ELTWeekly Issue#34

ELTWeekly Issue#34, Article: Social Networking Sites for Teaching English, Part-2

Post author:Tarun Patel
Post published:September 18, 2009
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(Social Networking Sites for Teaching English, Part-1)

Social Networking Sites for Teaching English, Part-2

Subtitle: Using Twitter to Teach English

by Tarun Patel

The Internet has brought in a “revolution” as far as information exchange is concerned. It has helped people reach any corner of the world “in fractions of a second”, advertise online, sell their stuff and more.

Along with all these the education is the sector which has gained a big momentum with the evolution of Internet. (more…)

ELTWeekly Issue#34, Video: Web 2.0 & Language Learning

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Presentation of Web 2.0 for Educators interested in language learning and emerging technologies.

ELTWeekly Issue#34, Research Article: Learning English Genres: A New ELT Paradigm

Post author:Tarun Patel
Post published:September 18, 2009
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Learning English Genres: A New ELT Paradigm

by Dr. G. A. Ghanshyam, Professor of English, Govt. M. L. Shukla College, Seepat, Bilaspur (C.G.) India.

“. . . we dream in narrative, daydream in narrative, remember, anticipate, hope, love, despair, plan, revise, criticize, gossip, learn, hate and love by narrative.” – Barbara Hardy

English language teaching and learning is an important and crucial part of contemporary education. Accorded a global stature and currency the language has made inroads within every nation and culture. A language that engenders avenues of progress and prosperity, teaching and learning of the language (ELT) is not without its share of obstacles and difficulties. (more…)