2011年10月11日 星期二
2011年9月27日 星期二
2011年9月16日 星期五
Top 10 Websites for the ESL Teacher
Top 10 Websites for the ESL Teacher
Top 10 Websites for the ESL Teacher
The longer you have been teaching, the thicker your files are getting, but it is never too soon or too late to add to your pool of resources.
You may already be familiar with the following websites, or this might be your first introduction. Either way, each of them can be a ready resource for your ESL teaching needs and a way to freshen your teaching plans and answer your questions.
Top 10 ESL Websites
- 1Englishgrammar.org
Every ESL teacher has to teach grammar, even if that is not one of your course names. This site lists the grammar rules of English alphabetically, and they are easily accessible. Not only that, they provide PDF files of lessons on these rules that you can use with your students. - 2ESLpartyland.com
Are you looking for some out of the ordinary materials to use in your classroom? This site includes materials for teaching with film and video, the internet and music. - 3
What is the point of language study if it is not to speak the language in question? Give your ESL students something to talk about with this compilation of discussion questions you can use in class. Click on the topic you are planning on studying and find more than enough questions to keep your class in conversation for as long as you want to let them talk. - 4
While you are at it, why not make up your own quizzes from your favorite videos on YouTube? With ESLvideo.com you can create your own quizzes and even have your students search by teacher to find them. If you are looking for comprehension activities that are ready to go, this site also has videos and quizzes from other teachers sorted by fluency level that your students can access anywhere and anytime. - 5
If you teach literature in any of your ESL classes, PinkMonkey.com has seemingly limitless resources for you. Here you can find book notes and activities for you and your students for free. With over 460 books listed, you will never need another set of Cliff’s Notes again. - 6
This site offers a bounty of information to the ESL teacher. Here you can read articles about teaching ESL as well as find lesson plans for different times of the year. Are you out of ideas for games, vocabulary or activities for your students? Get some inspiration here. - 7
Neither you nor your students wants to carry around a ten-pound English reference dictionary, but you likely already carry something that gives you internet access. If so, bookmark dictionary.com for easy reference. This site will give you definitions of English words as well as thesaurus entries and a word of the day. There are also many other helpful resources this site offers. - 8
Looking for something a little more intangible than simple definitions? Check out the dictionary of idioms available from usingenglish.com. There arehundreds of idioms listed on this site as well as phrasal verbs and other grammatical irregularities your students may need help with. - 9
If you are a teacher of English, the odds are that you probably have not taken the TOEFL. Your students, on the other hand, will be working towards a proficient score on that test to prove their English skills. Familiarize yourself with the test and what your students will have to know to succeed on it with the information here on the official TOEFL site. - 10
If you are reading this, you already know that busyteacher.org is an essential resource for the ESL teacher. Why not take some time to explore other tools that we have to offer including free worksheets, flashcards, ideas for vocabulary, and teaching ideas, just to name a few. You will never know there was so much available to you so close to home.
2010年10月12日 星期二
English Roundtable Webchat TOMORROW---on Vocabulary Teaching
Would like to share this information with -- Webchat opportunity TOMORROW WEDNESDAY, October 13th.
English roundtable webchat on Vocabulary Teaching, please join us.
WEBCHAT LOGISTICS:
How Long: One Hour
When: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Starting Time in Burma: 2:30 p.m.
Starting Time in Thailand: 3 p.m.
Starting Time in Vietnam: 3 p.m.
Starting Time in Laos: 3 p.m.
Starting Time in Cambodia: 3 p.m.
Starting Time in Taiwan: 4 p.m.
Starting Time in China: 4 p.m.
See below for TOPIC info and ABSTRACT
How to join:
Click on the link for the chat
** Enter as a guest, type in your name, click the “enter room” and join us.
See below for TOPIC info and ABSTRACT
TOPIC: Vocabulary Teaching
We will discuss the following questions in our chat:
Ø How do we select the words to teach?
Ø What are the techniques in vocabulary teaching that have been popular, effective, or useful?
Ø How can we ensure that students have learned the words we have taught?
Ø Are there any strategies that we can teach our students to help them become more independent vocabulary learners?
Ø Are there techniques which are likely to be more or less appropriate for particular learner populations (young/adult, beginner/advanced, different background cultures)?
Ø How is teaching vocabulary related to the teaching of other aspects of the language, i.e. reading, writing?
What are your thoughts on this? Please come and share with us….
2010年9月6日 星期一
我愛演講˙演講愛我… 才怪！
最近又有英語朗讀比賽
原因三：如果夠用心，小朋友應該都先查過字典、問過兄姊或補習班老師、在家裡練過了！偏偏一大堆懶蟲等著我從頭教起、一字一句盯著練，你也知道我有『絕對要對得起自己名聲』之潔癖，不想讓來者失望離去… 所以，套學姊Oona老師的一句戲言：「英文老師就像妓女，要隨時滿足各方無理要求，卻又陪笑臉、裝樂觀！」我說：「不只這樣，我稱讚的話語、叮嚀的重點還都換湯不換藥，等於是明明喉嚨快掛了、還得跟他們說：『太棒了！你真的有進步耶~ 我們再唸一遍吧！』這種【扭曲自己稱讚恩客】法，還真讓光顧我的『客人』奔相走告、讚不絕口… 可是怎麼一點酬勞都沒啊？真慘…」
下文繼續請看～～
http://blog.yam.com/fatbat666/article/12305699
有許多老師在問我如何訓練
與大家分享Mike的文章
有興趣的請上他的網站囉每到校內英語說故事比賽時節，我就一個頭六個大！
頭大原因一：『少子化現象』並沒有發生在各班推出的代表同學身上啊！每班還是三到四人參加比賽，而且好像只認識我一樣、全都擠過來了… (校內還有很多英語老師啊，小朋友！)
原因二：小朋友A, B來找我練習，回去沒幾節後、又有別班的ㄅ、ㄆ、ㄇ、ㄈ也加入，隔天Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Si更聞風而至… 簡直是繁殖！早自修、升旗、午休、放學後、甚至我沒課的時候，通通都被『包』起來了！當紅牌的滋味可不好受… 很累啊！
今天(2007_10_26)下午從一點半到五點半，整整四個小時，我的喉嚨沒歇過、舌頭沒停過… (好像真的是pro? Professional or Prostitute?) 多虧學校圖書館傅阿姨看了心疼、還泡杯金桔茶給我潤潤喉呢… 感動感動！
到底是在累什麼勁兒啊肥蝙蝠？不是聽一聽、給點意見就得了？No~ No~ No~ 那樣路人甲乙丙都會，OK?
我不想讓這個訓練過程淪為『低層次教授演講技巧課』，我的宗旨是：
1. 讓他們每次來找我練習，都是歡樂、難忘的語言探險；
2. 挖掘測試他們的觀念(對語言或生活都行)，讓我自己玩玩觀察歸納的測驗；
3. 維持我的準度，爆發我的能量，當英語教師的一天，就是專業！
(好啦，第三點很臭屁… I know.)
http://blog.yam.com/fatbat666/article/12305699
2010年8月30日 星期一
2010年8月26日 星期四
2010年8月25日 星期三
web2.0的線上英語學習網站 「n詞酷」查字典、情境對話樣樣通
和大家分享不錯的網站~^^
測驗範圍包括TOEIC 1000, 國小必備單字, 音樂,科學專有名詞, GRE 5000, 電影名大考驗, 美國流行俚語,
GEPT英檢中級字庫, 顏色及台灣食物的英文
可以好好利用喔!!
2010年8月24日 星期二
美國愛荷華州公共電視網站有關 中小學英語教學資源網站 歡迎大家參考使用
駐芝加哥辦事處文化組說明該電台網站提供影音、網站、數位媒體、研討會、在職進修等系列教學資源。其中 "PBS Kids Go! Video on Demand" 、"PBS Kids Island" 及 "PBS Teachers" 等網站所提供之網路互動遊戲確劇提升學習興趣之功能。
"PBS Kids Go! Video on Demand(兒童快樂行) (www.pbskids.org/go/video)目前約有1,500項節目，包括300種PBS Kids完整影集、800項短片及100項西語短片/影集。
PBS Kids Island (幼兒暢遊島) (www.pbskids.org/read/)係美國公共電視台 "兒童閱讀學習網站" (www.readytolearnreading.org) 中之主要課程，提供在家中及學校學習之兒童、家長、教師及幼保人員免費閱讀遊戲及活動。 PBS Kids Island以融入式經驗，使學童在進行遊戲及儲存遊戲的過程中，同時可將所贏得的線上虛擬票換取實體獎品。 此外，家長及教師也可經由該網站追蹤學童之學習進度。
Martha Speaks (寵物說故事) www.pbskids.org/martha/): 本課程於2008年9月首度推出，重點在口語字彙之教學。線上資源包括教育遊戲、短片及節目內容相關之活動。
PBS Kids Raising Readers Library Cornor (線上兒童閱讀圖書館) 提供約30項互動活動及教材，吸引學童及家長共同學習(英文)字母及單字。 教材內容涵括線上閱讀遊戲、影音節目及活動短片。
"PBS Kids Go! Video on Demand(兒童快樂行) (www.pbskids.org/go/video)目前約有1,500項節目，包括300種PBS Kids完整影集、800項短片及100項西語短片/影集。
PBS Kids Island (幼兒暢遊島) (www.pbskids.org/read/)係美國公共電視台 "兒童閱讀學習網站" (www.readytolearnreading.org) 中之主要課程，提供在家中及學校學習之兒童、家長、教師及幼保人員免費閱讀遊戲及活動。 PBS Kids Island以融入式經驗，使學童在進行遊戲及儲存遊戲的過程中，同時可將所贏得的線上虛擬票換取實體獎品。 此外，家長及教師也可經由該網站追蹤學童之學習進度。
Martha Speaks (寵物說故事) www.pbskids.org/martha/): 本課程於2008年9月首度推出，重點在口語字彙之教學。線上資源包括教育遊戲、短片及節目內容相關之活動。
PBS Kids Raising Readers Library Cornor (線上兒童閱讀圖書館) 提供約30項互動活動及教材，吸引學童及家長共同學習(英文)字母及單字。 教材內容涵括線上閱讀遊戲、影音節目及活動短片。
97微調課程綱要能力指標對應參考可之教學活動與素材
英語教學快報:
教育部與英國文化協會共同合作，建立「跨國資源整合共享」模式，連結整合英國文化協會建置之英語教學網LearnEnglish kids (http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids.htm)，以97 微調課程綱要能力指標為依據，挑選可對應參考之教學活動或素材。
檔案以一個壓縮檔上傳，內含前言及依能力指標分為七大類之檔案：Listening、Speaking、Reading、Writing、 Comprehensive Application of four Skills、Interest and Method 以及Culture and Custom。每個文件第一頁皆有能力指標書籤，點選指標編號可直接到該指標。
教育部與英國文化協會共同合作，建立「跨國資源整合共享」模式，連結整合英國文化協會建置之英語教學網LearnEnglish kids (http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids.htm)，以97 微調課程綱要能力指標為依據，挑選可對應參考之教學活動或素材。
檔案以一個壓縮檔上傳，內含前言及依能力指標分為七大類之檔案：Listening、Speaking、Reading、Writing、 Comprehensive Application of four Skills、Interest and Method 以及Culture and Custom。每個文件第一頁皆有能力指標書籤，點選指標編號可直接到該指標。
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