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English-Russian dictionary and phrase-book
Language Teachers & Talking Translators - exceptional electronic dictionaries: 400 000 words, travel phrases, grammar book, Russian speech translation and accent correction. Punch in a word in English and it will pronounce it in Russian! Forget communicational problems - you can talk to any Russian-speaking person and she will understand you! More important, you will understand her! Irreplaceable when visit Russia (unless you speak fluent Russian of course) Cheap Russian Translations - Russian-English/English-Russian translation: fast and comprehensive. Russian language uses a different alphabet. You can cut and paste any Russian phrase into your English letter (she would LOVE it!) Russian women glossary - Ever seen a word or phrase in Russian women's profiles that you could not understand? Russian visas - types of visas, requirements, terms, costs, business and tourist visas, invitations, and list of Russian embassies and consulates. Why Russian Women? Russia Russians Visiting Russia
Word of the Week
Every Friday, Germany.info and The Week in Germany highlight a different "Word of the Week" in the German language that may serve to surprise, delight or just plain perplex native English speakers. Innerer Schweinehund Enlarge image Two piglets hang out under a heat lamp in some straw on a farm near the western German city of Münster. (© picture-alliance/dpa) To start up any post-holiday exercise regimen, for example, you may need to overcome your "Innerer Schweinehund" (inner pig dog) before getting off the couch and lacing up those running shoes. The expression "Schweinehund" (pig dog) used to be deployed as a kind of dirty insult, one that is rather perplexing given Germans' historic love for pork products, from sausage to schnitzel. It dates back to at least the 19th century, when students used it as a colloquial swear word that relates back to wild boar hunting and the "Sauhund," a type of hunting dog historically used to track and chase wild boar in central Europe.
Mix It Up! Authentic Activities for the World Language Classroom
Do you ever feel stuck in a rut while planning your language classes? Perhaps you spend a lot of time lecturing at the white board, use the same activities with different vocabulary for every unit, or rely on teaching students grammar because that's how you were taught. No matter your "go to" activity, we are all much more engaging when we vary our activities and make them relatable. If the speaker is engaging, a good lecture every now and then is enjoyable. However, when faced with daily lectures, students dread class, and hence, learn less. When dreaming up new activities, our main focus should always be authenticity. In a previous Edutopia post, I outlined how to best shape a unit around communication. Interpretive Mode Read children’s stories. Interpersonal Mode Engage your students in these activities: Sign a contract on the first day of school promising to use only the target language within your classroom walls. Presentational Mode Have students do these: Create a comic strip.
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Stirrings Still by Samuel Beckett
Stirrings still One night as he sat at his table head on hands he saw himself rise and go. One night or day. For when his own light went out he was not left in the dark. One night or day then as he sat as his table head on hands he saw himself rise and go. Seen always from behind withersoever he went. A clock afar struck the hours and half-hours. There had been a time he would sometimes lift his head enough to see his hands. The same place as when left day after day for the roads. Till so many strokes and cries since he was last seen that perhaps he would not be seen again. 2 As one in his right mind when at last out again he knew not how he was not long out again when he began to wonder if he was in his right mind. 3 So on till stayed when to his ears from deep within oh how and here a word he could not catch it were to end where never till then.
Communicative activities
Looking for Strategies and Activities? Click Here! What are Communicative Activities? Communicative activities include any activities that encourage and require a learner to speak with and listen to other learners, as well as with people in the program and community. Furthermore, research on second language acquisition (SLA) suggests that more learning takes place when students are engaged in relevant tasks within a dynamic learning environment rather than in traditional teacher-led classes (Moss & Ross-Feldman, 2003). How do I know to what degree an activity is communicative? Many teachers make the mistake of thinking they are getting their learners to speak, when in fact, the learner is not. Consider the following questions. Singing? back to top What are the benefits and challenges of using communicative activities? BICS & CALP Explained by Jim Cummins
The Perpetual Bird
Primary schools
The Language Teacher Toolkit by Steve Smith and Gianfranco Conti is now available from Amazon. Updated July 2016 Fun with French is a blog with lots of good ideas for the primary French teacher. A blatant self-plug, but Frenchteacher.net has a good range of primary resources on the Y7 page, including parallel reading, games, lesson plans, simple worksheets and simple grammar. Modern Languages in Primary Schools Initiative is from Ireland. Culturethèque from the Instituit Français has modules by Catherine Cheater to download. Languages in primary schools Facebook group iPad Ideas in Primary MFL NEW 11.11.15 The Primary French project is from Culturethèque/ALL/Network for Languages. Changing Phase is by well known primary consultant Clare Seccombe. Zut Junior (UK) is part of the Language Skills site. Jack Hunt School, Peterborough, has put together some useful resources. Primary Languages Network (Formerly known as the Janet Lloyd Network) has lots of ideas and resources.
