Thursday, February 28, 2013

Need Ideas?

Need ideas? Why not look at Ideas to Inspire helping teachers with a lot of things in various spheres. The short presentations give tips and links how to use this or that tool, where to find necessary information, what to do in a certain situation. A very useful resource for whose who needs ideas and inspiration.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Printing Press

Printing Press from ReadWriteThink is a very helpful resource. With Printing Press students can create a booklet, a flyer, a brochure, or a newspaper. The thing could be quite interesting for presenting students' projects and research work.

Monday, February 25, 2013

Language with Skillwise

BBC Skillswise is a free-to-access website for adult numeracy and literacy tutors and students, with printable worksheets and factsheets and online games, videos and quizzes that can be used in class or by students at home.  
Skillwise English has Reading, Writing, Spelling, Word Grammar, Sentence Grammar, Speaking and Listening Sections. The sections contain one-minute videos with transcripts, quizzes, games.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Pronunciation Exercises

Perfect Pronunciation Exercises from Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary  - 15 pronunciation sessions with 5 pronunciation exercises each. The exercises are quite suitable for class work and independent practice. The full list of exercises is given on one page what is convenient for a teacher to choose the one he needs. As an example, Session 1contains Exercise 1: [f] vs. [v]  (fear vs. veerExercise 2: syllable stress Exercise 3: forth/fourth, ascent/assent Exercise 4: [oʊ] vs. [ɑ]  (bold vs. baldExercise 5: sentence practice.