Linguistics Research Digest The blog formerly known as English Language @SFX What Ed Said | A blog about learning East Norfolk English Language Jeremy Harmer | ELT writer, presenter, teacher & trainer Language Log Vicky Loras's Blog | A Blog About Education What happened when I started a feminist society at schoolWhy I started a feminist society at school I am 17 years old and I am a feminist. I believe in gender equality, and am under no illusion about how far we are from achieving it. Identifying as a feminist has become particularly important to me since a school trip I took to Cambridge last year. A group of men in a car started wolf-whistling and shouting sexual remarks at my friends and me. For those men we were just legs, breasts and pretty faces. Shockingly, the boys in my peer group have responded in exactly the same way to my feminism. After returning from this school trip I started to notice how much the girls at my school suffer because of the pressures associated with our gender. I decided to set up a feminist society at my school, which has previously been named one of "the best schools in the country", to try to tackle these issues. What I hadn't anticipated on setting up the feminist society was a massive backlash from the boys in my wider peer circle. I fear that many boys of my age fundamentally don't respect women.
…In with the new | ELT Rants, Reviews, and Reflections In my last post, I looked at some blog posts I wished I’d commented on in 2013. In this post, I’d like to share some newer blogs that have caught my attention. Please do click through to them if you don’t want me to get all stroppy. Please also let me know in the comments about other new ELT blogs which have caught your attention and I will happily list them too. This is not my first time to share new ELT blogs. How I see it nowLovely title. Teacher to LearnerSpeaking of interconnectedness, Hana (from just above) mentioned one post from this blog on her blog. After OctopusThe tagline reads, “A blog mostly about language teaching. Wednesday Seminars Disclaimer Alert: I actually know this author in real life. Diary of a Newbie CELTA TrainerWho is this guy? ELTao“The Tao of middle management” is just as fascinating as it sounds. The ELT PhilosopherSticking with the philosophy theme here. Luke MeddingsI believe Luke Meddings doesn’t need an introduction. Like this: Like Loading...
Tom's Tantrums - Food for Thought …… Las Locuras Bilingűes de Tom 8 Tech Tools to Get to Know Your Students for Back to School The first day of class can be daunting. Students are curious about the new faces around them, intimidated–even frightened by the prospect of so many people they know nothing about. As a teacher, you might feel the same way. You knew everything about last year’s students, got excited when their baseball team won the playoffs, cried with them when a favorite pet passed away, cheered when they got an A in math. Those details–that intimate knowledge–helped you understand what motivated them so you could differentiate instruction to reach each of them where they were. Now, you’re starting over. One truth never changes: Students love talking about themselves. Another truth: Kids love technology. Have students upload a favorite picture of themselves into Thinglink, then add hotlinks (the yellow and red ‘dots’ on the image below) that take visitors to websites, videos, more pictures, or text that share details about the student. Share an audio story using Voki or Tellagami. Like this:
25 BEST WEBSITES FOR LEARNING ENGLISH I want the new e-book! How do you learn English in your free time? Do you meet internationals in cafés, do you self-study using books, do you get on the internet? When it comes to learning many people have realized they are not going to acquire the language just by sitting in classrooms. But not everyone has the opportunity to walk out to the street and start practising with the passers-by. Most of us, who are learning English, don’t live in an English-speaking country. If you are reading this blog post you know what the answer is already… We are in English learning heaven these days as tons of interactive resources and platforms to communicate live with others are available online. So here is my pick of the best of the best, tested on me and hundreds of my students in my English courses. For language cuddlers 1. 2. 3. 4. For gamers 5. 6. 7. For Facebookers 8. 9. 10. For Youtubers 11. 12. For conversationalists 13. For readers and listeners 17. 18. For disciplined students 19. For travellers 21.
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