- don't forget the Teaching Materials Bank on the Staffroom on the BC's intranet. You need to become a member (quick + easy) then you can access material by age, CEF level, skill and topic. Good for flipcharts.
- ready made class plans from James Keddie (mostly elementary and intermediate)
- ideas for class work from The English Blog
- new ideas daily from ex BC TeachEnglish site Nik Peachy
- more tips, resources and teaching materials from the same guy
- lesson plans based around current news
- great for work on instructions/ jigsaw readings/listenings videojug.com. For example, get half your class to watch http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-be-the-perfect-girlfriend and the other half to watch http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-be-the-perfect-boyfriend then get them to report back on what they learnt and discuss the 2 videos.
- fun way to practise pronunciation with karaokes (register yourself first before the class for a greater choice of songs)
- and don’t forget the BC's LearnEnglish site :
Recommended: Agents Underground, Scary spelling game, Vocabulary/spelling game - For practising listening skills LearnEnglish podcasts
- More listening and comprehension practice Big City Small Word sitcom
Thursday 19 February 2009
Ideas and resources for Young Adult and Teenage classes
If you missed the February INSETT on this one, here are the links and ideas I mentioned:
Wednesday 4 February 2009
Uploading Documents To Blog, Wikis etc
Hi Everyone
I promised in a recent workshop to put up instructions for uploading Word documents onto blogs and wikis so here goes:
When I set up a class blog last year I found it very frustrating that I couldn't upload Word documents. After a bit of research I discovered that there are sites out there which just act as banks for your files and documents. The one I recommend is www.box.net
'Box' is free and I've used it to upload MP3 files and Word documents. For example, here's an ex-colleague of ours telling a travel anecdote.
You then link from your blog or wiki to the 'box' site as I've done with the travel anecdote above.
It's really easy to use but give me a shout if you want any help.
I promised in a recent workshop to put up instructions for uploading Word documents onto blogs and wikis so here goes:
When I set up a class blog last year I found it very frustrating that I couldn't upload Word documents. After a bit of research I discovered that there are sites out there which just act as banks for your files and documents. The one I recommend is www.box.net
'Box' is free and I've used it to upload MP3 files and Word documents. For example, here's an ex-colleague of ours telling a travel anecdote.
You then link from your blog or wiki to the 'box' site as I've done with the travel anecdote above.
It's really easy to use but give me a shout if you want any help.
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