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Sarah Eaton

Teaching Public Speaking to Literacy or ESL Students « Literacy, Languages an... - 2 views

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    How to teach the art of public speaking and presentation skills to literacy or English as a Second Language (ESL, ELL) learners.
Patrick Higgins

How Global Language Learning Gives Students the Edge | Edutopia - 9 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 02 Mar 10
     
    In fact, some of the greatest obstacles to world-language education are parents who recall their own miserable experiences. Many Americans were introduced to foreign languages in middle school or high school classes that emphasized conjugation of verbs and other dull grammatical tasks rather than relevant communication skills. "Language teaching in the U.S. has been ineffective," Stewart says. "We start it at the wrong age. Teacher skills are not great. There's a focus on grammar and translation." The result: "Adults who took three years of French don't speak a word," she states.\nBut the trend toward competency and away from conjugation is helping create a new generation of language learners, one that gains real-world skills with many practical applications.
  • Patrick Higgins on 02 Mar 10
     
    the key here lies in the paragraph I clipped: the focus should be on competency rather than on conjugation.
M Jesús García San Martín

Stop and Learn English: Mental powers - 1 views

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Speaking Skills Advanced ESL

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    Speaking skills. B2 ESL learners
Claude Almansi

Learn English Online : Writing and Grammar by Nellie Deutsch - 0 views

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    The previous sessions in the series were: * Learn English Now : A Course * Learn English Online : Speaking, Pronunciation, Fluency and Accents * Learn English Online : Effective Listening Skills * Learn English Online : Reading Skills
M Jesús García San Martín

Stop and Learn English: Communication skills - 1 views

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ESL English Speaking

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    Speaking activity for B2 ESL learners
M Jesús García San Martín

Stop and Learn English: Firsts. An Interview with Fernando Alonso. Speed TV - 1 views

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ESL English Listening Speaking

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    An interview with Fernando Alonso for B2 ESL learners to practise listening and speaking skills.
M Jesús García San Martín

Stop and Learn English: Dalai Lama - 1 views

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ESL Listening Speaking

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    Listening, drafting and speaking skills for advanced ESL students.
M Jesús García San Martín

Stop and Learn English: People and animals - 2 views

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Speaking ESL Advanced english

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    Speaking skills. Advanced level. B2
Gramarye Gramarye

Study skills for speakers of ESL - Book review - 4 views

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    Every now and again, a book comes along that should be compulsory reading. This is one of those books. It is designed for students for whom English is a second language and plan to study in an English speaking country, however all students can benefit from reading relevant sections of this book. Furthermore, the authors demonstrate a thorough knowledge of this topic and an empathic understanding of the problems confronting students from a variety of countries.
Calvin Nicholas

English Communication - Effective Workshop on Communication Part 3 - 5 views

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    Effective Workshop on Communication at BM English Speaking Mumbai. Maharashtra, India.
Barbara Lindsey

NEA: World Languages - 0 views

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  • "The fact that our students study a language from grade one not only teaches them how to learn languages, it gives them the mindset that languages are just as important as any other subject," says Janet Eklund, now in her 20th year at Glastonbury, where she's one of two Russian teachers.
  • "All along, we're working to make them not just language proficient, but culturally aware," says Oleksak. "We always remind them that they have to learn more than just the words to relate to people from other cultures."
  • "There's a Chinese saying, that if three people pass by, one of them is your teacher. We learn from just about every experience we have," says Wang. "Then we make sense of it through our language."   
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  • Asia Society's Shuhan Wang cautions against a "language of the month" approach for districts working to build their language programs. It's more important, she says, to build on community resources and to do what you can to make language learning real-world and relevant to them.
  • Presidential candidate Barack Obama hit on some deep-seated anxiety when he remarked in July that we should emphasize foreign language learning from an early age.
  • "The U.S. will become less competitive in the global economy because of a shortage of strong foreign language and international studies programs at the elementary, high school, and college levels," the Committee for Economic Development stated plainly in a 2006 report. "Our diplomatic efforts often have been hampered by a lack of cultural awareness," the report went on to say. The world is becoming so interrelated, if we don't teach our young other languages and cultural values, says Wang, "We are denying them access to the new world. It is just plain and simple. If we continue to view language learning as for the elite, for the "smart ones," or for the family who can afford to pay for it, we are really widening the gap."
  • What does it say about America that we are the only industrialized nation that routinely graduates high school students who speak only one language? Frankly, it says that if you want to talk to us—to do business with us, negotiate peace with us, learn from or teach us, or even just pal around with us—you'd better speak English.
  • "The norm is still either no foreign language or two years in high school," says Marty Abbott, director of Education at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
  • Foreign language programs are often among the first things cut by urban school administrators desperately adding math and reading classes to raise test scores.
  • "It's time to reassess what 'basic skills' really means for the 21st century," says Asia Society's Wang.
  • Not only will students learn new vocabulary in the target language, but they get to work on the concepts they need to master for other classes, and yes, for high-stakes tests. That's how they do it in Glastonbury, says Oleksak: "We pre-teach, co-teach, and post-teach what's going on in the elementary classroom."
  • The kids reason out what you get when you add three butterflies plus four butterflies: Seven, yes, but really it's practice in Chinese and math, as well as a reminder that caterpillars turn into butterflies.
  • Right now, districts like Glastonbury—with an articulated, sequential program spanning grades 1–12, state-of-the-art language labs, and all the support an administration could give—are the exception.
Ton Koenraad

Summer courses for (language) educators - 5 views

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    Courses on IWB and telecollaborative language learning eligible for EU ErasmPlus grants. Deadline for application: March 4
M Jesús García San Martín

Stop and Learn English - 5 views

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  • M Jesús García San Martín on 24 Aug 11
     
    A blog with resources for teaching and learning English as a Second Language. Listening, Writing, Speaking and Reading skills.
Ton Koenraad

ErasmusPlus courses offered for teachers of modern languages, CLIL and other subjects. - 5 views

TELLConsult and partners offer a number of courses on CLIL methodology and the integration of educational technology in language education both for beginners and more experienced users. Topics incl...

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