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Smart Plank Boarding: ELT Isn’t Apolitical
30/06/2022 19:07
Smart Plank Boarding: ELT Isn’t Apolitical
The term ‘waterboarding’ became quite well known, as a form of torture used during the Gulf wars with Moslem Iraq, and for the interrogating of prisoners, especially those suspected of being terrorists, at the United States’ Guantanamo Bay detention...
IT Came From Outer Space
10/02/2022 05:47
IT Came From Outer Space
English language teachers, who began an overseas odyssey in the early 1990s, were already perhaps familiar with the boon and blessing of the magic of what then passed for modern technology in the age of the computer. However, the advent of the PCT, that is, personal...
Fricative, ‘Plosive (Voiced and Unvoiced), Nasal, and Approximant Consonants in English Language Teaching
08/01/2022 04:05
Fricative, ‘Plosive (Voiced and Unvoiced), Nasal, and Approximant Consonants in English Language Teaching
When teaching ‘Presentation’, a form of EAP (English for Academic Purposes) offered by institutions to government clients, who want to ensure that their employees are able to present...
Thunking In English
08/01/2022 03:58
Thunking In English
Introduction
Ethnicity mightn`t seem important in terms of language learning, but the absence of bars and alcohol in Arabia is useful in terms of language learning, because the scope of what can be read, or listened to, reflects upon what is spoken and written,...
Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in English Language Teaching
31/08/2021 15:12
Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in English Language Teaching
Contents:
Introduction
Language delay
1.1 Language difficulties
1.2 Rebooting
1.3 Specific delay
1.4 Lights, action
1.5 Motor function
1.6 Etiology
1.7 Coercion
Phonic and...
Researching an Area of Language (with KJ Hannay)
13/08/2021 14:07
Introduction
Teaching English in the Middle East, where Islam is the predominant religion, people are forbidden to talk about it with foreigners. The solution is to avoid the topic; for fear of being offensive: or saying something misconstrued. However, honesty is important with Islamic...
English Language Teaching in China
06/12/2020 00:18
English Language Teaching in China
Introduction
It’s generally accepted that English language is the lingua franca for global interactions (Zhu, 2003), whether for travel; the worldwide web; entertainment and movies; international business: or education. Consequently, China recognizes...
Uppity's Test
10/10/2018 11:40
Uppity’s Test
Time for the travelling Doctor, and his fabulously beautiful assistant, Cake, to invade more space and, perforce, use their boxed ears to listen to the coughin` of the sound boreders in the classroom. Practicing the art of the Shaman, stud`nts perceive their teacher as a type...
Listening Comprehension
23/08/2018 16:35
Listening Comprehension
Comprehensible input is the key to language acquisition (Krashen, 1982; Rost, 2001), and the listening comprehension is particularly important because L2 learners employ their listening abilities to make sense out of received input. Or, as Kurita (2012) puts...
A Select Review of Some Popular ELT Coursebooks
23/08/2018 15:22
A Select Review of Some Popular ELT Coursebooks
Form
With the development of English as an international language and the increase of migration, and multicultural societies, knowledge of intercultural norms and rules of appropriateness is essential in achieving...
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