English Level 1

Libro interactivo para la introducción a la enseñanza de inglés publicado por el Fondo Editorial Pascual Bravo de Medellín (Colombia),

El contenido del libro, al igual que los objetos interactivos se han diseñado de tal forma que se puedan leer en ordenadores y dispositivos móviles sin necesidad de instalar ningún programa. El libro se puede descargar para su uso en local sin dependencia con la red, a excepción de algunos audios incluidos. 

El libro se basa en las historias del personaje ficticio llamado Pascualino y su actividad diaria a través de 11 unidades que lo sitúan en diferentes contextos. En cada una de ellas se ofrece una pequeña evaluación.

https://proyectodescartes.org/iCartesiLibri/materiales_didacticos/LEVEL01-JS/index.html

Houses of Parliament

CNN's virtual tour that explores ten aspects of the Houses of Parliament. You can click on the interactive labels or listen to the narrator description. You can also click and drag to explore the entirety of the 360 degree views of each stop in the tour.

https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2017/04/world/house-of-parliament/ 

The Writer's Workshop

Playlist of twenty-nine TED-Ed video lessons about writing. Correct use of punctuation marks, writing tips, use of irony, style, successful descriptions and narratives, etc. Videos of about five minutes that are very interesting. 

Some of the videos in this playlist are subtitled in Spanish

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJicmE8fK0Eib5y-bh4RVFvg492OIwpg8 

English: skills for learning (free course)

English: skills for learning is a free course which lasts about 8 weeks, with approximately 3 hours' study time each week. 

This course is for anybody who is thinking of studying for a university degree and would like to develop the English reading and writing skills needed to succeed. You'll be introduced to academic reading and effective note-making strategies. You'll develop your essay writing. You'll look at academic style and vocabulary-building strategies. You'll also enhance your understanding of sentence structure and punctuation. You will learn through a range of engaging activities aimed at extending your existing language skills.  

(Source Open Learn. The Open University)

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/education-development/english-skills-learning/content-section-overview?active-tab=description-tab

Celebrate the European Day of Languages (also in your English class)

Do you want to work on the importance of learning and using other languages in your classroom? One of the resources offered by the Council of Europe to celebrate the European Day of Languages is a series of posters in English (also available in other languages) that you can share with your students.

The European Day of Languages has been celebrated every year since 2001 on 26 September and promotes plurilingualism in the whole of Europe. Diversity is a tool for achieving greater intercultural understanding and a key element in the rich cultural heritage of Europe.

Download it on:

https://edl.ecml.at/Portals/33/documents/poster/EDL-infographic-languages-2022-EN.pdf 

https://edl.ecml.at/Portals/33/documents/poster/EDL-infographic-languages-EN.pdf 

More resources on:

https://edl.ecml.at/Home/tabid/1455/language/en-GB/Default.aspx 

RP phonemes: pronunciation tips (BBC learning English)

This is a compilation of BBC learning English's well-known pronunciation clips. It includes all the sounds found in 'British English' with a basic explanation.

Grammar and punctuation

University of Bristol's educational resource for academic writing. 

It includes recommendations on punctuation and grammar to improve the quality of writing.

Visit the following link:

https://www.ole.bris.ac.uk/bbcswebdav/courses/Study_Skills/grammar-and-punctuation/index.html

#OER #REA Good Karma

This OER for 3rd and 4th ESO has two objectives: to make students aware of the factors that influence interaction and to consider how the good use of these factors affects the quality of interpersonal relationships. To this end, the following topics are addressed: question structure, short sentences, non-verbal communication and communication styles.

Students will produce a report on their interpersonal profile including feedback from their peers. This is achieved by participating in a Speed Dating activity with people in the class. This OER prepares students to successfully participate in this activity.

You can find this resource from the Junta de Andalucía on:

https://edea.juntadeandalucia.es/bancorecursos/file/d8c5fd25-c3ce-4820-ac77-851c9b331613/1/ING_3ESO_REA_01.v02(2).zip/index.html

#OER #REA Fantastic food truck

Through this OER for the second cycle of Primary School published by the Junta de Andalucía (Andalusian Regional Government), students will be able to:

Identify dishes, ingredients and their origin or nationality.
Interact to order food, ask for the bill, express their tastes.
Create a food truck manually.
Create a menu from different countries.
Research through different internet sources using various digital tools.

As a final task, students will participate in a role-play where they will act out a common dialogue about ordering food in a food truck

https://edea.juntadeandalucia.es/bancorecursos/file/340ef1a1-4fe2-4a20-86b5-3d41197e4d21/1/fantastic_food_truck.zip/crditos.html

Mini Lectures. #Listening skills

Academic English. Listening Practice. Videos, teacher materials and lesson activities. Free ELT materials. 

https://sites.google.com/view/minilectures/home 

Edubilingüe

Website created by Jorge Merino Carmena, a primary school teacher specialising in English and bilingual primary education in a public school in Andalusia.

The aim of this resource is to publish his educational experiences in relation to bilingual teaching and English as a foreign language. You can find bilingual educational resources collected from other websites: online games for activating prior knowledge, downloadable materials and open educational reources.

Find them on:

https://www.edubilingue.com/teaching-resources

Periodic videos

A lesson about every single element on the periodic table. The periodic table on TED-Ed features videos for each element that may be accessed by clicking on the chart. Created by the Periodic Videos team using the TED-Ed platform.

Visit:

https://ed.ted.com/periodic-videos 

Science in Shorts playlist 2022

Science in Shorts is a science communication challenge from Nature Awards. You can tell the world about your research in a 1-minute video and win a prize of €5000 if it is selected as a winner. 

The whole collection is shared with the public, globally on this website.

https://www.nature.com/immersive/scienceinshorts/index.html 

Transum #Mathematics @Transum

Transum is a website designed for teachers (Primary or Secunddary) and upper Secondary/High school students.

It was conceived by John Tranter and it provides a variety of resources on Mathematics. Most of the  resources of this website are offered free.

Visit:

https://www.transum.org/Software/Default.asp 

USA Learns

USA Learns offers free English classes. You can learn English speaking, listening, vocabulary, pronunciation, reading, writing and grammar

https://www.usalearns.org/ 

#Standup4humanrights

Website corresponding to a UN human rights campaign. It includes many resources that can be used in the classroom and relate to this topic. It is also available in French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, and Chinese.

You can find it at the following link:

https://standup4humanrights.org/en/ 

Territorial inequalities

If you are a teacher of subjects related to Geography and History, Biology, Geology and Natural Sciences in general, the educational resources of the National Geographic Institute (Instituto Geográfico Nacional, IGN) can provide your classes with an extra quality, offering excellent and rigorous materials that have been designed to make geographic knowledge accessible to the general public, and, above all, for use in educational contexts.

This resource offers the student the possibility to acquire an overall understanding from a spatial perspective of many of the features of Spanish society today. The student has the possibility of learning, through maps, about territorial imbalances in which economic, political, social and geographical factors converge

Activity recommended for students of Baccalaureate (16-18 years). Also in Spanish.

https://www.ign.es/recursos-educativos/territorial-inequalities/index.html?&locale=en 

Newspapermap.com

Traigo en la entrada de hoy un recurso que puede resultar útil para la enseñanza y aprendizaje de idiomas, entre ellos, el inglés, a través de textos auténticos de la prensa en muy diversos países,

Newspapermap.com consiste en un mapa interactivo por el que poder navegar de forma totalmente gratuita a través de la geolocalización de medios de todo el mundo. Así, es posible desplazarse sobre el mapa y elegir marcadores de cada medio donde se indica un enlace a este.

https://newspapermap.com/ 

Reactions (by the American Chemical Society)

Created by Adam Dylewski and produced by the American Chemical Society, Reactions is a show that uncovers the hidden chemistry all around us.

https://www.youtube.com/c/ACSReactions/featured

From Hidden to Modern Figures

Resource for teaching by means of biographies, videos and images about the women who made significant contributions to the development of NASA's space program.

https://www.nasa.gov/modernfigures