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Aaron Myers

The Ten Week Journey - 3 views

How many times have I heard someone say, "I would love to learn another language." But next to none of those I have heard make such a statement are doing anything about it. A quote I recently cam...

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Barbara Lindsey

Using Twitter for Language Study « IdeaLogues - 0 views

  • So how do you find non-English-writing Twits? Serendipity:  Search Twitter for a term you’re interested in, see who’s talking about it.  For example, I searched for “Dokdo,” hoping to learn more about the controversy between Japan and South Korea over the islands known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese, and found Mojin, a Japanese Twit I now follow. Twitter Search’s Advanced Search Page:  Select the language you want, put in words you’re interested in, and see what you get.  Note that for Japanese I’ve found it to be a little difficult to use actual Japanese words for some reason… Use FriendFeed’s Rooms to find interesting Twits in your target language.  Here’s a Japanese Room I belong to; here’s a Japanese News Room, although more of the links are in English. Search the followers and followings of a Twit you like.  For example, I like the NHK (Japan’s version of PBS or BBC) Twitter feed, and have found some interesting Twits to follow from the list of who NHK follows.
Isabelle Jones

Paris Catacombs - National Geographic Magazine - 6 views

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    very interesting resources to teach about "underground" Paris-the catacombs and sewers. photo gallery and interactive map of particular interest (all in English)
Michèle Drechsler

Socialbookmarking and Education. A survey that could interest you - 12 views

Hello About the survey : http://enquetes-education.net/limesurvey/index.php?sid=28793〈=en Please note that this survey is usually taken in 20 minutes, but you can save your partial answers with...

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Fiona Joyce

QI: Quite Interesting facts about France - Telegraph - 10 views

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    History, culture, bits and bobs.
Martin Burrett

FluentU - 7 views

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    This is a wonderfully designed site to learn Mandarin Chinese. It uses a huge collection of Chinese TV programmes and movie clips with interactive and dual-language subtitles. Click on a Chinese character is see the translation and hear the pronunciation. You can set your ability level and also what sort of media you are interested in. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Mandarin+%26+Chinese+culture
Maria Perifanou

Special journal issue "social media and language learning" supported by DICA-lab | DICA... - 3 views

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    Various interesting articles related to SM and FLL. On the attractiveness of social media for language learning: a look at the state of the art  Facebook-ing and the Social Generation: A New Era of Language Learning  Language Learners' "Willingness to Communicate" through Livemocha.com Online gaming as sociable media
Claude Almansi

PopuLLar: Motivating secondary school students to learn languages through their music - 9 views

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    "PopuLLar is a European Union, funded, innovative, education project designed to harness music, the primary social interest of secondary school students, in to their language learning. There is a huge need to motivate secondary school students, in particular, to learn languages, focus digital competencies and be creative; and music is the key. The project will ask students to write their own lyrics to songs of their choice. They will then translate their songs in to the target language they are learning, The students will then record their song (audio or video) and share it with students all over Europe. Students will be able to combine their love of music, with creativity, literacy, digital competencies, group collaboration and, most importantly, use LWULT languages. PopuLLar is a project that is 'Owned' by the students, they work autonomously and collaboratively, teachers are guides to the project process."
Martin Burrett

Kōrero Māori - 1 views

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    This is a good language site for anyone interested in learning the Māori language. See pronunciation and listen to audio files. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Languages%2C+Culture+%26+International+Projects
M Jesús García San Martín

Pinterest e ideas para usarlo en el aula - 6 views

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    Pinterest es un tablón de anuncios en línea, virtual, pero colaborativo, social. Visualmente muy atractivo, te permite crear y organizar todo lo que encuentres en la red para que le pongas chinchetas a todo lo que te interese, de ahí el nombre: pin + interest.
Martin Burrett

Unused Words - 7 views

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    This is a fab literacy site where you can find interesting and rare English words. Browse for words to make children's work stand out from the crowd and play 'guess the meaning' with your class. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
Cindy Marston

Foreign Internet Radio - 11 views

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    Great resource for "something more like an actual conversation - speech taking place in real time that is continually new, that conveys information that we are interested in...a listing of online news radio, talk, information programs, and music programs featuring music in the native language to practice your understanding of foreign languages. "
Isabelle Jones

New Statesman - Gove favours headlines over real reform - 2 views

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    interesting reference to how foreign languages contribute to literacy and understanding of grammar in mother tongue
Claude Almansi

My KPFA - Black Mass (Making of - OTR) - 0 views

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    Black Mass was born in 1963, the brain-child of Jack Nessel, who was the Drama & Literature Director at KPFA in Berkeley, the first voluntarily listener-sponsored non-commercial FM station in the world. (The BBC was compulsorily supported by a government-imposed license system.) Jack suggested the idea to Erik Bauersfeld, who taught aesthetics and philosophy at the California School of Fine Art, and had recently begun to do readings of classic and modern literature for the station. Erik was not wildly enthusiastic, but thought that it might be interesting to search out some of the best stories of the supernatural by first-rate authors who did not normally write within that genre. Obligation soon became obsession.
alice ayel

So Much to Learn...So Little Time: Great moments with S2 Invitations and excuses. - 0 views

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    My postings seem to be all about my S2 class at the moment, but they are doing such good and interesting work, with such gusto I mentioned in recent tweet how happy I have been with them, particularly the standard...
anonymous

Boymongoose | home - 0 views

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    Boymongoose is an Indian Christmas Popstar who specializes in comedic remakes of all the classic Christmas Carols. Interesting examples of culture.
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