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Free short English stories for ESL students, with grammar, comprehension, and dictation exercises, created for ESL learners who want to practice reading and improve their reading skills. Students can also choose to listen to the stories. A great source of reading and listening homework for our lower level learners.
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Learning a new foreign language is never easy – but it's a lot harder if you fall into these five common traps, says Anne Merritt. Via Shona Whyte 
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December 21, 2012 11:22 AM
1. Not listening enough 2. Lack of curiosity 3. Rigid thinking 4. A single method 5. Fear
In my experience, "dealing with uncertainty" (#3) and "fear of bungling" (#5) are common among many university learners. Delete the scoop?
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12 Principles Of Mobile Learning...Another from TeachThought, which is becoming a real go-to site for direct ideas. This one is one mobile learning, and what learning looks like and what if can afford.
Design Driver: Users, Devices, Learning, Ecology Via GBS Digital Learning Pilot, Carla Arena
Shona Whyte's curator insight,
December 14, 2012 3:39 AM
Asynchronous, self-actuated, playful ... why mobile learning outdoes the traditional classroom
Alfredo Corell's curator insight,
December 15, 2012 7:11 PM
Mobile Learning is about self-actuated personalization. As learning practices and technology tools change, mobile learning itself will continue to evolve. For 2013, the focus is on a variety of challenges, from how learners access content to how the idea of a “curriculum” is defined. Technology like tablets PCs, apps, and access to broadband internet are lubricating the shift to mobile learning, but a truly immersive mobile learning environment goes beyond the tools for learning to the lives and communities valued by each individual learner. Delete the scoop?
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