Create Dictations Now Dictation also available for your favorite device with HTML5 This activity is a dictation, therefore it consists in writing exactly the text that we are given. It is important, while you are dictating, to give details of the punctuation marks (like comas, full stops, question marks, etc.) so that the correction can be exact and also to avoid any kind of misunderstandings. When we define the dictation, we introduce the title and configure some correction options: Sensitive at capital letters.Sensitive at accents.Sensitive at skips of the line.Number of attempts. Once these parameters are configured, you have to write the sentences of the new dictation correctly. Finally, the written sentences are recorded, sentence by sentence, so that each of them can be repeated if necessary. Do you like "Dictation" activities? Look for all the Dictation activities that other users from the web have created in the Dictations Gallery. Do you want to create Dictation activities?
50 ways to use music and song in the classroom “Without music, life would be a mistake.” – Fredrich Nietzsche We could also say "Without music, teaching would be a mistake!" Music just makes any teaching job, no matter how hard, enjoyable. We also say, “Music makes the world go ‘round” but it also makes learning happen. Please see my presentation on this topic, for all the reasons why. Also, this post has lots of links/resources related to using music and song in the EFL classroom. Get all the other "50" lists to help you teach, HERE. Here are some of the best ways to use music in your teaching, each with a nice resource or example. 1. 2. Listen To It. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Listen To it. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33, Get Literal. 34. 35. 36. 37. View It. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. . 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
NALDIC | EAL News | Jump in EAL learners working at Level 2 or below in English at age 11 The latest attainment data for bilingual pupils shows little change in the gap in achievement between bilingual pupils and their English speaking peers at the end of Key Stage 2 but a marked increase in EAL learners being judged to be below Level 3 in the English assessments. This year, more than 6,000 bilingual pupils were judged to be working at Level 2 or below (B) and therefore not able to take the assessment. This is a marked increase on the previous five years in both number and percentage terms. Due to changes in the Key Stage 2 assessments for English, this year's statistics are not directly comparable with previous years, but many of the messages remain the same. There is an enduring gap between the achievement of bilingual learners and their peers in English and mathematics whilst a higher proportion of bilingual learners are judged as having made expected progress. 2012 Key Stage 2 results show:
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