Ask PEP (June '96) can be used in reverse it will also teach English vocabulary to early readers For older kids, try Who Is Oscar Lake? by language publications Interactive. http://www.microweb.com/pepsite/Ask/askjune96.html
Extractions: You can ask PEP a question simply by filling out a form. My daughter is 7 yrs old and in a French immersion program. Any recommendations for software titles that cover math, reading or other subject areas in French?...K.Linsay UbiSoft makes a beautiful children's fable in the style of Living Books. Called Kiyeko and the Lost Night ," the story is told in English, French and three other languages all on one CD. Syracuse Language Systems offers Goldilocks and the Three Bears in French and Spanish. They also have a game called All-In-One Language Fun that teaches basic vocabulary in multiple languages. For an interesting Math program in French, try Countdown by Voyager (Now distributed by Forest Technologies ). For Music, try Lyric Languages by Penton Overseas. This is a sing-along CD that includes quick-time videos. Kids learn days of the week, months of the year, animals in the zoo etc. Language Explorer by Nordic Software is another title that is done in multiple languages, including French. These are matching games, where kids match words to vocabulary. There are 30 topics in all. At the highest level, kids race against the clock or they play the game in multiple languages. This program can be used in reverse: it will also teach English vocabulary to early readers... For older kids, try
Ask PEP (August '96) I want to find great Windows Software to help me teach students business math. programfor family use is Who Is Oscar Lake by language publications Interactive http://www.microweb.com/pepsite/Ask/askaug96.html
Extractions: You can ask PEP a question simply by filling out a form. I am looking for software designed for Special Education students. Can you help? ... S.Foley One of the most comprehensive resources I've found for this information was compiled by Leonard Caputo of St.John's University (NYC). He calls his catalogued collection, SpeWare (Special Ed Software). Caputo categorizes the software for specific disabilities and learning disorders: autism, behavioral disorders, dyslexia, gifted and talented, mentally retarded, physically disabled, multiple disabilities etc. Many of these are commercial software titles, used by kids of varying intelligences. But Leonard does a great job of recommending software that meets specific needs for example, titles that teach kids to follow directions... (A.B.) I want to find great Windows Software to help me teach students business math. My students are 14-18 yrs old and have a variety of math hang-ups. Some cannot subtract, divide, do fractions, decimals, figure out how to fill in a checkbook or more complicated problems. I just heard of your web site yesterday. I am hoping you will have some useful recommendations... R.Latin Logical Journey of the Zoombinis by Broderbund Software is a good choice for math phobics. Zoombini characteristics (nose, hat, eyes, feet) serve as icons for mathematical variables in this game that teaches math logic and deductive reasoning skills. Or check out the new
WI DPI 2003 Publications Catalog/Wisconsin's Academic Standards to standards in science, social studies, math, and English language arts. Businesseducation's mission is to teach students about business and to prepare http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dltcl/eis/pubsales/stndrd.html
Extractions: Raising the Bar for All Students Wisconsin's Model Academic Standards set high goals and expectations for all students. Written by Wisconsin educators, parents, and other community representatives, they specify what we believe all students should know and be able to do by the end of grades 4, 8, and 12. Wisconsin's Model Academic Standards reflect the collective values of our citizens and are intended to prepare our young people for opportunities that exist in Wisconsin, the nation, and the world. Now on CD-ROM Get a CD-ROM containing all 18 standards in Microsoft Word 6.0 format for both PC and Macintosh for only $39.95. (The standard one-third discount for Wisconsin residents does not apply to this product.) Model standards in agricultural education are industry-based. They provide targets for all students about agriculture and standards in agriculture for students with a special interest who are taking agriculture classes. Standards include strands in technology/information, global agriculture, leadership, ecology/environment, agriscience/production, and business management and marketing. The standards are cross-referenced to standards in science, social studies, math, and English language arts.
Publications Full List of publications developed by a Working Party of the London language andLiteracy Writing Works Using a genre approach to teach literacy in ESOL and http://www.sbu.ac.uk/lllu/publications/index.shtml
Extractions: How to Order The London Language and Literacy Unit at South Bank University has a range of publications in the areas of basic skills, family literacy and numeracy, dyslexia, ESOL,Caribbean languages and literature and in language and learning support. Our publishing aim is to produce up-to-date, relevant materials at an affordable price. Description Price A Guide for Schools: Involving parents, carers and the community in schools by Foufou Savitzky. A Guide for Parents: A Guide to Parents: Bilingual Children A Guide for parents by Foufou Savitzky. Caribbean Food: Makin 'De Rounds Teaching materials for use with students in Adult Basic Education. Return to Top of Page Computer Assisted Language Learning: Integrating CALL into the ESOL curriculum; a practical guide
Sloan-C - Publications - ALN Magazine - Vol4:1 way to teach pronunciation of English? Is Global English an example of culturalimperialism, a medium for peace and prosperity, or simply the language of the http://www.aln.org/publications/magazine/v4n1/donahue.asp
Extractions: Broward, Florida Succumbing to conventional logic, pronunciation is certainly the one English skills course that must be taught person-to-person or onground. In the following paper, a new model for teaching pronunciation online is presented that links the elements of diagnostic tests, a continuum of teacher/student interaction, mastery tests and individualized feedback. Throwing down the gauntlet, the trainer for accrediting online facilitators recently quipped that, "Anything, including major brain surgery, can be taught online," as he pitched the virtues of a major course management software (CMS) concern. Similarly, the boast of being able to teach pronunciation wholly online conjures up images of talking heads, mirrors and fingers pointing to the lips and teeth. However, just as the new printed book revolutionized the traditional lectures of the Middle Ages, today's onground classes must be re-engineered for the virtual classroom. II. ONLINE/ONGROUND TEACHING
Kenneth L Pike's Publications This led to many publications which, over time, could components of various partsof language and nonverbal background theory, in order to teach such holism? http://www.sil.org/klp/ontraining.htm
Extractions: circa 1995 Several questions may puzzle scholars who have observed the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) from a distance: Its training started in Arkansas in 1934, in the summer only. It continued with summer sessions, only, until 1972, when the first year length courses were begun in Dallas. (Various companion summer courses have also been established). The theoretical answer, which appeals most to me, is a position brought to my attention by Herb Brussow (Ph.D. in International Human Resource Development) where Malcolm Knowles (1977:4), in a book on Adult Learning Processes, says that there are two sharply different ways of teaching.The first is effective for children and consists in teaching contents for the children to remember. The second is for adults, teaching them how to learn from new situations, where their background cannot give the immediate answers. That is the teacher of adults (the "androgogue", versus the "pedagogue," as teacher of children) "has a built in sense of obligation to do everything one can to help that person move from dependency toward increasing self-directiveness."
Dept Of English Language & Linguistics: Staff: Dr Andrew R Linn I teach a facultywide module on writing and presentation skills for director, directorof the MA in Historical language Studies, and Selected publications. http://www.shef.ac.uk/english/language/staff/andrew.html
Extractions: Dr Andrew Linn MA 1989, MPhil 1991, PhD 1994 (Cambridge), ARCM 1987, ARCO 1999. My first degree (at Emmanuel College, Cambridge , where I was also organ scholar) was in English. After graduating I escaped to Norway for a year and then gravitated back to Cambridge for a Masters degree in General Linguistics and a PhD in the History of Linguistics (supervised by Dr Vivien Law). In 1994 I got my first university post, working alongside Prof. R.H. Robins, as lecturer in the newly established Department of Linguistics at the newly established University of Luton . After three years I saw the writing on the wall (the department has subsequently closed) and moved to a lectureship in the Department of English Language and Linguistics here at Sheffield. In 2002 I was made senior lecturer. My teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level is in the area of the history of linguistics and of phonetics. I teach half of the level-one Introduction to Linguistics module ( ELL 108 ), all of the level-two Phonetics module (
Commercial Language Sites How to teach English with Fun Games. Agora Marketplace. A commercial site mainlydevoted to a directory of language publications, products, and publishers. http://www.hull.ac.uk/cti/langsite/products.html
Extractions: Internet Resources for Language Teachers and Learners collection is no longer being maintained on this website. The collection can now be found on the CALL@Hull site, a private project of Fred Riley who was previously the Centre's Web Developer/Programmer. To avoid broken links no documents have been moved or deleted, but naturally their content will become steadily obsolete over time, so please change your bookmarks and links to the new location. You can also find a useful database of languages-related Internet sites at the LTSN Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies in the Weblinks section. Internet Resources CALL Database Reviews LTSN Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics, and Area Studies ... CALL@Hull Audiovisual Resources and Directories Books Software ... Internet Resources Home Artec Electronics . Developers of multimedia training systems for languages. Berlitz. Producers of written, audiovisual, and computer-based language-learning materials. There's also an online English test for speakers of a wide range of languages (requires Shockwave plugin).
Extractions: Standards for Foreign Language Learning The purpose of this guide is to assist teachers in aligning their present foreign language curriculum with the national standards for student learning. This document will enable teachers to identify which aspects of their current curriculum fit with the standards and how these can be extended and adapted to address the new dimensions of the standards. This document is designed to be used in varied teaching environments from kindergarten through grade twelve. It is not intended to substitute for guides on how to write curriculum-instead, its purpose is to assist teachers in linking their existing curriculum with the standards and in planning for future curriculum work. This guide is divided into three main sections. Each of these sections is relevant to all teachers since the concepts developed in them will enrich classroom teaching at all levels. The first section addresses developing foreign language curriculum. The second and the third sections are designed to meet the needs that are most common today at the grade levels indicated: "Connecting Thematic Units to the Standards at the K-8 Level" and "How to Teach Foreign Language in Secondary School Programs Using the Standards." While the primary purpose of the document is to assist classroom teachers, this guide will also be useful to foreign language district supervisors, state supervisors, and teacher educators at colleges and universities. Because of the work they do with in-service and pre-service teachers, they play a key role in the transition of the profession to standards-oriented instruction.
Books, Publications, And Tools You Can Use teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 4 in 14 names of countries and organizations,language to avoid Countless newspapers and other publications base their http://www1.shore.net/~straub/wprtools.htm
Extractions: A review of Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (10th Edition) On-Line Tools and References You Can Use A n elegant and comprehensive technical guide to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS-1) written by the lead developers of the W3 Consortium's style sheet project, Lie and Bos. They provide a powerful, yet (mostly) easy-to-use method for authors and designers to create aesthetically pleasing effects using vanilla HTML.
Teaching With The Web Modern language Association offers teaching resources, bibliography guides, and style guides for those teaching English and other languages. http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/teach.html
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Extractions: Cathy Miranker Q: It seems like computer software can teach kids so many thingswhat about foreign languages? Web Aware Surfing in the Classroom Profile of a Technology-Literate Child: Preschool to Grade 2 Share your opinions on education and technology. A: Computer software alone cannot teach your kids to speak a foreign language. Experts agree that it takes a real live teacher who's a native speaker to do that. But some computer programs can help when kids are getting started with a new language. The best CD-ROMs for language learners provide fun, inventive ways to practice, and exposure to the sights and sounds of new words, new people, and new places. Suggestions for buying foreign language CD-ROMs Little kids Kids 7-12 My favorite software for giving little kids exposure to a foreign-language via computer is the well-known series of interactive storybooks from Living Books . The following titles all feature Spanish: Arthur's Birthday Arthur's Teacher Trouble The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight Harry and the Haunted House Just Grandma and Me
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ILoveLanguages - Your Guide To Languages On The Web language learning, teaching, and more. National directory of foreignlanguage programs, free publications for teachers, and more. http://www.ilovelanguages.com/index.php?category=Schools
We Teach Writing a CoDirector at the UCLA Writing Project, is an annotated bibliography of publicationsthat are of particular interest to teachers of English language learners http://tepd.ucop.edu/tepd/content/writing.php
Extractions: NWP (National Writing Project) is a nationwide professional development program for teachers. The primary goal of the project is to improve student writing achievement by improving the teaching of writing in the nation's schools. The NWP model is based on the belief that teachers are the key to education reform, teachers make the best teachers of other teachers, and teachers benefit from studying and conducting research.
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Extractions: Dr. Patrick Groff, Professor of Education Emeritus San Diego State University, has published over 325 books, monographs, and journal articles and is a nationally known expert in the field of reading instruction. Louisa C. Moats earned a doctorate in reading education at Harvard University, under the guidance of the renowned education professor Jeanne Chall. Chall is best known for her 1967 book, Learning to Read: The Great Debate, and its 1983 update. Here, Chall reports that experimental findings up to those dates corroborate that direct, intensive, systematic, early, and comprehensive (DISEC) instruction, of a prearranged hierarchy of discrete reading skills (particularly, how to apply phonics information to recognize written words), is the most effective beginning reading tuition. Chall's books confirm prior conclusions to that effect by Rudolf Flesch in his 1955 best seller, Why Johnny Can't Read.
Put Reading First -- K-3 Return to NIFL publications Page Print Entire Document discovered about how to successfullyteach children to that the sounds of spoken language work together http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first1.html
Extractions: Teaching Children to Read Kindergarten Through Grade 3 This publication was developed by the Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA) and was funded by the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) through the Educational Research and Development Centers Program, PR/Award Number R305R70004, as administered by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education. However, the comments or conclusions do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of NIFL, OERI, or the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. Writers
