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Title: Bilingual Post: Le Coton-tige and a French Doctor's Thoughts on Cleaning Your Ears
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From http://www.french-word-a-day.com/
Here’s a bilingual (French and English) article about Q-tips, a coming ban on their use in France in 2020, and the dangers of sticking them in your ears: http://www.french-word-a-day.com/2017/06/le-coton-tige.html
Source: French Word-A-Day
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Title: Tips for Having Your High School Students Teach Elementary School Kids and for Fiesta Days
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If you’re thinking about having your high school students teach some Spanish lessons to younger learners in the elementary school, here are some practical tips: http://elmundodepepita.blogspot.com/2017/06/tips-for-having-your-high-school.html
Here are some practical tips for “fiestas” that reward students for hard work and good behavior: https://lamaestralocablog.wordpress.com/2017/06/24/classroom-management-part-1-2-fiestas/
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Title: Make and Do – Collocation Revision
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From https://teachinggamesefl.com
Do your English students struggle with collocations using “make” and “do”? Mike Astbury presents a lesson and several activities that focus on some of these collocations in this post: https://teachinggamesefl.com/2017/06/19/make-and-do/
Source: TeachingGamesEFL
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Title: Twitter List for English Language Teachers
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Larry Ferlazzo maintains a list of tweets from 140 English language educators from around the world. You can subscribe at https://twitter.com/Larryferlazzo/lists/esl-ell-elt-teachers
Source: Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
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Title: Finding and Using Images and Video Clips
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Recently several bloggers have shared ways to find public domain video clips (http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/06/three-places-to-find-public-domain.html), a slideshow with 50 images for language activities along with several ideas for using them (http://www.englishblog.com/2017/06/slideshow-50-photos-for-esl-activities.html), and a list of 50 says to use images in the world language classroom (http://www.secondaryspanishspace.com/2017/06/50-ways-to-use-images-in-world-language.html).
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Title: Standard Based Grading in Language Class
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From http://misclaseslocas.blogspot.com/
We hope that you enjoy this week’s Topic of the Week article (http://caslsintercom.uoregon.edu/content/23327f) about evaluating the learning process rather than the product, which caps off our June InterCom theme of assessment. Just in time, here is an excellent blog post by Spanish teacher Allison Weinhold about how to start using standard based grading (based on the ACTFL proficiency standards) in your class: http://misclaseslocas.blogspot.com/2017/06/standard-based-grading-in-spanish-class.html
Source: Mis Clases Locas
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Title: Brain-Friendly Strategies for Your Vocab Toolbox
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From https://www.middleweb.com
In this short article, Marilee Sprenger describes the three stages of learning new vocabulary: encoding, storage, and retrieval. She then goes on to suggest a few activities that students can do at each stage.
Read the article at https://www.middleweb.com/35020/brain-friendly-strategies-for-your-vocab-toolbox/
Source: Middle Web
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Title: Research Summary: Small Group Discussions and Their Impact on Language Learning
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From http://www.eltresearchbites.com/
Anthony Schmidt reports on a 2013 study by Zhang, Anderson, and Nguyen-Jahiel about the effectiveness of a discussion activity called Collaborative Reasoning on English learners. Their conclusion: “engaging ELLs in language-rich discussions accelerates receptive and expressive language development.”
Read the research summary at http://www.eltresearchbites.com/201706-oral-discussion-and-its-effects-on-reading-writing-and-listening/
Source: ELT Research Bites
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Title: Article: It’s OK to Make Mistakes
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Are you or your students so afraid to make mistakes that you’re not taking risks and pushing yourselves to communicate with more complexity, in a wider range of situations? This article by Katie Harris about the importance of making and learning from mistakes in language learning may help: https://www.fluentin3months.com/learning-from-mistakes/
Source: Fluent in 3 Months
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Title: Resources for Learning about the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics
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Your InterCom editor thinks that following the Olympic Games with your students is a great way to increase and celebrate global awareness. Larry Ferlazzo has already started curating resources for learning about the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics (http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2017/06/22/a-beginning-list-for-learning-about-the-2018-pyeongchang-winter-olympics/) and the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics (http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2017/06/16/a-beginning-list-for-learning-about-the-2020-tokyo-summer-olympics/).
Source: Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
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