is the rationale behind The process of mixing language, education and technology never got any easier. These are fantastic sites that HELP YOU InTECHgrate into the 21st century. http://www.brainpop.com You mention it, they got it. This is a fantastic site for every school subject. Lessons and ideas for everyone. http://www.eduref.org Great site for checking out... Continue Reading →
L2 and differentiation: centers galore!
The hot topic of differentiated instrruction entails that all teachers, L1 and L2 alike are expected to do the following:set up individual goals by student, and by level of abilityconference one on one with studentsstudents must be grouped by ability, ensuring a combination of low, mid, highKUD, RAFT options should be available (Sternberg)1. After setting... Continue Reading →
Inspiration and Kidspiration Webs as Language Learning Tools
Teaching with concept webs in L2. The rationale of Vygotsky, ZPDs and the Affective Filter As a believer in constructivism and scaffolding, I also believe firmly in Vygotsky's ZPD theory (Zone of Proximal Development), which states that students should be pushed to a next level once a skill is acquired. When we teach second languages it... Continue Reading →
Food 2.0 – “La Comida”
Here are some projects that I have done with the use of the Web 2.0 to teach Spanish as a second language via Pixie 2 Topic: La Comida (Food) Grade Level- Kdg-1st Application: Pixie 2 Process: The students will learn 10 names of food, write them, find their... Continue Reading →
Kidspiration, EFL, and FLES- Combine well
Sample Activity Using Kidspiration for L2/ESL learners Objectives: To use inference skills To make predictions To accurately identify an animal in the target language To apply descriptive phrases in the target language To recognize language in print To recognize oral language To apply descriptions to nouns To organize graphically the ideas of a process Target... Continue Reading →
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