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  1. Video: ELLs Learning To Tell Time In English
  2. Two Good New Links On Christopher Columbus
  3. Thousands Of Photos From Apollo Flights Now Available: Video & Links
  4. New Study Finds Interesting Twist: Repeating Words Helps, & Repeating Them To Someone Is Better
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Video: ELLs Learning To Tell Time In English

I’ve previously posted about a project where my Beginning English Language Learners have learned how to tell time in English (see Video: My Beginning ELL Students Learning To Tell Time In English).

This year, we’re doing it a little differently. Here’s an example:

 

I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning How To Tell Time.

    

Two Good New Links On Christopher Columbus

Here are two new additions to The Best Online Resources About Christopher Columbus:

Reconsider Columbus Day is from Teaching Tolerance.

Time to Abolish Columbus Day is from The Zinn Education Project.

    

Thousands Of Photos From Apollo Flights Now Available: Video & Links

Thousands of photos from Apollo flights have recently been made available.

You can see some of them at The Washington Post interactive, and others in the video below.

I’m adding this post to The Best Images Taken In Space.

 

    

New Study Finds Interesting Twist: Repeating Words Helps, & Repeating Them To Someone Is Better

Repeating-aloud-boosts

It’s no surprise to teachers of English Language Learners – and to those of us who have learned a second language – that a new study has found that repeating new words/phrases aloud helps with retention.

Interestingly, that same research has found that it’s much better to repeat them to someone else instead of just to a screen or in your head:

Previous studies conducted at Professor Boucher’s Phonetic Sciences Laboratory have shown that when we articulate a sound, we create a sensory and motor reference in our brain, by moving our mouth and feeling our vocal chords vibrate. “The production of one or more sensory aspects allows for more efficient recall of the verbal element. But the added effect of talking to someone shows that in addition to the sensorimotor aspects related to verbal expression, the brain refers to the multisensory information associated with the communication episode,” Boucher explained. “The result is that the information is better retained in memory.”

I’m assuming that repeating them aloud chorally to a teacher in the classroom would qualify as repeating them to someone else, but don’t know that for sure…

I love sites like English Central and others that let students repeat into a microphone and have their pronunciation automatically evaluated, but I guess we teachers should consider this kind of research (if replicated) in thinking about online tools…

    

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