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Title: Comprensión auditiva: Gabriela Mistral
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This time, Delearte is sharing a listening activity around a poem by Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral. The target vocabulary in the poem is related to food and items in the kitchen, so the activity is suitable for novice learners. If you want to take the opportunity to introduce some aspects of Chilean culture, there is also a link to a monthly magazine issue that includes some activities on Chile.
To see the activity, go to http://www.delearte.com/2015/04/comprension-auditiva-gabriela-mistral.html
Source: Aprender español con Delearte
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Title: Los gremios: las oraciones relativas en las calles de Málaga
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From http://jramonele.blogspot.com
José Ramón shares a great way to exploit authentic cultural aspects to present natural use of language using relative clauses and pronouns. In this case, he focuses on the way the city of Málaga was designed and organized, with the different “gremios” (guilds) represented in street names. It’s a good resource to introduce students to a less known cultural aspect and practice a grammar point at the same time.
To access the article go to http://jramonele.blogspot.com/2015/04/los-gremios-las-oraciones-relativas-en.html
Source: Jramonele.com
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Title: Lecturas grabadas: Audiobooks
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From http://www.educ.ar/sitios/educar/inicio/
This Argentinian educational website has a collection of recorded pieces of literature by Latin American authors. These could be used in class, assigned for homework or as part of a flipped classroom approach. There is also a teacher’s guide that you can download here.
To see the compilation of audiobooks go to http://www.educ.ar/sitios/educar/seccion/?ir=audiolibros
Source: Educar
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Title: 2015 Summer Institute for Languages of the Muslim World
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From http://silmw.linguistics.illinois.edu/
The Summer Institute for Languages of the Muslim World (SILMW) is an annual intensive language institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that focuses specifically on teaching critical languages spoken in the Muslim World.
At SILMW 2015 the following languages will be offered: Arabic, Persian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu, Uzbek, and Wolof.
SILMW is open to University of Illinois students and students from other universities.
For full details go to http://silmw.linguistics.illinois.edu/
Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Title: 6 Portuguese Words with No English Translation
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From http://streetsmartbrazil.com/6-portuguese-words-with-no-english-translation/
This posts provides 6 words in Portuguese that have no English equivalent. They list the word in Portuguese, provide a sample sentence in Portuguese, and then their rough meaning in English along with an English sentence example.
Access this resource http://streetsmartbrazil.com/6-portuguese-words-with-no-english-translation/
Source: streetsmartbrazil.com
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Title: Ageism and Retirement: Conversation Topic
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From http://freeenglishlessonplans.com/
This new post exploits an authentic article about university students living in a Dutch retirement home by creating a discussion in class. There are some warm-up questions, the article itself and a follow-up discussion.
Access the resources at http://freeenglishlessonplans.com/2015/04/10/ageism-and-retirement-conversation-topic/
Source: Tim’s Free English Lesson Plans
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Title: The Night Lincoln Was Shot
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From http://www.smithsonianmag.com/
This 2-page story from Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris Kearns Goodwin, copyright (c) 2005 by Blithedale Productions, Inc. and reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster in honor of the 150 year anniversary since Lincoln’s assassination, weaves the story of President Lincoln’s last day as president. It is written for English L1 speakers making it authentic language and also an exciting story full of history relating to the U.S. during the Civil War period. ESL students with a high English reading level may enjoy reading all or part of this story. In a lesson you could choose to focus on the historical context, the cultural references, and/or the writing skills and techniques that create the intrigue and make the story interesting. The site also includes pictures.
To read this piece visit http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abraham-lincoln-team-of-rivals-180954850/
Source: Smithsonian
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Title: 5 Ways to Support Vocabulary Learning
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In this blog post, Tara reports on some tips by Eli Hinkel on how to increase vocabulary retention among students.
Access the article at http://blog.esllibrary.com/2015/04/08/vocabulary-tips-eli-hinkel/
Source: ESL Library
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Title: Valuing Languages
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From http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alissa-stern/valuing-languages_b_7002682.html
Alissa Stern, US Director of BASAbali.org, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that strives to strengthen the Balinese language, writes an illuminating article about how governments and education systems can value languages and prevent language extinction. “The first step in reversing this decline is the simplest but also the toughest: local communities, national governments, and the international community need to value language diversity. Not all do.” She provides examples of how this can be accomplished.
Access the article http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alissa-stern/valuing-languages_b_7002682.html
Source: Huffington Post
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Title: Using Comics to Teach English Language Learners
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From http://www.slj.com/
In this article, Dawn Wing encourages the use of graphic novels or comics to engage students and enable them to practice their language skills using different modalities. She provides some ideas on best practice in the ESL classroom, but these could also be applied to other languages.
To read the article go to http://www.slj.com/2015/04/standards/using-comics-to-teach-english-language-learners/#_
Source: School Library Journal
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