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Yearly Archives: 2011

Useful Online Tools

Below are some of the resources  listed in the December edition of the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers’ monthly newsletters for ESL and FSL professionals: Simple Meet Me is a free online chat room. A different code is provided More…

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ESL Web Gems for December

Below are some of the resources we have discovered online and listed in the December edition of the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers’s monthly ESL newsletter: Puzzle Me Words is a fun, educational game designed for kindergarten and first-grade More…

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December Web Gems

Below are some of  resources listed on the December edition of the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers’ monthly newsletter for FSL professionals. Interactive French – “This resource offers interactive PowerPoint exercises for mixed ability groups in Years 7, 8 and More…

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Fun Language Games for Children

Here are three fun interactive language games for young learners: Words and Letters – Drag a vowel sound into the slot to spell the word correctly. Digby Mole’s Word Activities - First sounds, end sound, or rhymes. Reggie the Rhyming Rhino More…

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Blogs by Canadian FSL Teachers

Increasingly, Canadian teachers are blogging. They do so to communicate with students and parents or to share ideas and resources  with other FSL teaching professionals. Here are a few of the ones we have discovered online recently that were created More…

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Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011

The Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT) recently published its list of top 100 tools for learning selected by over 500 teaching professionals worldwide. This is the fifth year  in which they have published such a list. Twitter was the top tool More…

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Resources for the Christmas Season

Christmas is coming soon and teachers will be looking for resources focusing on this holiday. Below are several Web site that contain material that can be useful to ESL teachers: Christmas Traditions in France and in Canada – http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/noel/angl/noel.htm A More…

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Legends for Children

Everyday French for Children – This page on the Web site of Radio Canada International offers traditional tales and legends from Canadian culture and tradition.

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Music Videos for Remembrance Day

Terry Kelly: A Pittance of Time Music video for Remembrance Day. The lyrics are available here. Bryan Adams: Remembrance Day http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_intermediate.php?id=2804&pagenum=2 Music video with multiple choice comprehension questions. This is preceded by the poem “In Flander’s Fields”. The song lyrics More…

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Strategies to Enhance L2 Listening

Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI): Podcasts – http://www.olbi.uottawa.ca/en/podcasts.php “This series of seven podcasts grounded in metacognitive and Second Language listening theory provides French Immersion students with strategies to enhance L2 listening ability and note-taking skills for academic learning lectures More…

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