Communicative English and ELT

Today we are living in an era of information explosion and a gale of change is blowing in the pedagogy of teaching English. As such there has been a deep connection between ELT and ICT which accelerates the impact on the perspectives about teaching and learning. The development of information and Communication Technology (ICT)-electronic, mail, internet, intranet, multi-media, language laboratory, possibility to use collaborating platforms, undoubtedly, influences the process of using them in every day classroom teaching and learning. ICT no longer serves to be a simple additional means but ICT is an indispensable part of the modern and contemporary learning environment. Integration of ICT in foreign language learning provides a powerful learning environment to ensure project based activity and cooperative learning and different interactions: students-students, teachers students and vice-versa. But as we go global, we come across many issues which we are unaware of and often lend ourselves in the midst of confrontation, chaos and conflict because of our unfamiliarity with various subjects, sensitive at times.

Contents: Preface. 1. Latest effective techniques in English language teaching/Shefali Bakshi. 2. Quality assurance in e-learning: image and reality: a study/A. Rama Devi. 3. The web of information, communication and technology: the virtual world/Arun Pant. 4. Some interactive techniques to teach grammar for degree students/P.K. Singh. 5. The role of computer assisted language learning (CALL) in second language acquisition/Ajay Kumar Sharma. 6. TOESL through CALL and MALL in India/R.K. Shrivastava. 7. Teaching English in rural and tribal India: problems and solutions/Zardar Ahmed Khan. 8. English finite verbal elements: tense, aspect and time/Archana Trivedi. 9. Language and social change/Satendra Kumar. 10. mEducation and ELT/Ved Mitra Shukla. 11. Information and communication technology in English language teaching: position and proposition/Vandana Rajoriya. 12. ICT in ELT: not sour grapes : learning from practical experiences for ELT teachers/Heemal Handoo Bhat. 13. Use of networking sites for ELT/Vesha singh. 14. Effective English language teaching through ICT/Saroj Sharma. 15. Role of ICT in education/Awdhesh Kumar. 16. Contemporary issues in information management and managing electronic resources available on web/Zaufishan Sajjad. 17. Skill development programme (SDP) for faculty in engineering colleges: first step towards ICT in ELT/Archana Sharma. 18. ICT in today’s classroom/Devendra Kumar Tiwari. 19. New modes of application of ICT in English language teaching/Satdev Verma. Select bibliography.