A SWEET DREAM
Hello students!
I have written this story for you to read it.
Please, read it carefully, and answer to the following questions, as we will be talking about them in class:
1. What´s the name of the lake Andrea was dreaming?
2. What was she dreaming of?
3. Which was Andrea´s problem when she woke up?
4. What happened when she met Sarah?
5. According to the story… What do you think it means to be a “supergirl”?
6. Do you think that eating to many sweets can be a problem for children´s health? Think about it!
I´ll see you in class!
Bye
Talkgroup » the food you like
Talkgroup » the food you like.
Hello again!
Please, leave a comment in the forum about the things you like and the things you don´t like eating.
We will listen to the different commentaries in class.
Thank you for your collaboration!
P.D: This activity has been created as a part of the subject didactics of the English language…
JUNK OR HEALTHY FOOD?
Hello students:
Continuing with the topic we are working with, here you have this apple which contains words about different types of food.
Classify them into healthy or junk food.
You can add some other words you may know.
Finally,write your opinion about the food you like. Tell us about your diet… What do you like the most?
P.D: This activity has been created as a part of the subject Didactics of the English language.
Talkgroup » Ana´s class. 6th of primary education.
Talkgroup » Ana´s class. 6th of primary education..
Hello to everyone!
Please, participate in the forum and tell us about the things you like doing in your free time…
We will listen to the different commentaries in class.
Feel free to express yourself and tell us anything you would like to share with your classmates!
I´ve just created a voki
Hi!
I wanted to share with you my opinion about www.voki.com. I think this program is very creative and through its use students will have fun while learning English. We could propose them a topic and they can talk about it through their voki. In only 60 seconds they will say what they know or what they think about a topic. Their work would be saved, so it would be useful for us to assess the students´speaking skill.
I send you a sample in which I am introducing myself, but much other activities could be carried out!
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE
Dear students:
Now that we have finished the didactic unit devoted to take care of the environment, I send you the links we have worked in class, in case you want to do some revision. Click on them if you want to see them again!!
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/fun-with-english/clean-and-green 
P.D: This post is a part of a Didactic Unic I´m working in the subject DIDACTICA GENERAL.
Are you a technophile or a technophobe?
If you are a technophile you are a person who is good at using technology. You know what to do if something is wrong when using a computer or any other device.
If you are a technophobe, you are a person who is not used to dealing with technology. You find difficult to work with computers and digital devices, and you normally prefer more traditional methods, which you consider more reliable. When you attempt to use technology, you always have problems, so you get nervous and give up very discouraged.
It´s curious that students are more technophiles than us, however we have to adapt ourselves to new times, so as not to fall behind.
A good exercise we could develop with our students is to find who is the most technophile person in the class and who is the most technophobe.
But… what about you? How would you define yourself?
In my case, I try to do my best with technology, because I really think it´s important and it offers very innovative tools to teach English. However, I still have lots of things to learn, and I´m not always sure about what to do when I face problems, but challenges are always motivating, aren´t they?. So, I think I am more a technophile than a technophobe. I love computers and the things you can do with them!!!
Why using technology in our ESL classroom is so convenient?
As teachers, one of our major goals is to gain student´s attention as a way of getting them involved in their own process of learning. We need to find stimulating and motivating tools to teach. Taking into account that nowadays children are digital native, which means that they grow up sorrounded by technology and using technology, they are much more prone to learn if we use it in our classes. This is truth in the majority of subjects, but it´s specially relevant when talking about learning English.
young children using computers
Technology offers important advantages to our classes in comparison to the classes hold in the past when grammar was the main focus. Today things have changed enormously and authorities have given emphasis to the importance of teaching practicing the four skills: SPEAKING, LISTENING, READING AND WRITING. Students should learn grammar and vocabulary, but they should also learn how to pronounce the words, how to understand a conversation, or how to use orally what they have learnt. In this context, the use of technology comes in very handy as it makes easier the practice of the four skills.
I will list some examples of these advantages.
LISTENING:
The internet is an endless source of resources. There are web pages which include graded listenings which can be very helpful for students.
Students can also have access to authentic material, for example, cartoons, or interesting videos talking about their favourite actors and singers.
On the other hand, I recommend podcastig files they can listen in their MP3, so as to get used to the sound of English.
SPEAKING:
We can record our students when talking in English. This way, they can spot their own mistakes and check their own progress.
There are programs designed to aid pronunciation. For example: TEll me More. This program, recognizes student´s voice and guides improvement in pronunciation.
We can find, web pages such as www.cambridgeonline.com/phonetics_focus, which include different activities and games to practice pronunciation.
READING:
Web pages: www.storyplace.org, offers amusing stories followed by games.
Magazines: http://es.maryglasgowplus.com/
WRITING:
There are lots of web pages to practice grammar through interactive exercises.
Students can write e-mails to people around the world, participate in forums, chats… etc.
Webquests
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So, in conclusion I really think introducing technology in our ESL classroom is worth making an effort.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!
Teaching English through the use of songs is considered a very effective way to teach English, and I am sure, all of us can remember the lyrics of any song we worked in class when we were students of ESL. However, nowadays the internet has replaced those enormous cassette players. We can also use interactive whiteboards, which will allow students to enjoy videos of songs.
I send you a sample of a web page in which we can listen to the song “Happy new year by ABBA”, the web page has also created a gap filling exercise to complete the lyrics of this song and practice vocabulary related to New Year´s Eve, words such as confetti, fireworks, champagne… etc.
I take advantage of this post to wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012, when as ABBA says “may we all have a vision now and then, in a world when every neighbour is a friend“, a nice sentence, for those who like ABBA.
Click on the photo to listen to the song, and check the exercises provided by this web: