‘relying on the technology to do the teaching for you; thinking that a new tool will substitute for engagement and interest in your students.’
The teacher or lecturer who uses Twitter or Facebook or Bebo or whatever as a medium for the sharing of ideas, discussion, assignments and so on with his or her students risks being perceived as intruding on students’ personal and social territories.
We should start, where we can, with the core purpose of education,
A good educational system should have three purposes: it should
You can use this website to turn your text into fonetics, as we don't have the symbols in our computers. But be careful! It's necessary to check the transcription as it isn't always that correct.
this is a very good website to practice pronunciation. It's specially interesting because you can see an image of a mouth that shows you how the sound is produced. I finally understood how the "ing" is produced :)
Free resources for teachers of
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