Resources for English Teachers
In IELTS speaking exam, you have a conversation with an expert examiner. The exam atmosphere is as close to a real -life as a test can be. The test takes about 15 minutes with three distinct parts.
In Part 1, you’ll talk about yourself briefly.
In Part 2, you’ll talk about a topic given by the examiner for 2-3 minutes. You are allowed to prepare in 1 minute.
In part 3, you’ll be asked to give
Studies have shown that the average English native speaker knows about 20,000 words with university-educated people knowing around 40,000 words. When actually speaking and with everyday writing (emails, letters, notes etc.) this goes down to about 5,000 very common words that are used repeatedly. The Oxford English Dictionary contains 171,476 words in current use, whereas a vocabulary of just 3000 words provides coverage for around 95% of common texts (Hu and Nation, 2000) for a learner to get by in
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Technology is clearly bringing expanded opportunities to learners both within and beyond the boundaries of our language classrooms. Technology enhanced language learning is an effective way of increasing knowledge in teaching and learning. That’s why; I’m trying to integrate technology in/out of the classroom as much as possible. I definitely benefit from technology in different aspects of learning and teaching. Websites written below are the part of my effort on this issue. Through these websites, students are more attentive and
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Frequently, lectures come straight out of textbooks and/or lecture notes, giving students little incentive to attend class
Eric Mazur (2012)
Hypersay is a website which can be used to make presentations more engaging and interactive through live mode with participants. The website change the way we present in the classroom.
Traditional PowerPoint presentations are mostly delivered as a monologue to disengaged students. The setting is usually “a combination of long lectures and demonstrations
Students can be encouraged to write about things by creating class newspaper. It can promote collaboration and increase students’ engagement, and motivation.
This year, I will start this project in my school. According to the project, every class is expected to publish a newspaper monthly. All the students will be participating in the process. The newspaper is divided into sections which will be shared between students. Some sections may require hard work such as research and interview. However, it would
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I participated in a workshop of Paul Seligson ,the writer of English File, last year. The workshop was about how to use texts in coursebooks effectively in classes. I took some notes which may give you ideas about the usage of texts during class time.
Here is the list of suggestions for you;
It’s been quite much time since I shared my last post due to my schedule at work. In this post, I’ll share my favourite post reading activities. As you know, readers are pretty important for language learners. However, at the end of the reading, it will not be appropriate to give stereotypical comprehension questions. Suppose that your students read one book weekly, it would be boring to use the same type to evaluate them. Thus, I prefer engaging post activities.
…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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