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Jeremy Harmer's Blog
Protect your history! A sign in Jaffa I had always thought that if I got an invitation to go to Israel to work with teachers and students there I would refuse. Israel, the big bully of the Middle East, building, by force, settlements on Palestinian land they are not entitled to; carving a great big wall through territory they have no right to; using maximum force in densely populated areas where civilians are, of course, slaughtered in their hundreds; boarding peace convoys in international waters so ineptly that people died. But I know, too, that Israel is the target for rocket attacks, and that not all the Gaza flotilla personnel were peace-loving saints; I know that Israelis – innocent Israelis – have been killed by rockets, in restaurants and in buses.
- The development of more complex programm ing languages combined with more sophisticated web browsers have enabled users access software tools online without downloading and in many cases without paying for them. •
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A bit about the guy whose head this stuff comes from: Father of the most wonderful two children in the world, husband to the best wife in the world, British, Master’s (distinction) in TEFL/TESL, Apple iMac lover, Arsenal Football Club supporter, gardener, visitor to 45 countries, early riser, long-distance swimmer, kayaker and cyclist. Also… Newbie blogger, keen tryer-outerer of Web 2.0 in the EFL classroom, keen on using Twitter as a PLN (Personal Learning Network), trying to keep up with my students’ knowledge & awareness of social media, trying to keep up with my kids, trying to keep up with my diet and exercise schedule, trying to keep up with cool, new stuff on the web… Here are my Powerpoint presentations on “ What’s News? Current Events in the Classroom ” and “ Making Recordings to Help You and Your Students in the Classroom “. If you are interested in communicative language teaching and pronunciation, you might like to take a look at my dissertation (downloadable as PDF):
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Russell Stannard
Russell wins 4th Major Award In just 3 years, Russell Stannard has picked up 4 major awards for his website www.teachertrainingvideos.com. The latest award is the British Council ELTons award in recognition of Russell's work in the field of English Language Teaching and Technology. Watch the video below and see Russell collecting the award from Ken Wilson. Russell Stannard is a principal teaching fellow at the University of Warwick.
Squeezing the joy out of a thing | Kalinago English
So while I get the point (and don't think teachers should suck up to their students) I don't entirely agree and actually, fully intend on being über-cool well into my 60's (like our Sensei Jeremy Harmer ) but what made Darren's comment worth blogging about, was that interestingly, it occurred just after getting home from class and recognizing that I'd way totally killed the joy out of something for one of my students... We blogging teachers do tend to have a habit of only posting up lesson tips and ideas which have worked in our lessons - I mean, that's why we share them, because they worked so they'll probably work for other teachers too. Aren't there lessons worth learning and therefore worth sharing in those things too?THE FCE BLOG by Claudia Ceraso
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My interest in the topic of Accent Prejudice, or the idea that some accents are perceived to be better (or more appropriate) than others, was first inspired in my childhood when observing my parents, both from working class London backgrounds (my mother of Irish-Italian origin), in their endeavor to ‘cultivate’ their accents depending on whose company they were in. My father, for example, had a decidedly different voice when attending formal functions, to the one he seemed to have around the house. I never thought to question it at this stage, other than through the humour of referring to this as his ‘posh’ voice (which he also recognized had a slightly performative quality to it).
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It's been a fabulous learning journey and a LOT of fun the past few days attending Glasgow Online . Thanks to the online Team and Technical Support for making it all happen, and bringing Glasgow into my home in Abruzzo !! I couldn't attend the conference in Glasgow in person this year, but I feel that I have got a huge amount from attending virtually and I've enjoyed it so much. I wasn't free to watch everything, as of course, that would have been impossible!! I really liked flitting from the Twitter stream, to the LiveStream recordings, to the forums online and to the blog posts that were being written by the super team of Glasgow Online Registered Bloggers. I was able to attend the ELTChat Symposium yesterday in parts.
Online teacher development has arrived, and the sooner you take advantage of what it has to offer, the sooner you’ll begin to see great things: your teaching satisfaction will grow, your student’s motivation will increase, and your whole teaching world will open up to unlimited opportunities for further growth. As teachers, we all work in the learning business. We often tell our students that the best way to learn is to study hard, practice a lot, and make necessary adjustments along the way. This is very good advice for teachers as well. And, just like our students, there are two basic approaches we can take in own professional development: learning by ourselves or learning with others.
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MailVu-Simple Way of Sending Web Cam Messages Great for digital storytellng. MailVu let's you create quick webcam messages and then send them with just 3 button clicks. I use this tool at lot to get my students speaking in English and sending messages Mail Vu-Video Messaging Site
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The children's entertainment brand Moshi Monsters is moving in a musical direction with the launch of a new album called Moshi Monster Music Rox. Hayley Platt reports. REPORTER: Moshi Mania hits London as fans of the kid's social gaming community Moshi Monsters attend a launch party at London's Hard Rock Cafe to hear songs sung by oversize plush toys. Sony Music has joined forces with Mind Candy , the company behind Moshi Monsters to release a 12 track album called Moshi Monsters Music Rox. Michael Acton Smith is the British entrepreneur behind the brand.