Current Trends In English Language Teaching

Volume : (3), Issue : 211, January - 2019

Abstract : In this Article we will go through The paper is examined to present the current and popular trends in ELT that have been used practically in current years in the entire world reviewing the past trends. Moreover, this is also an endeavor to encourage the ELT trainer to modernize their classroom arrangements (managements). The ELT trends that were very popular in the past have vanished today and have been substituted by others. Several factors have contributed to the adoption of new trends in ELT. The research found that the following trends are the very popular.

• Teaching with Technology
• Teachers connect with web 2.0
• Blockbuster course books kept alive through “New” versions
• English as a Lingua Franca (ELF)
• Learner Centeredness and Needs
• Portfolio Development for Teachers
• Syllabus Design and Materials Development

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