Glimpses of past and forthcoming events and courses in the year 2009-10 :

1) March Batch Successfully Started !! 
August Batch Admissions Open ! Hurry !!! 

2) Mini Film Festival and Book Fair at ELTIS & SIFIL - November 20 & 21, 2009


English Language Teaching Institute of Symbiosis (ELTIS) and Symbiosis Institute of Foreign and Indian Languages (SIFIL) organized the Film Festival and the first ever Book Fair on November 20 and 21, 2009. The Chief Guest for the inaugural function was H. E. Mr. Nguyen Viet Hung, the Consul General of Vietnam. Mr. Yogesh Soman, the notable writer-director of Marathi Films was the Guest of Honour. Dr. S. B. Mujumdar, President and Founder Director, Symbiosis as Chairperson graced the occasion.

Inauguration of Book Fair by H. E. Mr. Nguyen Viet Hung, the Consul General of Vietnam.

The fair had a variety of books, CDs, DVDs and other learning materials on Language Skills, Communication Skills, Soft Skills & Career opportunities.

“Let books be your dining table, and you shall be full of delights. Let them be your mattress and you shall sleep restful nights.”

Inauguration of the Mini Film Festival l The mini film festival fascinated one and all for it had a variety of films in 4 foreign languages - French, German, Japanese, Spanish as well as Hindi and English.

Mr. Yogesh Soman’s ‘Aapni To Pathshaala’, a Marathi short film was screened and the Director himself answered questions asked by international and Indian students. Mr. Yogesh Soman addressing the students’ questions.

3) Annual Day 2010 celebrated with a great bang!

ELTIS’s “Mile Sur ” Annual 2010 was a great BASH !




Await Some glimpses of Annual Day 2010 ....


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4) Have a look at the colourful issue of Fusion 2010 !
Read interesting articles, stories, poems from our International and Indian students.
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5) Watch the Glimpses of Sports Meet 2010.

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6) Gala Learning  : English with fun !!

This one of its kind workshop was held in January 2010. The  students  experienced  an out-of-the-classroom way of learning language.  They were enthusiastically  active  and are highly creative  in their performances.
The teachers took extra efforts to devise activities  and sessions  that pose a challenge to the otherwise  typical  students’ mindset of classroom learning.

They composed poems, interviewed personalities, created campus newspapers, acted counsellors and so on.


       


Top7) CII-Symbiosis: Finishing School
7th and 8th batches started on January 16, 2010 and are running successfully.

Finishing School is a social initiative started by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in collaboration with Symbiosis (ELTIS-English Language Teaching Institute of Symbiosis). It is a part of Affirmative Action addressed to the socially underprivileged students. To equip the students with soft skills and English Communication Skills for enhancing their employability is the main objective of the course. We are glad to mention that almost two hundred students have benefited from the last six batches of this school so far.

The course aims at bridging the gap between academics and industry. Hence industry visits are organized for each batch. Hence the course design is a product of both academic and industrial expertise. It has components like:

• Introduction to the Employment Requirements
• Listening Skills
• Understanding Body Language
• Business Communication  
• Personal Interview Techniques
• Personal Grooming for Effective Communication
• Enhanced Speaking for Business Communication
• Reading Comprehension
• Presentation Skills
• Introduction to Corporate Culture
• Video Conferencing
• Personal Growth and Effectiveness
• Case Study
• Enhanced Writing and Reading for Business Communication    

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8) Teacher Training Programmes 

Ms. Marilyn Eversole, an expert from the American Centre, New Delhi, conducted a teacher training programme on ‘American English’ from Mon. December 21 to Thu. December 24, 2009. The training programme was very useful as a lot of insightful inputs on phonological, lexical and syntactic features of American English were given by her. Her lecture also threw light upon issues related to cultural sensitization. The faculty attending this programme benefitted tremendously.

9)  Paper Presentations

International EFL Conferences

1) Paper presentation by Ms. Subhamitra Adhikari, Faculty & Co-ordinator, ELTIS
H M Patel Institute of English Training and Research, Vallabh Vidyananagar, Gujarat in collaboration with ELT@I (English Language Teachers’ Association of India) has organized an international conference on Interactive Media in Pedagogy: Learning English in and beyond classrooms from Fri. January 8 to Sun. January 10, 2009.

Ms. Subhamitra Adhikari is going to present a paper titled “www.teachertechie: the new portal for you” on using web resources and audio-visual aids for language teaching.

As ELTIS grows richer by age and  experience, its faculty members have also started presenting  papers at various  ELT Conferences across India. Please refer to the ‘Research’ link for the abstracts of both the papers.

2) Paper presentation by Ms. Sushama Kapur, Visiting faculty, ELTIS
English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELT@I) organized the 3rd National Conference in Nagpur on 5th and 6th February, 2010 on the theme – ‘(Re)Exploring ELT’.
Ms. Sushama Kapur, Visiting Faculty, ELTIS presented a paper titled “Creative ways of language teaching- an overview.” The paper defines creativity. It explores the role of tasks, games and activities in learner-centric teaching. This is with special reference to the second language acquisition process. It postulates that such activities should not be only seen as fillers but be present at all stages of the lesson in order that there be maximum learning.
Her paper was well received by the participants. It initiated questions as well as a vigorous discussion.

As ELTIS grows richer by age and  experience, its faculty members have also started presenting  papers at various  ELT Conferences across India. Please refer to the ‘Research’ link for the abstracts of both the papers. 
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