Vol. 4 Issue 7 – Webinar: Dealing with challenging learners
The British Council TeachingEnglish team is hosting a webinar on February 14 at 12.00 UK time. The topic of the webinar is "Dealing with challenging learners".
Vol. 4 Issue 7 – Research Paper: ‘Methods and Approaches of Teaching English as a Second Language in India’ by Dr. Nirmala S. Padmavat
This session looks at how language teachers at any level can use the broad theoretical concepts of communicative competence, sociocultural theory, and speaking principles to enhance interaction. Together, we will examine specific principles of teaching speaking and show how to adapt these principles in your classroom. Workshop led by David Chiesa, English Language Fellow.
Vol. 4 Issue 7 – Research Paper: ‘Web based Content-Based Writing’ Müfit Şenel
Language is context-sensitive, that is to say, an utterance becomes fully intelligible only when it is placed in its context. Therefore, the importance of meaningful context in language teaching becomes indispensible. Content-based Instruction is one of the approaches that emphasize this view since Content based Instruction (CBI) is a teaching method that emphasizes “learning about something” rather than “learning about language”. CBI emerges from the principles and moves beyond the communicative approach by creating a learning environment in which “...language is not a subject in its own right, but merely a vehicle for communicating about something else” (Nunan 1993).