EDITORIAL
Laxmi Prasad Ojha
(With Umes and Praveen)
Dear valued readers,
Along with my fellow editors, I am honoured and delighted to present you the April issue of Choutari. Choutari has always been a true source of inspiration for many teachers ever since it was published in 2009. It has been catering the needs of thousands of teachers in many countries now. We are really inspired and encouraged to see support and appreciation of our valued readers.
Choutari was one of the first initiatives of its kind started by our senior editors. When blogging was not something many people knew, they gave a pleasant gift to the ELT community. It has seen tremendous growth in the past and the team will always try its best to bring you the most useful resources available. The government of Nepal has continuously been trying to improve the quality of education and teachers are the main agents to bring much needed changes. Teachers need to develop their professional skills if they really want to move in that direction. There are numerous ways to develop our professional skills and one of them is discussing, writing, and sharing ideas with fellow teachers. In this edition of Choutari, we have included essays on diverse issues ranging from beginning teacher’s reflection to in-service teacher training, from using portfolio in ELT classes to explaining research as hegemony, and from probing SLC exam to reflection on Interactive Language Fair of NELTA Conference. We have also reblogged an entry on Twitter summit which, we believe, will be of new of its kind to many of our enthusiastic readers. Here is the full list of ELT khuraks for the month of April:
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This Year’s SLC Exams: Melodrama Continues, by Praveen Kumar Yadav
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Exploring Challenges in In-Service Teacher Training in Nepal, by Rajan Poudel
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Research as Hegemony, by Krishna Khatiwada
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Need of Induction for Beginning Teachers, by Ramesh Chandra Bhandari
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Reflections on Presenting in Interactive Language Fair (ILF), by Jeevan, Dipesh and Praveen
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Twitter summit #Write4Pro by Shyam Sharma
- Using a Portfolio for ELL/ELT, by Adesh Bhetwal
We invite you to join the conversation again by sharing your responses as comments under any posts, by liking and sharing them with your network, by contributing your own posts for future issues, and by encouraging other colleagues to do the same. Please join the conversation by reading, and sharing your reflections as comments. This will help many readers get new ideas and help you develop skills to look at things critically and present yourself professionally. We also request you to let other people know about NeltaChoutari.
Happy reading !
Laxmi Prashad Ojha
Editor, April issue
Email: laxmiojha99@gmail.com
—- Please note: Choutari Mentoring Program is ongoing. We would like to extend our utmost honor to two participating mentors and cordial thanks to three mentees currently engaged in the program. If you are interested in providing mentorship to emerging scholars or seek a mentor to grow, please click here.
