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Title: 5 German Short Stories for Beginners
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Here is an article from FluentU about how short stories can be helpful for language learning. The article includes links to five recommended short stories: http://www.fluentu.com/german/blog/german-short-stories-for-beginners/
Source: FluentU
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Title: The Physics of Ancient Roman Architecture
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The Physics Of Ancient Roman Architecture
Chad Orzel
July 5, 2016
You probably won’t be surprised to learn that there’s a great deal of science involved in the construction of something as colossal as the Pantheon, but in the general reductionist spirit of physics, we can break it down to a really simple balance of two forces: gravity pulling the components of the roof down, and forces from the concrete and bricks of the structure trying to keep it up. The Pantheon succeeds because its designers did a brilliant job of playing these off against each other, but an inherently three-dimensional structure like a dome is really complicated, so in the traditional manner of physics analysis, we’ll simplify it further, because the essential idea is captured by another signature feature of Roman architecture, the arch.
Read the full article at http://www.forbes.com/sites/chadorzel/2016/07/05/the-physics-of-ancient-roman-architecture/#5153c6334350
Source: Forbes
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Title: Why French?
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In this recent article, Kathy Stein-Smith discusses a growing global demand for French: http://languagemagazine.com/?p=125752
Source: Language Magazine
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Title: Relative Pronoun Game for French
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From http://frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/
Here is an activity that gets students using relative clauses to describe things, which reinforces the use of qui and que in French: http://frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-relative-pronoun-game.html
Source: Language Teacher Toolkit
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Title: Reading Material that Isn’t Books
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From http://www.spanishplayground.net/
Recipes, comics, email, song lyrics, and other non-book genres are good resources for non-book reading. Here are 15 kinds of non-book reading material that children can use to improve their proficiency in reading: http://www.spanishplayground.net/spanish-reading-practice/
Source: Spanish Playground
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Title: Accents in Different Mexican States
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In March we noted an online quiz in which Spanish speakers in different countries talk about words and expressions specific to their countries (http://caslsintercom.uoregon.edu/content/20996). Here is another from the same source, specific to different states in Mexico: http://elpais.com/especiales/2016/acentos-de-mexico/#pregunta_0
Source: El País
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Title: Axolotls in Spanish Classrooms
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In this article Paula Cuello and Lori Langer de Ramirez describe how they have used the study of axolotls for cross-curricular projects in elementary and secondary Spanish classrooms: http://languagemagazine.com/?p=125744
Source: Language Magazine
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Title: Activities for the First Day Back to Spanish Class
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From http://www.eleinternacional.com/
Here is a selection of child-friendly (but adaptable for adult classes) activities for the first day back to school. Activities range from making a time capsule to get-acquainted games.
Access the activity descriptions and resources at http://www.eleinternacional.com/actividades-primer-dia-de-clase-ele/
Source: ELE Internacional
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Title: LessonPick: Resource-Sharing Site for English Language Teachers
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From http://www.lessonpick.com/about-us/
LessonPick is a free online database of ELL resources uploaded by educators and tagged across WIDA, ELD Standards, Common Core, ELL instructional models, SLIFE, and more. The site is new and still being developed, but you can browse existing resources already and contribute your own at http://www.lessonpick.com/
Source: LessonPick
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Title: Guide: Mobile Pedagogy for English Language Teaching
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Mobile pedagogy for English language teaching: a guide for teachers
By Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, Lucy Norris and Jim Donohue
Published by the British Council
This guide is for anyone interested in teaching and learning languages, and thinking about teaching practices. It sets out a philosophy and proposes a frame of reference to aid teacher-thinking when designing mobile language learning in and beyond the classroom, informed by research conducted with teachers and learners in ESOL and EAP contexts.
The ideas within highlight the use of activities which exploit a dynamic language and technology environment while drawing on teacher wisdom and the distinctive capabilities of both teachers and their learners.
This publication is free to download in pdf format from http://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org/research-publications/research-papers/mobile-pedagogy-english-language-teaching-guide-teachers
Source: British Council
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