondent and unnaturally quiet during ESL classes, and even the most upbeat and energetic teachers can encounter daunting silences and weak discussions.
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Vol. 4 Issue 43 – Article: 'Soft Skills – Indispensable for Success' by B.Shoba Rao
Today soft have become very important and is the key mantra to success in both the professional and personal front.Soft skills is now a subject in most colleges in Chennai and students have to take an exam that gets them credits. With India emerging as a hub for different out sourcing activities, employers want their employers to have soft skills along with the technical or hard skills. Teachers therefore, do play an important role in enhancing soft skills among students at the tertiary level from where most of them refer to go for an employment.Academicians,course planners and material producers, collaborators and people at the helm of affairs are looking at how best these skills go to the students and they use them at work to bring success not only for themselves and the organization they work.
Vol. 4 Issue 43 – Research Paper: 'Eliot’s Concern to Modernity and The Story of an Un-heroic Hero Prufrock- An Evaluation of Love Songs of J. Alfred Prufrock' by Chetan Trivedi
The works of T.S. Eliot are frequently interpreted in terms of the contemporary time-spirit as he is considerably influenced by his time and its scenario. The story of the misfortunes of modern society is the story of his poems. Eliot’s poetry has relevance not merely to the modern peculiar human situation but also to the universal human predicament. His poems are the analysis of ‘crisis’ and ‘contemporary disillusionment’. His poems also show the shadow of time-spirit, the predicament of modern man, the futility and misery of modern existence. In the Present Research Paper, the Researcher has depicted the Modernity and Un-heroic Heroism of Prufrock in the poem Love Songs of J. Alfred Prufrock.
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 42
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#42 | October 15, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Video: Tips for Teachers about Vocabulary Instruction Article: ‘ESL and TEFL: Teaching English Grammar to Children through Games’ by Shelley Vernon Conference: INTED2013 (7th International Technology, Education and Development Conference), Spain – March 2013 Research Paper: ‘Reading skills; Some Reflections’ by Shakeela Noorbasha Video: Authenticity… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 42
Vol. 4 Issue 42 – 'ESL and TEFL: Teaching English Grammar to Children through Games' by Shelley Vernon
One of the questions ESL and TEFL teachers are asking on forums the world over is: how can you teach grammar through games? If you don’t want your class to glaze over with dictation, writing exercises and “Jimmy, would you please read paragraph 1,” then take heart! You’ll find you can teach everything you want with games, and the children remember it better to boot.
Vol. 4 Issue 42 – Research Paper: 'Reading skills; Some Reflections' by Shakeela Noorbasha
Francis Bacon rightly said “Reading maketh a full man; conference ready man; and writing an exact man.” It is a rich resource for the learners to acquire all basic skills of communications. Reading is perhaps the most important tool in all academic advancements. Reading is one of the four language skills: Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. It is a receptive skill like listening.. It always has been an important part of the learning process in college classrooms. In the modern age of information, reading is a fundamental survival skill. Learners, who acquire skills in the target language, will be able to delineate their ideas through a creative, emotive use of language. We derive much pleasure from reading novels and poetry. Our vocabulary is broadened as we read newspapers, magazines, journals and other literary works. When we open the books, we open the doors that swing wide to unlimited horizons of knowledge, wisdom and inspiration that will enlarge the dimension of our life. Reading skills enable the readers to turn writing into meaning and achieve the goals of independence, comprehension and fluency.
Vol. 4 Issue 41 – Research Paper: 'Role of Newspapers in English Language Teaching' by Ch. Radhika & Ch. Rajeswari
We have witnessed history as we stood the threshold of the 21st century, biding adieu to the last and welcoming a new era altogether. This is an era of globalization where man has witnessed tremendous development in the field of technology. With the world turning into one global village, the modern man has developed the need of a global language. One of the major forces of globalization in India has led to an overwhelming demand for engineers across the globe. The last few years have witnessed an unprecedented rise in the number of skilled professional in India, employed by both local and multi-national companies. With the whole world becoming one global market and result-oriented, professionals are facing new challenges in effective communication every day.
Vol. 4 Issue 41 – Article: '4 Ways Online Coursework Pushes Students Harder' by Nancy Wood
Teachers across the globe are beginning to look into distance education. Whether they are considering teaching a few online courses or using blended online models in some of their own classrooms, the fact that online learning is so new makes it an interesting area to explore. The main thing that stops many teachers from working with distance learning models, though, is the idea that an online course is easier. Maybe, without the direct presence of the teacher, or without physical location in a classroom, students will become less involved. The truth is, an online education can be just as academically rewarding as a traditional education. And, in fact, there are many ways that an online model pushes students even harder. Here are some things that make online education unexpectedly challenging.
Vol. 4 Issue 40 – Research Paper: ‘Two Englishes-Towards Sensible Language Teaching and Learning’ by Dr. R. Srividya
In India, English is a library language. Most of the Indians tend to reserve it for formal occasions and don’t get chatty in English, unless they are from convent schools. We chat in our own local languages. English is used to communicate with those who don’t understand the local language. English does have immense potential for humour and chatting in English does help in enriching ourselves in the English language. This can be done by getting students do extensive secondary reading where they get to learn informal usages. Unless students who reach middle school understand the distinctions and get sensitive to words and its meanings, they are likely to commit malapropisms that would cause serious troubles not only to themselves, but to the organization or nation which they are to handle in their later life.
Vol. 4 Issue 40 – Research Paper: ‘Problems of Teaching English Communication Skills at College Level in Jhunjhunu District of Rajasthan’ by Vinod Kumar Bairwa
English taught in the most of the institutions threw grammar translation method, which makes them good in grammar and to some extant in writing. Speaking is at all emphasized because the teacher teaching English is himself is no well conversant with the language. As a result of he chooses most convenient method, the grammar translation method. The need of the porn is to enhancement in communication skills is which can be done threw communicative language teaching.