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 4. – Research Article: ‘The Appropriateness of the Communicative Approach and the Community Language Learning method adopted in foreign language class rooms in the Middle East- A critical review’ by S. Christopher Gnana Seelan

This article critically reviews the feasibility of two prominent contemporary language teaching methods in foreign language class rooms in the Middle East- the Communicative Approach and the Community Language Learning method- to show to the readers the effectiveness of these methods and the enormous flexibilities that these two methods offer to the Foreign Language teachers who teach in the Middle East.

Vol. 4 Issue 2. – Research Paper: ‘Teaching English for developing communicative competence in the Sultanate of Oman- an empirical approach’ by S. Christopher Gnana Seelan

EDUTOPIA has posted an article titled “How Should We Measure Student Learning? The Many Forms of Assessment”.