Official Site | Second Life - Virtual Worlds, Virtual Reality, VR, Avatars, and Free 3D Chat Today's Most Popular Study Guides A coursebook in the life of | take a photo and…. How to introduce this guest blogger when in fact he has saved me the job, and kindly added a short bio at the end of his article? Adam, who is based in Istanbul, is one of those people you meet on Twitter or Facebook (@yearinthelifeof) and you feel you just have to meet in real life too (and not only because Tweedeck flatly refuses to let me see his avatar photo ;) ). Always a source of interesting references, blog posts and musical titbits, I have actually yet to meet him (so many reasons to go back to Istanbul one day…..), but am extremely pleased to be able to welcome Adam to Take a photo and… in the same month as the British Council ‘TeachingEnglish’ team has shortlisted him for the Blog of the Month ‘accolade’. How do you work with your course book? First, I’m going to describe the procedure of the activity, and then I’ll tell you why it’s so beneficial. What you need Go to ELT Pics and have a look around. How to proceed I’ll describe how I did this in the context of my own book.
UK Reading Experience Database - Home What did United Kingdom residents and British subjects living or travelling abroad read between the invention of the printing press in 1450 and the end of the Second World War in 1945? How, and in what circumstances did they read? Search or browse our database to find out… UK RED captures the reading tastes and habits of the famous and the ordinary, the young and the old, men and women. The texts range from books and newspapers to ephemera such as playbills and tickets, and from illuminated manuscripts, novels and poetry to tombstone inscriptions and graffiti. Entries in UK RED illustrate the diversity of reading experience and practice as well as patterns within particular periods and across time. Reading, however, is not confined by national borders. copyright and citation guide
EDIBA - Pasión por educar REL Event | Helping Young English Learners at Home: Simple and Fun Activities to Strengthen Language Development Home Events Helping Young English Learners at Home: Simple and Fun Activities to Strengthen Language Development West | February 03, 2021 Resources As many school buildings have remained closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, engaging families and caregivers to support learning outside the classroom is a key area of interest and focus of educators. This webinar, developed by RELs West, Northwest, and Northeast & Islands, was designed for district and school staff working with English learner students in grades K–5 and their families. Participants increased their understanding of: Research-based practices in the What Works Clearinghouse English Learner Practice Guide (2014) How the family and caregiver activity sheets can be used to strengthen language development of their children at home with simple and fun activities Ideas for reaching out and supporting families and caregivers as they use the activity sheets Speakers:
50 Ted Talks Every Educator Should Check Out (2014 Edition) The communication explosion reaches its peak when you explore the endless avenues running through TED Talks. Moreover, the title educator embodies many forms within these talks. So it’s precisely for this reason that any educator benefits from so many of these talks. Each speaker reveals his or her passion of a view or a subject with the enthusiasm of a first-year teacher. Using TED Talks to convey an important message or spark creativity might be more effective in teaching students than an individual agenda or preconceived notion of what should be said. These are the best TED Talks for any educator because they make us laugh, warm our hearts, break down barriers, and always inspire us to dig a little deeper and push a little harder. 1. 100,000 Tutors 2. Sugata Mitra won the 2013 TED Prize for his idea: Build a School in the Cloud. 3. Another must-see for educators, Faith Jegede: What I’ve learned from my autistic brothers enlightens anyone who sees education as a one-way street. 4. 5. 6.
Teaching English to learners with Special Educational Needs (SENs) – Myths and realities ‘I know I have children with special educational needs in my class, I want to help them and we are supposed to promote inclusion, but I really am not sure how to do this’ Vera, primary teacher from Spain ‘Some of the children in my class are really badly behaved, they can’t sit still, don’t finish their work and are always calling out. I think they might have a learning difficulty, but I don’t know what to do’ Kris, secondary teacher from Poland Do you feel like these teachers? Myth 1 – You have to be a specialist psychologist or specially trained teacher to know how to teach these learners No, you don’t. Myth 2 – other learners in the class make less progress when they are taught with learners with SENs No, this is not necessarily the case. Myth 3 – learners with SENs cannot learn languages No, this does not have to be true. Myth 4 – it takes a lot of extra time and planning No. Myth 5 – a teacher can’t ‘fix’ the learner’s problem so there is nothing I can do Definitely not true. 1. 2. 3. 4.