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ESL Song Lessons - tefltunes.com - Songs For Discussion <div style="font-size:9pt; text-align:center; color:Red;"> This site requires a javascript enabled browser.<br />Please enable javascript then refresh the page. <br /><a href=" id="ctl00_HowToJavascriptLink" target="_blank">How to enable javascript</a><br />(opens in annother tab or window) </div> Songs For Discussions ESL and EFL teachers thinking about using songs and lyrics to stimulate class discussions will find this table we've compiled a useful resource. Web 2 Tools by Task Avators: Build your Wild Self - create a self portrait and learn about the animal parts incorporated into your avatar. Mikons - where people communicate through visual symbols, logos, icons, or avatars to tell a story Voki.com is a web application that produces animated characters to which you can add your voice (or anybody else’s).

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Phonemic Awareness - Pre Reading Skills - Reading Skills Pyramid Phonemic awareness is the understanding that words are made up of sounds which can be put together in different ways to make different words. Simply put, phonemic awareness is the moment a child realizes that if the "b" in "bat" is changed to a "c", then the word becomes "cat." Phonemic awareness is a critical pre-reading skill which is often overlooked. And while each child is different, most learn to read following a similar sequence. English Profile - Free subscription Cambridge University Press is making the A1-C2 British and American English Vocabulary Profile available free of charge to teachers and educationalists around the world for the time being. Please note that the Terms of Use for this resource do not allow other organisations to promote commercial materials as 'English Profile informed' without the written permission of the English Profile core network members. If you have already subscribed, please click here to go to the resource.

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 Students create their own tale to share with the class.  Students work in groups creating a tale they can make a connection with.  In pairs, students create a tale leaving the ending for their classmates to write. They share each story in the class. by gamsdf1977 Oct 22

This site has a number of activites where students fill in the missing words (similar to Madlibs). This would be fun for the students while also contributing to an increase in the mechanics of grammar. by kbeck07 Nov 4

These are partial stories that get finished by the reader. Teaching Tips Great for teaching parts of speech Allows students to be creative Easy to use Many story options Great for classwide or individual use by k3nolen Sep 28

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