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There is an assumption that persists in the educational community that more mature teachers are much more difficult and reluctant to be trained on the effective use of educational technology. To some degree, i think this assumption has been built on by the digital native vs digital immigrant myth. But as someone who has trained teachers of all ages all over the world i would say that, from my own experience, this hasn't been the case.

Back in November 2008 i published Part 1 of a series of articles intended to explore the use of WebCams in education. i have now finally got round to writing Part 2 which is a collection of 20 activities EFL ESL teachers can do with their students.

# Difficulty : Rating 1 (easiest) to 5 (hardest) of the difficulty of learning the language for an English speaker. Many additional factors will affect the difficulty you will experience when trying to learn a given language, especially the other languages you already speak. Such a rating system has obvious limitations but i take great care in assessing the difficulty of each language. Many of these ratings have been discussed on the language forum (see for example the discussion about Korean). People always complain that the rating given to their native language is 'too low' - i wonder how they would now since they never had to learn it as a foreign language. if you can make a case for a different difficulty rating for a specific language you are welcome to bring this up in the language forum. # Popularity : Subjective rating of how popular the language is with Western learners. This obviously varies a great deal from country to country, but is a good overall indicator of the availability of learning material for the language. i visit many physical language bookshops as well as some online ones and think i have a rather objective basis for establishing 'popularity' of a language with foreign language learners in the number of courses and books available for each language. # GDP : Nominal GDP of the countries where the languages is spoken. This gives an indication of the economic importance of the language on the international scene. We have not used PPP GDP as it emphasizes non-tradable goods. When a country uses several languages we used the percentage of speakers of the language multiplied by the country's GDP. if you feel that economic factors are meaningless in language learning, please disregard this column. # Countries : Number of countries where the language is an official language or where there are important communities who speak this language at home. This gives you an indication of the spread of the language across the globe. Some languages (English, Spa

Many language students like to use electronic translators. i teach English and over the years i have watched them grow in popularity. Students love them, there is no doubt about that. Teachers are not so united. Some think they are great, and others hate them. For me, it has taken some time to befriend them, and work out how to take advantage of them in the classroom.

Working in the translation services industry, i have come to appreciate the hard work and superior skills of the vast majority of professional translators. On the other hand, i have also come across my fair share of issues and mistakes, most of which re-occur in various guises.

I have made complete Blogger TraInIng In Urdu. I hope You have learned thIs course wIthout face any dIffIcultIes, I have worked wIth practIcally.

"The 'Web 2.0' age has brought us more than a bunch of social networking apps and free web tools, it has also brought about a fundamental shift in the way many web based companies do business. i started to wonder if that change could be mirrored in the physical market place by moving towards a new approach to the language school and the way technology is used in it and how it fits into the face to face business model."

The 'Web 2.0' age has brought us more than a bunch of social networking apps and free web tools, it has also brought about a fundamental shift in the way many web based companies do business. i started to wonder if that change could be mirrored in the physical market place by moving towards a new approach to the language school and the way technology is used in it and how it fits into the face to face business model.

I came across these vIdeos today whIle I was trawlIng through YouTube and was Instantly struck by what great materIals they would be for EFL ESL students.

The purpose of the survey was to ascertain the level of awareness and openness to mobile learning among English language teachers. i also wanted to find out to what degree and how teachers were already using mobile learning both in their teaching and and professional development and to establish whether they would be willing to pay for and use mobile content. The survey also collected information about the teachers' existing access to mobile services and the kinds of device they are using to get access to mobile internet.

Well like a lot of people i've bought an iPad over the summer and i've been having my first taste of shopping for apps to extend the capabilities of the iPad. i've also been having a look at how some of these can be used for language learning, so i thought i would share with you a little bit of information about the first few apps i've tried.