The latest article on huffingtonpost.com is titled “Ditch the Textbooks, Head to a National Park”.
Susan Smartt says, “On Monday, Feb. 27, there was a rare example of government agencies banding together to effect change in environmental education. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced a new agreement to develop programs that use our national parks, national wildlife refuges and other public lands to connect young people to nature, build environmental literacy, and support experiential learning outside the classroom
The latest article on huffingtonpost.com is titled “No Public Education, No Democracy”.
Simone Harris says, “I teach English at Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa, California. I love my school, my amazing colleagues, and the kids who enter my classroom each year. But I hate what is happening to public education.
The latest Language Log blog post is titled “You use the present tense, you persuade people to save money”.
Julie Sedivy says, “We’ve had some discussion lately about the sports subjunctive/baseball conditional/bare paratactic conditional. I’m going to stay out of any naming controversies,
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The latest TEFLGeek blog post is titled “Lesson Plan: Three Little Pigs – a modern version?”.
The TEFLGeek team says, “As part of explaining their approach to “open journalism“, The Guardian has just released an advert depicting a version of the classic “three little pigs” story as it might have transpired today.
The latest BusyTeacher.org blog post is titled “It’s a Small World: Language Activities to Bring Together Nations”.
The BusyTeacher.org team says, “If you are teaching English as a second language, the odds are that your students have done some international travelling.
The latest article on huffingtonpost.com is titled “Education Wake Up: An Important Case in Connecticut”.
Michael Evans says, “For years here in Fairfield County, Connecticut, we have produced unemployable citizens, and we may continue to do so. Yesterday’s Supreme Court decision, which gave back the school system’s reigns to a Board of Education that was failing its students for the past seven years, says it best:
The latest Language Log blog post is titled “Stupid Latin footnote abbreviations”.
Geoffrey K. Pullum says, “A very nice demystification of those horrible Latin abbreviations ibid., idem, loc. cit.,op. cit., etc., by smart copy editor Carol Saller on Lingua Franca today. There’s an utterly ridiculous pun in the accompanying photo, and also some useful advice, which I hope all future academic authors take.
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The latest ‘English with Jennifer’ blog post is titled “Easy as 1, 2, 3: Ideas for Practicing Ordinal Numbers”.
Jennifer says, “I recently covered ordinal numbers with my beginner student, Natasha. She found first, second, and third easy to learn and use. The challenge, especially in terms of pronunciation, began with fourth and onward.
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- BusyTeacher Blog: Inventive Language Ideas for the ESL Classroom
- ICT in Education: Automated Report Writing
- Movie Worksheet: Black Swan
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The latest BusyTeacher.org blog post is titled “Inventive Language Ideas for the ESL Classroom”.
The BusyTeacher.org team says, “Imagination is one of the most remarkable qualities that the human race possesses.
The latest article on ictineducation.org is titled “Automated Report Writing”.
Terry Freedman says, “II have never met a teacher who enjoys writing reports. If you have one or two small groups, it’s not too bad, but if you have ten different groups of thirty kids, crunching out 300 reports is a bind. And, often, a pressured bind at that, shoehorned between exam results and end of term.
The BusyTeacher.org team has added a worksheet titled “Movie Worksheet: Black Swan”.
The BusyTeacher.org team says, “This worksheet was designed not only to practice physical descriptions vocabulary, but also to foster students to express their opinions about some specific questions.
The BusyTeacher.org team has added a worksheet titled “Video Activity: When a Stranger Calls”.
The BusyTeacher.org team says, “The worksheet is suitable to introduce or review the Past Perfect Tense. The scenes used are from the movie “When a stranger calls” (1979). The first scenes are the ones necessary. They take about 30 minutes. The worksheet has two activities:
The BusyTeacher.org team has added a worksheet titled “Notes for Modal Verbs 1, 2 and 3″.
The BusyTeacher.org team says, “This worksheet is good for modal verb explanations for the students. They are just notes of the three concepts of modals.
The BusyTeacher.org team has added a worksheet titled “Bingo – Duck, Rabbit, Bird”.
The BusyTeacher.org team says, “Spending my time – by ROXETTE…
The BusyTeacher.org team has added a worksheet titled “Bingo – Duck, Rabbit, Bird”.
The BusyTeacher.org team says, “Bingo sheets. These bingo sheets are for young learners, who just started with English and are using Cheeky Monkey pupil´s book. It can be also used as a game Pairs -
The BusyTeacher.org team has added a worksheet titled “Question Words and Information Questions”.
The BusyTeacher.org team says, “It helps students to learn the differences between “What”, “Where”, “When”, “Who”. They can see pictures related to each question word,
The BusyTeacher.org team has added a worksheet titled “Description of Appearance: Flashcards”.
The BusyTeacher.org team says, “Flashcards with cartoon chracters for describing people. There are 12 flashcards which can be used for activities with children.
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