Vol. 4 Issue 31 – Cambridge ELT Interview with John Field
'I began to think about ways in which we might actually try to tackle the process of listening rather than just test learners on whether they had roughly understood a text.'
Vol. 4 Issue 31 – Article: ‘Teaching English As Foreign Language in South Africa’ by Aparupa Patowary
South Africa was primarily a Dutch colony and later taken up by the British. The country was plagued by racial and cultural conflicts but has conquered over its troubles to a large extent in the recent past. It is now a multi-cultural and a multi-lingual country with 11 official languages and only 8% of its' population conversant in English. Economically, it has been doing very well and is striving to do better in the global world. Since communication is very important to further their development in world economy, the people in South Africa are educating themselves in today's lingua franca, English.
Vol. 4 Issue 31 – Article: Educating the Next Generation: Unconventional Teaching Methods Using Technology Applications
The traditional conception of a teacher leading a lesson with a piece of chalk, vigorously scratching formulas, themes or motifs across a chalkboard, is ingrained in most of our minds. We grew up in a classroom where knowledge came from two sources: the instructor and the textbook. Those may never change, but their ability to educate has been made easier with forward-thinking.