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1. Video clips on the IWB for Lead Ins and hooks
2. Music for background and theme and time warnings
3. Interactive games eg matching - kinestetic
4. Platforms/Apps like Kahoot/Quizlet
5. Smart phone use (educational) eg personalisation (photos), access to materials, recording each other, others outside the class, in the world
6. Websites - Grammar exs ready made - see picture below
7. Research eg via Wiki , TBL
8. Pictures eg Google images
9. Current events eg BBC website
10. Texts eg listening - Youtube OR Reading eg Guardian/ Metro
11. IWB Tricks eg the matching/ the whiteout/ handwriting conversion
12. IWB 2.0 eg

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1. Power cut
2. Losing control = good classroom management
3. Using your own material can be quicker and more what you want. You also own your own material and are more motivated and confident with it.
4. Just swapping one coursebook for another.

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Lahiru

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Hi from Nicole :)

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Muna - hoqs tricks?

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A highly readable introduction to research in language acquisition for second language teachers and trainee teachers.

The collaborative duo of Patsy M. Lightbown and Nina Spada is one of the most well-known and respected partnerships in the field of SLA. The two are highly prolific writers and researchers in their own right and have coauthored numerous articles and books ranging widely in subject including oral communication correction, developmental readiness in SLA and L2 learner awareness of L1 influence, to name just a few. Here, they come together again for the newest edition of the widely-used and highly-acclaimed book How Languages are Learned.

Now in its fourth edition, How Languages are Learned has been highly valued for the way it relates language acquisition theory to classroom teaching and learning and draws practical implications from the research for the language classroom. One of the strengths of all editions of this book is the emphasis on looking at relevant classroom research in which to analyze particular aspects of classroom dynamics and classroom instruction. Through looking at prior researchers' studies, various SLA topics are examined such as the dynamics of pair work, learners talking to learners, oral and written corrective feedback and teacher's questioning practices.

This edition of How Languages are Learned is useful for a variety of people and a variety of contexts. For teachers with entry level TESOL certificates such as CELTA, or for teachers who have not gone through a master's program and may not be particularly grounded in SLA theory, the book gives a very good overview of various SLA theories and different perspectives that attempt to explain second language learning. As it is not as in depth in terms of SLA pedagogy as other SLA textbooks on the market (e.g. Understanding Second Language Acquisition by Lourdes Ortega) I'm certain that this book would be a great supplemental textbook in master's level SLA classes or as the primary textbook for an undergraduate SLA class. As a parent of three budding bilingual children, I also found the book useful from a parents' standpoint, especially the last chapter in the book in which popular ideas about language learning (e.g., "Languages are learned mainly through imitation") are discussed from a research point of view.

New for the fourth edition are several useful improvements on the previous edition. Perhaps one of the best improvements is the section "Questions for reflection" which helps the reader personalize the book's content, allowing for more salient connections to be made between content in the book and their own language learning/teaching experiences. I found these questions (e.g., "As a second/foreign language teacher or learner, what are your views about teaching grammar?") especially thought provoking and enlightening as they echo similar questions teachers may ask themselves when they reflect on their own teaching. Various activities have also been included throughout the book to give readers the opportunities to explore the topics in greater detail. In addition, a companion website has been added which contains extra activities, readings and web-based material and resources to allow the reader to deepen their understanding of the contents of the book as well as providing interactive opportunities for readers to share their teaching and learning languages ideas and experiences.

As should be expected with any new edition of an SLA book, the content has been updated to reflect more recent research developments on L2 learning and teaching. The last improvement is very student-friendly in that the authors have reduced the number of suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter. Instead, they have given a description of three or four books that best correspond to the content in each chapter.

Overall, How Languages are Learned continues to be a very readable and informative introduction to research in language acquisition and is invaluable for its ability to relate language acquisition theory to actual classroom language teaching and learning. It is a highly research-based book in which research evidence is used consistently throughout the book to assess the effectiveness of various aspects of second language pedagogic instruction and feedback.

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A highly readable introduction to research in language acquisition for second language teachers and trainee teachers. The collaborative duo of Patsy M. Lightbown and Nina Spada is one of the most well-known and respected partnerships in the field of SLA.

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Lots of DIY Restricted Practice creator

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The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is freeware, and you may use it for any purpose or project you like. It is n…

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"The Shallows" by Nicholas Carr ('What the Internet is doing to our brains') https://www.amazon.ca/Shallows-What-Internet-Doing-Brains/dp/0393339750 

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"The Shallows" by Nicholas Carr ('What the Internet is doing to our brains') https://www.amazon.ca/Shallows-What-Internet-Doing-Brains/dp/0393339750 

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"Voice dream" - will read text aloud
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=voicedream.reader&hl=en

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David

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Daisie

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The Greek

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The chalet

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Keep adding ideas, folks

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For quizzes and competitions

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Kahoot! | Learning games | Make learning awesome!

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Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that brings engagement and fun to 1+ billion players every year at school, at work, and at home.

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The changing face of Dogme

"............., it was conceded early on in the Dogme world that the coursebook can be seen as part of the ‘classroom furniture’, and later on that modern technology can also find a home. In the last ten years, there has been a technological revolution in teaching materials and techniques, not least with the appearance of the coursebook on the interactive whiteboard. ‘Dogme 2.0’, as I understand it, is the acceptance of the reality of a continual updating of the technological world in ELT and, to some extent, an actual embracing of it. The whole world is at our fingertips now, and we can conjure up any material we want in a few clicks.

Thus the ‘three Ts’ (texts, tasks and themes) that we were encouraged to cherry-pick from the coursebook in early Dogme practice, have now become the things that we, teacher and students, can cherry-pick from the (interactive) book, the internet or our own personal digital data during the Dogme class. Students have always been invited to bring in their own material; now they can bring in so much more and do so much more easily. The coursebook has receded to its rightful place as just one more piece of the learning environment that we can exploit as and when we want to, and it is the students who have become the principal source material – in themselves or via their personal electronic devices. The challenge, as I see it, is keeping the class focused on the ‘lesson’, rather than being distracted or diffracted by technology."

David Nield, "The Mindfulness of Dogme" ETp July 2106

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Trying out different media

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Socrative for Questions & quizzes

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Review student understanding at the class, individual student, or question-level.

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Padlet for posting to an ewall

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Typeform for invitations and registrations

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