ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 21
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#21 | June 17, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Article: Top 5 Countries with Best ESL Salaries Conference: ‘In Medias Res: Uses of Narrative in English Language Studies’, North…
‘The Effect of Computer Assisted Instruction on Iranian High School Students’ Writing’ by Fatemeh Alipanahi
Abstract
Currently, computer assisted language learning (CALL) is widely accepted to be a tool which can be used to facilitate the language learning process. This study aimed to investigate the effect of computer-assisted language learning on Iranian high school student writing achievement. The sample of the study consisted of sixty students distributed randomly on experimental and control groups before instruction, both groups were pre-tested. Both studied the same writing textbook for 12 weeks. In addition, the experimental group was exposed to the software. At the end of the treatment, both groups were post-tested. The findings of the study indicated that using computer-assisted English language instruction alongside the traditional method has a positive effect on the experimental group students’ achievement.
Keywords: CALL, writing achievement, EFL learner (more…)
‘Shakespeare and the Renaissance view of woman’ by Dr. Sunita Dalvai
Abstract
The role of women in Renaissance is mentioned highly. But “did women have a renaissance” is a question that is been asked even today. Broadly speaking in the Renaissance when the political systems changed from the medieval feudal systems, women of every social class saw a change in their social and political options that men did not. Women lived the life of the underlying sex. The plays of Shakespeare can be used as a window upon Renaissance society.
A careful study of Shakespeare’s plays shows that his Renaissance women break the typical stereotype of the day about the limitations of their abilities to operate in a man’s world. Many of the females solve problems that male characters were unable to solve and this sense serves as subtle mentors. Even when England was ruled for half a century by Queens, women had almost no legal power. Women were supposed to be seen and not heard. Women were excluded from any position of meaningful authority in any realm of society. Women were often valued for their physical features. In the Renaissance, the beauty of women is more praised and esteemed than any other beauty. The only positive demand of the women was that she should be beautiful. (more…)