{"id":4295,"date":"2008-12-29T12:36:47","date_gmt":"2008-12-29T09:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltweekly.com\/more\/?p=24"},"modified":"2008-12-29T12:36:47","modified_gmt":"2008-12-29T09:36:47","slug":"eltweekly-issue3-worldwide-elt-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=4295","title":{"rendered":"ELTWeekly Issue#3 – Worldwide ELT News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Literature is not about writing love poems – Times of India<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bangalore:\u00a0<\/span>Nonagenarian litterateur L Basavaraju feels literature is not about writing\u00a0love poems, but striving for the betterment of\u00a0human dignity. He’s also thoroughly disappointed with present-day polity, administration, writers and literature.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Basavaraju is president of the 75th All India Kannada Literary Convention (Sahitya Sammelan) in Chitradurga in early 2009. His contribution to Kannada literature has won him many awards, including the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award, Central Sahitya Academy Award and the Pampa Award.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read the complete news here:\u00a0http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/Bangalore\/Literature_is_not_about_writing_love_poems_\/articleshow\/3905923.cms<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Indian English teachers to be hired in public schools – JoongAng Daily<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a bid to get more native English-speakers in English teaching jobs at Korean public schools, the justice and education ministries yesterday announced that Indians with an English-related college degree and teacher\u2019s license will soon eligible for the positions.<\/p>\n

So far, the Education Ministry has hired native English teachers from countries where English is the mother tongue – the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa.<\/p>\n

Read the complete news here:\u00a0http:\/\/joongangdaily.joins.com\/article\/view.asp?aid=2899155<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Teaching Paradox – Inside Higher Ed<\/strong><\/p>\n

SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 A new survey of faculty members in English and foreign languages will challenge some assumptions about how and why women and men are not promoted at the same levels or feel the same satisfaction in academe.<\/p>\n

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The Modern Language Association has yet to release its \u201cassociate professor survey,\u201d which, notwithstanding its name, included both associate and full professors. But professors involved in the report, due out soon, revealed some of the key findings Sunday at the MLA\u2019s annual meeting:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n