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- Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:32 am
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: New: World News for Kids! resources online
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2731
New: World News for Kids! resources online
New FREE resource from englishraven.com! World News for Kids! is a simple but dynamic teaching and learning resource for learners in the 9-15 range. The basic idea is a range of carefully leveled current news articles presented online, geared toward the interests and subject-based needs of students...
- Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:16 am
- Forum: TOEFL
- Topic: improving scores on the ibt Speaking section
- Replies: 8
- Views: 20080
Sorry - the links above have become about out-of-date. The tips have been replaced with better video versions at this link: http://www.english-itutor.com/TOEFL_Speaking_Tips.html I've also added some brand new speaking tutorials that might be helpful: http://www.english-itutor.com/TOEFL_Speaking_Tut...
- Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:00 pm
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Some Advice on Large Classes
- Replies: 55
- Views: 143784
The best activity I've ever used with large classes is "Finding Out" - you can read more about it here:
http://www.englishraven.com/SLAC_finding_out.html
Best wishes,
~ Jason
http://www.englishraven.com/SLAC_finding_out.html
Best wishes,
~ Jason
- Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:55 pm
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Activities for Middle Schoolers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4741
A lot of the materials and activities on my site were made for and road-tested with Korean middle school students: http://www.englishraven.com You might also like to look at the site for my Pearson Longman textbooks (called Boost!): http://www.boostskillsseries.com The 20 books there were made espec...
- Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:14 pm
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: classroom activities
- Replies: 19
- Views: 29265
You might find something you like on my site as well: http://www.EnglishRaven.com In perusing this thread, I ended up on Barry's site (barryfunenglish), and I have to say, those are some really fantastic resources! My hat's off to you. I've been thinking of developing some similar tools, but conside...
- Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:33 am
- Forum: Material Writing
- Topic: Tips for ELT writers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 22171
Hi Alex, I'd be happy to contribute something to your blog on this subject. I've gone through the process of writing supplementary materials, then books for the schools I worked at, then managing my own materials resource site (www.EnglishRaven.com), and eventually writing a 20-book series for Pears...
- Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:26 am
- Forum: Assessment
- Topic: Preparing students for the TOEIC test
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9799
Are the speaking and writing sections of the TOEIC part of the company's requirements? If so, the resources I have on this page may be of some help to you: http://www.english-itutor.com/TOEIC_SW.html Other than that, I really recommend the Oxford Preparation for TOEIC series - it's the best I've see...
- Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:02 am
- Forum: Secondary School Education
- Topic: 3000+ pages of free resources for teachers of teenagers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6156
Sorry - I should be responsible and update this notice. Membership subscriptions have been added (from january 2009) to the site for those wanting to access everything. However, there is a still a considerable bag of free materials available throughout the site, and a lot more free resources being a...
- Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:57 am
- Forum: Secondary School Education
- Topic: Texts for Teenagers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9511
I really recommend the Children's BBC site (British English) and Kidzworld site (American English) for finding motivating articles to teach teenagers - more details and examples on this page: http://www.englishraven.com/Activities_for_reading.html There's also my own Boost! Integrated Skills Series ...
- Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:51 am
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: Getting in touch with English after school
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6754
I like your ideas, Syl - as well as your site. Great work! In relation to this issue of expanding access to more English beyond school hours (and making it motivating), you might like to check out my ideas for Extensive Reading Online at the following link: http://www.englishraven.com/Activities_for...
- Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:48 am
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: class management
- Replies: 23
- Views: 33979
Very common issue... You might find some ideas for positive reinforcement in your classroom at this link: http://www.englishraven.com/ttools_posrein.html The main downloads and teacher guides are located in the members download area, but you can still access images on the page link above which show ...
- Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:36 am
- Forum: TOEFL
- Topic: TOEFL Speaking Topics?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 80470
I'll definitely check out your site, Eric. I agree with your assessment of the TOEFL speaking format, and wrote extensively about this in a blog post last year: iBT Speaking and Writing - how do they stack up to the real thing? (Part 1) http://jasonrenshaw.typepad.com/ibt_speaking_writing/2007/03/ib...
- Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:44 am
- Forum: TOEFL
- Topic: Native Speaker TOEFL iBT Score
- Replies: 1
- Views: 12652
What an outstanding attitude to teaching, Ed! I really admire your perspective. I'm a TOEFL instructor as well, and I regularly take practice tests applying the same conditions and time limits as the original test, to keep myself sharp when it comes to teaching and to understand what my students may...
- Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:02 am
- Forum: TOEFL
- Topic: Can I get trained to teach TOEFL?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7837
I'm currently working on something like this (a teacher development program specifically for TOEFL teaching). You can learn a lot about the speaking and writing sections of the test in particular by joining my forum at: http://global-english.lefora.com There are lots of sample tasks there, sample re...
- Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:59 am
- Forum: TOEFL
- Topic: Sorry not TOFEL..... IELTS
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3729
Cambridge FCE and PET are easier than IELTS, and more suitable for teenagers in terms of topic content. They're also part of the same "exam suite", which means they have similar task styles and rubrics. Basically, using PET and then FCE is an excellent building process for eventual IELTS preparation...