Keeping pace with the continuous changes and innovations in the field of English language teaching is considered to be a necessity for the quality of teachers' teaching. There are numerous approaches to teacher development, among which self-initiated development stands as one of the noticeable trends. Although teacher development is crucial for the quality of education, it appears that there ar...

It is believed that the communicative language teaching approach (abbreviated as CLTA) is one of the most effective methods to keep away from the weaknesses of the traditional English teaching method in developing students’ communicative ability. Using games, which is communicative in essence, are often considered effective in developing students’ communicative ability. In order to help English...

Language planning, in one way or another, is as old as human civilization. Every time that one polity  invaded  the  territory  of  another,  the  language  of  the  conqueror  was  imposed  on  the conquered. The Romans imposed their language across the civilized world as they  knew it. In the  21st  century,  the  practice  of  language  planning  has  become  increasingly  sophisticated. Eng...

In the present scenario teaching methods made a lot of difference in the area of language and literature teaching in English courses. In the 1970s, the teaching of literature was becoming detached from the teaching of language mainly because of the traditional approaches like Grammar Translation Method. New methods in language teaching led to the role of literature in language learning being se...

background and purpose: the fact that who is more qualified to teach the emp (english for medical purposes) courses has long been the cause of argument between the heads of language departments (lds) on one side and those of discipline-specific departments(dsds) on the other side. this research was conducted to study the views of both sides as well as those of students in some emp english class...

The present article arises from a three-year cross sectional investigation into English Language Teaching (ELT) in secondary schools in Iran and the role of Communicative Pedagogy within this. The study has examined the extent of communicative pedagogy within the Iranian national ELT curriculum, the ELT programme and to some extent the English language coursebooks used in secondary schools. Wha...