sábado, 23 de abril de 2022

World Earth Day 2022: Climate Action in Language Education

In this special event held on World Earth Day 2022, the British Council will launch a range of new free resources for English teachers looking for innovative ways to integrate climate change issues into the classroom. 

#EarthDay. Education resource library

Education resource library developed by Earthday.org, the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, working with more than 150,000 partners in over 192 countries to drive positive action for our planet since 1970. 

These resources can be adapted to a variety of ages and settings and include toolkits, lessons plans, advocacy packets, quizzes, timelines...

https://www.earthday.org/education-resource-library/ 

domingo, 17 de abril de 2022

Vidtionary. Video dictionary

Vidtionary is a video dictionary for anyone ho is studying or teaching English. It offers a collection of short videos devoted to defining words by showing various example scenes illustrating a word’s meaning and presenting the text of the word itself in a visually meaningful way. 

Vidtionary is for anyone who is studying or teaching English.

The idea for Vidtionary was conceived in Seoul, South Korea in 2006, at which time the project’s creator Donald Anderson was there teaching English. Actual development on the project began in 2007, at the time Donald Anderson began his M.Ed. degree at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, BC, Canada. (Source: Vidtionary)

http://www.vidtionary.com/

There's a Poem for That

This series on YouTube pairs contemporary & classical poems with award-winning animators.

Find it on:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJicmE8fK0Egxi0hgy5Tw-NFyLcpJ4bzJ 

sábado, 9 de abril de 2022

Celebrations Teaching Resources

Resources about the European Day of Languages, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, St Patrick, St George, Summer time... provided from the website of Formació de Llengües Estrangeres, Servei de Formació i Desenvolupament del Professorat de la Direcció General d'Innovació, Recerca i Cultura Digital del Departament d’Educació de la Generalitat de Catalunya.. 

https://sites.google.com/xtec.cat/teachertrainingcourses/learning-units/celebrations-teaching-resources 

Free online resources for Ukrainian refugees

From free courses in the English language to articles on mental health and wellbeing, here are some free online resources from The Open University. 

In addition to the articles about mental health and wellbeing, you will find some external links to key refugee support organisations with useful resources towards the bottom of this page. 

(Source Open Learn)

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/supporting-ukrainian-refugees 

This collection of English - Ukrainian dual resources is at your disposal if you create a free Twinkl account. Perfect if you want to teach English (vocabulary) to learners who are native Ukrainian speakers 

https://www.twinkl.ie/resources/dual-language-inclusion-teaching-resources/ukrainian-dual-language-new-starter-eal-inclusion/english-ukrainian-ukrainian-dual-language-new-starter-eal-inclusion 

sábado, 2 de abril de 2022

Storybooks Canada

Storybooks Canada is a free open educational resource that promotes literacy and language learning in homes, schools, and communities. 

You can read, download (text and audio) and listen to stories. You can also choose language (English, French, and the most widely spoken immigrant and refugee languages of Canada) and level (five levels).

It provides teachers with a guide to show how links can be made between the stories and Curricular Competencies by referencing universal themes and activities across grade levels and subject areas.

Find it on:

https://www.storybookscanada.ca/ 

Unite for Literacy @Unite4Literacy

Unite for Literacy gives children access to books that celebrate their languages and different cultures and cultivate their love of reading.

They can search for readings by category, written (English and Spanish can be chosen so it is also a good resource for early readers of Spanish) and narration language. 

Blog:

https://about.uniteforliteracy.com/blog/

On Twitter: 

https://twitter.com/unite4literacy

Webpage:

https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/