AN ELECTRONIC SOURCE FOR ELT PROFESSIONALS

Dear friends
Dr Tarun Patel has a wonderful weekly magazine for teachers of English. It is easily available on the net at www.eltweekly.com. It contains articles, events, book reviews, videos and many other useful information.
Hope all of you who go to www.eltweekly.com will benefit from Dr Tarun Patel's resourceful website. We must appreciate his efforts to connect all teachers of English.
Dhanavel

NATIONAL SEMINAR ON HUMANISTIC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE TEACHING

The Department of English at Anna University Chennai, India, is organising a two-day national seminar on "Humanistic Language and Literature Teaching" on 18th and 19th February 2011. Teachers of English interested in making presentations are welcome to contact me.
Dr S P Dhanavel
Professor and Head
Department of English
Anna University
Chennai-600 025
humanisticllt@gmail.com

English and Soft Skills Book Published

My textbook on English and Soft Skills has finally been published by Orient BlackSwan, Hyderabad. Please visit the website of Orient BlackSwan in the link below to learn more about the book.
http://www.orientblackswan.com/display.asp?categoryID=21&isbn=978-81-250-3980-8

Textbook of English and Soft Skills

Dear friends,
OrientBlackSwan, Hyderabad, has published my new textbook of English and Soft Skills (2010). It has ten units with ten different soft skills essential for us to succeed in life.
1. Listening
2. Temwork
3. Emotional Intelligence
4. Assertiveness
5. Learning
6. Problem Solving
7. Interview
8. Adaptability
9. Non-Verbal Communication
10. Written Communication
Each of these skills is explained through literary pieces, specially short stories from around the world. Teachers of English will find the book interesting and useful to teach literature ans also soft skills through literature. In addition, they can help students understand the role of language played in developing soft skills.
I wish the teachers and the students the very best in their efforts to learn soft skills in a friendly way.
Dhanavel

National Seminar on Teaching of General and Technical English

Dear friends,
We are organizing a two-day National Seminar on Teaching of General and Technical English on February 5th and 6th 2009 at our department: Department of English, Anna University Chennai, Chennai-600 025 Phone: 044-22358727/ 22358726. We have received over 170 abstracts for presentation. Those who could not send their abstracts can however attend the seminar as particiapnts. Please regsister yourself beforehand. We have no provosion for spot registration. Looking forward to seeing you all at our seminar.
Dr S P Dhanavel
Professor and Head
Department of English
Anna University Chennai
Chennai-600 025

Textbook of English and Communication Skills

My textbook of English and Communication Skills for Students of Science and Engineering has been published by Orient BlackSwan, Chennai. Whoever is interested in this book may contact chennai@orientblackswan.com. For further information please mail to dhanavelsp@yahoo.co.in.

National Seminar on English and Communication Skills 25-26 March 2009

Dear teachers and scholars,
We are organizing a two-day national seminar on English and Communication Skills on 25th and 26th March 2009 in Anna University Chennai. If you teach English at college and university level and wish to share your experiences of teaching and researh, please attend the seminar. For further details, please visit www.annauniv.edu or you may write to au.english@gmail.com.
Hoping to see you at the seminar,
Dhanavel
dhanavelsp@gmail.com