Free Apps to Support Vocabulary Acquisition by ELLs

The Best Videos Illustrating Qualities Of A Successful Language Learner In my book, English Language Learners: Teaching Strategies That Work, I talk about what researchers have identified as some of the key qualities of a successful language learner: intrinsically motivated, a sense of self-efficacy, willingness to take risks, willingness to learn from mistakes, and a willingness to teach others. I have many references listed in the book, and I’m not going to take up the time or space here to list them. In the new book that I’m writing (with my colleague, Katie Hull), I’m including a lesson plan talking about this qualities with students. (Also, check out Interactive Quiz — Are You A Good Language Learner) The first thing I’ve done, though, is modify how I talk with students about them. An appetite for learning, perseverance Being willing to take risks Being willing to make mistakes and learn from them Wants to help and teach others These are the videos I’ve found so far. An appetite for learning and/or perseverance: As does this boy who wants a soccer ball:

Foreign Language Dictionaries Indo-European Language Tree 2 The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Technology for very young children I’ve never been one to shy away from technology and you’ll often find me tweeting about the usefulness of different apps and websites for the language classroom or blogging about Youtube videos that we can use or the use of online corpora. I would give teacher training sessions encouraging teachers to use mobile devices and social networking sites with their students and secretly mock those having trouble with moving with the times. I would show my trainees this video to make my point that change may be difficult, but it is inevitable and we have to join the ‘digital natives’ in this game of ‘tech-catchup’. But I’m now a mother of a one-year-old, and everyday, I’m faced with the decision of how much screen time to expose my daughter to. Despite being pro-technology and a big believer in the educational benefits brought about by these screens, I couldn’t help feeling disturbed by the over-reliance on screens and the negative effects of over-exposure.

Linking Words — A complete List of English Connecting Words Linking & Connecting Words It is essential to understand how Linking Words, as a part of speech, can be used to combine ideas in writing - and thus ensure that ideas within sentences and paragraphs are elegantly connected - for the benefit of the reader. This will help to improve your writing (e.g. essay, comment, summary (scientific) review, (research) paper, letter, abstract, report, thesis, etc.). It is also fundamental to be aware of the sometimes subtle meaning of these "small" words within the English language. "Linking Words" is used as a term to denote a class of English words which are employed to link or connect parts of speech or even whole sentences. Conjunctions and Transition Words Connecting Words Relations Between Words A concept is an idea - and what is an idea? So, a concept can be expressed as something between a single word, and an elaborate and in extenso described philosophy. Complete List of Linking & Connecting Words Download