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Do you learn new vocabulary in context?
According to Shannon Reed, the answer is unequivocally "no". The two methods each have their own role and complement each other. She describes her experiences in two articles.
First: I'm a Believer: Vocab Words Out of Context on …
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Rory's Story Cubes Game
Playful students practice their language skills. The basic package has nine dice with images. Participants invent a story based on the scattered pictures.
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If stones could speak: Didactic file on war memorials
Monuments, plaques or street names are of social and historical importance. They provide us with important information about persons or events, the past in general or that of the city, municipality or region where we live. They also illustrate …
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Kinoumeno: Making animation videos
This English-language website shows in a fairly accessible way how you can make animation films with different techniques and materials.
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ISL Collective: Educational Resources Database
Database for French, English, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian language lessons with worksheets, PowerPoint presentations and video lessons.
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Editing and editing movies with Videopad: Manual
Videopad is a free app for Android and iOS that allows you to cut and organize video clips and photos on your tablet. You can add music to your project and immediately share your result on Facebook or YouTube. This accessible Mediaraven manual …
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My Dictionary: Online Translation and Synonyms
On the site you can have words and text translated, search for synonyms, conjugate verbs and find information about spelling.
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Coffee Break Languages: Learning a new language through podcasts
Coffee Break Languages offers podcasts to help you learn a new language: French, English, Spanish, Swedish, Chinese, German and Italian.
Those who want extras (such as PDFs) can obtain them for a fee. But the podcasts themselves are already quite …
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The Language Menu
The language menu is similar to our 'KlasCement' but of Finnish origin.
You have to request a free login and you can then download material (especially for language teachers) from the website.
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Babbel.com: Learn languages online
Babbel is a website that aims to help people learn languages independently. You can contact Babbel for French, English, German, Spanish and Italian.
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Wiktionary of wiki dictionary
Wiktionary is a project of Wikimedia (see also Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wikibooks , ...) with the aim of creating an open content dictionary. Wiktionary can be used as both an explanatory and translation dictionary.
The most extensive …
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Spanish film El Bola: Lesmap
This is a lesson folder for the Spanish film El Bola. El Bola (the marble) talks about the boy Pablo, but everyone calls him Pellet. He is 12 years old and grows up in an environment where violence and abuse are commonplace.
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