This article reports findings from an investigation of the English language arts (LA) assessment strategies used in Hong Kong secondary schools, and the extent to which these strategies reflect the principles of performance-based assessment.
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Vol. 4 Issue 20 – Research Paper: ‘Does the Medium Determine the Outcome in Virtual Academic World?’ by Jit Shalin
With the help of broadband technology and other novel tools of the Information Age, virtual education makes possible for all human beings in the whole of the world to overcome impediments of age, time and place; to enter online classrooms for accessing handy virtual resources needed to succeed; to learn from top level teachers, experts and scholars; and also to achieve our individual ambitions for improving our life as a fundamental dream and desire in the 21st century.
Vol. 4 Issue 20 – Video: Robert K. Logan on The Origin and Evolution of Language
University of Toronto Physics professor Robert K. Logan on The Origin and Evolution of Language and the Emergence of Concepts
Vol. 4 Issue 19 – Article: ‘Use Study Groups to Promote Better Grades for LD Students’ by Ann Logsdon
Ann Logsdon, About.com ESL Guide, has posted an informative article titled “Use Study Groups to Promote Better Grades for LD Students”.
Vol. 4 Issue 19 – Webinar: Thinking skills
In this webinar I will be focussing on some of the reasons why thinking is not always built into language classes and some of the things that teachers can do to encourage their learners to think more critically and more effectively. I will refer, among other things, to the place of textbooks, the importance of questions and questioning, the value of language awareness work and the inner world of learners.
Vol. 4 Issue 19 – ELTWO Research Paper: ‘Reading What’s Beyond the Textbooks: Documentary Films as Student Projects in College Reading Courses’ by Alejandro S. Bernardo
This paper discusses how useful documentaries are in teaching college reading courses.
Vol. 4 Issue 19 – Video: Speaking Up: The Origins of Language
Dr. Gustafson has been teaching at Villanova University for the past 23 years. He offers classes in political anthropology, Latin American politics and international relations. His research interests focus on the same areas.
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 18
ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#18 | April 30, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Book Of The Week: ‘Interact’ by Bob Jones & David Coulson . Webinar: Dealing with challenging learners . About.com Video: Vocabulary for Business Letters . Video: Language and the Mind Revisited – The Biolinguistic Turn . BBC TeachingEnglish Article: Using poems to develop productive skills… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue 18
Vol. 4 Issue 18 – Article: ‘Top 7 Strategies to Deliver Great Presentations’ by Ann Logsdon
Kenneth Beare, About.com ESL Guide, has posted an informative article titled “Graphic Organizers in ESL”.
Vol. 4 Issue 18 – Research Paper: ‘In Search of Swaraj in ELT Class-rooms: Translation, Indian Literatures and English’ by Tushar Vyas
Away from ELT theories propounded by the western theorists, the paper aims at studying the scenario of English language teaching in Gujarat and India. While the paper emphasizes the need for English language, it addresses issues related to learner, learning, content and culture and searches for alternatives of culturally loaded English literature taught in Indian class-rooms by the name of English language learning.