‘Teaching Techniques Deployed at Various Stages of Ameliorating Listening Alongside Facets & Nuances of Sub-skills Bonded with It – CLT Approach of ELT’ by V. Harindhar Reddy

AUTHOR’S NOTE

“A wise old owl sat in an oak; the longer he sat, the less he spoke. The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can’t we be like the old wise bird?”

Why is listening ABC of a language? A child shoots its mouth off only after listening to the parents and others; by the same breath, listening is honey and manna as it scores a bull’s eye in school and at work in today’s business world. In the epoch of intricate web of relationships, listening helps us grok the people and deal with our own can of worms in black and white. It provides the aural input that serves as a cornerstone for language acquisition generally and speech development particularly. Honeymoon is all-over, as our most consequential communication skill listening is frequently relegated to a lesser role in many educational, social, and political spheres. The googling in listening isn’t in the public eye but still crawling in its infancy, which is a bitter pill to swallow. (more…)

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‘Using English Songs: An Enjoyable and Effective Approach to English Language Teaching’ by Dr. Sheila Vijay

Abstract

How can English Language Teaching be made enjoyable and effective? One possible pedagogical application is to integrate English songs into English Language Teaching. Song, a combination of music and lyrics, possesses many intrinsic merits, such as kaleidoscope of culture, expressiveness, recitability and therapeutic functions, which render it an invaluable source for language teaching. This paper provides theoretical arguments and practical support for using English songs in English Language Teaching. (more…)

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‘Difficulties Experienced in Creative Writing by High School Students in English’ by Bindhu T.S.

Introduction

Creative writing can be considered as a piece of work that expresses thoughts, ideas and feelings in an imaginative way. It is any writing that goes beyond the normal professional, journalistic, academic, technical forms of literature typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character development and the use of literary tropes. In the context of ELT classrooms in Kerala, a creative way of enhancing students’ written English still remains a challenging area. Unlike the academic counter part of writing classes that teach students to compose work based on the rules of the language, creative writing is believed to focus on students’ self expression. In fact everyone is creative and children are more so. Creative writing must be seen as being divorced from other types of writing and the students need to be viewed as ‘creators’ rather than as ‘writers’. Creative writing is a valuable tool for students which can infuse fun and stimulate their imagination. (more…)

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