International Conference on Trends and Innovations in Language Teaching (TILT 2014), Chennai, November 14-15, 2014

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TILT 2014

International Conference on Trends and Innovations in Language Teaching

TILT ’14

in Association with IEEE

With Special Focus on

Teacher Cognition and Language Education

14th & 15th November 2014

www.tilt2014.com

Organized by Department of English,

Sathyabama University,  Chennai, India

www.sathyabamauniversity.ac.in

About the conference

TILT ’14 addresses the needs and issues related to ongoing professional development of language teachers, practitioners and researchers at all levels and contexts. It focuses on the question of what constitutes the knowledge base of language teaching and how it relates to the processes and content of teacher education. This theme includes research and perspectives on teachers’ knowledge, teacher learning in formal and informal contexts; teacher socialization, professional development, and the nature of disciplinary knowledge. The conference aims at bringing together teacher educators to discuss and share research, theory, and best practices and to initiate and sustain a meaningful professional dialogue across languages, levels, and settings. The conference is an outcome of the National Conference held by the Department of English in the early 2014, where the participants expressed the need to educate the language teachers in the various dimensions of teaching English in SL contexts. (more…)

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‘English Language Teaching in ICT Age’ by Shibu Simon

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This article has been submitted for publication by Professor (Dr) Shibu Simon, National Defence Academy (Pune). 

Relevance of English in ICT Age

As the world is in transition, so is English language itself taking new forms. English has changed substantially in the 1500 years of its use, reflecting patterns of contact with other languages and the changing communication needs of its people. Today, English is considered a global language since it is mainly used for communication in the cyber world. With computers playing a major role in ELT today, the future of English in ICT age is a matter of debate.

Graddol in his book The Future of English identifies significant global trends in Economics, Technology and Culture which may affect the learning and use of English internationally in the 21st century (2). The book takes stock of the present, apparently unassailable position of English in the world and asks whether the status of English can be expected to remain unchanged during the coming decades of unprecedented social and economic global change. It also explores the impact on English of developments in ‘Communications Technology’ with English widely regarded as having assumed the status of a global language now. (more…)

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