English Language Teaching : Some Aspects Recollected

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ELT is in a flux, but certain exploratorary and empirical studies reported a decade or two ago have potential for adaptation. The articles in this volume not only offer a substantive and methodological perspective for teachers and educators in relevant facets of ELT but also present international and comparitive dimensions of applied language teaching practices. They seek to motivate practising teachers to develop realistic courses--general as well as professional-- for their students. About Author : Ram Krishna Singh,born,brought up and educated in Varanasi, is a University professorwhose main fields of interests consists of Indian English Writing, Especially poetry, and English for secific purposes, especially for science and technology. He has authored more than 150 research articles, 160 book reviews and 34 books. He has also published 12 collections of poems. A member of several organizations , Professor Singh is a recipient of many awards and honours. Well-known as an ESPist, Professor Singh currently heads the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian School of Mines University, Dhanbad 826004,India. Contents : Prefatory Note1. Changes in Communicative Strategies in Scientific/Technical English2. Scientific English : Qualitative Factors via Modern Rhetoric3. EFL Learners Proficiency and their Performances on GPE and ESP Collocations4. On some Conjuncts Signalling Dissonance in Written Expository English5. Popularization Strategies and Text Functional Shifts in Scientific/Technical Writing6. Teaching Content and Teaching English for Specific Purposes7. Form Specific to more Specific8. Functional Approach to Understanding Scientific Discourse9. ESP Methodological Revisited : A Genre- based Reading Comprehension Course for the Iranian Students of Dentistry10. Making EAP Programmes Feasible in Adverse Situations : the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Experience11. The LSP Genre Abstact--- Revisited12. Prosedure in Abstracts Writing13. ESP Develop-ments Worldwide : Notes on Professional Activities14. Errors in the Usage of Conjunctions by Advanced Learners15. The Use of the Present Perfect in British and American English16. Vocabulary Learning : A Critical Analysis of Techniques17. The Teaching of Idiomatic English18. Structure, Style and Word Choice in Everyday English Texts19. Acronyms Related to Teaching of English