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Learning & Teaching Foreign Languages: Story Adaptation

Learning & Teaching Foreign Languages: Story Adaptation | TELT | Scoop.it

These slideshow presentations with audio were created by 8 year-old pupils in a French primary school EFL class, based on Emily Gravett's children's book The Odd Egg.

 

The class worked on the story in six 90-minute sessions, working on the names of animals which lay eggs (birds, reptiles, insects) and the verbs in the story (wait, crack, hatch) using flashcards and worksheets.

 

In a final task, the learners narrated slideshow presentations: they typed the correct verbs into a template, chose and drew the baby to emerge from the egg, and made an audio recording of their story.

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Integrating Pronunciation in ESL/EFL Classrooms

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Levis & Grant article in TESOL Journal


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An older article, but still very relevant: clear principles for integrating pronunciation teaching into communicative oral classes, and numerous examples of activities.

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Jürgen Wagner's technology watch for language teaching

Jürgen Wagner's technology watch for language teaching | TELT | Scoop.it

"Der Newsletter Fremdsprachen des LPM wird von Jürgen Wagner herausgeben. Ziel: zeitnah informieren über 
- aktuelle fachliche Entwicklungen
- den Umgang mit Neuen Medien im FSU
- kostenlose Internetquellen zur Erleichterung der Unterrichtsvorbereitung
- anstehende Veranstaltungstermine, und vieles mehr"

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Newsletter with resources for teaching and learning English, French and Spanish, plus continuing professional development for teachers, including recent and upcoming webinars.

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Triadic Interaction in Young Learner EFL Classrooms: Virtual Windows of Opportunity : Asian EFL Journal

Triadic Interaction in Young Learner EFL Classrooms: Virtual Windows of Opportunity : Asian EFL Journal | TELT | Scoop.it

Timothy Brockley's 2012 MA thesis (Anaheim, directed by K Bailey):

"There are scores of young EFL learners who struggle with English all across the globe. One approach to resolving this problem is to engage these learners in triadic interaction. As defined in this thesis, triadic interaction is the interaction between teacher, learners and audio-visual, computer-based activities presented on a screen. An attempt is made to document, analyze and interpret this form of interaction in a Korean young learner EFL context using a competitive game lesson format. Further, the learners themselves were consulted, employing a questionnaire, in order to elicit their opinions regarding triadic interaction and competitive games. While the results are mixed regarding actual observed triadic interaction, the learners in this study expressed positive views in terms of engaging in computer screen competitive game lessons. Further research models are suggested and concluding remarks on the complexity of the research model are offered."

 

Free registration to Asian EFL Journal required for access to PDF.

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Interesting application of Meskill's 2005 analytical framework for analysing teacher-learner-computer interactions, involving triadic scaffolding and triadic discourse (http://llt.msu.edu/vol9num1/meskill/default.html)

 

Brockley looked a large-screen work with young Korean EFL learners.

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BBC - Radio 4 The Listening Project - Home

BBC - Radio 4 The Listening Project - Home | TELT | Scoop.it
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.
nicolaperry's curator insight, March 31, 5:31 AM

Fantastic resource!

Marie Dossogne's comment, April 2, 8:58 AM
surely for advanced esl students but great source for listenings!!!
Marie Dossogne's curator insight, April 2, 8:59 AM

great source for listenings for advanced students

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Evidence | Speech in Action

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Evidence No. 1: ‘It’s safer, but not completely safe.’

Murray Walker, the famous British motor racing commentator, once said in a radio interview: ‘When I consider Formula One racing now with what it was twenty years ago, it’s safer, but not completely safe.’ Click on the loudspeaker to hear all of the words he said, or click on a line to hear it on its own. (The voice is not Murray Walker’s, it’s Richard Cauldwell’s).

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Richard Cauldwell has a lot of interesting material on this website, including a new iPad app called Cool Speech.  This page has audio examples of discourse intonation (following Brazil) to help teachers and advanced learners understand intonation patterns and particularly the role of context.

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Audio Video resources

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Audio and video resources for the classroom - all ages

Young Learner to adult
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Des liens vers des ressources audio/vidéo pour les apprenants d'anglais

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CALL@Hull: English (TEFL/TESL) sites

CALL@Hull: English (TEFL/TESL) sites | TELT | Scoop.it
Resources for language learners and teachers of English as a foreign or second language.
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New updated website with Fred Riley's resources for all things related to computer-assisted language learning.

 

This page has links for different aspects of learning and teaching English.

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Fun ESL Games: Sedef Koc

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Turkish EFL teacher Sedef Koc has this blog post listing sites where young learners can play games for learning English.

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Mostly useful and mostly free, though some have resources that you need to pay for.

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Silent Movies for EFL activities

Silent Movies for EFL activities | TELT | Scoop.it

A collection of short, mostly silent movies with ideas for activities for language teaching.

 

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Nice to have both resources and activities in the same place.

 

More here

http://www.theteacherjames.com/2011/12/silent-movies.html

http://www.theteacherjames.com/2012/06/silent-movies-2-sequel.html

Alison Rostetter's curator insight, February 5, 7:17 AM

I've wanted something like this for ages...

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Teenagers and video | TeachingEnglish

Teenagers and video | TeachingEnglish | TELT | Scoop.it

"The teacher is no longer limited to school-owned cassettes or DVDs; rather, the world is at their fingertips. Learners can also access video from a number of devices, whether at school, at home or on the go."

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Elana Boteach Salomon and Jonathan Rickard share ideas for using video in the EFL classroom on the British Council/BBC site Teaching English.

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My best blog posts: 2012 - EFL CLASSROOM 2.0

My best blog posts: 2012 - EFL CLASSROOM 2.0 | TELT | Scoop.it

ELT specialist David Deubelbeiss selects from his 2012 blog posts and touches on different areas of teaching and learning English as a second or foreign language

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ELT blog posts: Rachel Roberts' selection

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For the New Year I wanted to collect together some of the blog posts which have either inspired my posts over the last year, or that would be great follow up reading. In a few weeks, I will celebra...
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A rich list of EFL/ESL teachers' blog posts, organised by category (group work, writing, methodology).

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Leoxicon: Essential lexical tools

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Online resources for helping learners use corpora for vocabulary acquisition.

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The Hobbit: Lessons On Movies.com: ESL Lessons

Lessons On Movies.com. ESL lesson plan on The Hobbit. Complete with printable handout, 8 online quizzes and mp3.
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EFL activities for intermediate learners and above, perhaps best as self-access/homework.

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New website from Sean Banville with EFL activities based on movie trailers.

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Liverpool Online | The 47th Annual International IATEFL Conference & Exhibition

Liverpool Online | The 47th Annual International IATEFL Conference & Exhibition | TELT | Scoop.it
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Follow this conference for English language teachers online, live or later.

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How ESL and EFL classrooms differ

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In her first guest post for OUP, Kate Bell, a writer and researcher, talks us through some of the practical differences between ESL and EFL classrooms. You may think that teaching English is teachi...
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Little to argue with here (unless it's "understanding culture is an invaluable step towards fluency")

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Instantly improve EFL writing: delete connectives (Crewe, 1990)

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In this article in ELT Journal, Crewe starts from the premise that

"Used judiciously by a good writer [connective] ties can aid the communicability of the text; used badly they simply confuse.  In the latter case, poor writing can instantly be improved by their elimination" (p. 317)

 

The notion that bad teaching based on decontexualised lists of connectives does more harm than good is taken up by Russell Mayne on his ELT blog

http://malingual.blogspot.fr/2013/03/good-for-who.html?spref=tw&utm_source=buffer&buffer_share=0a80e

 

Mayne asks "It may be nice for a teacher to present students with a huge list of exotic linkers, like some kind of extravagant badge of erudition but how useful is this for students[?]"

 

Crewe offers a number of practical solutions, which boil down to focusing on the underlying logic of the writer's argument - the meaning, not the form.

 

I like this suggestion:

"[students] should be asked to delete or not use connectives in the first draft.  They, or their fellow students, should then be asked to sketch the progression of the stages in the argument as a supplementary exercise.  Suitable connectives should then be inserted, in moderation, wherever it is felt that the direction of the argument needs clarifying or strengthening" (p. 324)

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Peer Teaching: young learners

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Watch how you can use student peer teaching in your classroom to help all students become experts on topics. Peer teaching is a strategy that celebrates student strengths and address student learning gaps.
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Pre-service secondary EFL teacher's choice of a classroom video to illustrate the value of homework.  In this short clip, we see how the teacher quickly corrects maths homework, then pairs students who correctly answered a question with ones who got it wrong.  Once a student understands the correct solution, he or she presents it to the class from the board.

 

My masters' student suggests this technique could work in EFL.

 

 

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Extensive Watching: David Deubelbeiss blog post

Extensive Watching: David Deubelbeiss blog post | TELT | Scoop.it

“Extensive Watching“. I’d like to outline this important concept for language learning here and get your own feedback, opinion, thoughts. (and this compliments what I’ve also termed, “Narrow Watching“.

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My colleague Geoff Sockett at the University of Strasbourg has been looking at this as part of informal learning http://prismelangues.u-strasbg.fr/uploads/media/Eurocall_handout_01.pdf  Interesting and important topic - what are learners getting out of this type of exposure to English, and is there a role for teaching to help them get more?

Shona Whyte's curator insight, February 28, 1:16 PM

Why watching your favourite series can help you learn English.

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Homework (an #eltchat summary): Sandy Millin

Homework (an #eltchat summary): Sandy Millin | TELT | Scoop.it

#eltchat summary from August 2011


Via TeachingEnglish, Shona Whyte
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Another article on homework here

Darn (2010) http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/homework

Shona Whyte's curator insight, February 9, 8:07 AM

Very comprehensive summary of all aspects of the vexed question of homework, including sample activities, links, and videos.  Plenty to think about here.

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40 Things to Do with a Text

40 Things to Do with a Text | TELT | Scoop.it
This article was written by Dominic Braham and Anthony Gaughan and originally appeared in English Teaching Matters, the English Language Teachers’ Associations journal. Before we get started…...

Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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A huge variety of activities for all levels, many not requiring much if any preparation.

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Glossary of terms for EFL, ESL, ELT

Glossary of terms for EFL, ESL, ELT | TELT | Scoop.it

A list of glossaries put together by Larry Ferlazzo in 2009, including

 

A (Mostly) Complete Glossary for ESL EFL Teaching From Heads Up English

ESL Glossary From Bogglesworld

ESL Terminology From State University of New York — Courtland

ELT Terminology, Abbreviations & Acronyms From TEFL.net

Understanding Second Language Terminology From Everything ESL

The British Council’s Teaching Knowledge Database

Teaching Foreign Languages Glossary from Annenberg

 

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Most are still live - lots of good lists for training or independent professional development.

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Fleex - apprenez l'anglais avec vos vidéos préférées

Fleex - apprenez l'anglais avec vos vidéos préférées | TELT | Scoop.it

Grâce à fleex, apprenez l’anglais avec les vidéos que vous aimez. A partir des séries TV et films stockés sur votre disque dur, fleex construit à la volée une vraie expérience éducative pour vous permettre d'améliorer votre pratique de la langue. A court d'idées ? Choisissez dans notre catalogue l’une des 1000+ vidéos que nous avons sélectionnées pour vous !

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Videos for French learners of English.

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Reportage ici

http://www.numerama.com/magazine/24361-fleex-apprendre-l-anglais-grace-aux-series-tv.html

 

avec 3 kilomètres de commentaires - l'apprentissage de l'anglais par les films en VO, sous-titrés, doublés, ça suscite de vives émotions ...

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Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching

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ESL WOW

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Online ESL writing workshop

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Clear and concrete advice in oral and written form for getting ready to write, developing ideas, revising, editing, and polishing work, plus an instructor guide, help avoiding plagiarism, and links to external resources.  Suitable for low-intermediate learners and beyond.

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