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paperbag princess
Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Location: veggie hell
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 Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 4:19 pm Post subject: breakingnewsenglish.com |
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this is the best site for current events lessons. i love it. have you ever been searching through news sites, thinking, "man i wish the level was more appropriate for my students!"? this site is great.
www.breakingnewsenglish.com |
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Unreal
Joined: 01 Jul 2004
Location: Jeollabuk-do
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| Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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This site rocks!
I spent half of my prep time last year (and 16 grand of my own money a month for a newspaper ) on just a couple of current events classes because the articles were so difficult for the students. I spent a lot of time trimming articles, figuring out how to explain difficult words, making comprehension and discussion questions, etc.
I could have saved time with this site and had better discussions. I'll definitely be using this site. Thanks! |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| I use for middle school and high school conversation classes, especially with small groups it is awesome.... |
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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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| Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:28 pm Post subject: Re: breakingnewsenglish.com |
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| paperbag princess wrote: |
this is the best site for current events lessons. i love it. have you ever been searching through news sites, thinking, "man i wish the level was more appropriate for my students!"? this site is great.
www.breakingnewsenglish.com |
F`'in' A!
Great site! Thanks! |
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Ekuboko
Joined: 22 Dec 2004
Location: ex-Gyeonggi
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| Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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This guy does have great lessons but I find that the same format day-in-day-out gets a bit monotonous. (Yes I know you don't use all of the things).
Also, I don't like his T/F questions much because the answers are basically liftable from the text, which is not expanding reading comprehension.
Having said that, props to him and I do use his lessons sometimes as an adaptable base. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| PS Wouldn't it be nice if there was more stuff like this aimed at middle and high school students? It seems so much is either made for adults or little kids. |
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animalbirdfish
Joined: 04 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:04 am Post subject: |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| www.dailyenglish.com is also very good. |
Why am I not surprised that the entire site is in Korean? |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| animalbirdfish wrote: |
| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| www.dailyenglish.com is also very good. |
Why am I not surprised that the entire site is in Korean? |
I'm pretty sure it costs as well.  |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:44 am Post subject: |
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| Look at the thread titled 'Ideas for adult discussion class' and you will find more addresses that others have found useful. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
| animalbirdfish wrote: |
| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| www.dailyenglish.com is also very good. |
Why am I not surprised that the entire site is in Korean? |
I'm pretty sure it costs as well. |
The site's bilingual and there's quite a bit of free stuff. The commercials are great if you ever want to do a lesson on that. |
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animalbirdfish
Joined: 04 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| Captain Corea wrote: |
| animalbirdfish wrote: |
| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| www.dailyenglish.com is also very good. |
Why am I not surprised that the entire site is in Korean? |
I'm pretty sure it costs as well. |
The site's bilingual and there's quite a bit of free stuff. The commercials are great if you ever want to do a lesson on that. |
Thanks for posting the link. I'll check through it a bit more thoroughly this weekend.
As for breakingnewsenglish.com, I've found that it demands a good proof-read before you hand it out. There were a few typos and grammar mistakes that might have proven embarrassing had I not caught them. Overall, though, a very useful site. |
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