This web resource is for teachers of high beginning and intermediate writing courses and intermediate ESL learners. The resource provides 8 units that 1) teach about paragraph structure and paragraph elements: topic sentence, supporting sentences, and concluding sentence 2) introduce transition words and coherence in a paragraph 3) provide the opportunity to learn about and practice basic writing skills such as making an outline and staying on topic. Clear explanations are supported by examples; therefore, teacher can use this resource for class preparation, and ESL learners can use it as additional material to learn about paragraph writing. Practice activities provided by the website are not interactive; however, most of the assessment tasks have answer keys. In addition, each unit provides lesson in a PDF format that can be used by a teacher as a handout. -- From Lena Shvidko
For ESL K-12 learners, but would be useful for adults as well. Focuses on the paragraph, rather than the essay, so makes a good beginning set of lessons.
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This site has thematic/situationally based videos.
Spanish students hone their foreign language skills with frequent webcam chats with their English-learning counterparts in South
America.
Students who go above and beyond mandatory assignments will be more likely to
remember class material and apply it when they get out into the working world.
Mobile Phones
take a snapshot of the blackboard for later studying.
the number of cell-phone related infractions is “minuscule
Students were provided with an iPod touch, given instructional materials, and
told they had to make a few academic-related tweets a day. Soon, a thriving
community grew, complete with @replies and hashtags
Another way to use tagging. if it can be found in a search engine, you will see it displayed on a visual wall, as in this example from the Webheads in Action:
http://spezify.com/#/webheads
Makes using tags of all kinds even more important. Be sure your students select really unique tags. (In this example, there is a YouTube video and other materials related to Spider-Man, whose fans are also called "Webheads.")
Extra nice feature--click an image to expand. If you click elsewhere, the video or whatever will stop playing.
A huge list of materials online related to listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar, and general study skills. Teachers need to review and select from sites to use them effectively in an academic program. Prepared by Christine Bauer-Ramazani for her Academic Skills courses.
100s of guides to learning and studying in dozens of languages. Especially good for writing, reading, and critical thinking skills. Also has some materials for students with learning disabilities, e.g., ADHD. Mainly native-speaker oriented.