Non-linear writing Some texts are easy – you start at the beginning, and you end at the end – but are there loads of texts where it’s much better to start somewhere else – sometimes that’s in reading (you could try something like this: Argos lesson). However, here I want to look at texts that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘writing’
Traffic Light CV
Posted in Classroom Resources, tagged CV, employability, esol, functional skills, literacy, process writing, writing on March 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Presenting….. ESOL News
Posted in Classroom Resources, united kingdom, tagged esol, natecla, reading, resources, writing on September 16, 2011 | 5 Comments »
This post is to present a project I’ve been helping with: ESOL News has come from Reflect ESOL and Action for ESOL. Most of content had already been written by ESOL teachers and learners in London, but I was asked to add an online aspect to it, which you can see at www.esolnews.org Background Action [...]
Collaborative writing – Etherpad back from the flames
Posted in e-learning, VLE Resources, tagged collaboration, crowdsourcing, e-learning, edtech, efl, elt, esol, group work, literacy, online, pedagogy, piratepad, resources, sync.in, typewithme, writing on May 11, 2011 | 7 Comments »
This post follows my musings on IATEFL last month, and is also perhaps inspired by the flurry of posts looking at technology in education: http://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/t-is-for-technology/ http://slife.dudeney.com/?p=730 http://managementspique.wordpress.com/2011/04/30/just-say-no/ Here I want to take an approach, show how I’ve used it and see what ideas people have got to improve it. As this post incorporates content [...]
YouTube Dictation
Posted in Classroom Resources, e-learning, VLE Resources/ideas, tagged active learning, e-learning, edtech, efl, esol, Moodle, video, Web 2.0, writing on November 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
This blog has been a bit sparse recently, but that’s been down to getting to grips with a new job. The upside of this is that I am having to experiment with a few new techniques, which I can then share here. I am now teaching functional skills, building up the writing skills of students [...]
Cliffhanger Studios for ESOL – Digital Storytelling Resource
Posted in Classroom Resources, e-learning, Resource Sites, tagged digitalstorytelling, e-learning, edtech, efl, enseñanza, esol, group work, language, LSIS, storyboard, writing on June 20, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Digital storytelling is increasingly being used in language teaching; as is usually the case, Wikipedia is quite a good source of information on this topic. There are loads of online tools out there that you can use – I’d recommend having a look at Nik Peachey’s blog as well as @europeaantje ‘s toolshed site. Here [...]
Wikis for Writing Development
Posted in VLE Resources/ideas, tagged drafting, e-learning, edtech, esol, feedback, plannin, web2.0, wiki, writing on April 7, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I’ve posted before about how Moodle forums (or any forums) can be used to develop students writing. Another simple tool that I often with students at a number of different levels is the Wiki activity in Moodle. However the techniques should work in most wikis. Wikis Wiki is one of those bits of Edtech jargon [...]
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