domingo, 15 de mayo de 2022

EnglishMaven

EnglishMaven.org is an online English language resource designed for grade school (K-12), General Educational Development (GED), English as a Second Language (ESL), and all interested in advancing their knowledge of the English language. 

It offers a large variety of accurate and concise skill building worksheets geared towards a range of ability levels.  No registration is required to access the resources presented on this website.

https://www.englishmaven.org/ 

sábado, 7 de mayo de 2022

Waffle

Recurso proporcionado por la Junta de Castilla y León que ofrece un panel a modo de sopa de letras y propone buscar en un tiempo determinado la mayor puntuación, a través de un número más elevado de palabras encontradas y una valoración más alta de cada letra.

Permite la posibilidad de jugar además de en inglés, la primera opción, en alemán, español, francés, italiano y portugués.

Juego de apariencia bastante sencilla pero interesante para la competición.

http://www.educa.jcyl.es/educacyl/cm/gallery/Recursos%20Infinity/aplicaciones/19_secundaria_waffle/index.html

OER The city of my dreams

This open educational resource is part of the proposal of the Junta de Andalucía to develop OER to support the attention to diversity in the core subjects of non-university education, among others, in the subject of first foreign language: English.

This project corresponds specifically to the primary school stage. However, you can find more resources corresponding to secondary or baccalaureate.

https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/portals/web/transformacion-digital-educativa/rea

At the end of this OER (REA), the students will create, in pairs or groups of three, a 3D city model using recycled materials. Then, they will use job avatars, to ask and give directions, so that their avatar reaches its workplace.

What are they going to learn?

Be able to recognize and label the main buildings in our 3D city model.

Be able to find information on the internet about towns and cities.

Be able to identify main places in a city, such as public buildings and other facilities.

Be able to identify the professions that are carried out in the main buildings of a city.

Be able to give and ask for information to reach places in a city.

https://edea.juntadeandalucia.es/bancorecursos/file/90b42d68-8eb3-4601-a6e4-a49a39990241/1/the_city_of_my_dreams.zip/index.html

domingo, 1 de mayo de 2022

Nutrients for Life

Nutrients for Life Foundation Canada addresses issues including food security and agricultural sustainability through its educational resources and programs, while working with educators across Canada to ensure its resources meet the needs of teachers and students. 

To validate its pedagogical value, the organization’s educational materials were reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest research organization and museum complex.

https://nutrientsforlife.ca/en    

British Council. Teaching resources

Practical resources to use in your classroom, whether you are teaching primary students, secondary students, or adults and business students. There are over 400 full lesson plans to choose from, covering different topics and themes, all organised according to the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR).

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/resources 

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/

sábado, 26 de marzo de 2022

Reading Bear

Reading Bear, a project of WatchKnowLearn.org, is the first free program online to teach beginning readers vocabulary and concepts while systematically introducing all the main phonetic patterns of written English.

Reading Bear and WatchKnowLearn are free, ad-free, non-profit projects of the St. Charles Place Education Foundation.

https://www.readingbear.org/

#WorldTheatreDay on 27 March

World Theatre Day (WTD) is an international observance celebrated since 1962 on 27 March. It was initiated by the International Theatre Institute (ITI). This day celebrates the essence, and importance of theatre arts, their significant role in entertainment, and their impact on life. 

This year, World Theatre Day celebration will focus on the young, the next generation, the emerging artists, who have been a strong special focus of ITI in the recent past. 

Webpage

https://www.world-theatre-day.org/index.html 

sábado, 19 de marzo de 2022

Power Thesaurus @PowerThesaurus

Comprehensive online thesaurus built by users for students and writers, and based upon regular visitor’s participation and constant work of their editorial department for more than 10 years. The synonymic and other associations are suggested, rated and used by its visitors.

On App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/app/power-thesaurus/id967211375

On Google Play:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.powerthesaurus.powerthesaurus 

Webpage:

https://www.powerthesaurus.org/ 

Ludwig by @LudwigGuru

Ludwig is the a sentence search engine that helps you write better English and feel more confident about it by giving you contextualized examples taken from reliable sources. 

On Google Play:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ludwig.ludwig&pcampaignid=pcampaignidMKT-Other-global-all-co-prtnr-py-PartBadge-Mar2515-1 

On YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0WwUD27J1NxEVopX0Ijo3g

Webpage:

https://ludwig.guru/

sábado, 12 de marzo de 2022

Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures and Words

Periodic Table of the Elements for elementary, middle, and high schools students on an interactive web page by Keith Enevoldsen. 

It includes the element's name, symbol, and atomic number. Each element box has a drawing of one of the element's main human uses or natural occurrences. The table is color-coded to show the chemical groupings. Small symbols pack in additional information: solid/liquid/gas, color of element, common in the human body, common in the earth's crust, magnetic metals, noble metals, radioactive, and rare or never found in nature. It offers textual descriptions and information about atomic structure, chemical bonding and radioactivity. (source Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures and Words).

Find it on:

https://elements.wlonk.com/ElementsTable.htm 

You can also download a PDF version on:

https://elements.wlonk.com/Elements_Pics+Words_11x17.pdf 

Free School on YouTube

YouTube channel with videos that expose children to famous art, classical music, literature, and natural science in an age-appropriate and kid-accessible way.

Find it on:

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

Here you have an example:

viernes, 4 de marzo de 2022

International Women’s Day on Breaking News English

Educational resource for working on International Women's Day. It can be downloaded in different formats (.doc and .pdf)

It includes a text, warm-up questions, pre-reading ideas, reading and discussion activities, homework and solutions to the proposed questions.

Find them here:

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/0503/050309-women.html

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