English Teachers Newsletter – Page 13

Vol. 4 Issue 9 – ELTWO Research Paper: ‘Five Reasons Why Listening Strategy Instruction Might Not Work With Lower Proficiency Learners’ by Willy A Renandya

Despite numerous theoretical discussions and empirical studies that have been generated in the past 30 years or so, a strategic approach to teaching L2 listening has not been whole-heartedly embraced by practitioners, in particular when they work with lower proficiency learners of English.

Vol. 4 Issue 9 – Video: Strategies for Teaching Reading: Thinking Partners

Teaching whole group reading skills using the thinking partners interactive read aloud strategy. Linda Hoyt’s Interactive Read-Alouds will help you make the most of this time by showing you creative ways to use popular children’s literature to teach specific standards and build fluency and comprehension. Combining guided conversations with reflective thinking, Linda’s read-aloud lessons engage children in strategic listening, speaking, reading and writing about text.

Vol. 4 Issue 9 – Video: Strategies for Teaching Reading: Making Predictions

Coaching elementary readers to use the reading strategy of making predictions based upon a passage of text. This teacher is using the instructional model presented in Lucy Calkins’ Units of Study for Teaching Reading program. The teacher explains to the students how to focus on details presented in the narrative to make predictions using post-it notes and determine what is likey to happen to characters next.

Vol. 4 Issue 9 – Research Article: ‘Bringing the language-learners in to the Zone through scaffolding- A Critical Approach of Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development’ by S. Christopher Gnana Seelan

This paper reports on the pedagogic reasons for using blogs as a learning aid and how blogging was integrated into a curriculum at the National University of Singapore to support the learning of grammar editing skills of music students.

Vol. 4 Issue 9 – Book Review: OUP’s ‘Personality Development and Soft Skills’ by Dr. Barun K Mitra

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#9 | February 27, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Personality Development and Soft Skills is designed to serve as a textbook that addresses the requirements of students of any discipline who are on the threshold of starting their careers or young managers who are already working in the corporate world. The book aims… Continue reading Vol. 4 Issue 9 – Book Review: OUP’s ‘Personality Development and Soft Skills’ by Dr. Barun K Mitra

Vol. 4 Issue 9 – Research Paper: ‘Why Indian Pupil Face Problem in Learning English as Second Language’ by Prof. Kailash Atkare & Dr. Nirmal S. Padmavat

Indian Pupil has less chance to listen proper pronunciation, as well as he/she faces trouble in learning English as A second Language because of varieties in pronunciation, differences in the structure of sentences, no firm rule of grammar. Present paper is the description of this all causes which make trouble in learning English as a second language by Indian Pupil.

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 8

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#8 | February 20, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 ELTWO Research Paper: ‘Using Blogs to Practice Grammar Editing Skills’ by Christopher Harwood Video: Get the Gist – Comprehension Strategy Video: The Truth About Teaching English (ESL) in South Korea ELT Webinar: ‘Thinking skills’ on February 21, 12.00 UK time ELT Webinar: ‘Using literature… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 8

Vol. 4 Issue 8 – ELT Webinar: ‘Spoken grammar/lexical approach’, March 15, 12.00 UK time

The BBC TeachingEnglish team is hosting a webinar on “Spoken grammar/lexical approach” with Hanna Kryszewska on March 15, 12.00 UK time.

Vol. 4 Issue 8 – TeachingEnglish Research Paper: Perceptions and Strategies of Learning in English by Singapore Primary School Children with Dyslexia

This paper presents research findings on the perceptions and feelings of primary school learners with dyslexia in Singapore regarding their learning of school subjects through English, together with how they use strategies to overcome some difficulties.