Moodle 2.0 for teachers:- An Illustrated Guide

Preparing Teachers to Teach Listening

In my last post (Discovering Field’s Diagnostic Listening Instruction) I explained how I am approaching listening instruction with both a listening class and a teaching listening class using Field’s Diagnostic Listening Instruction. In this post, I want to focus on what I do with the Teaching Listening class. I’ll include a good deal of the
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Discovering Field’s Diagnostic Listening Instruction

When I was first given a class on teaching listening, I scoured the bookstores for a textbook. It was at that point I realized just how little respect listening instruction receives in publication. There are a handful of books that cover a mix of speaking and listening, including a well-respected book by Paul Nation, Teaching
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Anonymous Feedback Forms for Formative Evaluation (of the teacher/class)

I can go on and on about how much I love Google Forms. These quick, easy forms can be whipped up in minutes, embedded in a Web page and you’re ready to go whether its for surveys, tests, or simply creating your own study guide for Korean phrases. I’ve done my own end of semester
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How fast do you read?

I don’t know how accurate or important this is, but it is fun. It is a common speed reading measure that takes the number of words read per minute with a comprehension gate (miss questions and it invalidates your session). Give it a try yourself Source: Staples eReader Department By the way, I was really
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