Showing posts with label Vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vocabulary. Show all posts

Saturday, November 19, 2016

CATESOL16 :: ESL | ELL | Writing | Vocabulary | Listening | Books | Tutor Resources

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Superlatives from SCLLN

Presenters suggest http://radioesl.com  
for #ESL lessons.



Presenters recommend http://www.writingfix.com 
for #ESL/#ELL students.

@AmyErikson  Nov 18


Students love their #smartphones
it makes sense to incorporate them into instruction.



Photo Vocabulary - Piggy Bank How much cash do you have in your piggy bank?



When you're learning #ESL, it can be hard to find a book
that's not too challenging but still, improves your English. This can help!



Improve your listening skills 1 minute a day


Saturday, August 27, 2016

Literacy :: Idioms | APPS | ESL | Vocabulary | Videos

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Superlatives from SCLLN

6 Amazing Lists for Feelings & Emotion Idioms!







7 idioms almost everyone gets wrong




@RaganHealth  Aug 26


dietetic idiomatic schematic




Most common idioms used in the English language



List of 90 Colour Idioms With Meanings






Idiom Land
All popular English idioms in one app



@123wbt  Mar 22


90 Minutes of English Idioms
This video can easily serve as the
ultimate guide to popular English idioms!



Saturday, August 13, 2016

CLOZE Activities :: ESL | Comprehension | Songs | Jokes | Vocabulary

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Superlatives from SCLLN

10 Clever Cloze Activities for Any English Classroom




Suzanne by Leonard Cohen
– a gap-fill listening comprehension exercise








Quick Cloze Passages for Boosting Comprehension 2



FREE Cloze Reading Worksheet:
http://ow.ly/pzk0303c9tr



5 ESL Cloze Activities to Make Vocabulary Stick All Year Long






This app constructs open cloze tests
and vocabulary lists from Wikipedia articles.
My students really like doing...



Thursday, July 14, 2016

How Big Is Your Vocabulary? :: Today in Critical Linking
BookRiot: 7.13.2016 by Jeff O’Neal

Ever wonder about your vocabulary size? Even if you are a daily English speaker or a native English speaker, you still might find this test challenging! We conducted academic research and looked at online resources to design the model of this quiz. We believe we’ve prepared the best quiz for you!

How big is your vocabulary? This quiz says it can tell you. (@A Real Me )


Saturday, May 21, 2016

Tweetest :: Internet Slang | Newsela Time Machine | Reading | Library Posters :: Superlatives from SCLLN

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English Internet Slang: 30 Essential Slang Terms for Surviving Online - http://bit.ly/1Yi6CpA



@FluentUEnglish 9 May 2016



Check out Time Machine,
our new collection of historical articles


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@Newsela 13 May 2016


No surprise to us that #reading makes you happier!




@BerkeleyPublic 14 May 2016




20 vintage posters about #books and #libraries




@ebookfriendly 20 May 2016

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Tweetest :: GED | PBs | Best Heroines | Read Aloud | Slang | MadLibs :: Superlatives from SCLLN

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Superlatives from SCLLN

#GED scoring changes rolled out in January
what exactly does the change mean for adult learners?

@natlitdirectory 10 Mar 2016


Why Picture Books
5 Reasons Why They Belong in Every Classroom http://wp.me/p3Lwy8-Rh

@pernilleripp 8 Mar 2016






50 of the Best Heroines of Middle Grade Books
from Anne to Malala to Matilda

@BookRiot 8 Mar 2016





The results of our nationwide survey on how America reads aloud to its children http://www.readaloud.org/surveyreport.html … #readaloud

@ReadAloud_org 9 Mar 2016







Awesomely Useful Slang Words for ESL Learners - http://www.fluentu.com/english/blog/u

@FluentUEnglish 9 Mar 2016  


MadLibs:
Two Tablet Apps to Engage Students with ELA Skills

@ClassTechTips 9 Mar 2016







Wednesday, July 27, 2011

86,800 Most Common Words

Anonymous reports that Wordcount is no longer available.

Unable to find out why.
Created by Jonathan Harris, 2004.
Conversation with Jonathan Harris on Wordmaster: Sep 2, 2004

Here are 2 other sites:
Word Frequency Lists and Dictionary: Corpus of Contemporary American English

WordCount


an interactive presentation of the
86,800 most frequently used English words