The English language’s indispensable position in Nepali life: Is (not) it a problem?

It is also not uncommon that most of us tend to speak more English than our national language itself. English has been a source of communication for people The post The English language’s indispensable position in Nepali life: Is (not) it a problem? appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

सम्बन्धित सामग्री

Dhungana now Editor of English Edition of aarthiknews.com

KATHMANDU, dECEMBER 5: Nirjal Dhungana has been appointed as Editor of the English Edition of aarthiknews.com. President of Media Eye Private Limited, Indra Baniya and Chief Editor Sitaram Bhattarai, welcomed him during a program held at the office of the online portal in the capital yesterday. Dhunagana, who embarked upon the field of journalism some […] The post Dhungana now Editor of English Edition of aarthiknews.com appeared first on Aarthiknews:: A leading business & economic news portal from Nepal.

10 amazing Nepali books translated into English

There have been a fair few Nepali books that have been translated into English as well. These books have helped international readers to know about Nepal, its culture, tradition, politics and others.   The post 10 amazing Nepali books translated into English  appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

English Premier League results

LONDON, March 13: Following are the English Premier League results on Sunday: Fulham 0 Arsenal 3 Manchester United 0 Southampton 0 Newcastle 2 Wolves 1 West Ham 1

English New Year: Street festival to be held in Thamel

KATHMANDU, Dec.30: On the occasion of the English New Year 2023, a street festival will be held in Thamel, the main tourist city of the capital. A road festival is going to be held in Thamel on the evening of the 16th Push(December 31st) by the Thamel Tourism Development Council to promote the tourism of the Thamel region which

Almodóvar pulls out of first English-language feature film

Oscar-winning director Pedro Almodóvar says that he is withdrawing from his first English-language feature, “A Manual for Cleaning Women”

'Gangubai Kathiawadi' becomes top non-English film on Netflix

Actor Alia Bhatt is extremely happy as her film 'Gangubai Kathiawadi' has become the top non-English film on Netflix globally.

Early English lessons have long-term benefits: Study

A research team has examined how English lessons in primary school affect language proficiency in secondary school

Study: English songs effective for learning vocabulary

Researchers examined the effect of teaching with English songs vocabulary learning in second and foreign language classrooms.

Study: English songs effective for learning vocabulary

Researchers examined the effect of teaching with English songs vocabulary learning in second and foreign language classrooms.

NELTA Morang takes lead to train English language teachers

''If you want to be a boring teacher follow these nine ideas,'' said Gunaraj Nepal to the hall-packed participants quoting Prodromou,  ''Assume students know nothing, sit still, be predictable, speak in a monotone, let students do nothing, teach the textbook, be right all the time, lose your students and keep talking.''  Nepal, also the chair of Nepal English Language Teachers' Association (NELTA) Morang district chapter, was presenting on the theme titled 'At the Heart of Teaching: Ecology, Engagement and Innovation'' Saturday afternoon at the auditorium hall of Meeryland College Biratnagar. His half-hour-long presentation talked about best ways of teaching in an interactive and innovate ways.  Nepal was one of the three presenters presenting in the one-day-long seminar and workshop, titled 'On becoming a teacher: Early Career, Sustainability and Growth'.  Other two presenters were associate professor Motikala Subba Dewan and Indra Chauhan.  Dewan presented on 'Reading Comprehension in ESL Teaching' and Indra Chauhan's presentation was titled 'Becoming a Resourceful Teacher: What Does That Mean for the ELT Classroom?' Facilitators on the 'spark session' were Babita Parajuli, Dipak Puri, Shiv Kumar Tajpuria, Pratiksha Khatiwada, Hemantaraj Dahal. Professor Emeritus and poet Vishnu Rai delivered keynote speech at the seminar and workshop. He cautioned to what he called 'rising and shining stars' in English language teaching fraternity, ''We need to go beyond English. We must not be like English. We must stay Nepali.''  NELTA Morang said the privately run and funded function was hosted to boost teaching prowess of English language teachers. Teachers from Morang, Sunsari, Jhapa and Ilam were among the attendees of the function.  After concluding the function, NELTA Morang chair Nepal remarked, ''The blending of centre and locals was real and productive for some good reasons. We were so happy to learn that youths are more, a lot more promising. I am now very optimistic: Teachers can make a difference. Innovation is real.''  Umesh Bhandari, an attendee from Itahari also echoed Nepal. He added, 'For government-funded community schools' teachers, there are some sorts of trainings. However, for private schools' teachers, there are not much training to boost their English language command and teaching prowess. NELTA has come to plug in this void to an extent.''