• EVOLLUTION – exploring cutting edge applications of network technologies in vocationally oriented language learning
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The EVOLLUTION project looked at the uses of new media in vocational education. The website provides examples of how ICT can be integrated into training courses for VOLL and assists teachers in creating ICT VOLL materials whilst the publication furnishes theoretical frameworks combined with practical examples to guide readers in the further use of ICT in VOLL.
The resources help develop:
• strategies for effective online research
• the ability to evaluate and use online sources of information
• the ability to create multimodal content
• the ability to use traditional tools such as e-mail as well as Web 2.0 applications such as blogs, wikis, videoconferences and social networks for effective cooperation and collaboration in VOLL contexts
SOurce:https://www.ecml.at/Thematicareas/NewMediainLanguageEducation/tabid/1630/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

LANGUAGES FOR WORK

A European learning network for professionals supporting work‐related second language development

https://languageforwork.ecml.at/Home/tabid/3151/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

flexible curricula for mixed ability classes

https://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil/photos/a.402460659768827/2228623310485877/?type=3&theater

Employment and languages

Successful businesses recognise, value, and develop the linguistic and intercultural skills of their employees. Past and present ECML projects focus on the importance of quality language training and seek to encourage both employees and employers to make more effective use of the multilingual and multicultural resources in the workplace.

Language for Work – Tools for professional development: Looking back, looking forward

https://www.ecml.at/Thematicareas/EmploymentandLanguages/tabid/1627/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

Five Ways to Use Newspapers in the EFL Classroom

Five Ways to Use Newspapers in the EFL Classroo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoSlur1KnvQ&feature=youtu.be

Inventory of ICT tools and open educational resources

https://www.ecml.at/ECML-Programme/Programme2012-2015/ICT-REVandmoreDOTS/ICT/tabid/1906/Default.aspx

Innovation in English Lnguage Teacher Education

GLOBAL ENGLISH

Online directory of language associations/organisations

Α fully searchable directory is intended to facilitate collaboration between professionals from different language teacher associations and other language organisations as well as across different languages, regions and countries. The directory which has a mainly European focus has been compiled by the Language Associations and Collaborative Support (LACS) network, coordinated, among others, by representatives of the International Federation of Language Teacher Associations (FIPLV), the International Federation of French Teachers (FIPF) and the International Association of German Teachers (IDV).

FROM : https://www.ecml.at/ECML-Programme/Programme2012-2015/UsingECMLresourcesindifferentcontexts/Languageassociationsdirectory/tabid/3029/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

LEND Summer School (26-29 August 2018, Portonovo, Ancona, Italy)

Plenary session by Sarah Breslin, Executive Director of the ECML: "Teaching languages in Europe today: challenge or privilege?"

16 July 2018

LEND Summer School - 3rd edition - will start on Sunday 26 August in Portonovo (Ancona, Italy). The 4-day school is intended for EFL teachers, teacher trainers and all those involved in language education. It will guide the participants through three main areas: Creativity in foreign language teaching, CLIL and Assessment. Each area will be introduced by a keynote speech (Jane Spiro, Emma Dafouz Milne, James Purpura) and will develop around practical workshops with speakers from all over the world. Special attention has been given in the programme to primary school teachers and CLIL teachers.

The Summer School will be opened by Sarah Breslin, Executive Director of the ECML/Council of Europe in Graz, Austria, with a plenary on "Teaching languages in Europe today: challenge or privilege?".

LEND - lingua e nuova didattica - is an association of teachers of foreign languages and Italian language which is committed to supporting innovation in school education.

• Programme: https://www.lend.it/eu/programma-3
• Registration: open until 22 August 2018.
• Contact: lend@lend.it

The role of the L1 in supporting English language aquisition

The role of the L1 in supporting English language aquisition (St. Mark's school - Dublin, Ireland)

ITALIAN DICTIONARIES ONLINE

https://ilussit.serversicuro.it/it-dictionary.html

ITALIAN TEACHING RESOURCES

https://www.languagecoursesuk.co.uk/online-teaching-resources/italian-online-teaching-resources/

Italian

"Digital literacy for the teaching and learning of languages (e-lang)": What is the difference between a teaching approach based on tasks close to real life or rooted in the real world?


AT : https://www.ecml.at/ECML-Programme/Programme2016-2019/Digitalliteracy/tabid/1797/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

TEACHING GRAMMAR CHANTS

Amazing, entertaining,motivating learning and teaching activity,  both for students and teachers!!!






http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-chants/i-was-the-seaside?utm_source=TE_Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-teachingenglish

ARTS & LANGUAGE LESSONS

 Explore the world of contemporary artists in the classroom, through English language teaching!

At:  https://visualartscircle.com/art-language-lessons/

Crazy animals and other activities for teaching young learners

It brings together the experience and expertise of teachers from around the world to provide a range of stimulating and exciting classroom activities for the primary classroom.  There are 50 tried and trusted activities which have been refined and improved over the years by teachers working in diverse contexts and environments. Children will enjoy practising their English through these stimulating and motivating activities. 

At:  http://bit.ly/ActivitiesForYoungLearners

GAMES FOR VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT

At: https://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil/photos/a.402460659768827.110296.117741954907367/2055739581107585/?type=3&theater

TASKs for democracy

60 activities to learn and assess transversal attitudes, skills and knowledge

At: https://rm.coe.int/tasks-2nd-edition/16807860c1

TIPS OF TEACHING ENGLISH THROUGH ART

At : https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLfYVzk0sNiGHT8fv3e0CTyY9QLpT4jqFt&v=ONPYKR8jNn8

Glossary of Art Terms

At: https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/glossary#gesture

ENGLISH FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE

Computer Picture Dictionary

More than 14.000 computer terms and definitions!!!!!

Definitions, Texts about the terms and reference links available for more in depth study.

 At: https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/ji.htm

MEDICAL PICTURE DICTIONARY

At:  https://gr.pinterest.com/pin/452963675004291239/?lp=true

English for Academic Purposes

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

RESOURCES - TEACHING MATERIALS - THEORY

Downloadable meterial
At:  http://www.cambridge.org/gb/cambridgeenglish/catalog/english-academic-purposes/resources

Medical English Vocabulary

Here is some essential vocabulary for nurses and medical professionals working in an English-speaking context. Each word is shown with its part of speech and meaning, while an example sentence shows the word in context.

At:  https://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/medical-vocabulary.htm

SHAKESPEARE FOR KIDS

https://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil/photos/a.402460659768827.110296.117741954907367/2021373294544214/?type=3&theater

TEFL JOBS

https://www.tefl.com/job-seeker/?summer=true

Bilingual toddlers’ vocab benefit from ‘close’ languages

Children pick up words more readily in their other language if their languages are linguistically close together, a study finds


http://digital.elgazette.com/april-2018/hispanic-pupils-take-almost-four-years-to-master-english-2.html

Young migrants. Supporting multilingual classrooms

This initiative provides training workshops to help member states ensure access to quality education for migrant learners which will help bridge the attainment gap between these learners and non-migrant pupils - highly developed linguistic competences become key transversal competences to support learning, employability and social cohesion.

https://www.ecml.at/TrainingConsultancy/Multilingualclassrooms/tabid/1816/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

Individualisation in Language Learning

https://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil/photos/a.402460659768827.110296.117741954907367/1983619148319629/?type=3&theater

Council of Europe Launching Conference: CEFR Companion Volume with New Descriptors (CEFR/CV)

The Education Policy Division of the Council of Europe will organise a conference on 16-17 May 2018, in Strasbourg, France, to launch the CEFR Companion Volume with New Descriptors (CEFR/CV). 

The Launching Conference “Building inclusive societies through enriching plurilingual and pluricultural education” is part of a series of activities to promote and plurilingual and pluricultural education and contribute improving learning and teaching languages with a special focus on The CEFR Companion Volume, as a complement to the existing Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (CEFR).

https://www.ecml.at/Thematicareas/Teachercompetences/tabid/1934/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

A CLIL lesson plan

https://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil/photos/a.402460659768827.110296.117741954907367/1977439528937591/?type=3&theater

VIDEO TEACHING WITH UK FOCUS

SOURCE:https://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil/photos/a.402460659768827.110296.117741954907367/1977296505618560/?type=3&theater

Teaching the language of schooling in the context of diversity. Study materials for teacher development

The study materials focus on teacher education for the language of schooling (e.g. French in France, Polish in Poland). They draw on the linguistic and cultural diversity in the classroom for the benefit of all learners. Available in English, French and German

SOURCE: http://maledive.ecml.at/Home/tabid/3598/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

Language teacher competences

The provision of quality language education depends, to a large extent, on the quality of language teacher education, both initial and in-service. This focus on teacher education and the ongoing need to review, enhance and expand language teacher competences in response to our complex and ever-changing society, lies at the heart of ECML activities.

SOURCE: https://www.ecml.at/Thematicareas/Teachercompetences/Resources/tabid/2966/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

TEACHING LISTENING COMPREHENSION

https://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil/photos/a.402460659768827.110296.117741954907367/1973664549315089/?type=3&theater

Which English and whose English?

https://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil/photos/a.402460659768827.110296.117741954907367/1969812089700335/?type=3&theater

COMPUTERS AND LEARNER AUTONOMY

https://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil/photos/a.402460659768827.110296.117741954907367/1968840119797532/?type=3&theater

This research paper looks at how students use technology to support their English language learning beyond the classroom. :)

TEACHING ENGLISH RADIO

https://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil/photos/a.402460659768827.110296.117741954907367/1965184486829762/?type=3&theater

Language teacher competences

The provision of quality language education depends, to a large extent, on the quality of language teacher education, both initial and in-service. This focus on teacher education and the ongoing need to review, enhance and expand language teacher competences in response to our complex and ever-changing society, lies at the heart of ECML activities

https://www.ecml.at/Thematicareas/Teachercompetences/tabid/1934/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

50 sources for free online books in all languages

JANE AUSTIN: A LESSON PLAN FOR EMMA

Inventory of ICT tools and open educational resources

https://www.ecml.at/ECML-Programme/Programme2012-2015/ICT-REVandmoreDOTS/tabid/1917/Default.aspx

Online directory of language associations/organisations

Online directory of language associations/organisations 

https://www.ecml.at/ECML-Programme/Programme2012-2015/UsingECMLresourcesindifferentcontexts/Languageassociationsdirectory/tabid/3029/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

TEACHING READING AND WRITING

When students are faced with a writing task, they often don’t know where to start, what to write or how to write it.

🎬 Watch four videos showing teachers preparing students for writing. They demonstrate how teachers design pre-writing tasks and help students structure their writing with writing models and frames. You’ll find accompanying training notes that are free to download here: http://bit.ly/PreparingToWrite 🎬
Ann :)

https://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil/photos/a.402460659768827.110296.117741954907367/1951292494885628/?type=3&theater

NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Interested in learning about different approaches to using new technology in the classroom?
💥 This free publication provides case studies and lesson ideas showing how new technology can be used imaginatively and effectively: http://bit.ly/InnovationsLearningTechnologies


https://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil/photos/a.402460659768827.110296.117741954907367/1952523328095878/?type=3&theater

TEACH ENGLISH IN CHINA

MORE INFO AT: http://tefl.chinajob.com/

TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

AT:  https://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators/videos/1820711504606702/

Fully Funded EF Challenge 2018 in New York, USA

Fully Funded EF Challenge 2018 in New York, USA

The EF Challenge is an international speech competition that encourages high school students to find a creative and engaging answer to the question: “What does sustainable development mean to you?” With the help of their teachers, the EF Challenge participants will write and record a short speech that inspires the audience and convinces the jury: both students and teachers have the chance to win amazing prizes – from trips to dream-destinations to study abroad courses and online English lessons.

http://oyaop.com/opportunity/competitions-and-awards/fully-funded-ef-challenge-2018-new-york-usa/