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Technology: IWB

Christmas vocabulary: writing words under pictures

This EFL class of first year middle school learners (aged 11-12) are reviewing vocabulary related to Christmas by writing the words under the correct picture. One learner uses the pen tool to label two images then says the words aloud. From her position at the back of the classroom;the teacher then asks the class to … Continued

Expressing ability: Adverb placement using drag & drop

These EFL learners in a first year middle school class (aged 11-12) are putting sentence elements into the correct order to produce statements such as “Santa can draw very well.” (In the learners’ native language;French;adverbs can be placed before the main verb; in this exercise;the English adverbs must be placed after the verb.) This learner … Continued

Spanish learners drag-and-drop vocabulary activity during station work

This video clip shows a pair of lower secondary level learners playing a vocabulary practice activity/game. The game is on the CD-ROM of the coursebook. In this activity;the learners were given an extended Welsh sentence which had been split up into individual words;verbs and connectives. The children had one minute to work in pairs and … Continued

Linguistics – Magic Box for Word Formation

This lesson was recorded in a university linguistics session. The trainer is preparing the learners for a linguistics exam. Since the learners are also pre-service primary and secondary school teachers;the trainer also wants to expose them to learning technologies like the IWB. In this exerpt;the learners were practising and repeating the differnt word formation processes. … Continued

Linguistics English – Higher Education – Word Classification

This lesson was recorded in a university linguistics session. The trainer is preparing the learners for a linguistics exam. Since the learners are also pre-service primary and secondary school teachers;the trainer also wants to expose them to learning technologies like the IWB. This exercise helps the learners revise the different word classes and emphazises that … Continued

Linguistics English – Word Formation – Affixes

This lesson was recorded in a university linguistics session. The trainer is preparing the learners for a linguistics exam. Since the learners are also pre-service primary and secondary school teachers;the trainer also wants to expose them to learning technologies like the IWB. The learners revised the use of prefixes and suffixes to change a word … Continued

Linguistics English – Grammar – Infinite Cloner for Labels

This lesson was recorded in a university linguistics session. The trainer is preparing the learners for a linguistics exam. Since the learners are also pre-service primary and secondary school teachers;the trainer also wants to expose them to learning technologies like the IWB. After the revision of word formation processes;the learners discussed the function of the … Continued

Linguistics English – Higher Education – Tree Diagrams

This lesson was recorded in a university linguistics session. The trainer is preparing the learners for a linguistics exam. Since the learners are also pre-service primary and secondary school teachers;the trainer also wants to expose them to learning technologies like the IWB. The learners used the IWB to draw tree diagrams of ambivalent sentences. The … Continued

Secondary English – Vocabulary – Introduction

The teacher started the lesson with a vocabulary repetition supported by pictures. The children were supposed to name the animals I can see a cat” and use the pen tool to write down the name below the picture. Afterwards;the teacher stared to discuss the habitat of these animals in order to introduce the children to … Continued