British Council

Hi, I'm Yuri:)

Today, I'd like to introduce British Council.
This website is very useful!!
I like British Council very much because in this site, we can learn a lot of things about education and English.

And there are also some websites;
LearnEnglish, LearnEnglish Teens, LearnEnglish Kids and TeachingEnglish.

First, in LearnEnglish, we can do some activities and games.
For example, Big city small world is my favourite:)
We can use this in the English class as a listening activity.
There are audios and some worksheets.
It's very useful:D
 

Second, in LearnEnglish Teens, we can practice and exercises English.
I like Grammar snacks because it explain easily how to use the grammar in some situations.


Next, in LearnEnglish Kids, we can learn English playing games!
It is very exciting:)
Some of friends like Wordshake.
It is useful to improve vocabulary.


Lastly, in TeachingEnglish, we can search teaching materials and some interesting activities.
It also has worksheets that we can download easily.
So, we can use them usefully in English classes.


If you have interests in them, please check them:D
I hope you also like this website.

Yuri

SchoolsWorld.tv

Hi, I'm Yuri:)

Today, I'd like to introduce a website, SchoolsWorld.tv.

In this website, you can watch a lot of videos about education in the UK.
The videos show us the state and the content of the class.
We can know the difference of classes between Japan and the UK clearly
For example, there are videos about the class of literature, teaching drama, reading activity and so on.
Also, there are not only the videos of English classes but also a lot of videos of various subjects, so everyone can enjoy the website.
By this website, we can find many ways that we can use in the class, and we can know how we can use some topics or some contents effectively in the class.

Then, I was interested in this video.
http://www.schoolsworld.tv/node/1369?terms=64,90,95

In this video, we can understand how we can use ICT in the class.
It is very interesting for me that the teacher shows some movies and students think about what happens next, the personality of the character, how you feel or ...

This week, Warwick members visited to the primary school and watched 3 or 4 classes.
I was surprised because in all classes there are interactive whiteboards.
And teachers explained and taught English or Math to children using them actively.
Before I went there, I didn't know that many schools use them.
A teacher in the university said 'They developed in Japan! But it is interesting that most schools in Japan don't use them.'
I think so, too...

Anyway, I want to learn more about education included ICT:D

Yuri

Woodlands Junior School

Hi, I'm Yuri:D

Today, I would like to introduce Woodlands Junior School.

In this website, we can get much information about England.

There are various topics, for example math, science, London, British culture and so on!

And it explain its topic as we can enjoy and understand easily.

Especially, I like 'Literacy Zone.'

There are a lot of games and online stories.

If we click 'online interactive stories', we can read with pictures and sounds.

Very interesting:P

And if we click games, we can enjoy them learning English.

They are very easy and exciting for me:)

In addition to them, there are much useful topics for us.

In 'British Life and Culture,' we can know about British food, school, government, sports...

If teachers want to tell students about Britain in the class, this site can help and teachers can give students interesting information.

So, I like 'British Life and Culture,' too:)

If you go to this site, soon you can understand why I recommend this site.

Then, see you soon,

Yuri

Breaking News English

Hello, I'm Yuri:D
Today, I'd like to introduce a useful website.

That is Breaking News English.
It is very helpful for English learners.
This website takes up some new news and explains in easy English.
Russell told me this website in the class.

There are some good points in it.

First, we can get new information from it.
It gives us current news which it thinks is important and remarkable.
So, we can know the news around the world.

Next, there are mp3 files.
We can also listen to the news.
And by using them, we can do shadowing or some QUIZZES.
I like 'sentence jumble' and 'no letters.'
That's why we can understand the sentence structure and links between phrases or sentences by sentence jumble.
And, by no letters, we can remember the words efficiently, and anyway it is very interesting!!!

This helps you a lot in learning English.
Also, it is very useful in TEACHING English because there are 'PDF Handout' or mp3.
We can use them free
.
Using it, I want to improve my English skill.

Yuri

Teacher Training Videos

This is the Russell's website.
It helps teachers when they are teaching.
The site is called 'TTV' and it is full of videos Russell's other site is information about his work.
Russell introduces us a lot of useful websites and information there.

When I looked at this site, I was very surprised because I didn't know that there are a lot of sites that can be used in teaching English.
They are very interesting:)
And he explains how to use sites efficiently, so it is very easy to understand if you don't know the way of using computers or sites.

I had Russell's classes in the University in first week and second week.
I had a very good time, and I could discover many things there.
In the next post, I'll tell you some sites that I think them useful.

I think it's very interesting thing that we use the Internet in the class.
That's why the site helps students to understand, memorize or practice English.
In addition, it is attractive for students, so it can have them maintain their motivations.

I want to be a teacher who can give students information that they really want to know.
The information may be about the way of learning, foreign cultures or something like that.
Then, I'd like to tell them how to use tools that you have.
So, I will get and learn more information and acknowledge in the UK.I'll do my best!!

Yuri