Wiki is in "Ward" Cunningham's original description: "The simplest online database that could possibly work." Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly. The first ever wiki site was created for the Portland Pattern Repository in 1995. That site now hosts tens of thousands of pages. Originally it was wikiwiki, the Hawaiian expression for "fast" or "quick" but language users tend to simplify words, therefore only wiki remained.
Wiki is unusual among group communication mechanisms in that it allows the organization of contributions to be edited in addition to the content itself. Like many simple concepts, "open editing" has some profound and subtle effects on Wiki usage. Allowing everyday users to create and edit any page in a Web site is exciting in that it encourages democratic use of the Web and promotes content composition by nontechnical users.
In ELT the uses for a wiki are incredible. You can get students to practise reading, writing, looking for information, organising it, looking for the adequate images, checking their pairs' written production and self-correcting their work. Most importantly it is an incredible tool to motivate students, less engaged in FL tasks, because they feel they are not so exposed to the class and to the teacher, having also some models/ examples online to follow or get some inspiration. To create a wiki you can use Google sites, wikispaces or any other available on the Web. In a future post, I will explain how you can adapt the collaborative spirit of a wiki so that you can evaluate written tasks individually.
Here is an example I used with my 12th grade students:
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I have lived for almost 18 years in the street of Serralves, therefore my childhood is strongly attached to those amazing gardens, where we could play and enjoy ourselves. By that time, we used to call it "Quinta do Conde de Vizela", which was not totally accurate, but it was good enough for people in the neighbourhood!
The history of Serralves House dates back to the start of the 1920s, after Carlos Alberto Cabral, 2nd Count of Vizelainherited the family’s summer residence. As a cultivated and well-travelled man, he was attracted to modernity and cosmopolitan living – aspects that did not rest easily with the social and cultural climate of the city of Porto, and which were partly due to the French and English education he received during his childhood.
In 1925, in order to acquire furniture for the new house, he travelled with the architect, José Marques da Silva to the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris. The modernity of the event fascinated him and he established contacts there with the famous decorator, Émile Jacques Ruhlmann.
Various people were involved in building the House, but its authorship may be attributed, with a certain degree of care, to Charles Siclis, who played a decisive role in the project’s global design and José Marques da Silva who developed, altered and executed the building.
The building – that should be viewed as a collective work – was only concluded in 1944, with a considerable delay due to the difficulties caused by the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War. It is considered to be the most notable example of an Art Deco building in Portugal, even though it was finally completed well after the end of the golden years of this style. The building is far more audacious than any other buildings in the context of Portuguese architecture at the time.
Accompanied by Blanche Daubin, with whom he was to marry in the early 1950s, the Count finally moved to the house in 1944. However he only lived there for a short period oftime. Due to financial difficulties, he ultimately sold it and the rest of the property to Delfim Ferreira, Count of Riba d’Ave, before moving to the top two floors of a building in Porto. However the sale agreement involved a key restriction - no transformations could be made to the property. In 1986, it was sold by Delfim Ferreira’s heirs to the Portuguese State.
Nowadays, the Serralves Foundation is a European cultural institution serving the national community, whose mission is to raise the general public's awareness concerning contemporary art and the environment. The Foundation pursues its mission via the Museum of Contemporary Art as a multi-disciplinary centre, the Park as a natural heritage site ideally suited for environmental education and entertainment activities and the Auditorium as a centre for reflection and debate on issues facing contemporary society.
Next weekend, Serralves is promoting for the 9th time a huge free-entrance festival - Serralves em Festa - and offering 40 hours of non-stop activities, with more than 240 events of theatre, puppets, exhibitions, guided visits, contemporary circus, photography, dance, cinema, music, performance and workshops -with activities for all ages.
Here you can check how last year's edition was amazing! Besides all the cultural events, the unique gardens, the landscape, the lake and the green all around you are incredible... Don't miss this opportunity!
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As I believe you all know, 2012 is an Olympic year. The Games will take place in London, just like it happened in 1948.
Under the motto Inspire a Generation, one the biggest worldwide events will occur between July 27 and August 12.
The Olympic Torch is now travelling around the UK. The torch is a tradition carried over from ancient Greece when fire was revered as a gift from the god Prometheus. Greeks would hold relay races, passing a torch between athletes and light a cauldron during their games as a symbol of purity, reason and peace. The flame was reintroduced to the Olympics at the 1928 Amsterdam Games but the first modern torch relay was at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games when a flame was lit in Olympia, Greece and carried to the opening ceremony in Germany. Since the 1964 Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria every Olympics has begun with a torch relay from Greece to the opening ceremony, so 2012 wasn't an exception. You can get all the official information about events, athletes, results, news and photos in London 2012 Olympics Website. You can see the official logo for 2012 on the right.
At Escola Básica e Secundária de Pinheiro, the teachers of Physical Education decided to join this major sports event and motivate not only students, but also the entire school community to engage in the Olympic spirit. Each class represents a country in the competition, which will get its climax in the Olympic Day, next June 8. My class direction - 9th A - is defending the colours of Ecuador... That is why I posted, yesterday, their incredible sewing work with that country's flag!
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Congratulations to my class 9th A! You have all done an excellent work! A very special thanks to Luís and Ana Isabel.
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Coldplay visited my hometown - Porto - last Friday, in their Mylo Xyloto tour, but I missed the concert. Big, huge mistake :( It was an outstanding multimedia show of music and emotion... I will bear this in mind in a near future!
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As the Internet becomes an increasingly pervasive and persistent influence in people's lives, the phenomenon of the blog stands out as a fine example of the way in which the Web enables individual participation in the marketplace of ideas.
Teachers have picked up on the creative use of this Internet technology and put the blog to work in the classroom. Even though newer and more appealing Web 2.0 technologies are on the move, education blogs can still be a powerful and effective tool for students and teachers alike.
What is a blog?
A blog (sometimes referred to as a weblog) is a Web publishing tool that allows authors to quickly and easily self-publish text, artwork, links to other blogs or Web sites, and a whole array of other content.
Blogs are set-up like conventional Web sites, with navigation links, and other standard Web site features. Blogs have one standard characteristic, however: the posting. Blog postings are text entries, similar to a diary or journal, which include a posting date and may include comments by people other than the author, photos, links, or other digital media.
Postings are often short and frequently updated. They appear in reverse chronological order and can include archived entries.
Blogs work well for students because they can be worked on at virtually any time, in any place with an Internet-enabled computer. Hence, they can be used to create a classroom that extends beyond the boundaries of the school yard.
User-Friendly Technology
Blogs are surprisingly easy to use. They require minimum technical knowledge and are quickly and easily created and maintained. Unlike many traditional Web sites, they are flexible in design and can be changed relatively easily. Best of all, students will find them convenient and accessible via home or library computers.
Educational Benefits of Blogs
In addition to providing teachers with an excellent tool for communicating with students, there are numerous educational benefits of blogs. Blogs are:
Highly motivating to students, especially those who otherwise might not become participant in the classroom;
Excellent opportunities for students to read and write;
Effective forums for collaboration and discussion;
Powerful tools to enable scaffolded learning or mentoring to occur.
Using the Blog in the Classroom
As an educational tool, blogs may be integrated in a multi-faceted manner to accommodate all learners. Blogs can serve at least four basic functions.
Classroom Management (blogs may serve as a portal to foster a community of learners; they can be used to inform students of class requirements, post handouts, notices, and homework assignments, or act as a question and answer board);
Collaboration (blogs provide a space where teachers and students can work to further develop writing or other skills with the advantage of an instant audience. Teachers can offer instructional tips, and students can practice and benefit from peer review. They also make online mentoring possible);
Discussions (a class blog opens the opportunity for students to discuss topics outside of the classroom. With a blog, every person has an equal opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions. Students have time to be reactive to one another and reflective);
Student Portfolios (blogs present, organize, and protect student work as digital portfolios. As older entries are archived, developing skills and progress may be analyzed more conveniently. Additionally, as students realize their efforts will be published, they are typically more motivated to produce better writing).
Safety issues
Take the necessary steps to secure parental permission before using the blog in a participatory manner.
Blogs may be viewed publicly, as any other Web site. Students must be trained on issues regarding access, privacy, security, and free expression. As blogs have no publisher, producer, or editor, students must carefully consider the content of postings to avoid anything defamatory, libelous, or an infringement upon the rights of others.
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The first use of the term weblog in relation to the delivery of content on a website comes from the delivery of a paper titled “Exploiting the World-Wide Web for Electronic Meeting Document Analysis and Management” by Raikundalia & Rees, two lecturers from Bond University, Australia made to a conference on August 14, 1995. The paper discussed the use of:" (...) a Web browser access to various meeting document information, such as minutes, tabled documents, reports and document indexes. Applications are being developed to take standard electronic meeting log files, postprocess them in a variety of ways, and generate a series of indexes and summary files. These files are formatted in HTML and exploit hyperlinks to the full in order to relate the different types of information." Although the paper is aimed at the recording of electronic meetings, the processes described reflect strongly on what blogs evolved into. Popular use of the term weblog as we know it today cam from Jorn Barger of the weblog Robot Wisdom (robotwisdom.com) in December 1997.
The concept
The origins of modern blogging are often as argued about as what blogging is.Many point to blogs as websites or webpages that provided links and comments to other pages, and its is from this basis that modern blogs emerged. Tim Berners-Lee, father of the World Wide Web, first posted a web page in 1992 at CERN that kept a list of all new web sites as they come online. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) started a What’s New list of sites in June 1993. Notably the site provided entries sorts by date and the What’s New links included commentary. This service was eventually taken over by Netscape in what became on of the more popular web sites of its time. In January 1994, Justin Hall launches Justin’s Home Page which would later become Links from the Underground. The site included links to and reviews of other sites. Notably on 10 January 1996, Hall commences writing an online journal with dated daily entries, although each daily post is linked by through an index page. In February 1996, Dave Winer writes a weblog that chronicles the 24 Hours of Democracy Project. In April, Winer launches a news page for users of Frontier Software, that goes onto became Scripting News in 1997, one of the oldest weblogs remaining on the net today. After Jorn Barger introduced the term weblog into popular use in December 1997, blogging as we now know it continued to develop. In early 1999 Peter Merholz coins the term blog after announcing he was going to pronounce web blogs as “wee-blog”, that was then shortened to blog. At this stage, a list maintened by Jesse James Garrett recorded that there were 23 known weblogs in existence. As blogging started to grow in 1999, the first portal dedicated to listing blogs was launched, Brigitte Eaton launched the Eatonweb Portal. Eaton evaluated all submissions by a simple assessment that the site consist of dated entries, one of the criteria we use to day in identifying a blog. In May 1999, Scott Rosenberg at Salon.com writes one of the first media articles on the emergence of weblogs and refers to the growing number of “Web Journalists”. In August 1999, Pyra Labs, today owned by Google, launches the free Blogger blogging service, that for the first time provides an easy set of tools for anyone to set up a blog. Other services launched around the same time include Pitas and Groksoup, neither of which capture the imagination of bloggers in the same way as Blogger did. Over the following 12 months, blogs explode, new companies and tools enter the market. The rest... is still being written!
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This morning, Harrods officially launched its celebration of The Queen's Diamond Jubilee with a rousing chorus of 'Land of Hope and Glory' and the UK's National Anthem.
If you are interested, you can check the whole album and a video of this event at Harrods Facebook page.
Yesterday, Tuesday 15th May, Harrods had removed its iconic green canopies to make way for ornate, golden frames showcasing 31 crowns designed exclusively for Harrods by the world's leading brands in celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Drawing on inspiration from the Queen's Coronation in 1953, the store's facade is now lined with Union Flags and two 50-ft tall regal banners heralding the Queen's Royal Cypher and St. Edwards Crown. This image is based on an illustration in the special Coronation issue of Harrods News for June 1953.
Just in case you don't know, but imagining that you are fond of the British culture and habits, Harrods is an upmarket department store located in Knightsbridge - London. From incredible teas to luxury clothes, bags, shoes, 'Harrods own', you can find the world's best products there!
Their web page is very well organized and the online shop is, also, very reliable and efficient. I'm a huge fan (as I cannot go to London that often, unfortunately)!
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Marking 60 years of The Queen's reign, the Diamond Jubilee celebrations will centre around an extended weekend in 2012 on June 2nd to 5th.
The Queen came to the throne on 6th February 1952 and her coronation took place on 2nd June 1953.
She celebrated her Silver Jubilee (25 years) in 1977 and her Golden Jubilee (50 years) in 2002.
During that weekend, communities all around the country will be celebrating over an extended bank holiday weekend, and there will be many ways to get involved in local events.
- On Saturday 2nd June, The Queen will attend the Epsom Derby.
- On Sunday 3rdJune, the fourth annual Big Lunch will take place - so anyone who wants to celebrate the Jubilee can do so by holding a Big Jubilee Lunch.
- On the same day, up to a thousand boats will muster on the river as The Queen prepares to lead one of the largest flotillas ever seen on the River Thames.
- On Monday 4th June, a concert will take place at Buckingham Palace. It is organized by the BBC, and will be attended by The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the Royal Family. It will be broadcast live on BBC One, Radio 2, and on big screens in Hyde Park, St James's Park and The Mall.
- On the same day, thousands of beacons will be lit around the world to commemorate The Queen's 60 year reign over the UK and as head of the Commonwealth.
- On Tuesday 5th, The Queen and other members of the Royal Family will attend a national service of thanksgiving at St.Paul’s Cathedral. It will include a prayer written, at The Queen’s direction, by the Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral in honour of the Diamond Jubilee. A ‘Diamond Choir’ of children from around the UK will sing a specially composed song. Later in the day, the Royal Family will travel from Westminster Hall to Buckingham Palace by carriage, along a processional route. Shortly after their arrival, the Royal family will appear on the balcony and an RAF fly-past will take place.
The official Diamond Jubilee websitefeatures the latest news, photographs, announcements and historical information about The Queen's 60-year reign. It also includes an interactive timeline, quizzes, puzzles and the official images of The Queen released for the Diamond Jubilee. Visitors can send a congratulatory message to The Queen.
The Jubilee emblem, which you see on the left, is 10-year-old Katherine Dewar's design and it was chosen after a hard national competition.
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Currently the virtual colloquies are characterized by abbreviations. These abbreviations are normally used in emails, chats, instantaneous messages, and text messaging between mobile users. The virtual chat and meeting are not limited to a country or region, in this context, is important to not only know the new forms of social and linguistic interaction in the Portuguese language, but also in English. Beyond the fast and instantaneous communication to be, the users normally talk with more than a person at the same time, therefore, the abbreviations derive from the necessity of being fast and efficient. The abbreviations try to gain time in the digital communication, an approach of the time of say. You can see below a list of the most common abbreviations in English while you are surfing the cyberworld.
AAF - as a friend AAMOF - as a matter of fact AAR - at any rate AAS - alive and smiling AATK - always at the keyboard ABT2 - about to AFAIK - as far as I know AFK - away from keyboard AFN - that’s all for now AKA - also known as AISI - as I see it ALOL - actually laughing out loud AND - any day now ASAP - as soon as possible A/S/L? - age, sex, location A/S/L/M/H? - age, sex, location, music, hobbies AYSOS - are you stupid or something B4 - before B4N - bye for now BAK - back at the keyboard BBBG - bye bye be good BBIAB - be back in a bit BBIAF - be back in a few BBIAS - be back in a sec BBL - be back later BBML - be back much later BBN - bye bye now BBS - be back soon BBSL - be back sooner or later BCNU - I’ll be seeing you BD - big deal BF - boyfriend BFF - best friends forever BFN - bye for now BKA - better known as BR - best regards BRB - be right back BRH - Be Right Here BRT - be right there BTA - but then again Btw - between you and me BTW - by the way CMF - count my fingers CNP - continued (in my) next post CP - chat post CRBT - crying real big tears CSL - can’t stop laughing CU - see you CUL or CUL8ER - see you later CUNS - see you in school CUOL - see you online CUZ - because CWYL - chat with you later CYA - see ya CY - calm yourself CYL - see you later CYO - see you online CYT - see you tomorrow DBEYR - don’t believe everything you read DEGT - don’t even go there DETI - don’t even think about it DF - dear friend DGA - don’t go anywhere DGT - don’t go there DIKU - do I know you? DIY - do it yourself DKDC - don’t know don’t care DL - dead link DLTM - don’t lie to me DMI - don’t mention it DNC - does not compute DQMOT - don’t quote me on this DUST - did you see that DYFM - dude you fascinate me E123 - easy as 123 EAK - eating at Keyboard EM? - excuse me? EMA - what is your E-mail address EMFBI - excuse me for butting in EOM - end of message EOT - end of thread EZ – easy F2F - face to face FAQ - frequently asked question(s) FAWC - for anyone who cares FC - fingers crossed FISH - first in, still here FITB - fill in the blanks FOAF - friend of a friend FOCL - falling off chair laughing FOFL - falling on floor laughing FTBOMH - from the bottom of my heart FUD - fear, uncertainty, and doubt FWIW - for what it’s worth FYI - for your information GA - go ahead GAL - get a life GF - girlfriend GFN - gone for now GGOH - got to get out of here GIWIST - gee, I wish I’d said that GL - good luck GMTA - great minds think alike GOL - giggling out loud GR - got to run GRRRR - growling GTR - got to run GTRM - going to read mail GTSY - glad to see you H&K - hug and kiss HA - hello again HAGD - have a good day HAGD - have a great day HAGN - have a good night HB - hurry back HHIS - hanging head in shame HTH - hope this helps HHOK - ha ha only joking HHOS - ha ha only being serious IAC - in any case IAE - in any event IANAC - I am not a crook IANAL - I am not a lawyer (but) IB - I’m back IBTD - I beg to differ IC - I see ICBW - I could be wrong ID10T - idiot IDGI - I don’t get it IDK - I don’t know IDKY - I don’t know you IDTS - I don’t think so IFAB - I found a bug IGTP - I get the point IHA - I hate acronyms IHAIM - I have another instant message IHNO - I have no opinion IIRC - if I remember correctly IIWM - if it were me ILU - I love you IM - instant message IMHO - in my humble opinion IMing - chatting with someone online IMNSHO - in my not so humble opinion IMO - in my opinion IMS - I am sorry INMP - it’s not my problem IOH - i’m outta here IOW - in other words IPN - I’m posting naked IRL - in real life ISS - I said so IWALU - I will always love you IYKWIMAITYD - if you know what I mean and I think you do IYKWIM - if you know what I mean IYO - in your opinion IYSS - if you say so IYSWIM - if you see what I mean J/C - just checking JAS - just a sec JBOD - just a bunch of disks JIC - just in case JK - just kidding JM2C - just my two cents JMO - just my opinion JT - just teasing JTLYK - just to let you know JW - just wondering K - okay KEWL - cool KFY - kiss for you KIR - keep it real KIT - keep in touch KOC - kiss on cheek KOL - kiss on lips KWIM - know what I mean? L2M - listening to music L8R - later LD - later, dude LDR - long distance relationship LHM - lord help me LHU - lord help us LLTA - lots and lots of thunderous applause LMIRL - let’s meet in real life LMSO - laughing my socks off LOL - laughing out loud LSV - language, sex, violence LSHMBB - laughing so hard my belly is bouncing LSHMBH - laughing so hard my belly hurts LTM - laugh to myself LTNS - long time, no see LTR - long term relationship LTS - laughing to self LULAB - love you like a brother LULAS - love you like a sister LUWAMH - love you with all my heart LY - love you LYL - love you lots
M/F - male or female M8 - mate or mates MA - mature audience MHBFY - my heart bleeds for you MIHAP - may I have your attention please MKOP - my kind of place MOOS - member of the opposite sex MOSS - member of same sex MSG - message MTF - more to follow MTFBWY - may the force be with you MUSM - miss you so much N1 - nice one N2M - not to mention NADT - not a darn thing NAZ - name, address, zip NBD - no big deal N-E-1 ER - anyone here? NE1 - anyone N-E-1 - anyone NG - new game NIMBY - not in my back yard NM - never mind NOYB - not of your business NP - nosy parents N/P - no problem NRN - no reply necessary NTK - nice to know NT - no thanks NUFF - enough said NW - no way! OBTW - oh by the way OF - old fart OIC - oh I see OL - old lady OLL - online love OM - old man OMDB - over my dead body OMG - oh my god ONNA - oh no, not again OT - off topic OTF - off the floor OTH - off the hook OTOH - on the other hand OTP - On the phone OTTOMH - off the top of my head OTW - on the way P2P - peer to peer P911 - my parents are coming! PA - parent alert PAL - parents are listening PANB - parents are nearby PANS - pretty awesome new stuff PAW - parents are watching PDA - public display of affection PDS - please don’t shoot Peeps - people PIR - parent in room PLZ - please PM - private message PMJI - pardon me for jumping in PO - piss off POAHF - put on a happy face POS - parent over shoulder POV - point of view PPL - people P-ZA - pizza QL - quit laughing QSL - reply QSO - conversation QT - cutie R&R - rest and relaxation R/t - real time RBAY - right back at ya RBTL - read between the lines RL - real life RLF - real life friend RMLB - read my lips baby RMMM - read my mail man ROL - raffing out loud ROFL - rolling on floor laughing ROTFL - rolling on the floor laughing RPG - role playing games RSN - real soon now RTBS - reason to be single RTFM - read the flipping manual RU - are you? RUMORF - are you male or female? RUUP4IT - are you up for it? RX - regards S4L - spam for life SCNR - sorry, could not resist SED - said enough darling SEP - somebody’s else’s problem SETE - smiling ear to ear SF - surfer friendly SFX - sound effects SH - same here SITD - still in the dark SLIRK - smart little rich kid SMAIM - send me an instant message SMEM - send me an E-mail SN - screen name SOMY - sick of me yet? SOT - short of time SOTMG - short of time, must go SPST - same place same time STR8 - straight STW - search the web STYS - speak to you soon SU - shut up SUP or WU - what’s up SUYF - shut up you fool SWDY - so what do you think? SWL - screaming with laughter SYL - see you later SYS - see you soon TA - thanks again TAFN - that’s all for now TAS - taking a shower TAW - teachers are watching TCOB - taking care of business TCOY - take care of yourself TFH - thread from hell TFX - traffic TGIF - thank God it’s Friday THX - thanks TIA - thanks in advance TIAIL - I think I am in love TIC - tongue in cheek TILII - tell it like it is TLK2UL8R - talk to you later TM - trust me TMI - too much information TNT - ‘till next time TOM - tomorrow TOPCA - ‘til our paths cross again TOT - tons of time TOY - thinking of you TPS - that’s pretty stupid TPTB - the powers that be TRDMF - tears running down my face TTFN - ta ta for now TTG - time to go TTT - thought that too TTTT - these things take time TTYL - talk to you later TU - thank you TWHAB - this won’t hurt a bit TWIWI - that was interesting wasn’t it? TYVM - thank you very much U-L? - you will? UV - unpleasant visual UW - you’re welcome VBG - very big grin VBS - very big smile VEG - very evil grin VSF - very sad face WAD - without a doubt WAI - what an idiot WB - welcome back or write back WC - welcome WC - who cares? WDALYIC - who died and left you in charge? WDYS - what did you say? WDYT - what do you think? W/E - whatever WEG - wicked evil grin WEU - what’s eating you? WFM - works for me WIBNI - wouldn’t it be nice if WT? - what the or who the WTG - way to go WTGP - want to go private? WTH - what/who the heck WUF - where are you from? WWJD - what would Jesus do? WWY - where were you? WYCM - will you call me? WYRN - what’s your real name? WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get WYSLPG - what you see looks pretty good X-1-10 - exciting XME - excuse me XOXO - hugs and kisses YAA - yet another acronym YBS - you’ll be sorry YDKM - you don’t know me YG - young gentleman YGBK - you gotta be kiddin’ YHM - you have mail YKW? - you know what? YNK - you never know YL - young lady YM - young man YOYO - you’re on your own YR - yeah right YSYD - yeah, sure you do YS - you stinker YTTT - you telling the truth? YVW - you’re very welcome YWIA - you’re welcome in advance YW - you’re Welcome YYSSW - yeah, yeah, sure, sure, whatever ZZ - Sleeping, Bored, Tired
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Discovery Education for Teachers is an incredible source of material for ELT. Its purpose is to offer "digital media content that is immersive, engaging and brings the world into the classroom to give every student a chance to experience fascinating people, places and events." It offers free resources, many of them interactive, that can be easily searched by theme and which are divided according to students' level. You can also find puzzles, programmes, travelling destinations and extremely complete and organized lesson plans (with materials, activities, objectives, vocabulary, background for the teacher, evaluation and additional digital resources. It's really complete and totally free for you to explore and use!
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This is our 100th post :) During these eight months we tried to achieve the primary goals of the blog:
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The British Library website allows you to explore 14 million books, 920,000 journal and newspaper titles, 3 million sound recordings (so important to work Phonetics), and much more. Find what you need - in the arts and humanities, sciences, or almost any subject. Its resources are huge but I have to highlight one of them: the incredible Timeline of English Literature and Language and of World events, where we can find information from Beowulf up to the XXI century. It's a great online resource for ELT.
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Adult Learning Activities is an excellent Web resource to access all kinds of materials for ELT, from texts to listening, vocabulary and image analysis activities. You can search by the topic you need and you will find not only printable material, but also interactive one. The project is aimed at distance learning, so the activities are based on autonomy and self-regulation, which allows you to work on your own! It is also a good resource for teachers, for example, when we need a text about a specific topic and some comprehension strategies related to it.
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May 3rd is the date to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom; to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession.
This day was proclaimed World Press Freedom Day the UN General Assembly in 1993 following a Recommendation adopted at the twenty-sixth session of UNESCO's General Conference in 1991.
It serves as an occasion to inform citizens of violations of press freedom - a reminder that in dozens of countries around the world, publications are censored, fined, suspended and closed down, while journalists, editors and publishers are harassed, attacked, detained and even murdered.
It is a date to encourage and develop initiatives in favour of press freedom, and to assess the state of press freedom worldwide.
It serves as a reminder to governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom and is also a day of reflection among media professionals about issues of press freedom and professional ethics.
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The holiday began in the 1880s in the United States, with the fight for an eight-hour work day, nowadays it is meant to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers around the world. It sounds almost ironical, doesn't it? I believe it is really important to bear in mind that our ancestors fought hard for rights that we are losing today. Pandora's box has been opened as far as labour rights are concerned and we are doing nothing about it... We are living a sad time for those who work honestly but I also believe that it cannot be like that forever!
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