PISA, PIRLS, TIMSS: ejemplos de pruebas e ítems liberados en inglés

Echad un vistazo a este listado de pruebas e ítems liberados pertenecientes a estos estándares de evaluación sobre lectura comprensiva, matemáticas y ciencias. Pienso que son de gran utilidad para trabajar la evaluación en estas materias, si en vuestros centros habéis emprendido la labor de vehicular áreas no lingüísticas en inglés. Como veis, hay muchas oportunidades para contar con estupendos recursos en la línea de un trabajo y una evaluación basada más precisamente en las competencias básicas.

http://www.mecd.gob.es/inee/Recursos/items_en_ingles.html

The ESL Times

The Official News Magazine for Collaborative ESL Learners.

 

World Poetry Day

World Poetry Day is on 21 March, and was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999. World Poetry Day is now celebrated in hundreds of countries around the world. The purpose of the day is to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world and, to "give fresh recognition and impetus to national, regional and international poetry movements".

UNESCO on World Poetry Day: http://www.un.org/en/events/poetryday/

Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of World Poetry Day 21 March 2013: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002200/220091e.pdf

Some extra resources to celebrate this day: 
http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6182812 
http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/worldpoetry.php 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/mar/19/teaching-resources-world-poetry-day http://www.poets.org/http://poems.com/

e-Portfolios for starters

The term "e-Portfolio" refers to an electronically stored collection (or archive) of a student’s experiences, achievements and artefacts, together with their reflections on learning. 

ePortfolios can be personalised to demonstrate their skills and experiences to teachers, peers and employers. They are a valuable resource when writing job applications and preparing for interviews. 

Students who have used ePortfolios report having a greater awareness of their skills, greater confidence in their abilities, and feeling more independent as a learner.

Film English

Film English is an amazing site which promotes the innovative and creative use of video and film in language learning. It provides lots of inspiring lesson plans in order to promote cineliteracy, the ability to analyse moving images, a 21^st century skill which our students need to learn. Film English also promotes critical thinking in the language classroom, and  encourage learners to reflect on values while learning a language.

This site has won various awards, including: Best Individual Blog and Runner-up in The Best Use of Video in the 2011 Edublog Awards; the 2011 TEFL.net  Site of the Year; and British Council Teaching English Featured Blog of the Month. (Source http://film-english.com/about-2/)

Inogolo (English pronunciation)

Inogolo is a practical and easy-to-use free service devoted to the English pronunciation of the names of people, places, and stuff. It includes a searchable database of names with both phonetic and audio pronunciations in English. The audio is available as an MP3 file. 

Website: http://www.inogolo.com/

International Women’s Day

In 1975, during International Women's Year, the United Nations began celebrating 8 March as International Women's Day. Two years later, in December 1977, the General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace to be observed on any day of the year by Member States, in accordance with their historical and national traditions. 

This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is: “A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women” 

From China to Costa Rica, from Mali to Malaysia acclaimed singers and musicians, women and men, have come together to spread a message of unity and solidarity: We are "One Woman". (Source UN Women)

 

Revista Encuentro. Monográfico sobre CLIL

El número 21 de 2012 de la revista electrónica Encuentro de la Universidad de Alcalá consiste en un monográfico sobre CLIL. Podéis encontrar artículos diversos autores y autoras muy representativos de esta línea de trabajo así como propuestas referidas a la creación de material, la formación y la motivación del profesorado, música, lectura, etc.

También se incluye en material European Framework for CLIL Teacher Education por David Marsh, Peeter Mehisto, Dieter Wolf y María Jesús Frigols Martín, al que nos hemos referido ya en este blog.

Podéis consultarla en:

http://www.encuentrojournal.org/textcit.php?textdisplay=438