Motivation of EFL Teachers by Hadiseh Bagherzadeh Teacher motivation is one of the essential and beneficial factors in English language teaching.Motivated teachers make the classroom lively. Intrinsic motivation of EFL teachers have some advantages as follows: 1. Helping to improve educational process 2. Encouraging students to work effectively 3. Affecting… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#7, Subscriber space: Motivation of EFL Teachers
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ELTWeekly Issue#7, Quote of the week
“Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.” – Benjamin Lee Whorf
ELTWeekly Issue#7, Language + Fun
“I’ve just had the most awful time,” said a boy to his friends. “First I got angina pectoris, then arteriosclerosis. Just as I was recovering, I got psoriasis. They gave me hypodermics, and to top it all, tonsillitis was followed by appendectomy.” “Wow! How did you pull through?” sympathized his friends. “I don’t know,” the… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#7, Language + Fun
ELTWeekly Issue#7, ELT cartoon
ELTWeekly Issue#7, Video of the week: Successful Pronunciation
Here is the video of the week for the seventh issue of ELTWeekly: Successful Pronunication Adrian Underhill takes a practical approach to teaching pronunciation in this video from Macmillan ELT. You will learn new ways to help your students work on English sounds, words and connected speech. More information on pronunciation is available here: www.macmillanenglish.com/methodology.
ELTWeekly Issue#7, Worldwide ELT news
Germany considers scrapping English lessons Germany is considering scrapping English classes for primary school children after a study showed no advantage in starting lessons at an early age. The country is among many in the world which adopted the mantra of ‘the earlier the better’ when it came to teaching pupils English. Poor marks in… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#7, Worldwide ELT news
ELTWeekly Issue#7, Book of the week: 99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP Model
The ELT book of the week for the seventh issue of ELTWeekly is: 99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP Model Book Description The Perfect Companion to Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP(R) Model!!! This long-awaited new book by acclaimed authors MaryEllen Vogt and Jana Echevarria offers research-based, SIOP(R)-tested… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#7, Book of the week: 99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP Model
ELTWeekly Issue#7, Worldwide ELT events
Bridging Worlds: Making Connections in Education – 14th Internation Conference on Educatin, Brunei, Darussalam, May 21-24 Theme / Topic of event: Bridging Worlds: Making Connections in Education Day / Date: May 21-24 Place: Brunei, Darussalam More information: Education encompasses a variety of worlds – home, school, university, the workplace and industry – situated within the national and… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#7, Worldwide ELT events
ELTWeekly Issue#7, Tip of the week: Avoid using mother tongue while teaching target language
Avoid using mother tongue while teaching target language by Rajesh Bharvad In the traditional classroom scenario a teacher often uses mother tongue to clarify some difficult points or to enable the students to understand some difficult vocabulary items. And it seems that it is an effective technique. But I propose an alternative idea which is… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#7, Tip of the week: Avoid using mother tongue while teaching target language
ELTWeekly Issue#7, Subscriber space: Second Life and ELT
Second Life and English Language Teaching by Kip Yellowjacket Language teachers who have not yet taken it upon themselves to investigate the viability of Second Life as a language learning/teaching platform often approach me with the following concern. Isn’t the learning curve confronted in virtual worlds (e.g. Second Life) a bit too steep for “the masses”… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#7, Subscriber space: Second Life and ELT