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Tag Archives: teaching news
Make Some News! Current Events for ELT
Greg Kessler
Contemporary news stories and current events can be a great context for English classes. The relevance and currency of content can increase interest and engagement and having students create their own news reports can help increase fluency, accuracy, and confidence … Continue reading
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Teaching the (Breaking) News
Tara Arntsen
The news, as we have already covered in previous posts (Feb 2014 and May 2014), is an excellent source of material for the language classroom because of its wide range of topics and its relevance to our everyday lives. You can … Continue reading
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Tagged as educational technology, evergreen, tara arntsen, teaching news, technology resources
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5 Sites for Using Mainstream News in ELL Classes
Nathan Hall
Those of us who grew up before the Internet remember how our parents read newspapers and magazines. We may even recall that time we tried to read one but couldn’t make sense of most of the words. After that happened … Continue reading
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Tagged as evergreen, Nathan Hall, online resources, reading comprehension, secondary education, teaching news
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All the News That’s Fit to Teach: Reviewing News Sites for ELLs
Nathan Hall
When I was an ESL volunteer with a community program, I thought using brief articles from magazines like Time or Newsweek for reading activities was a good idea. They seemed easy to read and had articles about interesting subjects, right? … Continue reading
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Tagged as evergreen, Nathan Hall, reading comprehension, secondary education, teaching news
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Teaching the News: More Online Sources for News Materials
Tara Arntsen
Back in February, I wrote a post about using a site called News in Levels to help students improve their listening and, to a lesser extent, their reading. That site is really just one of the many sites out there that … Continue reading
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Tagged as authentic materials, evergreen, tara arntsen, teaching news, technology in ELT, technology resources
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