Michele Louwerse  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  1293 views  |  Read Full

 

Classroom language is that collection of phrases used for communication among teacher and students, from "Open your books to page fifteen" to "May I go to the bathroom?" While emphasis is usually placed primarily on the target language, classroom language, too, can be an invaluable way of promoting English as real communication, student involvement in the lesson, and active language learning skills.

Helene Jarmol Uchida  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  1174 views  |  Read Full

 

Since I have been a music lover all my life, it is only natural for me to bring English songs into the EFL classroom. I believe music fills a room up with warmth as strong as rays of sunshine filtering through a window.

Hassan Asghari  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  3024 views  |  Read Full

 

In this paper an attempt will be made to briefly deal with the notion of communication, communicative language teaching, its implications for teaching reading. To achieve this goal, we shall look at the reading process from a communicative angle within the framework of discourse.

Ron Edwards  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  755 views  |  Read Full

 

So you believe you have what it takes to be one of the many English language teachers around? You should know that English language teachers are not all of one type – there are differences between English language teachers (just like in other occupations.)

Kevin Burns  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  904 views  |  Read Full

 

I have one of the greatest jobs in the world. I get paid to do what I love doing. I teach English in Japan. I have always enjoyed meeting and conversing with interesting people, only now I get paid for it.

Jonathon Hardcastle  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  681 views  |  Read Full

 

How do developing countries handle education amid the more pressing everyday challenges imposed by economic pressures and threats to security, law and order? Certainly, there are more serious problems to face, but it is significant to note that education is not forgotten.

Ethan Allen  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  634 views  |  Read Full

 

ALT stands for Assistant Language Teacher. ALT's are the guys and gals that go into the public schools and teach English along with a Japanese teacher. For teachers in Japan, ALT work is one option for employment. Your experience as an ALT depends a lot on what school you get sent to. Here's a little bit of what you can expect when you teach abroad as an ALT.

Kate Marie Ryan  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  860 views  |  Read Full

 

JOURNAL ENTRY 2 "A giant leap into the past - observational reflections in the classroom" - I was hit with a familiar sense of dejavu when walking through the gates of Glendowie College. I had been here before but in a different time. Passing the school corridors I passed a photo of myself taken by my first boyfriend for bursary photography in 1994.

Kate Marie Ryan  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  1574 views  |  Read Full

 

How effective is the strategy of drama in teaching extended written text within the English classroom? This report is divided into three parts - What, Why and How;

Hussam Badawy  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  1946 views  |  Read Full

 

The students' success in their studies depends upon their motivation. This need or desire to achieve a certain goal can make the difference between success and failure. Motivation can come from two sources from inside and outside the students. Not every one is highly motivated from within, and no one is continuously motivated from within. Fortunately, there is an outside source of motivation.