P = ELT + ECC by Ms. Anjali Thakur, Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad – India. English language teaching in the professional institutes is subordinated and substandard, so are the skill acquired by the passing out students. The NKC found the quality of Engineering graduates as ‘unemployable’, so, it recommends ‘multiple skill development’ at large and proposed ‘qualitative… Continue reading #35, Research Article: P = ELT + ECC
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#35: Onestopclil’s Birthday Competition
Onestopclil has announced a competition for the ELT practitioners. Please read below to participate in the conference: Onestopclil team says, “lets us know what you think about onestopclil and what have been your favourite resources and be in with a chance to receive some fantastic prizes!
#35, Article: A Need to Study Literature by Students of Technical / Professional / Business Communication
A Need to Study Literature by Students of Technical / Professional / Business Communication by Prof(Dr) Kum Kum Ray Education systems and programmes should be with intellectual dimensions within the parameters of rational traditions of modern scholarships; the outcome of philosophical investigations into the entire spectrum of , social, cultural, aesthetic, moral, religious values . Develop… Continue reading #35, Article: A Need to Study Literature by Students of Technical / Professional / Business Communication
ELTWeekly Issue#34 Contents
– Word of the Week: demean • dih-MEEN – Video: Web 2.0 & Language Learning – ELT Resource of the Week: The Bus Stop – Article: Social Networking Sites for Teaching English, Part-2 – Research Article: Learning English Genres: A New ELT Paradigm – Research Paper: Anxiety in Language Learning CHECK OUT ELTWeekly’s ELT, ESL and EFL Events Blog – Blog of… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#34 Contents
ELTWeekly Issue#34, Book of the week: English for Specific Purposes
English for Specific Purposes (Cambridge Language Teaching Library) by Tom Hutchinson and Alan Waters Book Description English for Specific Purposes offers the teacher a new perspective on this important field. The main concern of the book is effective learning and how this can best be achieved in ESP courses. The authors discuss the evolution of ESP and… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#34, Book of the week: English for Specific Purposes
ELTWeekly Issue#34, Blog of the week: Sue Swift’s ELT Notebook
Sue Swift’s ‘ELT Notebook‘ is selected to feature in Blog of the week column of ELTWeekly Issue#34. Sue Swift is an EFL teacher and teacher trainer for over thirty years now and has lived and worked in a variety of European and Asian countries. She is the author of a number of published courses, and runs… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#34, Blog of the week: Sue Swift’s ELT Notebook
ELTWeekly Issue#34, Article: Social Networking Sites for Teaching English, Part-2
(Social Networking Sites for Teaching English, Part-1) Social Networking Sites for Teaching English, Part-2 Subtitle: Using Twitter to Teach English by Tarun Patel The Internet has brought in a “revolution” as far as information exchange is concerned. It has helped people reach any corner of the world “in fractions of a second”, advertise online, sell… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#34, Article: Social Networking Sites for Teaching English, Part-2
ELTWeekly Issue#34, Research Article: Learning English Genres: A New ELT Paradigm
Learning English Genres: A New ELT Paradigm by Dr. G. A. Ghanshyam, Professor of English, Govt. M. L. Shukla College, Seepat, Bilaspur (C.G.) India. “. . . we dream in narrative, daydream in narrative, remember, anticipate, hope, love, despair, plan, revise, criticize, gossip, learn, hate and love by narrative.” – Barbara Hardy English language teaching and learning… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#34, Research Article: Learning English Genres: A New ELT Paradigm
ELTWeekly Issue#34, Research Paper: Anxiety in Language Learning
Anxiety in Language Learning by Melahat Amir Jahansouz Shahi, Iran Abstract Anxiety is one of the most challenging obstacles to overcome in learning a new foreign language. Learners are afraid of making mistakes, of looking and sounding foolish, of being vulnerable. They like feeling smart, worthy of admiration, respected for their skills and knowledge, knowing their… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#34, Research Paper: Anxiety in Language Learning
ELTWeekly Issue#34, ELT Resource of the Week: The Bus Stop
This Macmillan resource site complements two best-selling primary courses from Macmillan Heinemann ELT. These are MINIBUS by Elisenda Papiol and Maria Toth andSUPER BUS by María José Lobo and Pepita Subirà. Together they provide a complete 6-level course for Primary First, Second and Third cycle.