Practice speaking correctly

Visit this excellent site that offers you to practice  speaking English correctly. If you are an English language teacher, you can use this site to train your students to articulate English words correctly with appropriate intonation of the words in the sentences.

You can also download this mobile apps from Google Play and train yourself or your students to practice and improve their articulation of words and sentences in English correctly.

Meaningful understanding of a language is an outcome of the interaction of three elements: grapho-phonemic, syntax, and semantic. Grapho-phonemic: ability to recognize the text and sound of the words. Syntax: ability to construct sentences grammatically. Semantic: ability to use correct word choices, correct intonation patterns, and correct grammar in appropriate contexts. Technology can help language learners to enhance their mastery of the target language.

• In audio-lingual method, language lab, audio cassette, and CD/DVD are excellent tools.
• In communicative approach, TV, videos and now YouTube are great tools.
• In eclectic approach, MULTIMEDIA PLATFORM that combines texts, audios, videos, graphics, and animations constructed in structured and integrated lessons in websites and mobile apps IS A MARVELOUS TOOL

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Learn how to READ faster and read to LEARN faster

To students:  you can visit this site http://www.spreeder.com and practice reading on your own.

To teachers: you can this site to prepare/design your own materials to train your students how to read fast.

 

 

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Kuasai kosakata BI lebih mudah

    
Jika anda membaca buku ini untuk kuasai kosakata bahasa Inggeris melalalui akar kata Greek dan Latin, anda akan didedahkan kepada siri-siri latihan dari yang secara bertahap: senang, susah, dan amat susah.

Bagi mendapatkan jawapan kepada latihan yang diberikan, anda boleh rujuk American Heritage Dictionary dan Merriam-Webster English Dictionary.  Kamus biasa yang lain tidak memberikan maklumat yang cukup untuk akar kata Greek dan Latin.

Meskipun begitu, anda tidak perlu membeli  American Heritage Dictionary dan Merriam-Webster English Dictionary kerana kini anda boleh mendapatkan khidmat kamus atas talian. Sila layari laman di bawah ini untuk dapatkan jawapan bagi siri-siri latihan dalam buku tersebut:

• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/-ine
• http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Dictionary.htm
• http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/

 

 

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Luahan hati pelajar….suara hati yang tersorok

Cikgu, cikgu

Ajarlah saya, saya mahu belajar. Kadang-kala saya tak tahu buat kerja sebab saya tak faham. Tapi saya pasti akan dapat buat dengan sedikit bantuan dari cikgu.

Cikgu, cikgu

Biarlah saya dengan diri saya. Saya tak mahu seperti Ali atau Amirah. Saya tak mahu melukis seperti Ahmad atau menulis seperti Nurul. Tolonglah jangan bentuk saya seperti orang lain. Saya suka siapa saya.

Cikgu, cikgu

Pandanglah saya. Tidakkah cikgu ternampak saya melihat di luar tingkap? Tidakkah cikgu nampak saya bermain dengan kereta mainan? Kadang saya buat bising supaya cikgu melihat saya dan memanggil nama saya. Saya suka bila cikgu panggil nama saya.

Cikgu, cikgu

Lihatlah saya. Saya tahu saya tidak cantik dan tidak cerdik. Tapi saya adalah sebahagian dari kelas ini. Saya diam di dalam kelas dan tidak menggangu orang lain. Senyumlah pada saya dan beritahulah saya yang cikgu tahu saya ada di sini.

Cikgu, cikgu

Sayangilah saya. Saya inginkan satu ruang kecil dalam hati cikgu. Kalau saya tahu cikgu sayangi saya, saya akan dapat buat kerja lebih baik untuk cikgu. Cikgu seorang yang baik dan saya sayang pada cikgu, dan saya harap cikgu juga sayang pada saya.

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Good video collection of English lessons for children

If you have kids or students who are now in  preschool  or 7- 9 years old, ask them to visit this site http://www.youtube.com/user/kidsonlineenglish?feature=results_main  to learn English. T

 

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Learn English dialogs in various contexts

Visit this site http://www.youtube.com/user/MinooAngloLink?v=m9Cda9xyMr0&feature=pyv  if you want to learn some day-to-day dialogs in English. Watch this good collection of dialogs by Anglo-Link.

http://www.youtube.com/user/MinooAngloLink?v=m9Cda9xyMr0&feature=pyv

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Computer-assisted writing tool

Writing an essay can be a difficult task to some students. Persuasive Essay Builder, a form of computer-assisted writing tool,  may be a good tool for students to follow a step-by-step process to write an essay.  However,  before students this tool, perhaps the best thing to do is to outline their ideas or to create a mind map of their ideas about the essay. Then, doing a freewriting exercise of the sketchy essay would help them to use this tool more effectively.

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When foreign students learn English… Mind Your Language

What are the words that best describe the experiences gained by non-English adult speakers when they learn English?

Funny? Confusing? Irritating? Misunderstanding? Embarrassing? Interesting? Uncertain? …what else?

Watch this one

How about the next one?

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Use Excel to do Statistical Analysis of Data

When you carry out a quantitative research, you will collect a lot numerical data. Depending on the type data analysis that want to do,  you need a tool or program to help you with the analysis. You don’t need a comprehensive statistics program to run descriptive statistics. It is good enough to use MS Excel.

You can find some tips from YouTube on how to use Excel to do basic analysis. If you want more tips, take a look at this book “An Introduction to Statistics using Microsoft Excel” which offers numerous examples, self tests and other exercises so it is great for teaching. Further details and how to buy the book can be found at http://academic-publishing.org/Statistics_intro.htm

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Again, are you a good reader?

Good readers don’t read every single word but scan

through the paragraph quickly. Good readers look for ideas.

Poor readers use their eyes on every single word in

the texts. They rely on every letter and word in order to

comprehend the whole paragraph. Try this! Identify a letter “C” in

this paragraph within 15 seconds, can you?

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

If you can identify the letter “C”, now try to find number “6” in

this paragraph within 10 seconds.

99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
69999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

Last but not least, find a letter “N” in the following paragraph

within 5 seconds.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

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