All Blog Posts Tagged 'english' (9)

Future tenses

Future: Will

Uses:

- Facts (something that is true). example: John will date Maria on Aphril 17th

-Prediction based on fact.example: It is cloudy today, it will rain later.

-General future. example: Will you go to classes?

-Resufal of things. example: I won´t go

-Promises. example: I will go tomorrow, I promise.…

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Added by Carla Vidaurre Troncoso on July 1, 2016 at 12:35pm — No Comments

Practice writing in the classroom with Carnigie's MyStory Maker

My Carnigie's story maker is an excellent tool that can be used for teaching creative writing to your students. With this tool, students will be able to create a story in minutes, with animation if desired, and then share their story with somebody else or even create a print…

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Added by Brian Weir on June 21, 2013 at 9:39am — No Comments

TEFList - a new way to find an English teaching job

Well, it is finally here! TEFList, the video ELT job site. A l ot of work went into it and it really does some amazing things. Ning is charging us through the nose and I hope any revenue provided by TEFList will help our community survive.

1) All the jobs in ELT in one spot (no being a chicken with your head cut off)…

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Added by ddeubel on September 2, 2010 at 4:00am — No Comments

Technology and Teaching Languages

My thoughts on how technology is part of the curriculum for language teachers. You might also like my ebook of top sites for language teaching

Here is a presentation in brief - focusing on how technology relates to curriculum. Some tips, some thoughts .......…

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Added by ddeubel on July 11, 2010 at 9:05pm — 1 Comment

Literature study and technology - finding links

I feel that I do a reasonably good job of incorporating technology into my 7th grade English class. I'm very fortunate in my access to technology. I have a Smartboard, a cart of 27 laptops that I share with 4 other teachers (who only use them sporadically), headphones with mics, 4 desktop computers, and a Flipvideo camera.My district offers outstanding support from the ed tech department - from lesson ideas to training to co-teaching opportunities.

In my class, we use the internet… Continue

Added by Jennifer Hall on January 15, 2010 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

15 online resources for help with English homework and class work

9 Paid Resources, and 6 Free Ones.

As promised in last week’s post, “15 online Math tutoring and help options“, this week I am following up with online resources for those seeking help with the subject of English.

Many of the paid options below were also included in last week’s post, since quite a few of them are not just specific to Math, but we have replaced a couple of these with new resources. The free options cited here are all new, and several are useful for… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on December 22, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Collaboration Ideas

I am looking for a class to have a book club with. We would have weekly readings. Each student would weekly write a comment and respond to a comment. We are a second grade class and would like to work together with a class close to our age. We also need to be able to communicate in English only sorry.

Please Let Us Know!

We are also looking at a paper airplane project in the Spring.

Ian

Added by Ian Snyder on September 28, 2009 at 3:44pm — No Comments

The Grammar Translation Method

History

The Grammar Translation Method is an old method which was originally used to teach dead languages which explains why it focuses mainly on the written form at the expense of the oral form. It was designed according to the faculty psychology approach which was very popular during the 18th and 19th century. It contended that ” mental discipline was essential for strengthening the powers of the mind”. The way to do this was through learning classical literature of the Greeks and… Continue

Added by Mohammed Rhalmi on April 5, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Online Virtual Classroom...Teaching a Multi Cultural International Online Class

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The Online Virtual English Class

Thousands of Koreans attend English Classes everyday trying to learn to speak a Language that is now deemed essential. All teachers of English in Korea are expected to be able to Speak English by 2010. Schools, Colleges, Universities and a myriad of tiny after-school centers pay enormous fees for native speaking… Continue

Added by Maggi Carstairs on January 6, 2009 at 7:17am — No Comments