25 ways of randomly placing students into pairs or groups – Oxford University Press

25 ways of randomly placing students into pairs or groups.

There are many benefits to getting students to work in pairs and groups. These range from giving students more speaking opportunities to creating better overall classroom dynamics.There are three broad ways of grouping students. We can let the students choose who they wish to work with, the teacher can make the groups, or we can group them randomly. In this post, I’ll show you a wealth of ways that you can organise your students randomly into pairs and groups.

The suggestions are organised into two sets. The first set of suggestions gets students to form a line which the teacher then divides up into pairs or groups of the desired size. The second set of suggestions gets students directly into the pairs or groups.

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Adaptive Learning in ELT | Thoughts about personalized and adaptive learning in ELT

AI and language teachingPosted: August 13, 2018 in adaptive, analytics, ed tech, Online learning, Personalization, testing Tags: AI, Anthony Seldon, assessment, Babbel, Cambridge English Language Assessment, chatbots, Donald Clark, Duolingo, investment, knowledge graphs, learning oriented assessment, learning theory, Machine Learning, marketing, Pearson, Personalization, spaced repetition, teaching machines, testing, translation 2It’s hype time again. Spurred on, no doubt, by the current spate of books a

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Quizlet Teacher account – worth it? | ELT planning

QUIZLET TEACHER ACCOUNT – WORTH IT?

I’ve been using Quizlet in class for a while. This term I’m getting to grips with it a bit more as part of a project for my MA.

Huh, Quizlet?

Quizlet is a site which allows you to create your own online flashcards and games all for free. It’s really easy to pick up for both teachers and learners. Here’s what learners can do with it:

Flashcards – Learners can revise words from a lesson using digital flashcards made by the teacher. Flashcards can be words + meanings or words + images. You could also make question and answer cards. Students could also make their own flashcards if they want.

Learn – Read the meaning/look at the image and type the correct word

Spell – Type the target word you hear

Test – An auto-generated mix of written, multiple choice, and true and false questions based on the vocabulary set

Match/Gravity – a couple of games using the vocab set. Match works well on an interactive whiteboard

Live – play a live game with multiple participants

 

 

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Speech recognition is tech’s next giant leap, says Google | Technology | The Guardian

Speech recognition is tech’s next giant leap, says GoogleCompany says spoken word already essential in developing countries with low literacy rates

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Pit Talk: the secret coal mine language that’s now going extinct

Pit Talk: the secret coal mine language that’s now going extinct

All languages contain different accents and dialects and these aren’t just linked with geographical location. We have other speech registers and these can be linked to social class, ethnicity, sexuality, age or specific occupations.

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Languages | Free Full-Text | Narrative Perspectives on Self-Directed Foreign Language Learning in a Computer- and Mobile-Assisted Language Learning Context | HTML

Narrative Perspectives on Self-Directed Foreign Language Learning in a Computer- and Mobile-Assisted Language Learning ContextDaniel R. Isbell *, Hima Rawal, Rachelle Oh and Shawn LoewenSecond Language Studies, Michigan State University, 619 Red Cedar Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA

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English is no longer the default language of American pop | Music | The Guardian

K-popEnglish is no longer the default language of American popK-pop and Reggaeton’s charts successes are transforming popular culture and leading to more young people learning Korean

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Oxford University Press ELT, Author at Oxford University Press

We all know why our students should read. Ask any teacher and they will probably tell you that reading builds vocabulary, improves grammar, improves writing skills, and develops critical thinking skills. Readers will tell you that they read because it gives them knowledge, helps them sleep, enhances the imagination, provides entertainment, or takes them ‘away from it all’ when they are feeling stressed.

23 April 2018 by Oxford University Press ELT Leave a comment Creating a reading environment | Using readers in the classroom with adults

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