Posted on May 12, 2009 by herappleness
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 Grade Level- K-12 depending on the role of the student
Can [...]
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Posted on January 22, 2009 by herappleness
Click on the picture, or here for the article on Wired Magazine that made many people shiver.
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Posted on January 22, 2009 by herappleness
This is a list of WWW references and activities related to Connectionism and the use of Computer Assisted Language Learning.
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Posted on January 22, 2009 by herappleness
Click on the mountain for SLA 4.0 – A superb bibliography on Second language acquisition updated in 2007 by Vivian Cook,
Professor of Applied Linguistics: Newcastle University
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Posted on January 21, 2009 by herappleness
My favorite thing to teach is colors.
Colors are everywhere and in everything. Yet, of all the color lessons that I have taught in English, Spanish, German (ages ago), and French, one of my favorite central topics is the gumball machine.
Lesson Plan Objective: To teach target lingo (colors and shapes) and Lingtechlingo using a Sustained Affective [...]
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