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Title: 3 Strategies for Formative Assessment and Feedback
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From: http://blog.tesol.org/3-strategies-for-formative-assessment-and-feedback/
This blog post is a description of helpful strategies instructors can use when giving feedback. The strategies discussed by Ascher are learner-focused, and intend to create a sense of motivation within learners to improve skills that they can use over time rather than prompting learners to create one better product. This blog post would be useful to any language instructor, as it provides constructive and scaffolded feedback strategies that would help learners to grow in their own skills and knowledge.
Visit: http://blog.tesol.org/3-strategies-for-formative-assessment-and-feedback/
Source: TESOL Blog, Hetal Ascher
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Title: Closed Captioning
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From: https://www.signingsavvy.com/blog/396/Closed+Captioning
This article describes the history of closed captioning services (and the lack thereof) in America and how captions have become more accessible over time. Cartwright highlights the importance of providing easily-accessible captioning for deaf people by providing readers with anecdotes of deaf people’s experiences with not having accessible captioning and how culturally important it is to provide everyone with access to the media. Cartwright also mentions that captions are useful to many people, and that they are important for comprehension and connection to the media. This article would be useful to any instructor who wishes to bring attention to issues with the treatment and awareness of the deaf community, and would be especially relevant to ASL or other signed-language instructors.
Visit: https://www.signingsavvy.com/blog/396/Closed+Captioning
Source: Signing Savvy, Brenda Cartwright
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Title: Conversation about Tongues: On Longing and Belonging Through Language
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From: https://vocalfriespod.com/2022/05/04/tongues/
This episode of the podcast The Vocal Fries is an interview with two of the editors of Tongues: On Longing and Belonging Through Language, Eufemia Fantetti, Professor of English at Humber College, and Ayelet Tsabari, who teaches creative writing at the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph and University of King’s College’s MFA in Creative Nonfiction, about their new book, writing in English as a second language, Molisan, Hebrew, and Yemeni Arabic. This resource would be useful for teachers and learners interested in issues of identity, community and belonging as it relates to language.
Visit: https://vocalfriespod.com/2022/05/04/tongues/
Source: Vocal Fries Podcast
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Title: Best Mind Mapping Tools for Teachers and Students
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From: https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/18-free-mind-mapping-tools-for-teachers.html
This blog post provides readers with a list of mind-mapping apps and digital tools that learners can use to create helpful resources. The author discusses how mind maps are used and how to use them, and describes their importance within learning. The provided list of apps discusses the features of each app and tool, as well as provides information on pricing and how they can be used within learning spaces. This post would be useful to any language instructor who is interested in using a mind map activity, and provides helpful tools to engage learners within mind-mapping.
Visit: https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/18-free-mind-mapping-tools-for-teachers.html
Source: Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
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Title: Remembering Brazilian Writer Lygia Fagundes Telles
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This article is a discussion of the works of the recently-passed Brazilian author Lygia Fagundes Telles and the importance of her writing within the Portuguese speaking community. Avilés describes the popularity and common criticisms of Fagundes Telles’s short stories and other writings, but also highlights the cultural significance of this author and the importance of her works. This resource would be useful to any level of learner and would be especially relevant to any learner looking to read writing in Brazilian Portuguese. This would also be useful to instructors looking for Brazilian materials and books to teach.
Source: 4 Corners of the World International Collection, Smithsonian Museum, Giselle M. Avilés
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Title: How to Learn Touch Typing in Arabic
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From: https://arabic-for-nerds.com/how-to-learn-touch-typing-in-arabic/
This blog post is a description of the usefulness of being able to touch type, and provides resources for how to train yourself to touch type. Drißner discusses how touch typing can increase typing efficiency, and specifically how to learn to touch type in Arabic using different websites and apps. There are a few different websites and apps provided to readers that help to either improve typing speed or teach a learner how to touch type. This resource would be useful to learners of Arabic who are interested in improving their typing skills or learners who are interested in being able to touch type.
Visit: https://arabic-for-nerds.com/how-to-learn-touch-typing-in-arabic/
Source: Arabic for Nerds, Gerald Drißner
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Title: Tell a Great Story in Chinese
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From: https://mandarinhq.com/2022/04/storytelling-in-chinese/
This blog post is a listening and speaking activity regarding storytelling in Chinese. Huang provides a video that learners can listen to and speak along with in order to practice their own storytelling. There is also a transcript of the story in the video so that learners can read along as well. This activity would be useful to Chinese learners of more intermediate and advanced levels as some of the vocabulary and language production may be more difficult for beginner-level learners. Overall, this activity provides a helpful source for speaking and listening, as well as social practices within Chinese storytelling.
Visit: https://mandarinhq.com/2022/04/storytelling-in-chinese/
Source: Mandarin HQ, Angel Huang
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Title: Are Authentic Texts Good for Learning Chinese or is Graded Content Better?
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This blog post explores the pros and cons of using “authentic” texts in Chinese versus using graded readers and other materials created specifically for learners. It walks readers through key considerations and questions to ask when choosing a text to read, and discusses how the purpose for which one is reading affects the type of text one chooses. This would be a useful resource for self-directed Chinese learners deciding what to read, or for teachers looking for reading texts to fit specific goals or learning outcomes.
Source: Hacking Chinese
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Title: Do You Understand Egyptian TikTok?
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From: https://arabic-for-nerds.com/egyptian-slang/
This blog post introduces readers to examples of how Egyptian Arabic speakers are creating linguistic and cultural content on TikTok. It lists three of the top Egyptian social media influencers, addresses some of the cultural and political implications of content creation and social media use in Egypt, and provides a short glossary of Egyptian Arabic words commonly used in this domain. This would be a useful resource for teachers and learners of Arabic interested in looking at Egyptian Arabic dialects and usages, and the pragmatics of language use on social media.
Visit: https://arabic-for-nerds.com/egyptian-slang/
Source: Arabic for Nerds
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Title: Reading 絵本 (Ehon) – Japanese Picture Books as a Japanese Learner
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From: https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/ehon-japanese-childrens-picture-books/
This article discusses the many benefits of children’s books in Japanese for language learning. Namely, the author focuses on ehon, or “illustrated stories for children in which the text and images are integrated, and generally work together to tell a story.” These texts are suggested for their highly contextualized language use, their compatibility with setting achievable goals for beginning learners, and for their introduction to Japanese culture. However, there are challenges to be aware of including the specialized nature of language that appears in children’s books and the ubiquity of advanced grammar.
Visit: https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/ehon-japanese-childrens-picture-books/
Source: Tofugu, Sarah Bush
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