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An online entrepreneur says that poor spelling is costing the UK millions of pounds in lost revenue for internet businesses.
Charles Duncombe says an analysis of website figures shows a single spelling mistake can cut online sales in half.
Mr Duncombe says when recruiting staff he has been "shocked at the poor quality of written English".
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The articles are a bit shorter than those at Breaking News English and they offer audio recordings and vocabulary lists. Delete the scoop?
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This RSA Animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert [...]"
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In the excerpt from Sir Ken Robinson's TED talk I blogged there : http://0z.fr/NJZg7 last year, he asked whether schools kill creativity and suggested a few bright answers... It was issued in the site Teachers' Lounge for it's likely to interest colleagues, but I think it might also be of some interest to students. Besides, Ken Robinson's speech is so articulate and clear that it'll have the students feel as good at understanding a native speker... as I did myself :-D The animation above corresponds to another of his talks. It deals with changing education paradigms and is quite shorter : hope you'll enjoy it ! Delete the scoop?
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It's no big secret. ESL students won't get very far if they have weak listening skills. [...] Students often believe that to improve their listening they must simply exercise their “ear”. But it’s important for students to understand that it’s not as simple as that – the ear is not a simple muscle to train; listening comprehension is a lot more complex than that. Merely sitting and listening to something for hours won’t do the trick; they can learn a lot more from a focused 15-minute listening exercise." Delete the scoop?
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"As social media become more and more predominant as platforms of connection and collaboration, the need for creating and maintaining a PLN ( Personal/Professional Learning Network ) becomes more pressing. As teachers and educators we are expected to be on top of the latest trends that can inform and enhance our classroom teaching as well as our professional growth. [...]" Delete the scoop?
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"What Are Infographics? I found many definitions of what Infographics are as well as explanations of how they are useful in a variety of settings. Here are a couple of the definitions I liked followed by their sources [...]" Delete the scoop?
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CNN’s Schools of Thought blog covers education from a variety of perspectives that include policies, practices and people. "I understood, especially in these tough economic times, that striking can be an unpopular choice, but I wrote it with some rage at the lack of empathy and understanding I felt as an educator. I wrote it with the hope people would understand that we made this tough choice in the interests of our students. " a teacher says. Delete the scoop?
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"[...] When it comes to knowledge, you either use it or you lose it. [...] neuroscience backs it up, demonstrating that people who read more challenging books often have a greater variety and number of neural connections. [...] Research has shown that the more time students spend outside of school, the more they’ll forget, leading to more work to regain lost information. [...]" Delete the scoop?
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Dalton, J. & Smith, D. (1986) : “Extending Children’s Special Abilities – Strategies for primary classrooms”. The lists of verbs related to sample question stems and to the potential activities in various categories from Bloom's Taxonomy [Knowledge / Comprehension / Application / Analysis / Synthesis / Evaluation ] aim at primary levels but... they're also likely to get most useful in secondary schools too ! Delete the scoop?
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A wide range of topic ideas & resources for EFL-ESL teachers - might provide with issues for debates, comparison subjects, etc... "Listverse is dedicated to top 10 lists of trivia from a variety of categories - the most popular of which are top ten lists of bizarre and human oddities. [...] focused on lists that intrigue and educate, specializing in the bizarre or lesser- known trivia. [...] featured on BBC Radio, Radio Scotland, Alabama Radio, BBC Television World News International, & in the New York Times. [...]" Delete the scoop?
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A plain and detailed infographic that helps you figure it out.
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What is the flipped foreign language classroom like? Who's tried it? Delete the scoop?
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"Whether you are teaching or learning Shakespeare in a traditional classroom, in an online course, in high school, or college, there are resources below that will make teaching and learning about Shakespeare and fun and engaging ...
Monica Mirza's insight:
I scooped a while ago on Youtube's animated Shakespeare plays (from the BBC) -there : http://sco.lt/5RtYRd ; and I've just stumbled upon a webpage that suggests a series of links to help you start studying the playwright and its plays... filled with gems and might be of some use :-) - - - - - - Public Domain image of William Shakespeare "Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.", edited by Beth Crumpler 
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Some good links for teaching Shakepseare ... very well organized! Delete the scoop?
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Cette plateforme collaborative/contributive est destinée à l'accompagnement éducatif et la formation professionnelle : basée sur un lecteur vidéo innovant elle a été développée par Danier Roucou pour la société EDERNET. Entouré d'une équipe d'enseignants et de documentalistes, ils y proposent des contenus numériques élaborés (vidéo interactives). - - - - - - - - "Anciennement salarié au département Actions éducatives de France5, Damien ROUCOU est enseignant à l'université de Paris-IV la Sorbonne et formateur à l'IUFM de Créteil dans une discipline directement liée à son projet : l'éducation à l'image et les ressources audiovisuelles pour les enseignants." Delete the scoop?
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13 strange superstitions and beliefs for Friday the 13th. "Many superstitions stem from the same human trait that causes us to believe in monsters and ghosts [...]"
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"The following Twitter feeds make for the best places to start learning more about higher education news. [...] Twitter exists, and users can follow and compile lists making it easy to read over and research the myriad perspectives filtering into the great debate. The following, listed in no specific order, make for the best places to start learning more about … uhhhh … learning."
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You wouldn't consider pics less -let me find a proper word- 'serious' than printed words, for learners to work with... would you ? Using visuals definitely helps. : I've started using infographics for ELT since I first viewed one (have to admit it was dazzlingly bright)... many years ago. Not only do infographics help visual learners understand and memorise, but they do help... anyone learn ! Besides, they now look familiar enough to enter our teaching tool case :-} - - - - "Why teach with infographics? - help students make sense of vast amount of information - organize and group related information together - tell a story - connect information - make raw data more appealing to most learners who are visual - understand complex relationships between data over time - analyze and interpret information [...]" Delete the scoop?
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This is my presentation at IATEFL in Glasgow in 2012. It includes links to 5 great tools that we can use to get students speaking. Via Steve Castle Delete the scoop?
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"This book is based on two assumptions of ours. One, it seems to us, is indisputable ; the other, highly questionable. We refer to the beliefs that (a) in general, the survival of our society is threatened by an increasing number of unprecedented and, to date, insoluble problems ; and (b) that something can be done to improve the situation. If you do not know which of these is indisputable and which questionable, you have just finished reading this book. [...]" Delete the scoop?
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Find free writing inspiration teaching ideas, activities and resources for your primary and secondary classroom. "Use these images to provide ideas and inspiration for writing in your classroom. They could be used as a lesson starter to develop the children's imaginations, or as part of writing activities in the main part of your lessons." Delete the scoop?
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