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As surfing has grown in popularity, expanding from California to South Africa and beyond, surfers’ vernacular has also grown, from a few words of slang into a distinct and expansive language.
Surfer lingo, explained : Surfing
English that's good enough | Marina Warner | Comment is free
Advertising for learning English on a London cab in downtown Wroclaw. Photograph: Andreea Anca-StraussSome jokes and riddles play with the range of interpretations available to modals.
Modality in Jokes | The Fun of Language and the Language of Fun
Google Science Fair 2012: Everyone has a question. What's yours? [video] | GrrlScientist | Science
Remember last year's online Google Science Fair?
It entails the examination of those structures or elements of thought implicit in all reasoning: purpose, problem, or question-at-issue; assumptions; concepts; empirical grounding; reasoning leading to conclusions; implications and consequences; objections from alternative viewpoints; and frame of reference. Critical thinking — in being responsive to variable subject matter, issues, and purposes — is incorporated in a family of interwoven modes of thinking, among them: scientific thinking, mathematical thinking, historical thinking, anthropological thinking, economic thinking, moral thinking, and philosophical thinking.
Defining Critical Thinking
ONE of the top stories on the New York Times website last week was that of Alejandrina Cabrera , a Latina citizen of San Luis, Arizona. Ms Cabrera was running for city council, but was stopped by a judge from appearing on the ballot because she doesn't speak fluent enough English.
Spanish in America: Enough English for public office?
The Three Types of Learning There is more than one type of learning . A committee of colleges, led by Benjamin Bloom (1956), identified three domains of educational activities: Cognitive : mental skills ( Knowledge ) Affective : growth in feelings or emotional areas ( Attitude ) Psychomotor : manual or physical skills ( Skills ) Since the work was produced by higher education, the words tend to be a little bigger than we normally use.
Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains
Create Timelines Using TimeRime
How to generate new computer based projects for students is an ongoing question in my mind since all the students own a laptop in my classes.
Complete reference: Marinova-Todd, S., Marshall, D., Snow, C. (2000) Three Misconceptions About Age and L2 Learning. TESOL Quarterly 34 (1).
Three Misconceptions About Age and L2 Learning « A Review of Selected ELT Writings
Knowledge flow ... language teaching via handsets is growing but evaluation is lagging. Photograph: Philippe Lissac/Corbis Cheap mobile phone access in developing countries has spread rapidly and so has the use of these communication networks for teaching and learning English.
Signal poor on m-learning's impact | Education | Guardian Weekly
I discovered TED.com from a student who walked into my classroom one day and asked me whether we could watch a 20 minute video in English related to the unit we were studying on technology at the end of the lesson. I am so pleased I said yes as the wealth of content on TED.com and the amount of further videos I have used in my lessons since that moment have been priceless. Infact, as an aside I started watching the TEDtalks for my own interest and joined the TEDcommunity.
» TED.com for Academic Listening and other Academic Uses sharonzspace
This is a list of British words not widely used in the United States . In Canada and Australia , some of the British terms listed are used, although another usage is often preferred. Words with specific British English meanings that have different meanings in American and/or additional meanings common to both languages (e.g. pants , cot ) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in American and British English .
List of British words not widely used in the United States
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