tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378601372024-03-12T17:39:11.439-07:00Blogging EnglishWelcome to our open, self-paced ESL study group. We can and hope to add networks to the group. This blog is the hub where you can find lessons, links to ESL learning resources, leave links to add to the network, post comment and questions. The study group project is experimental. Participate by sharing ideas and suggestions.Vanessa Vailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comBlogger480125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37860137.post-24362578863255680662020-10-10T04:52:00.000-07:002020-10-10T04:52:37.096-07:00<p><b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></b><span style="color: #990000;"><b>Good evening Mrs. Vanessa and to everyone here. I am Mata from Greece. I wonder what you are doing. I have a long time to show up and I have no notice from the blogger until recently. Is our site still active? I wish and hope you are all well! If I receive answers I will write to you again!</b></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37860137.post-34418430726816626852018-01-25T15:00:00.003-08:002018-01-25T15:00:31.674-08:00blogging, moderating comments and comment spam<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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There's a lot of spam on on the internet: email, social media, bulletin boards, and other comments posted online. blog comment spam. You haven't seen it here and you won't ever because I moderate all comments to make no spam gets on. The spammers keep trying though. Here I am hardly blogging anymore but still spending time moderating comments because if I did not send comments to the spam folder, there would be even more of them. That would be bad blog management and annoy readers. All spam ~ but it doesn't have anything to do with ESL or English, so why am I blogging about it?<br>
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<br>vcraryVanessa Vailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37860137.post-48019355863250104582016-07-04T09:21:00.001-07:002016-07-04T09:21:55.925-07:00Understanding IELTS - British Council<a 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/></a>Improve your English and prepare for tests, such as <a href="https://www.ielts.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IELTS</a> reading, writing, speaking and listening, with this free online <a href="http://www.britishcouncil.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">British Council</a> course from <a href="https://twitter.com/FutureLearn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@FutureLearn</a>. 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Find out more about this course in Chris Cavey’s post for the Future Learn blog: <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.25px;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.25px;">“</span><a href="https://about.futurelearn.com/blog/ielts-english-language-day" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.3s; transition-property: color;">IELTS: a global test for a global language</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.25px;">.”</span><br />
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<i>Sign up and more course information at <a href="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/understanding-ielts?utm_source=FL_DB&utm_medium=crm&utm_campaign=04_07_2016_FL_newsletter&utm_content=text">Understanding IELTS - British Council</a></i>Vanessa Vailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37860137.post-66149773200713925802016-06-15T09:29:00.001-07:002016-06-15T09:29:18.309-07:00Inside IELTS - Cambridge English Language Assessment<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img height="213" src="https://ugc-about.futurelearn.com/wp-content/uploads/cambridge-english-ielts.jpg" width="320" /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Learn about the skills you need for IELTS Academic and beyond, on this free online course from the experts who produce the test.</span><br /><br />
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<header class="header header-section" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(237, 237, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #3a343a; line-height: 27.8438px; margin-bottom: 22px; position: relative;"><h2 class="headline headline-primary headline-strong" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(57, 59, 66); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #393b42; display: inline-block; line-height: calc(1em + 5px); margin: 16px 0px -1px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 8px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">ABOUT THE COURSE</span></h2></header><section class="small" lang="en" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #3a343a; line-height: 27.8438px;"><ul style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What skills are important for success in the IELTS Academic test?</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How do IELTS examiners assess your level?</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What do you need to do in order to improve your IELTS band score?</span></li>
</ul><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This five-week course will help you find answers to questions like these.</span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 24px;"><span style="line-height: 19.25px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We have tried to use simple English in the course as much as possible, but we recommend your English is at least level B1 (around IELTS band 4.5 or higher) to take the course.</span></span></div></section><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read more at <a href="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/cambridge-english-ielts?utm_source=FL_DB&utm_medium=crm&utm_campaign=15_06_2016_FL_newsletter&utm_content=text">Inside IELTS - Cambridge English Language Assessment</a>: </span></i><br /><br />
<div><br /></div>Vanessa Vailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37860137.post-84446105152796691572016-06-06T09:49:00.000-07:002016-06-06T09:52:18.204-07:00#WhyWePost: the Anthropology of Social Media starts in one week<div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465219801586_15481"><font size="2" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465219801586_17141">Have you tried enrolling in MOOCs to practice your English? Do you use social media? If so and you are either thinking about trying one or looking for your next MOOC, this might be for you. 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There's just a week to go now.</span><br></h1> <div style="color:#3a343a;font-family:'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:24px;margin:0 0 16px;padding:0;text-align:left;" align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465219801586_15776">The course will draw on the expertise of our nine anthropologist educators who have conducted 15-month ethnographies in industrial and rural China, Trinidad, Northeast Brazil, Southeast Turkey, South India, South Italy, South England and North Chile. Over the five weeks we'll challenge your assumptions about social media, and encourage you to think critically about the impact of social media on areas of life such as relationships, business, politics, communication, education, and equality.</div> <div style="color:#3a343a;font-family:'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:24px;margin:0 0 16px;padding:0;text-align:left;" align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465219801586_15673">We'll be kicking off with an introduction to academic approaches to social media. In the first week we'll focus on our fieldsite in England, and look at how "Englishness" affects how people in an English village use social media. There will be provocative discussions and a short practical ethnographic exercise to get you thinking like an anthropologist.</div> <div style="color:#3a343a;font-family:'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:24px;margin:0 0 16px;padding:0;text-align:left;" align="left">In the meantime, you may find it helpful to take a look at the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://email.futurelearn.com/wf/click?upn=9W-2BS3PZp-2BiHjn0zOY8m-2F-2B28c7ss4hrGebl2VH6eiQlwX7JZ84GjRHQsJ-2FmgtyG66_ntznl0YwW1coHjiUxETMjihHLgOhoe9vk2NfjTlLzkdc5pPO3NQnxL1nZiTxlZCAk5upR3-2FPd3K7vyQ2R9b4GsDfUghQ0ADfW0ssmEjuHIog4D9KQfcSET3Bj-2Ff19Ed7pg4asUvj1pNiCo9qcwVEyE1pk5RxiPXoN81N3dfEvMri2uQhkxekUQZnhT3XbhyRxaTvVT7KU3HqmcAhTB001bszVlNQORexBJHLLDMITaxWyjQaHGNWTvLABfQA-2BirAQzfAoscCdWxFgvHF6j7VaAkrQANWhy300JYhIO3kitzYkpRWOvJlBzF0l50hN0qXzAUIMpA6s6wn1EiLs8DZMiOECckbzkirHSgl7g64uwLFSD56IqHlUbu8B0Efvz-2BO9yB4-2FDiu7eoXMz38wF5WSPgQaepBGMkpvuWVYoGJtUVkK-2BsTOq-2BqBEq2DqgXoLTX" style="color:#de00a5;text-decoration:none;">Why We Post website</a> which includes one hundred films and many stories about our work and the different fieldsites. 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While you're waiting for the course to start, you can prepare by selecting a sample group of about 10-20 people from one of your social media accounts, whom you also know offline. Try to include a range of people e.g. male and female, young and old, but also any other distinction you find interesting, e.g. more or less years in education, types of employment, etc.</div> <div style="color:#3a343a;font-family:'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:24px;margin:0 0 16px;padding:0;text-align:left;" align="left">Create a 'field book' in which you list these people. This can just be a simple word document on your computer, or you can dedicate a small notebook for this practical work. Try to classify your sample of contacts into categories e.g. friends, family, work colleagues, classmates, and other distinctions you may want to consider for future analyses.</div> <div style="color:#3a343a;font-family:'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:24px;margin:0 0 16px;padding:0;text-align:left;" align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465219801586_15680">If you don't already have a social media account, such as on Facebook or Twitter, create one and start getting familiar with the kinds of content that people post.</div> <h3 style="color:#3a343a;font-family:'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;font-size:20px;font-weight:bold;line-height:28px;margin:0 0 20px;padding:0;text-align:left;" align="left">Spread the word</h3> <div style="color:#3a343a;font-family:'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:24px;margin:0 0 16px;padding:0;text-align:left;" align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465219801586_15683">There is still time to invite friends and colleagues to enrol on the course and take part alongside you. Having the support of people you know can really enrich the experience of studying online. As a reminder, the course page where they can enrol can be found here: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://email.futurelearn.com/wf/click?upn=tH4-2Fmli62V7iqIL38lIvkRa3-2BfcdLHIDzY2FJDtm3akTGFyj5e0JxHSP4Vn2nTpTzlQaVLL9Ej443nd2cnOlkSwAb3SLGDPWygBCIwa3fGc-3D_ntznl0YwW1coHjiUxETMjihHLgOhoe9vk2NfjTlLzkdc5pPO3NQnxL1nZiTxlZCAk5upR3-2FPd3K7vyQ2R9b4GsDfUghQ0ADfW0ssmEjuHIog4D9KQfcSET3Bj-2Ff19Ed7pg4asUvj1pNiCo9qcwVEyM8fZ42jPEFwHa6QciileQi7ASjhWA4cWFYad51lfaajh4CZKa3hbXhseozrZToSp5kAtnDKUjrrF4PBGnlSO5rmmR3Ox3U480RDtMfoGAhT0jCZjrMY5FKjOXym-2BYn1R5cv3rHY-2Fe-2F1Qvm1qjkxRCx2PFY93wTwkpArWgCYJW82E8qdf-2B6xRbKwOuJpg8nY6KsdQpyKseas2UgpsIEgb5CbOTKEOSsYluoc9SY-2FhxxPNUqgzzimguyWWzlKXCzYwjKvCd5trwX4QK-2Fug8oobniwrP4SYbOr12VpmYtGCvSA" style="color:#de00a5;text-decoration:none;">https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/anthropology-social-media</a></div> <div style="color:#3a343a;font-family:'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:24px;margin:0 0 16px;padding:0;text-align:left;" align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465219801586_15687">There will be plenty of opportunity to interact with other learners within the course, which we strongly encourage. In the meantime, you can use the hashtag <strong>#WhyWePost</strong> to find and contribute to any discussions on social networks.</div> <div style="color:#3a343a;font-family:'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:24px;margin:0 0 16px;padding:0;text-align:left;" align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465219801586_15686">If this is your first FutureLearn course, you might like to familiarise yourself with the site by visiting the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://email.futurelearn.com/wf/click?upn=tH4-2Fmli62V7iqIL38lIvkRa3-2BfcdLHIDzY2FJDtm3alnaDyLjf1EMBSI-2B7rEPLEgb372hp7QqPNfem14Rs0yCg-3D-3D_ntznl0YwW1coHjiUxETMjihHLgOhoe9vk2NfjTlLzkdc5pPO3NQnxL1nZiTxlZCAk5upR3-2FPd3K7vyQ2R9b4GsDfUghQ0ADfW0ssmEjuHIog4D9KQfcSET3Bj-2Ff19Ed7pg4asUvj1pNiCo9qcwVEyK6AIT6lFQUMNGwms4IYjvRtc8K1VPo5uRry9AJA2gxCa4Xy9Y7nUADHmVCAgnw4GalQy5MOn2XuLrs9AGc8NIjDlVhCUBXxfWPUCATBUs5qqv-2FcYhBwl-2FkN50vuT9rv83ahuxZtoTEwOS9Mwkn-2BXC0wlLE9G2GI8f01kMqigXvzLAKpE13Aq22-2Fm8QrXtXIPIFCKeDO9CP0h2Nl1Y2I50-2Bt-2B4uFDekF-2BefpefrR6PXaBNce2mvMf10pFDevSxP-2B14Sf67X7oluaGdnA2M7Zy2TL-2FOOh49MW4M-2B-2BKT2gZqom" style="color:#de00a5;text-decoration:none;">How it Works</a> page. 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sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:24px;margin:0 0 16px;padding:0;text-align:left;" align="left">Daniel Miller<br> Professor of Anthropology<br> University College London</div> </td> <td class="yiv2706318175expander" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:#3a343a;font-family:'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:24px;margin:0;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;visibility:hidden;width:0px;" align="left" valign="top"></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </center> </td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" align="left" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465219801586_15766"> <td class="yiv2706318175spacer-large" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:#3a343a;font-family:'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;height:50px;line-height:24px;margin:0;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" align="left" valign="top" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465219801586_15765"></td> </tr> 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Vailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37860137.post-70947899457921613242016-02-13T09:10:00.001-08:002016-02-27T20:06:05.532-08:00#NRC01PL A Personal Learning #MOOC<div style="text-align: center;">
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This course should interest self-paced learners, ELL instructors, other educators and more advanced English learners. Stephen Downes' <a href="http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2016/02/personal-learning-mooc.html">Personal Learning MOOC</a> runs February 22-April 8 (7 weeks) and<br>
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...explores the topic of learning in three ways: first, through an examination of research and development issues related to the topic; second, through interaction with a personal learning environment (specifically: LPSS) to take the course; and third, through activities supporting the development of a personal learning environment at a conceptual level. </blockquote>
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Course objectives: participants will develop an appreciation of different models of online course delivery, ranging from the traditional LMS through connectivist MOOCs to potential future models of personal learning and performance support.</blockquote>
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</div></div><a href="http://blogging-learningenglish.blogspot.com/2016/02/half-hour-personal-learning-mooc.html#more">Read more »</a>Vanessa Vailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37860137.post-76169006008234657712016-02-08T08:02:00.001-08:002016-02-08T08:02:24.708-08:00SOLE? It's like learning a new language<div style="text-align: left;"></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"></blockquote><br /><br />
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What is SOLE? <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25px; white-space: pre-line;">It is a Self-Organized Learning Environment, (SOLE) that can exist anywhere there is a computer, Internet connection, and willing learners.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25px; white-space: pre-line;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="291" src="https://school-in-the-cloud-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/editor/medium_203ca1ba-b1d5-4734-bf61-58f16b6a78ba.jpg" width="400" /></div><blockquote class="tr_bq">SOLE is increasingly being used in many different settings, including some where it might not seem a natural fit, such as Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white;">Traditionally an area which relies on individual learning or teacher-led in a classroom.... Prof Sugata Mitra caused a bit of a stir when he gave a keynote speech about learning needing to be far more self-organised at an <a href="http://www.iatefl.org/">IATEFL</a> conference</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #000018; font-family: inherit; line-height: 25px; white-space: pre-line;">.</span> </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #000018; font-family: inherit; line-height: 25px; white-space: pre-line;">...[E]arly findings suggest that while SOLE is not suitable for teaching higher level grammar, it can be effective in terms of language fluency and confidence</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #000018; font-family: inherit; line-height: 25px; white-space: pre-line;">.... </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #000018; font-family: inherit; line-height: 25px; white-space: pre-line;">Further research is now being planned between SOLE Central and International House.</span></blockquote><i>Read the rest of <a href="https://www.theschoolinthecloud.org/updates/sole-it-s-like-learning-a-new-language">SOLE? It's like learning a new language</a> at <a href="https://www.theschoolinthecloud.org/" target="_blank">School in the Cloud</a></i>Vanessa Vailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37860137.post-60135435477024086222015-12-02T11:59:00.000-08:002015-12-02T11:59:35.922-08:00The Unsuitability of English<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #000018; line-height: 25px; white-space: pre-line;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">…</span></span>as a topic for blog about learning English, this may seem a change of pace but is still appropriate.</i><br />
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Utrecht, Holland—My mission in this pleasant central Holland town: giving a keynote address at the 25th anniversary conference of <a href="https://www.sense-online.nl/jubilee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sense</a>, the Society of English-language Native Speaking Editors, in the palatial surroundings of the beautifully restored 16th-century Paushuize (pictured). Knowing that the editors and translators who belong to Sense are much concerned with the international character of English, I chose to speak about the global role that the English language has taken on. And I stressed that English doesn’t deserve its role, linguistically: In many ways it is a terrible choice for a world language.</blockquote>
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<br />Vanessa Vailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37860137.post-14998312482417848082015-11-24T06:37:00.000-08:002015-11-24T11:39:35.876-08:00About ESL Newsletter: Listening Practice<div style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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<li id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448371511329_15748"><a class="edited-link-editor" href="http://learningenglish.voanews.com/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448371511329_15144" style="background-color: white; font-size: small;">VOA Learning English</a><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1448371511329_15663" style="font-size: small;"> (free)</span></li>
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">Vicariously experiencing the emotions of a character in a book brings readers closer to the storyline, but the way readers react to fictional emotions depends on the language they read it in. Research conducted at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Italy examined the empathetic power of reading in a native language. The <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278262615300014" target="_blank">findings</a>, published in the journal <i>Brain and Cognition</i>, not only revealed how mother tongues evoked readers’ emotions, but also the limitations of a second language.</blockquote><i>Keep reading .... <a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/read-book-second-language-avoid-emotion-reading-your-native-tongue-improves-empathy-350852">Read A Book In A Second Language To Avoid Emotion; Reading In Your Native Tongue Improves Empathy</a>: </i><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">The English language is, and always seems to have been, a perpetual battleground whose skirmishes take the form of controversies over usage and grammar....There has also never been a shortage of vociferous listeners to the BBC (the state-owned British broadcasting organization) complaining of its supposed failure to uphold standards of English usage - these standards presumably having been handed down from some mystical, mythical golden age of grammatical and vocabularian rectitude which often seem to be located in the decade of the complainer's childhood. Mix into this already-potent brew of linguistic controversy and personal prejudice the element of class rivalry described in Professor Alan Ross's notoriously provocative article of 1954, 'U and non-U', and it really starts to fizz!</span></span><br><br>
<a href="http://blogging-learningenglish.blogspot.com/2015/05/does-english-exist_21.html#more">Read more »</a>Vanessa Vailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37860137.post-24634072449528560202015-02-26T04:35:00.000-08:002015-02-26T04:35:26.653-08:00Write Your Future Self<div dir="ltr">
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Where will you be and what will you be doing next month? This summer? In six months? A year? Two years? What will it be like to get a note from the you of “now” in the future? Use it to send yourself reminders too. Come New Year's Day, send resolutions to your end of the year self. Write a note to the future to someone else (if you know their email).<br />
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It's that time of year again: <b>EVO</b>, <a href="http://evosessions.pbworks.com/w/page/10708567/FrontPage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Electronic Village Online</a>, and their annual online workshops for ESL educators. <b><a href="http://ict4elt2015.pbworks.com/w/page/82647664/FrontPage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ICT4ELT</a></b> replaces the venerable Webheads as an entry level for teaching with technology. Even if you don't teach ESL, it is a good tech refresher as well as authentic English practice<div>
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Some Blogging English followers teach ESL too. I can't how many or qualify as to few or many. I recommend this and other workshops is them ~ but not just for them. Intermediate through advanced learners will get a lot out of it too. Check out the other workshops too. It's late for registration but the resources are open. </div>
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This site, subtitled, "<i>Helping you learn English quickly and easily</i>" looks like a good learning resource. The business and conversational English videos are also on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5lZRbpPaIorRYc6LiEJDbg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. Check it out and let me know what you think.</div>
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You can also email for a free e-book download as well as going straight to social media and following "<i>Learn English with Dave Pearl</i>" on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/learningenglishwithdave" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/mrdavepearl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/englishwithdave/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>, YouTube (above) or <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/104887052105248540145/104887052105248540145/posts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">G+</a> (where I found the page).<br />
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<a href="http://davepearl.com/"><i>Learn English with Dave Pearl - Helping you learn english quickly and easily | Business English |Conversational English</i></a>Vanessa Vailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37860137.post-14268020869466194002014-11-12T10:00:00.000-08:002014-11-12T09:17:16.092-08:00General notices post with open thread for suggestions, questions and requestsThis morning I made one of my increasingly rare visits to the <a href="http://www.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?action=postnew&s=2&user=studycom" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StudyCom Help Board</a> and found a new question. Questions are even rarer than my visits. I still check in though -- and post notices telling visitors to come here instead.<br>
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It is of paramount importance to introduce grammatical constructions in clear contexts, relating them to the real world. The past perfect tense is undoubtedly well understood if it is used in contextualized examples because learners need to have a clear picture of not only the “how” but also the “why.”</span><br /><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read the rest at <a href="http://www.myenglishpages.com/blog/how-to-teach-the-past-perfect/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MyEnglishPages+%28My+English+Pages%29#.VEr1x_nF84l">How to teach the past perfect tense | My English Pages</a>:</span></i>Vanessa Vailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37860137.post-87151324942293214062014-07-17T07:07:00.001-07:002014-07-17T07:07:28.386-07:00ESL to young learners online: lessons learned<i>…maybe some will work for you too. Maybe want to help your children learn English too. Young learners can teach us all a lot about how to learn.</i><br /><br />
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</ul></div><i>Read the rest of the lesson and more about digital tools at <a href="http://thetravellingteachers.blogspot.com/2014/05/aesops-moral-stories-lets-talk-about.html">The Travelling Teachers: Aesop's moral stories - let's talk about fables using digital tools</a></i>Vanessa Vailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37860137.post-36754439402634232272014-05-16T12:31:00.001-07:002014-05-16T12:31:31.992-07:00About.com ESL Newsletter<a href="http://everychildfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/newsletter.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="163" id="irc_mi" src="http://everychildfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/newsletter.png" style="margin-top: 41px;" width="200" /></a><i> …do you have a favorite ESL newsletter? Please share it with us</i><br /><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="http://specials.about.com/service/newsletters/esl/2f536cc39a00015fc300f936.htm">ESL</a>: From Kenneth Beare, your Guide to ESL<br />
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This week's newsletter helps you understand phrasal verbs, as well as learn new phrasal verb vocabulary with a focus on verbs relating to 'turn on / off'. There's also a challenging gap fill for advanced students. Finally, there's a look at the difference between 'then' and 'than', two words that are often confused.</blockquote>Vanessa Vailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37860137.post-9455410132567912572014-04-04T21:04:00.001-07:002014-04-04T21:04:40.412-07:00Shaping the Way We Teach English, 1: The Landscape of English Language Teaching | Coursera Learn effective approaches to English language teaching. This is the <br />
first of two teacher training courses based on the <br />
internationally-recognized Shaping the Way We Teach English videos and <br />
resources and sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the <br />
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career, and those already in the field who may wish to refresh their <br />
teaching methods and approaches. <br /><br />
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<a href="http://uonews.uoregon.edu/archive/news-release/2014/3/uo-mooc-aims-help-teach-english-language">Read more</a> in a UO news release about the course.<br /><br />
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<i><a href="http://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-mooc-aims-help-teach-english-language">UO 'MOOC' aims to help teach English language | Around the O</a></i>Vanessa Vailehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37860137.post-15045430425395714392014-03-16T15:02:00.000-07:002014-03-16T15:02:21.700-07:00Lesson One in a Series of Video LessonsWelcome to the very first episode of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/duncaninchina" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">series of English teaching videos</a>. This first video takes a look at some of the common
questions that often arise when talking about learning the English
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