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Learning English - General & Business English

Learning English - General & Business English

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Making ESL Learning Fun for Preschool Children Preschoolers are cute and funny but they certainly have a minute attention span, and that can give pre-K teachers a headache if they do not have enough good ideas ready to hand. This article by Shelley Vernon will give you access to a wealth of great ideas, games and stories to make your preschool ESL classes more fun and effective. The right ESL pre-k teaching tools can make learning easier and more fun. Take, for example, the research work of Dr. Podcasting Students and teachers from all over the world are learning from audio and video programs on desktop computers, laptops, tablets, netbooks, and other devices. Hundreds of free educational programs are available online. With a couple clicks, you can be learning about grammar, science, history, algebra...just about anything!

Engelsk - Nasjonal digital læringsarena Football Hooliganism Hooliganism is unruly and destructive behaviour most often associated with football. It is an increasing problem in many countries. In this text we take a brief look at the problem. Animation Library ESL Adults, Lesson Plan Materials for Adults English Learners ESL Lesson Plans for Adult Classes The following resources can be used in ESL Adult classes with great results. Take advantage of several worksheets, games and ideas to make your teaching easier. Board games: Teach and practice English grammar and structure in a communicative way. Grammar worksheet- Teach & practice grammar lessons with these worksheets Business Tesco’s chief hits out as profit warning hits shares The new boss of Tesco has attacked his predecessors for adopting “artificial” tactics to hit aggressive profit targets in the final few months of each financial year. Tesco’s shares plunged by 10 per cent to 168p on a warning this morning that the chain’s profit for the year to February will be no more than £1.4 billion, well short of the £1.94 billion that investors had been anticipating. Dave Lewis, chief executive, said his efforts to turn around the business were costing £500 million.

Document and Examples - by the Ionic Framework Team - by the Ionic Framework Team Overview ngCordova was built to help make app development faster and more efficient than ever before. It gives you simple AngularJS wrappers for the most popular Cordova and PhoneGap plugins available, where you can take a picture, scan a barcode, upload a file, turn on your flashlight, get your current location, and much more with just a few lines of code. Install You can use bower to install ngCordova like so or download the zip file here, and locate the .js file in the dist folder $ bower install ngCordova

Quick Start Guide to PhoneGap+AngularJS I’ve created a sample mobile application to help developers get started building mobile applications with PhoneGap and AngularJS quickly. The sample application includes view navigation, some standard user interface components and code to help avoid common pitfalls in mobile application development (click delays etc). Below are a few screenshots showing parts of the application. How To Install Opigno on Debian 7 with Git and Drush An Article From Opigno Submitted by Wouter Admiraal Introduction Opigno is a new, fast growing e-learning platform based on the battle-hardened Drupal framework. Setting up Opigno via sFTP is pretty easy, but as you now have your own VPS, we should set it up using GIT and Drush. Set up your VPS

14 Bloom's Taxonomy Posters For Teachers 14 Brilliant Bloom’s Taxonomy Posters For Teachers by TeachThought Staff Bloom’s Taxonomy is a useful tool for assessment design, but using it only for that function is like using a race car to go to the grocery–a huge waste of potential.

Anki - friendly, intelligent flashcards < Back107.04MB. Updated 2014-07-14. This item is large, and may take some time to download. EUROCALL 2014 - OpenConf Peer Review & Conference Management System Full Program » The SpeakApps platform ( funded under the European Lifelong Learning Programme, provides innovative open educational resources for practicing oral skills online. The SpeakApps platform was inspired by a common set of challenges that the language learning community faces on an everyday basis, including: . Formal second or foreign language acquisition settings do not provide enough room for everyone to practise the language. . The ephemeral nature of speaking which makes it difficult for students to obtain feedback on their performance, preventing them from properly revising and improving their oral skills.

Clilstore Help Clilstore is a store of copyleft content and language integrated teaching materials. Each word is linked automatically to online dictionaries in different languages, which enables students to cope with materials which would otherwise be a bit beyond their level. Students: Just choose the language you are learning (and your level if you like, on the European CEFR scale A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2 - beginner to advanced), then click ‘Find’ and try out one of the units. You can make progress in learning a language by listening to people speaking it, and reading what they’re saying at the same time – especially if they’re talking about something that interests you! But you don’t always know all the words they use.

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