All Discussions Tagged 'EFL' - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T06:59:27Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=EFL&feed=yes&xn_auth=noLet's Mystery Skypetag:www.classroom20.com,2017-01-01:649749:Topic:11327742017-01-01T11:44:03.349ZOr-Tal Kiriatihttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/OrTalKiriati
<p>Looking for classes to meet on Mystery Skype. We are at GMT+2 and can make it work 10:30-12:00 on Sunday or 10:13-12:00 on Wednesday. Looking for classes in Asia, Africa or Europe - I think that will work best with our time zone.<br></br>I am teaching 7th graders #EFL. We are now learning present simple and soon also present progressive. The kids have basic conversational skills. They are very passionate, curious, sweet and playful.</p>
<p>Let's go for global peace via education in…</p>
<p>Looking for classes to meet on Mystery Skype. We are at GMT+2 and can make it work 10:30-12:00 on Sunday or 10:13-12:00 on Wednesday. Looking for classes in Asia, Africa or Europe - I think that will work best with our time zone.<br/>I am teaching 7th graders #EFL. We are now learning present simple and soon also present progressive. The kids have basic conversational skills. They are very passionate, curious, sweet and playful.</p>
<p>Let's go for global peace via education in 2017!</p>
<p><br/><a href="https://education.microsoft.com/skype-in-the-classroom/mystery-skype">https://education.microsoft.com/skype-in-the-classroom/mystery-skype</a></p>
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<p>Our next available session can be January 11 (assuming I know it before and can prepare my students by Sunday of the same week).</p> Let's Mystery Skypetag:www.classroom20.com,2017-01-01:649749:Topic:11325742017-01-01T11:43:57.704ZOr-Tal Kiriatihttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/OrTalKiriati
<p>Looking for classes to meet on Mystery Skype. We are at GMT+2 and can make it work 10:30-12:00 on Sunday or 10:13-12:00 on Wednesday. Looking for classes in Asia, Africa or Europe - I think that will work best with our time zone.<br></br>I am teaching 7th graders #EFL. We are now learning present simple and soon also present progressive. The kids have basic conversational skills. They are very passionate, curious, sweet and playful.</p>
<p>Let's go for global peace via education in…</p>
<p>Looking for classes to meet on Mystery Skype. We are at GMT+2 and can make it work 10:30-12:00 on Sunday or 10:13-12:00 on Wednesday. Looking for classes in Asia, Africa or Europe - I think that will work best with our time zone.<br/>I am teaching 7th graders #EFL. We are now learning present simple and soon also present progressive. The kids have basic conversational skills. They are very passionate, curious, sweet and playful.</p>
<p>Let's go for global peace via education in 2017!</p>
<p><br/><a href="https://education.microsoft.com/skype-in-the-classroom/mystery-skype">https://education.microsoft.com/skype-in-the-classroom/mystery-skype</a></p>
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<p>Our next available session can be January 11 (assuming I know it before and can prepare my students by Sunday of the same week).</p> A great resource for ESL / EFL studentstag:www.classroom20.com,2015-07-21:649749:Topic:10735772015-07-21T17:03:42.920ZVicky Meszaroshttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/VickyMeszaros
<p>Hi!</p>
<p>I've noticed that there aren't that many new posts to help and inspire English language learners. </p>
<p>I'm an ESL teacher, currently living and teaching in Hungary. In my experience the fastest, best way to improve your English is by practising (as I'm sure most people would agree). Speak as much as you can. There’s a good website I show most of my students: <a href="http://www.wordperfectenglish.com" target="_blank">wordperfectenglish.com</a> where you can join for free and…</p>
<p>Hi!</p>
<p>I've noticed that there aren't that many new posts to help and inspire English language learners. </p>
<p>I'm an ESL teacher, currently living and teaching in Hungary. In my experience the fastest, best way to improve your English is by practising (as I'm sure most people would agree). Speak as much as you can. There’s a good website I show most of my students: <a href="http://www.wordperfectenglish.com" target="_blank">wordperfectenglish.com</a> where you can join for free and message and video chat with people all around the world. And there are so many other sources online.</p>
<p>What other resources did/do you find useful when learning a new language?</p>
<p>We really need to take advantage of 21st century technology and use these resources to become more confident speakers! :)</p> Enhancing Teacher Learning Skills Through Free and Open Online Training Sessionstag:www.classroom20.com,2012-03-17:649749:Topic:8181292012-03-17T14:09:41.564ZCarla Arenahttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/carlaarena
<p><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong></p>
<p> Carla Arena, Ed Tech Supervisor</p>
<p><strong>School, Library, or Organization Name:</strong></p>
<p> Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasília, Brazil</p>
<p><strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</strong></p>
<p> Brasilia, Brazil</p>
<p><strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong></p>
<p> English</p>
<p><strong>Target Audience(s):</strong></p>
<p> Teachers, teacher trainers</p>
<p><strong>Short Session Description (one…</strong></p>
<p><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong></p>
<p> Carla Arena, Ed Tech Supervisor</p>
<p><strong>School, Library, or Organization Name:</strong></p>
<p> Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasília, Brazil</p>
<p><strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</strong></p>
<p> Brasilia, Brazil</p>
<p><strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong></p>
<p> English</p>
<p><strong>Target Audience(s):</strong></p>
<p> Teachers, teacher trainers</p>
<p><strong>Short Session Description (one line):</strong></p>
<p>Learn how educators can experience change and impact their classroom practices through the free and open online training sessions offered by TESOL's Electronic Village Online project.</p>
<p><strong>Full Session Description (as long as you would like)</strong></p>
<p>This session aims at exploring the potential of teachers' connected learning through the Electronic Village Online, an online project for teachers worldwide in which volunteer ESOL teachers gather for collaborative, online discussion sessions or hands-on virtual workshops of professional and scholarly benefit. EVO offers free training for five-week for educators to improve their digital skills, develop new literacies, and learn from subject-area experts to help them enhance their classroom practices. By understanding one of the EVO session's underlying principles, the Digital Tools with a Purpose in the Classroom, participants will not only be able to explore the digital resources more than 500 teachers had the chance to try out, but also have an overview of practical ideas for the classroom. Besides, they will learn more how the online session was prepared to engage educators in developing meaningful conversations and connections to other like-minded professionals.</p>
<p><strong>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://evosessions.pbworks.com">http://evosessions.pbworks.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://classdigitools.pbworks.com">http://classdigitools.pbworks.com</a></p>
<p> </p> How does our profession need to evolve to maximize student learning in the coming years?tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-05-20:649749:Topic:6381832011-05-20T14:18:29.144ZBenjamin Stewarthttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/BenjaminStewart
One of the throughlines for this year's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.tecnologiang.com/UPTC/">UPTC</a> is how the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/index.asp">TESOL</a> profession needs to evolve in order to maximize student learning for the future. How are you evolving and what needs to be done in the future in order to address the needs of the English language learner?
One of the throughlines for this year's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.tecnologiang.com/UPTC/">UPTC</a> is how the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/index.asp">TESOL</a> profession needs to evolve in order to maximize student learning for the future. How are you evolving and what needs to be done in the future in order to address the needs of the English language learner? Survey: Do you teach language online via videoconferencing?tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-05-07:649749:Topic:6342002011-05-07T05:41:36.814ZDaniel Craighttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/danielcraig
<div><span id="internal-source-marker_0.879161691525951">If you teach a language online via videoconferencing, I’d appreciate your help with a survey. If you know anyone who does fit this description, I’d love it if you could send this link to them as well. I could use as much input as possible.</span><br></br><br></br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/videotutors"><span>http://tinyurl.com/videotutors</span></a><br></br><br></br><span>My name is Dan Craig. I'm a professor in the English Education department at…</span></div>
<div><span id="internal-source-marker_0.879161691525951">If you teach a language online via videoconferencing, I’d appreciate your help with a survey. If you know anyone who does fit this description, I’d love it if you could send this link to them as well. I could use as much input as possible.</span><br/><br/><a href="http://tinyurl.com/videotutors"><span>http://tinyurl.com/videotutors</span></a><br/><br/><span>My name is Dan Craig. I'm a professor in the English Education department at Sangmyung University in Korea. For a number of years, I have been doing research on the use of videoconferencing for language instruction and assessment. One thing that I've noticed is the amazing growth in online tutoring over that time, which is probably no surprise to you. </span><br/><br/><span>Videoconferencing used to be relegated to businesses and large universities, but now, in the hands of individual learners and educators, it is a revolutionary tool for language education. No longer are we confined to those in our neighborhoods or cities; we can choose from tutors from all over the world, and that can be a wonderful thing. In this survey, I'd like to know what you think about this from your vantage point as a "global tutor".</span><br/><br/><span>If you are interested in receiving a summary of my findings, please send me an email at</span> <a href="mailto:dan@smu.ac.kr"><span>dan@smu.ac.kr</span></a> <span>or you can check my blog at</span> <a href="http://danielcraig.posterous.com/"><span>http://danielcraig.posterous.com</span></a><span>. I'll post a summary there when I have received enough responses.</span><br/><br/><a href="http://tinyurl.com/videotutors"><span>http://tinyurl.com/videotutors</span></a></div> Web2.0 tools questionnairetag:www.classroom20.com,2010-09-13:649749:Topic:5083232010-09-13T07:21:44.687ZCem Canhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/CemCan
Dear colleagues and friends,…<div><br></br></div>
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Dear colleagues and friends,<div><br/></div>
<div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.425em; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', verdana, arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">I was just wondering if you had some questionnaire/checklist to obtain data on foreign language teachers' perceptions on the use of Web2.0 tools. I would like to collect data on this topic. The results will be shared here, of course.</span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.425em; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', verdana, arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br/></span></div>
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</div> Stanford University's Summer Teaching Institute 8/2010tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-08-07:649749:Topic:4952792010-08-07T00:15:34.596ZDenise Stewarthttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/DeniseStewart
<p class="MsoNormal">(I just wanted to begin sharing with colleagues what went on at the conference.)<br></br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Well, the Stanford Summer Teacher Institute was well worth the $200 registration fee.<span style=""> </span> I signed up for two sessions.<span style=""> </span> One was outstanding<br></br> down to the smallest detail and I will be sharing materials from the class this<br></br>
weekend through this blog.<span style=""> </span> The course<br></br>
was entitled “Creating…</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(I just wanted to begin sharing with colleagues what went on at the conference.)<br/></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Well, the Stanford Summer Teacher Institute was well worth the $200 registration fee.<span style=""> </span> I signed up for two sessions.<span style=""> </span> One was outstanding<br/>
down to the smallest detail and I will be sharing materials from the class this<br/>
weekend through this blog.<span style=""> </span> The course<br/>
was entitled “Creating Learning Communities With Technology.”<span style=""> </span> Here we studied free popular tools to develop<br/>
internet skills in our classrooms.<span style=""> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Two items I intend to try this coming year are 1) a blog—one for my students and one for the teachers<span style=""> </span> I will be supplying support for in their work with ELLs, and 2) a new<br/>
presentation tool from <a href="http://www.prezi.com/">www.prezi.com</a> (a tool<br/>
that takes the place of the more traditional Power Point which gives a<br/>
teacher/presenter more control over what participants see and when).<span style=""> </span> In fact, Stanford is giving everyone who<br/>
attended the workshop the premium edition for a year free as a gift for<br/>
attending.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We need to think 21<sup>st</sup> century because our students surely are.<span style=""> </span> In fact, they live and breathe it effortlessly.<span style=""> </span> Further, my<br/>
high school students have very limited assets so if they don’t have access to<br/>
these tools in my class, where will they be able to use them?<span style=""> </span> Also, as an adjunct professor in teacher<br/>
education, I need to show these credential candidates what is out there, how this material can be<br/>
incorporated, and why it must be used as an instructional support.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I will be spending weekend going through everything I learned at the institute and will be posting it here as well in case anyone is interested:)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Denise</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ellteacherpros.com">www.ellteacherpros.com</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.teachingsuccesseswithells.blogspot.com">www.teachingsuccesseswithells.blogspot.com</a><br/></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ellteacherpros.com">www.ellteacherpros.com</a></p> Need Some Math Support Sites for Mainstream Teachers of ESL Studentstag:www.classroom20.com,2010-04-04:649749:Topic:4581492010-04-04T03:29:09.286ZDenise Stewarthttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/DeniseStewart
The algebra teachers at my school site have small numbers of ELLs in their classes, but the problem is not so much the language as it is the gap in their formal education in their home countries. This often times leaves the math teacher scrambling to find ways to still teach a class of kids on grade level while trying to plug up the holes in the educational backgrounds of the ELLs who are lost.<br></br><br></br>Are there any websites out there that teachers could use with these kids during the…
The algebra teachers at my school site have small numbers of ELLs in their classes, but the problem is not so much the language as it is the gap in their formal education in their home countries. This often times leaves the math teacher scrambling to find ways to still teach a class of kids on grade level while trying to plug up the holes in the educational backgrounds of the ELLs who are lost.<br/><br/>Are there any websites out there that teachers could use with these kids during the instructional period that would allow the teachers to meet all the needs of their students more effectively than what is being done at present?<br/><br/>Here's hoping:)<br/><br/>Thanks.<br/><br/>Denise<br/><br/><a href="http://www.ellteacherpros.com">www.ellteacherpros.com</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.teachingsuccesseswithells.blogspot.com">www.teachingsuccesseswithells.blogspot.com</a><br/><br/><br/><br/> Looking for Ways to Motivate ELLs to Use More Academic Language in Speaking and Writing.tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-04-02:649749:Topic:4578602010-04-02T20:36:35.566ZDenise Stewarthttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/DeniseStewart
As the year winds down, I look back on areas where I could have done more for my ELLs in their pursuit of English. Their writing and reading skills have improved and that is great. However, you would never know this from listening to them speak in a classroom. Incomplete sentences make up the bulk of their responses even with gentle nagging. There never seems to be enough of a transfer of classroom vocabulary to actual speech (without reminding). I have tried various group settings, games,…
As the year winds down, I look back on areas where I could have done more for my ELLs in their pursuit of English. Their writing and reading skills have improved and that is great. However, you would never know this from listening to them speak in a classroom. Incomplete sentences make up the bulk of their responses even with gentle nagging. There never seems to be enough of a transfer of classroom vocabulary to actual speech (without reminding). I have tried various group settings, games, role-playing, but it never seems to be enough. BTW, they are the sweetest kids in every respect and that is why I feel guilty this time of year.<br/><br/>Would any of you be willing to share what you are doing with your students be they ESL or EO (English only)? <br/><br/>Thanks<br/><br/>Denise<br/><br/><a href="http://www.ellteacherpros.com">www.ellteacherpros.com</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.teachingsuccesseswithells.blogspot.com">www.teachingsuccesseswithells.blogspot.com</a><br/>