Vol. 4 Issue 33 – Article: How Listening to Music Influences English Language Teaching Learning
Gateway author Dave Spencer's Top Tips series for Macmillan Education.
Vol. 4 Issue 32 – Article: ‘A Beginner’s Guide to Doing PhD in English Literature’ Dr. Sachin Ketkar
There is a sudden rise in the number of PhD aspirants in these parts of the country. This may be because many universities in Gujarat and elsewhere offering the PhD Entrance Test (TET) in a quick succession. It may also be due to the UGC resolution that those who have completed their PhD following 2009 norms will be exempt from National Eligibility Test (NET) for lecturership, and probably also due to the new Academic Performance Index being introduced by the UGC in the sixth pay commission. However, not many are clear about what research in literary studies means, or why they are doing it in the first place.These dreadful questions may haunt them later in many forms if they jump on the bandwagon hastily.
Vol. 4 Issue 32 – Article: ‘Some Common English Idioms’ by Debra Johnson
One of the hardest things to learn in any language is the colloquialisms. Old words and phrases that are commonly used among native speakers but have no real relevance to modern language. In English, these are known as idioms. They can be widely used or constrained to certain geographical areas. They can make sense or be completely inane. What they have in common, however, is that native speakers will understand the idea behind the idiom where English learners will not.