ELTWeekly

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 Cyprus,September 2013

• Conference: ‘Teaching English for Healthcare Conference’, Switzerland ,September 2013

• Video: Second Language Acquisition And Second Language Sensitivity

• Video: Strategies for Teaching ESL Students to Read

• FYI: BC TEAL/TESOL Bursary Scholarship

• ‘Mobigam: Language on the move in Gujarat’ – Research training and development workshops, June 2013

• Popular English Teaching Daily Posts.

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#21 | June 17, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036

• ‘Movie Worksheet: Ang Lee’s Life of Pi ( Group Follow up Activities)’

• Hitting the Bulls Eye: 4 Simple Steps to Fostering Accuracy in Your Students

• Conference in Spain: ICERI2013 (6th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation), 18 – 20 November,2013

• 7 Essential Reading Strategies Your ESL Students Must Know (and YOU Must Teach)

• ‘What’s the use of book reviews?’ – Oxford University Press ELT

• ‘Short Films for Reading Comprehension – Take Three!’ by Naomi Epstein

• Evaluating speaking – the IELTS speaking test

• Exploring metaphors in the classroom.

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#21 | June 17, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036

The Scuola superiore medico-tecnica (SSMT) is hosting the 1st European English for Healthcare conference in Locarno, Canton Ticino, Switzerland. The conference is scheduled on September 27-28, 2013.

This ESP conference aims to bring together teachers of healthcare English at the tertiary level and those delivering in-service courses from Switzerland and beyond.

With international speakers, specialist ESP publishers and a good variety of workshops and sessions the event will provide a platform for the presentation of new ideas, approaches and materials for this increasingly important branch of English for Specific Purposes. Read the rest of this entry »

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#21 | June 17, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036

International Departments of English Association (IDEA) is pleased to announce: In Medias Res: Uses of Narrative in English Language Studies, an international interdisciplinary conference for language teachers, translators and literary scholars to be held in Kyrenia in collaboration with Near East University, on September 26th and 27th, 2013. The symposium aims to discuss the narrative aspect of English Language Teaching in conjunction with Literary and Translation Studies.

The narrative of “participating” in language studies is often non-linear, disjointed and disrupted. Every attempt to “read”, “teach,” “learn” or to “translate” has a different trajectory, with multiple points of departure, multiple story-lines and multiple potential endings. Individual narratives converge with preceding ones and are shaped by other participators, teachers, learners, researchers and writers. Each scholarly intersection results in an alternative narrative that would not otherwise be possible. In this sense, every textual beginning in language studies, be it in person, in the classroom or on paper, inevitably starts from a/the “middle”. Read the rest of this entry »

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#21 | June 17, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036

The BC TEAL/TESOL Bursary was established by BC TEAL and TESOL in 1992 to commemorate the first TESOL Convention held in Vancouver, Canada in 1992.

The BC TEAL /TESOL Bursary is a travel grant for a member in good standing of TESL Canada or a TESOL affiliate. The BC TEAL/TESOL Bursary can be used to cover items such as registration, travel and accommodation costs for attending or participating in the TESOL Annual Convention or a TESL Canada Annual Conference up to a value of $1,000.00 [CAD].

Criteria

All applicants must be members in good standing of TESL Canada or a TESOL affiliate. Applicants must indicate evidence of service to their local/provincial TESL/TEAL association or affiliate. Read the rest of this entry »

ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#21 | June 17, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036