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If you would like to read more about learner independence, have a look at the following resources:
Here are some more resources that were shared in the chat by Neil and Gabi, an attendee in the Masterclass:
– Neil pointed it out that ‘looking at speaking test design can open our eyes to speaking sub-skills. The CEFR is a hugely valuable asset when trying to understand these (most European tests are based on the CEFR); the free NILE filter is the best way to search this
– https://www.nile-elt.com/catalog?pagename=NILE-Membership’– a book recommendation from Gabi:
‘There is a great book that could also help teachers identify speaking sub skills: Conversation gambits- Real English Conversation Practices by E. Keller & S. Warner’– Another link shared by Neil, in response to the part of the discussion about using Alexa in a speaking class:
Some more resources to Jennifer’s Masterclass:
– Unit planning, creating an advance organizer, and wring a driving question:
https://youtu.be/BjHgE4UzgsU (This is a video I have up on YOUTUBE)– Neuroplasticity:
Please find the report on hybrid learning in language organisations that Robert mentioned during the Q&A by clicking on the link below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WNkIQ3aHaVwB3U3JVXYhR9rBtBHuphup/viewDictionaries, books and articles mentioned in the chatroom in Hugh’s masterclass:
online dictionaries:
– https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/
– https://www.macmillandictionary.com/corpus.html
– https://fraze.it/books:
– an ebook: Messaging: beyond a lexical approach in ELT by George Woolard
– Teaching Lexically: Principles and practice by High Dellar and Andrew Walkley
– Lexical Grammar: Activities for Teaching Chunks and Exploring Patterns by Leo Selivanarticles: (to have access to the 2 articles below you need to be an English Teaching professional subscriber)
– https://www.etprofessional.com/whats-in-a-word
– https://www.etprofessional.com/from-corpora-to-confidenceIf you liked Anna’s masterclass and you would like to read more about the memory and spaced learning, please have a look at the following links that Anna recommends:
https://teacherhead.com/2020/02/15/re-reading-nuthalls-hidden-lives-of-learners-insights-from-a-classic/
https://teacherhead.com/2018/10/03/introducing-marge-a-superb-ebook-about-learning-by-arthur-shimamura/
https://blog.fluent-forever.com/boot-up-your-brain-with-spaced-repetition/
https://ncase.me/remember/
http://augmentingcognition.com/ltm.html
https://www.supermemo.com/en
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/category/learning-theory/
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/category/learning-theory/
https://www.the-learning-agency-lab.com/learning-strategies/interleaving/
https://www.thecttl.org/2021/03/11/interleaving-one-strategy-to-recover-lost-learning/
https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/how-are-memory-stored-retrieved-forget-encode-retrieve-hippocampus-long-term-memory-short-term-memory.html
https://www.learningscientists.org/downloadable-materials
http://bcsbt.weebly.com/working-memory-workshop-and-resources.html
https://www.the-learning-agency-lab.com/learning-strategies/interleaving/
https://www.thecttl.org/2021/03/11/interleaving-one-strategy-to-recover-lost-learning/
https://edcentral.uk/edblog/expert-insight/a-beginners-guide-to-professor-barak-rosenshineThe website Olga recommended in her masterclass is called: TubeQuizard
It is a free tool that generates listening decoding quizzes based on subtitled Youtube videos.
link to the website: http://www.tubequizard.com/
If you are interested, you can check out the following blog too: https://eltgeek.wordpress.com/
If you are interested in learning more about the topic of Making Thinking and Learning Visible, you can have a look at the following list of links that came up in the masterclass:
The homepage of Harvard Project Zero by the Harvard Graduate School of Education:
– http://www.pz.harvard.edu/Let’s make our thinking visible!
– A blog by authors Patrizia Caroti, Sarah Howell, and Lisa Kester Dodgson:
– https://oupeltglobalblog.com/2017/11/01/make-thinking-visible/Mitchel Resnick’s name was also mentioned during the masterclass:
– https://www.media.mit.edu/people/mres/overview/André’s blog he mentioned during the discussion can be found here:
– http://www.edcrocks.comA link to a website that allows you to create half a crossword tasks:
https://vocab.today/worksheets/half-a-crossword/It’s very simple to use: type the words you want your students to focus on in the word box on the left and you’ll see the crosswords being generated simultaneously. You can print the crosswords, however, there is no option to save them. You can take a screenshot and save the crosswords though.
Half a crossword can be used as a controlled practice task or to revise vocabulary in pairs. However, this type of task can be used with only one student in one to one teaching between the teacher and the student too.
Have you ever used half a crossword in you class? What is your experience? Do you like it? What about your students?
Two links from the Connected Speech masterclass:
1) a link to the British Library about British accents and dialects
https://www.bl.uk/british-accents-and-dialects/articles/regional-voices-an-introduction-to-language-variation-across-the-uk2) a link with ideas to improve pronunciation by learners recording themselves speaking English
http://www.englishteachermelanie.com/english-study-tip-record-yourself-speaking-english/You can download the Connected Speech diagram that Anna mentioned from the link below:
https://galleryteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/connected-speech-diagram.jpg
Thank you for your interest in the use of the Lexical Approach. We posted some links above that are worth having a look at. We can also recommend books written by Michael Lewis, The Lexical Approach and Implementing the Lexical Approach. Also, please keep an eye on our upcoming events, since Hugh Deller is going to start a series on the topic in June. You will definitely find various ways of using the lexical approach with your students based on the links provided on the forum, the books listed above and the upcoming webinars.