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Related: Inspiring blogs for ELT40th ELT Blog Carnival:Ideas for Teaching with Technology YES!!! We ARE Ready!! The 40th ELT Blog Carnival. Eğitimde Teknoloji Kullanımı, Eğitim Teknolojileri #egitimdeteknoloji Sınıflarınızda gelecek öğretim yılında çok işinize yarayacağını düşündüğüm iki web 2.0 aracından bahsedeceğim. TodaysMeet ‘ten bir önceki yazımda da bahsetmiştim. Online feedback alabileceğiniz, kullanımı son derece kolay olan bir platform. Üye olmanıza gerek yok.
Being A Teacher - Lead, Inspire, Innovate The Rewards of Special Education Special education teachers have a unique opportunity to make an enormous difference in the lives of students -- and their families. Teacher Anne Pendergast ELT CONFERENCES 2015 I’ve decided to make a few tiny, tweeny-weeny changes to this year’s Conference Calendar! Yes, that image is the first one – heck…if Warren Buffett can say something outrageous about the States (and 1776), I thought I’d just borrow his words a wee bit (and apply them to our conferences here in canım Türkiyem)! “Bizim konferanslar”, here in Turkey, have been getting a pretty good reputation over the last few years…and this year is shaping up to be the same! The second change is that I am not kicking off with the International “big boys” this time around.
ELT Calendar of Conferences on Second Language Teaching and Second Language Acquisition in Japan This page shows upcoming conferences, book fairs and other large-scale events of professional interest to language teachers in Japan. For past conferences, see the archive of past conferences. If you're interested in giving a workshop or presentation at one of these events, please see the calls for papers. February 2016 Kansai ETJ EXPO Date: February 14th (Sunday), 2016 Organization: ETJ Osaka (English Teachers in Japan) Location: Kyoto International School Difficult students It means that in every class of 25, we have 3-4 problem students. Children are their parents’ mirrors, as well as our own; students often copy their teachers’ behaviour. J.K. Rowling brilliantly showed it with Harry Potter and Dumbledore on the one hand, and Draco Malfoy and Severus Snape on the other hand. She has also taught us that things are often not what they seem: human beings are more complex.
Language Teacher Toolkit: Second language learning and acquisition This is a long, referenced blog which combines all the posts in my earlier series entitled Conscious and Unconscious Language Learning. If you have already read those posts, you should look away now. Part 1 Throughout the history of the study of language learning and teaching reference has been made to two distinct types of language learning. The first could be characterised as "picking up" a language and normally involves the apparently unconscious acquisition of a language in an informal or natural setting. One thinks of the child who learns their native tongue, or the immigrant who learns the new language without recourse to formal study.
Teacher Karma: QR Codes ~ How to Make It Happen in Your Classroom I am always seeking out new ways to save time for myself and for other teachers. I absolutely LOVE QR codes because they take you directly to a specific website. If you have ever given a web address for a 7 year old to type in, you will really appreciate QR codes! QR CODE is another name for QUICK RESPONSE code. These codes are very similar to barcodes. The information is linked to you.The information can be in the form of text, websites, videos, etc.They have an extremely large storage capacity and are very quick. Stimulated Recall Lyle, J. (2003). Stimulated recall: A report on its use in naturalistic research. British Educational Research Journal, 29(6), pp. 861-878. Top 36 Educational Podcasts for Teachers June 23, 2016 This is a quick post to share with you this excellent resource from Fusion Yearbooks. This is a collection of some of the most popular educational podcasts to energize your teaching. This collection comes just in time for summer holidays when you have more time to spend on your personal as well as professional development. ‘ podcasts are easily ported around with you, so you can listen while you’re out walking the dog, cooking dinner after a long day, or commuting to and from work. Because just about anyone can make a podcast, they can range the gamut from professionally polished episodes to those that are a little rougher around the edges — but this second kind of podcast still does an excellent job of connecting us listeners with a passionate community of educators with a thing or two to say.’ We are sharing with you the first five educational podcasts and you can check the full list from this page.
9 Great Speaking & Listening Tools For Students: Literacy in the Digital Age Editor’s Note: Teaching Channel has partnered with Student Achievement Partners on a blog series about digital literacy tools and their effective use by educators. The majority of the tools mentioned in this post and the four earlier posts in our series, transform the student experience from passive consumers of information to active creators of content, employing multiple English Language Arts standards and skills along the way. We firmly believe this ought to be the new norm in the modern classroom. Kids have access to information; we must teach them how to navigate a world constantly evolving where content is at their fingertips. The traditional application of ELA isn’t enough for future-ready learners.
Writing and Public Speaking - Why Every Writer Needs a Website by: Sabrina S Siracusa Why does every writer need a website? The most obvious reason--because every serious business has one! Making the right choices: ‘Lean On Me’ – On the same page Every word in the song “Lean On Me” by Bill Withers has been written into a grid with some distractors. Starting in the upper left corner, students complete the lyrics choosing one of the words available right next to the last word in any direction and using each square only once. To guide them through the process, the writing worksheet provides students with a few words in each line, including the first ones, which are also capitalised in the grid for easier reference.
Useful links for CELTA Anyone following my blog will know that CELTA took over my life in August last year (2014), and will continue to dominate until the same time this year (2015). I’ve been building this list in my head for a while, and it’s finally time to get it onto the blog. It’s arranged into categories, with subtitles and topics in bold to help you navigate. There’s a lot here, so just use the bits you need as you need them rather than trying to look at all of them – if not, you’ll end up being overwhelmed! A quick way to find what you need it to press CTRL + F (CMD + F on a Mac) and type a key word connected to what you’re struggling with, like ‘TTT’, ‘instructions’ or ‘writing’ – this will take you straight to the relevant section. Please let me know if any of the links are broken so I can update them, and feel free to add suggestions to the comments.