Vol. 4 Issue 17 – Research Paper: ‘Teaching and Testing Intensive Speaking Skills’ by Mamta Amin & Nitin Pillai

Speaking skills are imperative to develop communication competence. However, the need of the hour is to define the kind of speaking to be taught to the students and helping them gain the expertise through engaging classroom practices and valid testing methods. This paper deals with the different theories of speaking before zeroing in on Intensive speaking and promotes a theoretically sound method of teaching and testing Intensive speaking for beginners.

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Vol. 4 Issue 17 – ELT Conference: ‘Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies in the 21st Century: Translocating / Transgressing Boundaries’ Dhaka, Bangladesh – May 25-26, 2012

We welcome both scholarly and creative submissions from the early career scholars and postgraduates including MPhil and Phd students who are studying and interested in the vibrant fields of English language, literatures in English, and cultural studies. We also offer graduate sessions to accommodate papers presented by the students in the MA and BA (Hons) programmes. There will be three WORKSHOPS and/or PLENARY SESSIONS that will address the formation of ‘boundaries’ erected by or around the academic disciplines. Confirmed plenary speakers include Prof. Fakrul Alam,University ofDhaka and Prof M Shahidullah,RajshahiUniversity.

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Vol. 4 Issue 17 – Research Paper: ‘Impact of CALL Materials in Teaching English Grammar at Higher Secondary Level’ by Jagdish S. Joshi, Nita D. Parmar & Mehul N Rana

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#17 | April 23, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036

This paper is submitted by Dr. Jagdish S. Joshi, Associate Professor, UGC-ASC, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Ms. Nita D. Parmar, Ph.D. Research Scholar, Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya, Gandhinagar and Mehul N Rana, M.Phil. Research Scholar, Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya, Gandhinagar.

Key Words: CALL, ELT, Innovation in teaching, Impact of CALL, Experimental Study

Introduction

Many studies have been done to assess the impact of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) on learning mainly on the development of four skills such as speaking, listening, writing and reading or on motivation. Concerning grammar teaching of language, some studies find a significant advantage of this tool, while some studies find no significant difference between CALL and other teaching methods.

For instance, a positive impact of CALL has been found by Nutta investigating the effect of computer-based vs. teacher directed instruction on the acquisition of English as a second language. In this study, computer-based students reached better scores than teacher-directed students, leading the author to conclude that computer-based instruction can be an effective method of teaching L2 grammar. (more…)

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