Online Forms

As teachers we should asses our students, and sometimes you have to look for a different technique   to evaluate them in a different way, so what about Online Forms?
Online Forms are very useful in the process of evaluting your students, allow them to practice what they had learn and get closer with technology.
Here is an example of a form, that I made about prepositions.
Prepositions form

ABOUT ISL COLLECTIVE

This web page is an example of helpful web pages about the teaching and learning process, that allow us as teachers, to share our own didactic materials such as: handouts and others; and also help us to see other materials from differents members of the ISL Communitive that we can download and apply to our students.

Here is a handout that I shared in the ISL Collective Web Page. 

Handout ISL Collective

Online Magazine

An online Magazine is also an important resource, that can be very useful in the teaching process. As teachers we need always to innovate and get involve with helpful articles about teaching; which can include strategies, approaches, techniques and everything to reach more knowledge and being able to transmit that knowledge to the learners.

Here is an example of an online magazine with interesting topics in the process of teaching that you can read and learn from it.

Click here to see the Online Magazine Web Page

Click here to see the Online Magazine

The importance of teaching through songs

There is strong practical evidence supporting the use of music in the English language classroom; there is also a growing body of research confirming that songs are a useful tool in language acquisition. In fact musical and language processing occur in the same area of the brain. Songs are also known to lower the “affective filter” or, in other words, to motivate learners to learn. some reasons for teaching English are: Listening to music is fun,  Music leads to better retention of language, Developing cultural awareness   and    Music motivates and involves learners

There are more reasons, such as;

• Songs almost always contain authentic, natural language
• A variety of new vocabulary can be introduced to students through songs
• Songs are usually very easily obtainable
• Songs can be selected to suit the needs and interests of the students
• Grammar and cultural aspects can be introduced through songs
• Time length is easily controlled
• Students can experience a wide range of accents
• Song lyrics can be used in relating to situations of the world around us
• Students think songs are natural and fun

The reasons are many, and the results in teaching too, so let´s use songs;

Click in here to download an example...

Song

Tittle:  “Let It Be”

Author: The Beatles

Instructions: Read the song and underline all the pronouns you find in here.

When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be


And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

And when all the brokenhearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be

For though they may be parted
There is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Yeah, there will be an answer let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be

I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Yeah, let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
There will be an answer, let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

Biography
The Beatles were a legendary rock group that formed in Liverpool, England, in 1960, and went on to transform popular music as a creative, highly commercial art form over the next decade. The Beatles were one of the most popular bands of all time, producing songs like "Yesterday, "Hey Jude," "Penny Lane, "With A Little Help From My Friends," "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)," "Day Tripper" and "Come Together." Learn more about the "Fab Four"—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr—by exploring our Beatles collection.

Resources in a language classroom

Material resources

Maps 

There are  different type of maps, such as

 Concept maps-

• Are commonly used to organize and represent tacit knowledge.

Mind maps-

• Are used to slice and dice the map’s central topic or concept in multiple ways.

Charts and Posters

They serve more than decorative purposes; they can be used to demonstrate the path to success, illustrate a point, provide information for reference, or otherwise inspire and inform students

Charts
It shows just a piece of information.there are different types of charts; routine charts, strategy charts, process charts, example charts.

 
Posters
It can sustitute the board, posters can talk by themselves.

Flash cards

Flashcards can be a great way to introduce new vocabulary so that learners have a very clear understanding of the word or concept.

Resources in a language classroom

Human resources

These are the main resources in the learning -teaching process :

Teacher : who teach in the classroom.













Learner: are the students in the classroom.











Others : when the class requires another person, an example could be: when a teacher teach about occupations , so the teacher could present to the students a doctor, or a firefighter, and so on.