Video: English Conversation Methods of Teaching for Junior high school students in Japan Word of the week: Alveolar consonants News: Robot Teachers! (Coming Soon to a Classroom Near You) Article: Teaching Online English – Importance of Teaching the English Language As Source of Income’ by Jayson Pino Guevarra Article: Cuisenaire rods in the language classroom [...]
Classroom Management at Tertiary Level: Handling Pair and Group Works by Dr Sujata Rana, Associate Professor, Department of English, CRM Jat College,Hisar (India) Email: sujju69rana@yahoo.co.in Introduction Classroom management implies an ability to deliver all the items that the teacher has planned effectively and systematically, without any deviation from the goal, but at the same time, leaving some scope [...]
Emerging Need of Nationwide Training and Development of English Language Teachers of Primary Schools by Pratap Kumar Dash (Ph.D. ,P.G.D.T.E.,P.G.D.C.E), Assistant Professor of English, Faculty of Education, Brak Sebha University, Libya Abstract The paper focuses on the importance of ELT in India at present. Then, it points out the current practice of teaching of English [...]
They’re coming, and they’ll be here by September! Robot teachers, programmed with a single mission: to save our failing schools. Funded by the Frankenstein Foundation, computer engineers in secret mountain laboratories and workshops hidden deep below the desert floor are feverishly soldering chips and circuit boards onto bits of aluminum to create mechanical life forms [...]
Blending is one of the many ways new words are made in English. It refers to joining the beginning of one word and the end of another to make a new word with a new meaning. Example Smog, from smoke and fog, and brunch, from breakfast and lunch, are examples of blends. In the classroom [...]
The first time I saw Cuisenaire rods being used in the language classroom I had no idea how much fun they could be. Since then I’ve used them in both adult and young learner classrooms where they have always been received with enthusiasm. In his book ‘Teaching and Learning Languages’ (1988) Stevick describes them as: [...]
Nowadays, many professionals are being laid off from their jobs because of the disaster that global recession has caused. Many companies have closed down which leave sorry employees wondering where they will get the money to feed their family. For those who were used to a bountiful living, this kind of situation was something hard [...]
Grammar Focus: Present Progressive That indicates continuing action, something going on now and verbs ending in -ing
