sábado, 29 de abril de 2023

Reading practice from A1 English level (elementary) to C1 English level (advanced) #BrisishCouncil

Activities to practise your reading skills organised by English level based on the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR). 

Awesome resource to improve your reading skills at your own speed, whenever it's convenient for you. You can take a free online English test to find out which level to choose.

Find it on:

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading 

The History of English in Ten Minutes

sábado, 22 de abril de 2023

QuestionWell #AITool by @questionwellai

QuestionWell is an AI tool that generates reading comprehension and guiding questions.  

You can copy and paste a reading that contains the content you would like to test or write your own.

Questions created can be saved in a document or exported to Canvas, Quizziz, Kahoot, Blooket, and Gimkit

Features:

https://www.questionwell.org/features 

Webpage:

https://www.questionwell.org/

Thegreatelibrary.blogspot.com

This online platform supports young people with free courses and books to develop their careers.

Visit their English resources on:

https://thegreatelibrary.blogspot.com/search/label/English

viernes, 14 de abril de 2023

Restore our Earth climate education week toolkit

This toolkit provides a wealth of resources for you to incorporate and utilize whenever they best fit into your curriculum at any point in the year. The toolkit includes activities related to: 

  • Ecosystem Services
  • The Carbon Cycle
  • Food Sustainability
  • Ecosystem Restoration
  • Civic Engagement

A good resource for the approaching Earth Day.

Find it on:

https://www.earthday.org/restore-our-earth-climate-education-week-toolkit/ 

Celebrating Earth Day and Arbor Day: Lesson Plans and Resources

The American Federation of Teachers’ Share My Lesson is a free, award-winning community-based site that brings together educators, parents and caregivers, paraprofessionals and school-related personnel, specialized instructional support personnel, union and nonunion members, educational partners, and higher education professionals who have the common goal of finding and sharing the best educational resources available.

Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Through the following link you can access a wide range of resources to bring this celebration to your English classroom.

https://sharemylesson.com/collections/earth

domingo, 9 de abril de 2023

Create #comics with #Lywi

Lywi is an online tool that makes creating comics a fun and easy task for anyone. You don't even need to know how to draw. On this site you can create your own comics, cartoons or comic strips in no time at all.

It is a web tool that can be used completely free of charge and does not require you to create an account or register, so you don't have to provide any personal information. Moreover, as it is an online tool, you don't need to download or install any software on your computer, you will work directly in your favourite browser.

To work with Lywi, all you have to do is follow these steps:

- Select a template for your comic, you can choose from several with different number and arrangement of vignettes. You can also start from an image (just upload it) or from a blank canvas.

- In the bottom menu you will find all the tools available to create your comics: stickers (characters, objects and more), text, text bubbles, drawing, shapes, etc.

- To add texts, characters, decorations and any other element to your comic, just click on it. You will be able to customise its colour, size, orientation, shadow, etc.

- When you have finished creating your comic, click on "Save" to export it as a PNG image.

Once you have created your comic, you can publish it on any website or blog, send it by mail, share it on social networks, print it on paper, etc.

https://lywi.com/ 

Europeana Classroom

Europeana is a digital platform that provides access to digitized cultural and historical materials from European museums, galleries, libraries, and archives. Launched in 2008, Europeana has since grown to become one of the largest digital repositories of cultural heritage in the world, with over 50 million digitized items from more than 4,000 institutions across Europe.

The platform provides a single access point for users to discover and explore a wide range of cultural and historical materials, including art, photographs, manuscripts, maps, music, and more. Users can search and browse through these items using a variety of criteria, including time period, creator, location, and topic.

In addition to providing access to digitized materials, Europeana also supports a range of initiatives and projects that aim to promote cultural heritage and digital innovation. These include educational programs, research projects, and collaborations with other cultural institutions and organizations.

If you are an educator, student or parent interested in innovative learning, Europeana Classroom is the place for you.

https://www.europeana.eu/en/europeana-classroom

domingo, 2 de abril de 2023

NCLEA resource library @ASKNCELA1

NCLEA (National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition) resource library is a searchable database of over 20,000 items including research articles, literature reviews, reports, classroom materials, curricula, fact sheets, multimedia products and more to help stakeholders learn about and advance multilingual learner education.

Find NCLEA resource library on:

https://ncela.ed.gov/

sábado, 1 de abril de 2023

Key data on teaching languages at school in Europe

The 2023 edition of Key data on teaching languages at school in Europe is the fifth edition of the report. As the past editions, this new one intends to contribute to the monitoring of the policy developments in the field of (foreign) language teaching in schools in Europe.

This report includes 51 indicators covering a wide range of topics relevant to (foreign) language policy at the EU and national levels. Data from the Eurydice Network is complemented by Eurostat data and data from two international surveys carried out by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the 2018 Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS). (Source:  Eurydice)

https://eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu/media/3041/download 

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