Article: ‘Guide to Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)’ – Ben Davies

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#36 | October 7, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036

Ben Davies has posted an article titled “Guide to Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)” on jobs.ac.uk.

Ben says, “TEFL, CELTA, TESOL, DELTA… all of these acronyms relate to one thing: teaching English as a foreign language. The range of courses on offer can be quite confusing. Are you looking for a short course or an internationally recognised qualification? Are you new to teaching or have you been lecturing for 20 years? Our one stop guide to these qualifications should equip you to make an informed course choice.

TESOL or CELTA?

The two most well known qualifications are Trinity TESOL (Trinity College London Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) and CELTA (Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults). Both are widely recognised by employers and by official bodies. The difference between the two courses is surprisingly little. (more…)

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Conference: University of Riverside’s ‘2013 Fall Global Conference on Education’, California, USA, November 2013

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#36 | October 7, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036

2013 FALL GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION

PROGRAM & CALL FOR PAPERS

November 15 – 16, 2013 – Ontario, California USA (Los Angeles Metro)image 3

CONFERENCE LOCATION

Ontario Airport Hotel
Formally Ontario Hilton
700 N Haven Ave.
Ontario, California  91764 USA
Phone (909) 481-1743
Fax  (909) 941-6781

FUTURE CONFERENCE DATES

May 2 – 3, 2014 (Los Angeles Metro)
August 8-9, 2014 (Los Angeles Metro)

The Global Conference on Education is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practices in education. The Global Conference on Education promotes collaborative excellence between academicians and professionals from Education.

The aim of Global Conference on Education is to provide an opportunity for academicians and professionals from various educational fields with cross-disciplinary interests to bridge the knowledge gap, promote research esteem and the evolution of pedagogy. The Global Conference on Education invites research papers that encompass conceptual analysis, design implementation and performance evaluation. (more…)

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Book Review: ‘Campus Placement: A Bumpy Ride’ by Pawan Dwivedi

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#36 | October 7, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036

Book Details

Title: Campus Placement: A Bumpy Ride

Author: Dr. Pawan Dwivedi Head, Training and Placement Parul Group of Institutes

Number of Pages: 160

ISBN No: 978-93-5104-547-2

Price: Rs.199/-

Introduction:

There is a serious need of assistance for the academicians working for the students placement. With this new book ‘Campus Placement: A Bumpy Ride’, there appears a ray of hope from them.

It includes importance of Campus Placement activities. Description of a survey report is given which elaborates the expectation of the students and Parents at the time of admission in the professional program.  This survey includes twelve points. Students were taken from 21 engineering colleges of the state of Gujarat. They have done higher secondary from 80 different schools. These schools are located in 16 different districts of Gujarat.

Chapter-one (Day-Zero): Role and responsibilities of Institutions. Being a professional education how to promote Training and Placement cell to improve over all academic standard in the campus. Training and Placement can play a vital role in developing in reverse engineering in professional education. Because training and Placement helps to develop liaising between Institution and Industry to make teaching and learning process industry and society oriented. (more…)

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