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Vol. 4 Issue 6 – Video: Teaching Grammar Communicatively

In this video, the participants are involved in communicative reading activities including jigsaw reading, think-pair-share, and various activities to use with students before, during, and after reading. Workshop led by Diann Geisbert, English Language Fellow.

Vol. 4 Issue 6 – Event: Second International conference for English language teacher educators, March 3-5, Hyderabad, India

This session looks at how language teachers at any level can use the broad theoretical concepts of communicative competence, sociocultural theory, and speaking principles to enhance interaction. Together, we will examine specific principles of teaching speaking and show how to adapt these principles in your classroom. Workshop led by David Chiesa, English Language Fellow.

Vol. 4 Issue 6 – Research Paper: ‘A study on the impact of Area on the undergraduate learners’ attitudes towards the English language’ by Hitendra Vyas

The present paper focuses on the impact of Area on the undergraduate learners’ attitudes towards the English language as regards to the situation of ELT in India. SLA research has consistently pointed out that attitudes towards the target language play an important role in learning it. The research on the role of attitudes in English language teaching naturally interests the investigator as a college teacher of English in an Arts college. The researcher has examined the undergraduate learners’ attitudes towards the English language. This paper focuses on the undergraduate learners of English in Arts colleges affiliated to the Gujarat University (Ahmedabad) but located in urban and rural areas. It has been observed that students do want to learn and improve their knowledge of English but somehow they shy away from the language. On their part, the college teachers of English have consistently displayed a lack of understanding of the students’ needs, problems, and interests.

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 5

Many non-native speakers feel uneasy teaching their students English pronunciation. This workshop is designed to use free software and information from the Internet to help teachers improve their students’ pronunciation. Workshop led by Colin Large, English Language Fellow

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. – 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. – Book of the week: ‘Teaching English Language Learners through Technology’ by Tony Erben, Ruth Ban & Martha Castañeda

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#5 | January 30, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 In Teaching English Language Learners through Technology, the authors explore the use of computers/technology as a pedagogical tool to aid in the appropriate instruction of ELLs across all content areas. The special focus of this book is on the informed use of various technologies and… Continue reading Vol. 4 Issue 5. – Book of the week: ‘Teaching English Language Learners through Technology’ by Tony Erben, Ruth Ban & Martha Castañeda