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Here are some online resources to help you get ready for the course...
Here are a few websites to help you refresh your listening skills in English. A key strategy is to listen to short pieces of authentic English for around 5 minutes and then to check your understanding with the script. You can check words/structures online afterwards if you need to. Do this regularly and your listening skills will improve significantly. It's a simple brain training exercise.
BBC Learning English - Words in the News - Watch/listen to the short extract - take notes if you can (What, Why? Who? Where) Check your understanding with the script after you have listened. Use the language resources to help you... Repeat regularly...
npr.org - All Things Considered - Same procedure as above. This show covers general news and short reports on current issues. You can download. Listen.... take notes.... check with the script.
TED talks - Find a TED talk on a topic you like.... watch for a while... then check with the interactive transcript.
If you have DVDs you like to watch... series, films you can do the same exercise. Watch 5 minutes without subtitles - concentrate!
Watch a maximum of 2 or 3 times in this way then check with the subtitles in English and finally... if necessary in French.
Useful expressions for academic English
A good overview of problems French speakers have with English pronunciation...
Getting ready for Friday's micro-teaching activity:
Watch this animation to get an idea of what we mean by micro-teaching....
You will do a similar (but not identical) micro-teaching exercise on Friday
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Lots of different timers to copy and paste into your presentations (see instructions in the file).
Obstacles, recommendations and strategies.
Some good activities which allow students to recap on their learning.
Want to see more? Want to read more? Watch the entire lecture by Stephen C. Stearns of Yale University and read the TRANSCRIPT.
Practice rising and falling intonation with this Australian tutorial...
The Ability of Students to Explain Science Concepts in Two Languages
Speaking rate and information content in English lingua franca oral presentations
Biggs, J. (1999) Teaching for Quality Learning at University (pp. 165-203). Buckingham, UK: SRHE and
Open University Press.
Click on the link to see videos of useful language posted to the WALL:
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