#91, Article: ‘Useful Concepts and Acronyms for English Language Teaching’ by Sarah Handsworth

ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#91 | June 27, 2011

    As with any industry English language teaching is full of specialist terms and acronyms that mean nothing to those outside the industry. This article will take you through some of the most common terms used to help you prepare if you are considering entering the English language teaching industry. I use the term industry, as private language schools exist worldwide generating considerable incomes – some of the larger organisations are franchised on every continent.

    Firstly acronyms, here are some of common ones in use today:

    TEFL – means teaching English as a foreign language. TESOL is teaching English as a second or other language. A distinction exists between those students who are learning English because they are now living in an English speaking country and those that are studying English as part of their education. These latter students often need English to progress in their careers. Other acronyms exist along the same lines, such as ESP – English for Specific Purposes; this labels courses with a particular focus, for example, it may be a course for nurses and therefore the course content will use medical contexts and vocabulary to teach the students. One particularly large area of ESP is Business English, having a business background is a great asset to have for an English language teacher. (more…)

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#91, Research Paper: ‘Importance of Learning Literature in The Modern Age: Imparting Values’ by Dr. Vasanthi Ravi

ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#91 | June 27, 2011

    The importance of the study of literature has not been realised in the modern world. The career-oriented learning system and the skill-based approach to education have eroded the study of humanities to a great extent. The question, whether the study of humanities is relevant, seems to have almost taken an answer ‘no’ from the mass, whereas, the very terminology ‘humanities’ explains its relevance to the professional students and other students universally.

    English Literature is extensively used in schools and colleges all over the world and the research on the topic ‘Language through Literature’ has almost been exhaustively made, ignoring some other facets beyond this dimension, which are yet to be explored. Language proficiency is not the only positive result a literature class can provide, but other innumerable benefits.

    English Communication, as a skill, is normally developed in students in various institutions as part of a skill based learning system. Various colleges in the developing countries have incorporated the LSRW in the fluid and the fixed text. Communication, thus emphasized, is pursued as the one and only outcome of the foundation course in colleges and the study of literature has taken a back seat. (more…)

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#91, Research Paper: Stylistic Analysis of Josef Essberger’s ‘The Winepress’ by Shyam Ji

ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#91 | June 27, 2011

    The aim of this paper is to analyze the syntactic and stylistic features of Josef Essberger’s short story The Winepress. Theory followed to study the features of language in this story is the theory as propounded by Leech et al.(1981). The paper first of all gives a brief introduction to the author, a brief account of the story, and then it presents an overview of stylistics and the tools to be applied in the analysis. On the basis of the proposed theory a comprehensive analysis of the story in terms of Lexis, Grammar, Figures of Speech, Context and Cohesion is to be carried out. Finally it summarizes the analysis, discusses the limitations of the research and also scope for further research. This paper is not written with a view to depict an overall picture of the writing style of Josef Essberger as a writer, for even those text linguists as eminent as Geoffrey N. Leech and Michael H .Short (1981) maintain that it is difficult to generalize about the style of an author. The main objective of this paper is, therefore, to find out the artistic beauty of the story through the writer’s choice of language. (more…)

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