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Title: Two Techniques That Boost Spoken Fluency Via Repetition
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From https://gianfrancoconti.wordpress.com
Gianfranco Conti describes two techniques that scaffold students’ repetition of a spoken presentation, improving their overall performance. The techniques, “4, 3, 2 technique” and “Market place,” are described in this post, along with a discussion of why they are effective.
Read the post at https://gianfrancoconti.wordpress.com/2017/03/04/en-route-to-spoken-fluency-via-task-repetition-the-4-3-2-technique-and-market-place/
Source: Language Gym
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Title: New Feature on Quizlet: Quizlet Learn
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Nearly ten years ago we wrote about Quizlet, an online study tool designed by a high school student (http://caslsintercom.uoregon.edu/content/6166). The latest tool in Quizlet is Quizlet Learn, which helps students plan ahead for studying for a test and adjusts the difficulty of practice questions to a student’s performance. Learn more about Quizlet Learn in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMHucmzjByE. Quizlet is available at https://quizlet.com/
Source: Various
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Title: Showcasing Literacies: A Weather Warmup Activity and Parent Displays
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From http://www.aglobalclassroom.com
Dorie from the Global Classroom website describes several inspirational ideas that tie together wonderfully: a warmup activity in which students ask Siri in Spanish what the weather is in different cities in South America (and explore the cities in Google street view), and the creation of a trifold board and an infographic to display in a community event showing how language skills are part of 21st century literacy. Read the blog post at http://www.aglobalclassroom.com/21st-century-literacies/
Source: A Global Classroom
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Title: A Flipped Language Classroom
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From http://blogs.transparent.com
High school Spanish teacher Heather Witten has been flipping her Spanish class for seven years. In this short blog post, read what she likes about a flipped classroom and how it has resulted in a student-centered classroom: http://blogs.transparent.com/language-news/2017/03/06/the-best-part-of-flipping-my-classroom/
Source: Transparent Language
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Title: The Impact of Different Writing Activities on Vocabulary Learning
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From http://www.eltresearchbites.com
Anthony Schmidt summarizes a 2017 study by E. Rassaei on the impact of three different post-reading writing activities on L2 vocabulary learning. In part, his discussion deals with the role of output activities in effective language learning (as opposed to an input-only approach). Read his summary here: http://www.eltresearchbites.com/201702-a-tale-of-three-writing-activities-and-their-effect-on-vocabulary-learning/
Source: ELT Research Bites
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Title: Methods for Grouping Students
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From https://onthesamepageelt.wordpress.com
Here are three different ways to put students into non-random groups; the grouping activity itself serves as an additional interpersonal activity: https://onthesamepageelt.wordpress.com/2017/02/21/avoid-randomness-three-other-ways-of-grouping-students/
Source: On the Same Page ELT
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Title: How to Maximize Google Drive for Online Language Teaching
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From http://www.lindsaydoeslanguages.com
If you teach languages online, these tips for using Google Drive in your teaching will give you some good ideas. The post also includes references to other online tools that you can incorporate into your teaching, such as Memrise, Forbo, and Soundcloud.
Read the post at http://www.lindsaydoeslanguages.com/google-drive-online-language-teaching/
Source: Lindsay Does Languages
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Title: Watching the News in a Target Language
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From https://www.fluentin3months.com
In this post, Benny Lewis gives several reasons for watching the news in your target language to improve your proficiency, along with guidelines for getting the most out of it. He ends with links to good news resources in French, German, Spanish, and Mandarin.
Read the post at https://www.fluentin3months.com/watching-the-news/
Source: Fluent in 3 Months
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Title: Article: Language Teacher vs. Acquisition Facilitator
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From http://languagemagazine.com
In this recent article in Language Magazine, teacher trainer Carol Gaab describes how she teaches her students, who are professional baseball players, English and Spanish. She uses a yearlong theme to guide her selection of authentic resources and provides them with lots of comprehensible input, primarily through the TPRS (teaching proficiency through reading and storytelling) method.
Read the article at http://languagemagazine.com/2017/03/language-teacher-vs-acquisition-facilitator/
Source: Language Magazine
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Title: Getting to Know CASLS Staff: Kathrin Kaiser
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5-Question Profile for Kathrin Kaiser, Instructional Designer for CASLS.
1. What is your role at CASLS? What types of projects do you usually work on?
I'm at CASLS as an Instructional Designer. I design learning experiences, including learning mechanisms and curriculum.
2. What are your areas of interest/expertise?
I specialized in cognitive linguistics. The area where cognitive theory meets educational practice is what intrigues me most. I like to investigate how assumptions from cognitive linguistics can be applied to support the learning process.
3. What do you like best about working at the University of Oregon and living in Eugene?
I'm very happy with the lunch options around campus and downtown. There are so many! I'm still in the process of discovering and trying out all the different cafés and cafeterias. My favorites so far are the cafés at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum and the Jaqua Center. My favorite experience in Eugene is the Saturday Market.
4. If you could have any super power, what would it be and why?
I would have the power to transmit thoughts and concepts telepathically. Language is too complicated. ;) More seriously, I would like to be able to bend time and make more of it as necessary.
5. What is/are your favorite quote(s)?
“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, with Annotations - 1841-1844
Source: CASLS Spotlight
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