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 

domingo, 26 de marzo de 2023

esl-lounge

esl-lounge gives free access to hundreds of ESL lesson plans and materials that can be used for communicative English lessons in the classroom. The emphasis on this site is on communication. The majority of resources are geared towards getting students talking.

Alongside the printable grammar worksheets, surveys, flashcards, reading comprehension and communication activities for each level, there are also board games and song lyrics for teachers. There is also a section devoted to phonetics and the improvement of student pronunciation of English. (Source esl-lounge)

Visit:

https://www.esl-lounge.com/ 

sábado, 25 de marzo de 2023

Sutori for English and Language Teachers

Sutori is a collaborative instruction and presentation tool for the classroom. It can be used as an alternative to traditional presentations such as PowerPoint or Prezi. The stories can be viewed one panel at a time, like a slideshow, or scrolled through, like a timeline.

On this website you can find activities and ideas that you may find useful in your English class.

https://www.sutori.com/en/story/sutori-for-english-and-language-teachers--2FoDykeT8fKTraejyRySTKy9

sábado, 18 de marzo de 2023

Inclusive Language Guide by @oxfamgbpolicy

Language has the power to reinforce or deconstruct systems of power that maintain poverty, inequality and suffering. Choices in language can empower us to reframe issues, rewrite.

tired stories, challenge problematic ideas and build a radically better future based on a survivor-centred, intersectional, anti-racist and feminist vision of equality. The Inclusive Language Guide is a resource to support people in our sector who have to communicate in English to think about how the way they write can subvert or inadvertently reinforce intersecting forms of inequality that we work to end. (Source: Oxfam)

Download the guide on:

https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/621487/tk-inclusive-language-guide-130323-en.pdf;jsessionid=D2AE2128880DCC21978B3F074AEE9425?sequence=4

Gender equality in English language teaching practice

Gender equality in English language teaching practice: A resource book for teacher education contributes to a reconceptualisation of English language teacher education by drawing teacher educators’ and student teachers’ attention to the importance of gender equality from an early stage of professional development. 

The book contains 30 reflective essays written by future or current English language teachers, who discuss whether their ELT practice should contribute to gender equality.

(Source: British Council. Teaching English)

Download this book:

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/2023-03/Gender_equality_English_language_teaching_practice-resource_book_teacher_education_WEB.pdf

domingo, 12 de marzo de 2023

Reading British Council. Learn English

Activities to practise your reading skills. The self-study lessons in this section are written and organised by English level based on the Common European Framework of Reference for languages. 

Different types of texts and interactive exercises that practise the reading skills you need. 

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

#PiDay Art

Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in the month/day format) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant figures of π.

This celebration was founded in 1988 by Larry Shaw, an employee of the San Francisco, California science museum, the Exploratorium. 

In this lesson, students can join the fun of Pi Day by following a step-by-step tutorial where they will create a block coding project that turns the digits of Pi into a work of art! Students will have combine creativity, problem-solving skills, and coding concepts such as simple drawing, simple variables, advanced string handling, text drawing, simple loops, and basic math.

Visit the activity and the Teacher`s guide on:

https://www.tynker.com/weekly-projects/pi-day-art

sábado, 4 de marzo de 2023

International Women's Day Teaching Resources

International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for moving towards gender parity. 

This teaching resource collection contains  teaching resources suitable for lower, middle and upper grades. It includes fact sheets, profiles of inspirational women, IWD activity task cards and classroom decorations. Some of them are free. You can filter these resources by learning areas, stages, resource types, and availability (free or premium)

https://www.teachstarter.com/gb/teaching-resource-collection/international-womens-day/

Imagination Soup (@ImaginationSoup)

Created by Melissa Taylor, a former teacher and former literacy trainer, Imagination Soup is a place where parents, librarians, and educators can find book recommendations and educational learning ideas and resources for kids ages 0-13.

On Twitter

https://twitter.com/imaginationsoup 

On Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/ImaginationSoup 

On Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/imaginationsoup/?hl=en 

Visit

https://imaginationsoup.net/ 

domingo, 26 de febrero de 2023

War in Ukraine explained

Friday 24 February marks one year since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. This video of less than 5 minutes explains in a simple way some of the main points to keep in mind regarding this conflict that has reached its first year without a clear resolution in the near future.

Day of European Authors

The Day of European Authors is an initiative of the European Commission, led by Commissioner Gabriel, to reconnect younger generations with book reading and to help them discover the diversity of European literature.

As well as helping youngsters reconnect with books, this yearly celebration aims to show how literature can be a tool for individual empowerment. Books and reading can enable people in secondary education to engage with ongoing social and personal challenges.

The Day is also an opportunity to emphasise the importance of all the programmes and initiatives already running in individual EU countries to promote reading.

The first edition of the Day of European Authors is taking place on 27 March 2023. (Source European Commission)

Information:

https://culture.ec.europa.eu/cultural-and-creative-sectors/books-and-publishing/day-of-european-authors 

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