Skip to main content

Posts

“Teaching English as a Second Language in India: Focus on Objectives” - Shivendra.K.Verma #ELT1 #SEM3 #MA

Hello Learners, Here by I am sharing a brief presentation on an article “Teaching English as a Second Language in India: Focus on Objectives”. Shivendra K. Verma (Central Institute of Foreign Languages Hydrabad) in this article highlights the following points. • Focus on objectives of language teaching • Functionally-determined sub-categorization of languages. Click on the below link to read the original essay. As the other presentation only highlights the essence of the essay. https://www.slideshare.net/parthbbhatt/teaching-english-as-a-second-language-in-india-focus-on-objectives-by-shivendra-k-verma-central-university-of-foreign-languages-hydrabad-63594014 Teaching English as a Second Language in India: Focus on Objectives -Shivendra K. Verma from vaidehi Hariyani Click Here to appear for the Quiz. Enjoy Learning!!!

Bilingualism, Trilingualism and Multilingualism - Task 1 #Semester3 #ELT1

Bonjour Semester 3 étudiant, Here is your first task of ELT-1 on Bilingualism, Trilingualism and Multilingualism. Task: You have to find out and write different words and day to day phrases in English as well as different languages (Any of your choice.You can include regional languages except Hindi and Gujarati). Also Give meaning of these three terms in brief. To give examples you can also make use of Images, Videos and Gifs. Explore your creativity. Here is a sample of the task. Observe and complete your task.. 1.) Bilingualism :- Hello ( Greeting in English) Bonjour (Greeting in French) 2.) Trilingualism:- Hello ( Greeting in English) Bonjour (Greeting in French) Hola (Greeting in Spanish) 3.) Multilingualism:-              Hello ( Greeting in English) Bonjour (Greeting in French) Hola (Greeting in Spanish) Ciao (Greeting in Italian) Enjoy Learning!!!

English Language Teaching 1 - Syllabus and Basics of ELT

Dear Semester 3 Students, This blog is about the syllabus, basic concept and Introduction of ELT. Here you find the presentations discussed in class yesterday. 1.) Syllabus and Introduction ELT -1 : Syllabus and Introduction from vaidehi Hariyani 2.) Difference between Acquisition and Learning Difference between Acquisition and Learning #ELT1 from vaidehi Hariyani Enjoy Learning!!!

Day 2 - National Workshop On Translating Gujarati Literature into English: Practices and Approaches

Hello Readers,  This is the continuation of the previous blog... Day 2  The refreshing day began at 10.00 Am with great zeal and energy. ·         Session 1 - The first session was again a special one. The participants were divided into small groups as per their choice of translating poems or prose. They had to work in groups and translate the poem or prose given to them on the previous day. My Group I and my group had taken different poems for this task. Ms Neela Pandya and Prof.Santosh Dash helped us a lot in this task. They also checked our work and gave suggestions regarding it.  The above poem was taken by me. This was the best session for me because in this session I was able to put into practice what I learnt.   More about this in my next blog. ·        Session 2 - Subject experts- Prof.Sachin Ketkar and Dr Santosh Dash shared their ...

Day 1 - National Workshop On Translating Gujarati Literature into English: Practices and Approaches

Hello Readers, This time my curiosity lead me to……….                                          National Workshop   On Translating Gujarati Literature into English: Practices and Approaches Organized by Gujarat Sahitya Academy and UGC DRS 2, Department of English, Faculty of Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. Though the workshop was for 2 days before a week all the participants were given some Pre-workshop task of translating some prose and poems from Gujarati into English. The rough drafts had to be brought by the participants in the workshop. Day 1 – 22nd March 2018 ·         Inaugural Session - The workshop began with an inaugural session at 10.00 am . Prof.Hitesh Raviya (I/c Head, Department of English) w...

PET/ DRC 2018 :- My First Experience

Whenever we hear the words like exam or interview a sense of nervousness enters into us. Same thing happened with me few months ago. Well my teacher used to tell me that it is good to be nervous and I think he is right. This nervousness led me to work more. After my Masters, I decided to work on Competitive exams like NET/SLET and prepare for PET 2018 of Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University. PET consisted two papers: 1.) Research Aptitude                                     2.) English Literature Second was still familiar but the first paper was new for me. And that paper made me more anxious because frankly didn’t have much idea about Research.  During our Masters, Dr.Dilip Barad Sir had trained us with self-learning through Flipped Learning Project. So I myself started t...

Confessions of an Insomniac

Hello Friends, Struggles are part of everyone’s life. There is no one in the world who is not struggling. Of course it differs from person to person. Today in this blog I am going to share with you all my personal experience of Insomnia. Many of you might not be familiar with it. So let’s first understand what it is it and what are the causes. Before moving forward let me tell you it  is not a mental disorder or insomniac person is not mad or insane.   ‘Insomnia’ means habitual sleeplessness; inability to sleep . A person who has this habitual sleeplessness is called Insomniac . There are medical reasons behind this:- ·         Nasal/sinus allergies ·         Gastrointestinal problems such as reflux ·         Endocrine problems such as hyperthyroidism ·         Arthritis ·    ...