Cambly is a website for ESL learners and Tutors. It brings the language teachers and students around the world together. You can use it in your computer and also available on app store.In order to work as a tutor, one needs to be a native English teacher. All you have to do is to prove yourself by speaking clearly, fluently and you get paid 10$ per hour on a weekly
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As Krashen suggests in his Natural Order Hypothesis, language acquisition takes place in some sort of natural order. Some certain structures of languages are acquired in order regardless of the input and exposure. According to the sequence of Natural Order Hypothesis, acquisition starts with progressive –ing and plural –s. Then, past irregular and possessive –s are mastered both in L1 and L2 acquisition. As it can be seen from the table below.
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Today we know that vocabulary should be learnt in contexts rather than memorizing solely its translation. To facilitate your vocabulary teaching, I will suggest a website for you. Yougish searches youtube for specific words or phrases. It gives you unbiased and fast answers about how English is spoken by people. It provides quite many videos about the word. You can watch them one by one easily. You can also search for particularly word class it belongs(noun,verb,adverb,adjective)
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Peardeck is a Google education online platform that provides an interactive approach to engaging students in learning activities in class and offers teachers the possibility to know students’ responses immediately. Compared with the traditional SRS with clickers, Peardeck is more convenient, easy to use, and low cost because any digital device with the internet can be used to access the platform. Below, I give an introduction of different views and question types, and demonstration of a
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Serial is a podcast from the creators of The American Life. It is hosted by Sarah Koening. Serial is a true story. Two seasons are available in the website. Each season is a different story with different characters and a plot. It is totaly free. You can download or listen online.
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The learning of a foreign language can be a lenghty and difficult process and there are few learning circumstances which can help this process. With the advent of technology, education has been going through changes in terms of learning evironments, tools etc. Compared with traditional learning environments, digital contexts and settings offer more opportunities for the classroom and language learning. It brings solutions to some of the challanges teachers face in traditional learning environments.
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ReadTheory is an online reading comprehension website which evalutes learners’ reading ability and recommends suitable passages according to their levels. More than 1000 passages are available in different grades. It diagnoses students’ needs and sends texts accordingly. As students read and answer questions, ReadTheory presents new passages either more difficult or easier. You can use it both desktop and
…Seating arrangements of the classes tell us about approaches and activites that can be used in classes. Ignoring the effect of seating arrangement may cause boring lessons. Do you think that is there a best arrangement for classes? As a teacher, I always change the seating arrangement according to activites and materials. Each pattern has advantages and disadvantages. For instance;
Students and teachers have a clear view of each other.
Enabling the teacher making eye contact with people.
The teacher working
…Since English became Lingua Franca of the World, people who do not share the same language and for whom English is not their mother tongue has been trying to speak English in anywhere of the world with each other. Sometimes we can see some surprising characteristics of these conversations. Barbara Seidhofler at the university of Vienna has noted some of them, including:
- No use of third person present simple tense -s ( she look ver sad)
- Interchangeable use of
Teachers should start the lesson with a warmer to calm down kids and get them focussed on a lesson. It is the essential part of teaching. Since it is the first activity of the lesson, the warm up sets the tone for the next hour. It should be 3 to 5 minutes with an engaging, fun activity. It doesn’t require time
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