We cordially welcome you to the February-March issue of NELTA ELT Forum 2021 and take pleasure to present this issue consisting of a diverse collection of articles on ELT and pedagogy-related topics. In the meantime, we sincerely extend our gratitude to the contributors while enjoying immense support from them. This issue focuses on the perspectives of different authors where we have included ideas from classroom practices, reflections, and teaching-learning experiences to quench the learning thirst of English teachers.

Ms. Sezgi Yalin, in the article ‘Speaking’ in Isolation: 20 Topics to Get your Students to Speak in Class or Online, shares her firsthand (online) language teaching experience on helping learners to naturally improve their speaking skills. New Campaign in Teacher Professional Development by Mr. Raju Shrestha highlights different ways of teacher professional development modes such as online learning, virtual learning, self-determined and self-directed learning during the corona pandemic. Mr. Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, in his article Classroom Management Technique Used by ELT Teachers: A Comparative Study, discusses the research findings of classroom management strategies used by community and private school teachers of western Terai of Nepal. Mr. Govinda Puri analyses the pros and cons of using digital gadgets by young children from the health, psychological and social perspectives in the article Electronic Gadgets for Young Children: Allow or Restrict. We have also included expert responses related to the various emerging issues of language and learning pedagogies. It includes discussion on critical pedagogy, independent reading, transformative learning, teaching speaking, and integrated curriculum.

We hope the present issue will create a space with useful insights into our day-to-day language learning endeavors. We extend our sincere gratitude to the contributors for their immense support in bringing this issue to this stage and are hopeful to continue this trend of bringing productive and practical ideas in the upcoming issues. We’d like to appreciate the reviewers for their invaluable contributions to this issue of the NELTA ELT Forum and expect similar support from them in the days to come too.

Editor in Chief

Dr. Kashi Raj Pandey

Issue Editors

Mr. Kamal Raj Lamsal (Issue Coordinator)

Mr. Gopal Prasad Bashyal                                                                                                                                       

Mr. Batuk Lal Tamang                                                                                                                                

Ms. Shyama Khanal Poudel

Mr. Hom Raj Khadka

Mr. Guru Prasad Poudel (Technical Support)

We have hyperlinked the articles for readers’ convenience as below:

Speaking’in isolation:20 Topics to Get Your Students in Class or Online

New Campaign in Teachers ‘Professional Development

Classroom Management Techniques: A Comparative Study

Electronic Gadgets for Young Children : Allow or Restrict

Professional Dialogue On Contemporary issues in ELT & Pedagogy