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The evidence is now in: explicit teaching of grammar leads to better learning...
Nicola: The most interesting bit of this article is the comment section after it. No one falls for Catherine Walter's piece of propaganda cum advertising and she probably does the cause more harm than good.
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May 12, 1:39 PM
Show Me has lots of games, activities and resources from different UK... - museums, - galleries, - heritage and - science centres. It’s a great resource for Family Learning Practitioners that's well worth exploring! Delete the scoop?
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Noise pollution costs Europe $30.8 billion a year. It also impairs learning at school, productivity at work and healing in hospitals. Delete the scoop?
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Create books using pictures on Flickr. Or use the ones in the archive. Great resource for teachers or learners Delete the scoop?
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Storyboard That is a cutting edge Web 2.0 tool for rapidly creating amazing storyboards, no art skills needed. Great for business meetings and in the classroom for students to express their creativity. Via Baiba Svenca, Janet Bianchini
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I love storyboarding! 
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May 11, 10:05 PM
Storybird is also wonderful for creating student writing portfolios and documenting/ assessing student writing samples. Delete the scoop?
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The Listening Project is a BBC Radio initiative, in partnership with the British Library, to capture the nation in conversation. Listen to conversations from across the country, record and share your conversation. Via Shona Whyte
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Fantastic resource! 
Marie Dossogne's comment,
April 2, 8:58 AM
surely for advanced esl students but great source for listenings!!!
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April 2, 8:59 AM
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At Easter it’s our custom (more out of nostalgia than out of any sense of religiosity, it has to be said) to listen to the Lebanese singer Fayrouz singing traditional Easter songs from that region....
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Good references and assessment to remind us of some fundamental principles. Delete the scoop?
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Great resource from the BBC 
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March 28, 12:11 AM
Ideal for immersion classes, and original songs for a new twist on projects eg planting things in spring. Delete the scoop?
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This lesson is designed around a beautiful short film by Bruce Branit called World Builder. Students speak and write about a perfect world, and watch a short film. Language level: Intermediate (B1)... Via Rita Simons Santiago, Connie Baques
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A list of the top 101 websites for English & Language Arts (ELA) chosen by real teachers from prominent LinkedIn groups. Via Leonardo Ornellas
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Always love a good list! 
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March 19, 1:40 PM
Lots of resources compiled here for anyone needing help with the nuts and bolts of writing instruction. Delete the scoop?
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The #1 place for free Microsoft word newspaper templates for kids, students that are printable and blank. Via Ana Cristina Pratas, BookChook Delete the scoop?
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Are your students struggling with some of the rules of English language? Then, you should recommend them to visit this website. They will find great infographics there which may help them to understand the language. The only problem is that the site is American and the rules may not always be appropriate for British English. Via Inma Alcázar
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This is a really useful site. It has a lot of infographics to explain small, confusing bit of grammar, like such & so for example. Nicely laid out and clearly explained. Delete the scoop?
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Let's lay out some of the more confusing technology terms that educators will encounter on a regular basis and see just what is behind each one. Via Susan Bainbridge
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Useful list 
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March 6, 12:20 PM
Adam Heckler writes: " The worst part about it is that the technology world moves so fast and changes so rapidly that the jargon and slang is extremely hard to keep up with, even for people who try to pay close attention. So today I thought I’d bring you a mini-encyclopedia or mini-dictionary of sorts, where I’ll lay out some of the more confusing technology terms that educators will encounter on a regular basis. I’ll do my best to explain them as well, so you can at least sound knowledgeable if you are, say, stuck in a conversation with someone who knows a lot about technology. Here we go!..." 
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March 26, 12:18 PM
Useful for learning terminology for how technology is being used in education.
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Because you're typing all the time and emoticons are dumb. Read "8 New Punctuation Marks We Desperately Need" and more funny articles on CollegeHumor
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Some of these would really help! It seems strange, when you think about it, that English invents new words and expressions all the time but never neew punctuation. Delete the scoop?
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Editor’s Note: Julia Stiglitz is the Director of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development at Coursera.
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Some great courses! Fantastic development opportunities! Delete the scoop?
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The study uncovered a range of factors concerning the teaching of English to young learners globally from the perspective of teachers involved in implementing these programmes. In particular, it shows that many of these factors are commonly experienced by teachers across different countries and contexts. The paper concludes with five key recommendations for future action to support teaching English to young learners. Via Nik Peachey
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This was published in 2011 but I've only just come across it. Well-researched study, downloadable from the teachingenglish site. Delete the scoop?
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Prezzip offers Prezi presentation templates & more. With mixing and matching our visuals you can optimize your presentations. Via Baiba Svenca
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If you love Prezzi, you'll love this! 
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It is an interesting way of making impressive presentations even more fascinating. Delete the scoop?
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This semester I decided to compile as much data as possible from my students and co-teachers regarding my performance and effectiveness over the past four months. The results have been invaluable as...
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Definititely something to reflect on. Delete the scoop?
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Grammar-Quizzes.com is an open educational resource for understanding, learning and practicing English grammar through the use of current event stories, pictures, contrastive grammar points, sentence diagrams, and self-quizzes.
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Some good comic creation sites and a list of hows & whys 
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April 28, 10:09 PM
They are very nice and useful for the classroom.Thanks again :)
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So I'm trying to better understand how people learn--not now they're taught in terms of teaching strategies, but more so learning strategies--only not really strategies.…
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Need thinking about but a great to-do list. Delete the scoop?
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Useful resource for new teachers
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March 18, 3:50 AM
Some useful ideas here for the classroom. Icebreakers and games. 
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March 18, 11:50 AM
We often think of ice breakers at the beginning of a school year or at the introduction of a new course. These could be used through out the year. Delete the scoop?
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This interactive cube creator will help your students to start their own story writing. It breaks the writing process into six distinct parts which will guide students to write their own biographies, mystery stories, short stories, and free planning of story, a blank template that they can customize. Via Inma Alcázar
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Not sure how useful this is but I thought I'd scoop it and see if I can find use for it one day. Delete the scoop?
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Simple and free web audio capture tools are creating exciting opportunities for students to develop oral proficiency and could boost the effectiveness of language learning portfolios Via Shona Whyte Delete the scoop?
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At the beginning I assess students knowledge of SPAG (spelling, punctuation and grammar). "What are plurals?"... no response.
"Here is one lady and here is another; what would you have?"
"Trouble!", shouted a young gent.
Of course everyone burst out laughing including myself, but sadly not one was able to give a correct answer.
"We did this in school, why are we doing it again?"
"Yes you did. Now we are simply reviewing to build and expand upon your previous knowledge."
We generally then review the rules and examples to incoporate into that session/topic.
I am extremely pleased to hear that concrete evidence of teaching leads to better learning has been published.