Saturday 29 November 2014

scoop.it - resources for learning english

Monica Mirza has put together a fantastic resource - with loads of interesting links:


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Building independent thinking -beyond the comfort zone ! | Learning neurology - Judy WILLIS


Building independent thinking -beyond the comfort zone ! | Learning neurology - Judy WILLIS | EFL-ESL, ELT, Education | Language - Learning - Teaching - Educating | Scoop.it
 Edutopia blogger Judy Willis offers six suggestions for pushing students beyond their comfort zone, exercising their brains' executive functions, and developing healthy habits of independent thinking.
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her "Reach and Discover" blog - "when a Neurologist becomes a classroom teacher, Brain Learning Research promotes teaching strategies."

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"Comma story" by Terisa Folaron | PUNCTUATION ~ edTED Talk

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Full lesson on http://ed.ted.com/lessons/comma-story-terisa-folaron "It isn't easy holding complex sentences together (just ask a conjunction or a subordinate) [...]"
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Finement réalisé, aussi bien sur le plan visuel que sur le plan didactique. Les images animées illustrent l'exposé avec justesse, clarté etbeaucoup d'humour : A1 !

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"Am I too old to learn a new language ?" | The Guardian


"Am I too old to learn a new language ?" | The Guardian | EFL-ESL, ELT, Education | Language - Learning - Teaching - Educating | Scoop.it
 The brain's neuroplasticity decreases with age, but this shouldn't put off older learners – they do have some advantages
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"[...] Despite the difficulties, Black regards learning foreign languages as FUN, and treats the endeavour like A PUZZLE that has TO BE SOLVED [...].
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Pupils creating travel journals that make bright textbooks ! | Normal Park Museum Magnet School


Pupils creating travel journals that make bright textbooks !  | Normal Park Museum Magnet School | EFL-ESL, ELT, Education | Language - Learning - Teaching - Educating | Scoop.it
 Normal Park Museum Magnet School GRADES K-8 | CHATTANOOGA, TN Each student at Normal Park Museum Magnet School creates a unique “travel journal” to explore t...
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Inspirational !
There are many ICT tools to help achieve such textbooks but I guess paper, glue, scissors, pencils & hands might as well be enough to create nice objects/books :-)

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"How visuals help us learn" | EDUDEMIC


"How visuals help us learn" | EDUDEMIC | EFL-ESL, ELT, Education | Language - Learning - Teaching - Educating | Scoop.it
"Since we talked yesterday about the plethora of different types of visuals available to present information, we thought it might be useful to take a look at why visuals are useful as classroom tools, and some do-s and don’t-s of using visuals. Enter the handy infographic below. While this particular visual isn’t necessarily geared towards teachers, …"

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E-CLIL Resource Centre


E-CLIL Resource Centre | EFL-ESL, ELT, Education | Language - Learning - Teaching - Educating | Scoop.it
 ECLIL is a European funded education project to build much needed resources for the language classroom. It includes a games engine, resources centre and CLIL story platform

Via Shona Whyte
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Useful links & resources for content & language integrated learning.
Of some help to English teachers in French High Schools STI2D sections (technological subjects in foreign languages).

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