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Title: Using German Mapquest to Practice Directions
Body: An AATG listserv user recently contributed the following idea: My 8th graders are studying the Komm mit Unit "Amerikaner in München". To give them practice in following directions I used http://mapquest.de to print directions. We will practice finding directions with some actual addresses. Wolf, C. [AATG-L] German Mapquest. American Association of Teachers of German listserv (AATG@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU, 13 Mar 2007).
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Title: Using German Mapquest to Practice Directions
Body: An AATG listserv user recently contributed the following idea: My 8th graders are studying the Komm mit Unit "Amerikaner in München". To give them practice in following directions I used http://mapquest.de to print directions. We will practice finding directions with some actual addresses. Wolf, C. [AATG-L] German Mapquest. American Association of Teachers of German listserv (AATG@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU, 13 Mar 2007).
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Title: English-German Glossary of Garden & Lawn Terms
Body: A dictionary of German vocabulary related to gardening, lawn care, and landscaping. Available at http://german.about.com/library/blvoc_garten.htm?nl=1 .
Source: About.com
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Title: English-German Glossary of Garden & Lawn Terms
Body: A dictionary of German vocabulary related to gardening, lawn care, and landscaping. Available at http://german.about.com/library/blvoc_garten.htm?nl=1 .
Source: About.com
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Title: FrenchAssistant: Free Online French Lessons
Body: From http://www.frenchassistant.com/default.asp This site has two free components. French lessons beginner through advanced are available at http://www.frenchassistant.com/lessons.asp . Users can also sign up for pop-up windows that randomly ask review questions about the French lessons. More information is available at http://www.frenchassistant.com/default.asp .
Source: FrenchAssistant.com
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Title: FrenchAssistant: Free Online French Lessons
Body: From http://www.frenchassistant.com/default.asp This site has two free components. French lessons beginner through advanced are available at http://www.frenchassistant.com/lessons.asp . Users can also sign up for pop-up windows that randomly ask review questions about the French lessons. More information is available at http://www.frenchassistant.com/default.asp .
Source: FrenchAssistant.com
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Title: Info Junior: A French Journal for Kids
Body: This French-language online journal by kids for kids has has jokes, games, stories, and topically-arranged informational pages. Available at http://www.infojunior.com/index.html .
Source: Info Junior
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Title: Info Junior: A French Journal for Kids
Body: This French-language online journal by kids for kids has has jokes, games, stories, and topically-arranged informational pages. Available at http://www.infojunior.com/index.html .
Source: Info Junior
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Title: Language Games in Italian, Spanish, French, German, and English
Body: From http://www.abroadlanguages.com/al/la/general.asp Free online resources for Italian, Spanish, French, German, and English include educational games, online dictionaries, penpals, language level tests, and language-specific forums. The site is available in English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese. Available at http://www.abroadlanguages.com/al/la/general.asp .
Source: Abroad Languages
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Title: Language Games in Italian, Spanish, French, German, and English
Body: From http://www.abroadlanguages.com/al/la/general.asp Free online resources for Italian, Spanish, French, German, and English include educational games, online dictionaries, penpals, language level tests, and language-specific forums. The site is available in English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese. Available at http://www.abroadlanguages.com/al/la/general.asp .
Source: Abroad Languages
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Title: Bob the Builder Website: Games for Elementary Children
Body: From http://www.bobthebuilder.com/bob_the_builder_online_website_flag_page.html This website has interactive games for elementary age children in seven languages: Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, and English. Available at http://www.bobthebuilder.com/bob_the_builder_online_website_flag_page.html .
Source: Bob the Builder Official Website
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Title: Bob the Builder Website: Games for Elementary Children
Body: From http://www.bobthebuilder.com/bob_the_builder_online_website_flag_page.html This website has interactive games for elementary age children in seven languages: Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, and English. Available at http://www.bobthebuilder.com/bob_the_builder_online_website_flag_page.html .
Source: Bob the Builder Official Website
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Title: Online Spanish Resource: El Castellano
Body: Resources include an e-mailed word of the day, articles, dictionaries, online Spanish forums, grammar explanations, a history of the Spanish language, and links to online literature resources. Available at http://www.elcastellano.org .
Source: Asociación Cultural Antonio de Nebrija
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Title: Online Spanish Resource: El Castellano
Body: Resources include an e-mailed word of the day, articles, dictionaries, online Spanish forums, grammar explanations, a history of the Spanish language, and links to online literature resources. Available at http://www.elcastellano.org .
Source: Asociación Cultural Antonio de Nebrija
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Title: Speaking Homework Ideas for ESL
Body: A TESL-L user submitted the following question about speaking homework: For about a year now I've been giving many of of my students "speaking homework". They are to read or view something in English, usually a movie I give them or something like VOA Special English, and then call me by telephone or Skype and talk to me about it. I'm wondering if any other teachers have tried this. Kees, D. [TESL-L] Speaking homework? Teachers of English as a Second Language List (TESL-L@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU, 28 Mar 2007). --- I have my students record their answers to personal info. questions on tape for homework. Cervera, L. Re: [TESL-L] Speaking homework? Teachers of English as a Second Language List (TESL-L@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU, 29 Mar 2007). --- I often give students speaking tasks. Very often it's to find out what other people think about a subject we've been discussing or are about to discuss in class. By saying "Talk to three people, two should be English and one from a another country and find out what they think about these specific [open] questions,” there's a better completion rate. I encourage learners to initiate conversations "Find out as much as possible about your 'host mother's/host father's job, childhood, etc. and tell them about yours" This often opens up further dialogue as well as providing real language input. Of course they report back to the class next day. Stirling, J. Re: [TESL-L] Speaking homework? Teachers of English as a Second Language List (TESL-L@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU, 30 Mar 2007). --- In my business English class, when we do the phoning unit, my students are assigned to call me and make an appointment with "Bob Jones." I pretend to be Mr. Jones' assistant. Then I call them right back, and they have to role-play being an assistant for "Susan Smith" who is out of the office. While conversing with them on the phone, I fill out a chart giving them feedback on what I heard (so they can see if I heard is what they said), tips for what they can improve on, and things they did well. They also record in their "listening logs" (a written account of listening outside of class) what they heard (ie phone number I left with them, my message, and role-played name). After this activity, for the remainder of the unit they have to make calls to each other and record them in their "listening logs." For my pronunciation and public speaking courses, they submit recordings of different things throughout the semester as mp3 files to my e-mail. I listen and then comment by e-mail on their recordings. Parmley, A. Re: [TESL-L] Speaking homework? Teachers of English as a Second Language List (TESL-L@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU, 30 Mar 2007). --- My students are assigned to have a conversation or try to use English at a store or with customer service. Then, they write a journal about what they tried, and what words they learned. Although I'm not hearing them speak, I've found that some students get a lot out of this activity. One of my students in Level 2 changed her cell phone options to English and went through the English-speaking automatic checkout at the grocery store, which were challenges that she was both surprised and proud to have completed successfully. Rathe, B. Re: [TESL-L] Speaking homework? Teachers of English as a Second Language List (TESL-L@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU, 30 Mar 2007). --- I have students talk to "themselves" for fifteen minutes each day and write about it. For example, if they are riding their bike to school they can be saying "Look at the blue car. There is a woman in the car." Most students seem to take it seriously. Ferlazzo, L. Re: [TESL-L] Speaking homework? Teachers of English as a Second Language List (TESL-L@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU, 31 Mar 2007).
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Title: Speaking Homework Ideas for ESL
Body: A TESL-L user submitted the following question about speaking homework: For about a year now I've been giving many of of my students "speaking homework". They are to read or view something in English, usually a movie I give them or something like VOA Special English, and then call me by telephone or Skype and talk to me about it. I'm wondering if any other teachers have tried this. Kees, D. [TESL-L] Speaking homework? Teachers of English as a Second Language List (TESL-L@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU, 28 Mar 2007). --- I have my students record their answers to personal info. questions on tape for homework. Cervera, L. Re: [TESL-L] Speaking homework? Teachers of English as a Second Language List (TESL-L@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU, 29 Mar 2007). --- I often give students speaking tasks. Very often it's to find out what other people think about a subject we've been discussing or are about to discuss in class. By saying "Talk to three people, two should be English and one from a another country and find out what they think about these specific [open] questions,” there's a better completion rate. I encourage learners to initiate conversations "Find out as much as possible about your 'host mother's/host father's job, childhood, etc. and tell them about yours" This often opens up further dialogue as well as providing real language input. Of course they report back to the class next day. Stirling, J. Re: [TESL-L] Speaking homework? Teachers of English as a Second Language List (TESL-L@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU, 30 Mar 2007). --- In my business English class, when we do the phoning unit, my students are assigned to call me and make an appointment with "Bob Jones." I pretend to be Mr. Jones' assistant. Then I call them right back, and they have to role-play being an assistant for "Susan Smith" who is out of the office. While conversing with them on the phone, I fill out a chart giving them feedback on what I heard (so they can see if I heard is what they said), tips for what they can improve on, and things they did well. They also record in their "listening logs" (a written account of listening outside of class) what they heard (ie phone number I left with them, my message, and role-played name). After this activity, for the remainder of the unit they have to make calls to each other and record them in their "listening logs." For my pronunciation and public speaking courses, they submit recordings of different things throughout the semester as mp3 files to my e-mail. I listen and then comment by e-mail on their recordings. Parmley, A. Re: [TESL-L] Speaking homework? Teachers of English as a Second Language List (TESL-L@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU, 30 Mar 2007). --- My students are assigned to have a conversation or try to use English at a store or with customer service. Then, they write a journal about what they tried, and what words they learned. Although I'm not hearing them speak, I've found that some students get a lot out of this activity. One of my students in Level 2 changed her cell phone options to English and went through the English-speaking automatic checkout at the grocery store, which were challenges that she was both surprised and proud to have completed successfully. Rathe, B. Re: [TESL-L] Speaking homework? Teachers of English as a Second Language List (TESL-L@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU, 30 Mar 2007). --- I have students talk to "themselves" for fifteen minutes each day and write about it. For example, if they are riding their bike to school they can be saying "Look at the blue car. There is a woman in the car." Most students seem to take it seriously. Ferlazzo, L. Re: [TESL-L] Speaking homework? Teachers of English as a Second Language List (TESL-L@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU, 31 Mar 2007).
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Title: English Games and Activities at Three Wise Monkeys
Body: From http://www.edochan.com Three Wise Monkeys is a collection of teaching ideas compiled by Japan Exchange Teachers in Tochigi Prefecture. It contains over 100 activities indexed by level, grammar point, time taken and materials used. Three Wise Monkeys caters to a variety of levels, but in essence offers lively, communicative activities suitable for big classes of shy kids. Available at http://www.edochan.com/teaching/monkeys.htm .
Source: edochan.com
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Title: English Games and Activities at Three Wise Monkeys
Body: From http://www.edochan.com Three Wise Monkeys is a collection of teaching ideas compiled by Japan Exchange Teachers in Tochigi Prefecture. It contains over 100 activities indexed by level, grammar point, time taken and materials used. Three Wise Monkeys caters to a variety of levels, but in essence offers lively, communicative activities suitable for big classes of shy kids. Available at http://www.edochan.com/teaching/monkeys.htm .
Source: edochan.com
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Title: New Book: Learning and Teaching Languages Through Content
Body: From http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LL%26LT%2018 Learning and Teaching Languages Through Content: A counterbalanced approach Author: Roy Lyster Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company Based on a synthesis of classroom SLA research that has helped to shape evolving perspectives of content-based instruction since the introduction of immersion programs in Montreal more than 40 years ago, this book presents an updated perspective on integrating language and content in ways that engage second language learners with language across the curriculum. A range of instructional practices observed in immersion and content-based classrooms is highlighted to set the stage for justifying a counterbalanced approach that integrates both content-based and form-focused instructional options as complementary ways of intervening to develop a learner’s interlanguage system. A counterbalanced approach is outlined as an array of opportunities for learners to process language through content by means of comprehension, awareness, and production mechanisms, and to negotiate language through content by means of interactional strategies involving teacher scaffolding and feedback. Visit the publisher’s site at http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LL%26LT%2018 .
Source: John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Title: New Book: Learning and Teaching Languages Through Content
Body: From http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LL%26LT%2018 Learning and Teaching Languages Through Content: A counterbalanced approach Author: Roy Lyster Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company Based on a synthesis of classroom SLA research that has helped to shape evolving perspectives of content-based instruction since the introduction of immersion programs in Montreal more than 40 years ago, this book presents an updated perspective on integrating language and content in ways that engage second language learners with language across the curriculum. A range of instructional practices observed in immersion and content-based classrooms is highlighted to set the stage for justifying a counterbalanced approach that integrates both content-based and form-focused instructional options as complementary ways of intervening to develop a learner’s interlanguage system. A counterbalanced approach is outlined as an array of opportunities for learners to process language through content by means of comprehension, awareness, and production mechanisms, and to negotiate language through content by means of interactional strategies involving teacher scaffolding and feedback. Visit the publisher’s site at http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LL%26LT%2018 .
Source: John Benjamins Publishing Company
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