Saturday, May 8, 2010

What I've Learned...


Dear Fellow ESL Small Talk Bloggers,

Starting this blog has been a learning experience for all of us! It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be to get it started, but I've learned that there is so much more that can be done with a blog.

The first thing we learned was that everyone needed to have a gmail account to access the blog. I think that there's a way to set up the blog such that you would receive an email whenever someone posted a comment on our blog prompting you to visit the blog. (I haven't figured that out yet.)

The next thing that I learned was that each new post generates its own place to post comments. I noticed that most of us commented on the initial blog "Welcome to ESL Small Talk" instead of on the following posts. As I said, we're all learning together.

It's been great reading your posts! I hope that you'll continue to visit this blog and add your comments. It may be possible to start your own post that the rest of us can reply to. I'll be back in June when we can discuss the future of this blog. Until then, celebrate the end of another semester of school! I'm sorry that I'm going to miss CALL's Recognition Night, but know that I am celebrating with you in my heart!

See you in a few weeks!

~Natalie

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

More links!

Here are some more ESL links with short descriptions. Let us know if you visit any of them and post a short review.

http://www.eslgold.com/listening.html This site has a good video clip selection.
http://aaca-boston.org/caw
We visited the above site in class. It, too, has listening activities and tips on how to handle different situations.
http://www.manythings.org/e/listening.html We also visited this site in class. Dyna liked that it has text that you can read while listening to the dialog.
http://eslus.com/LESSONS/READING/READ.HTM This site has interactive reading activities.
http://www.5minuteenglish.com/reading.htm This site has short reading lessons with vocabulary.

Hope you enjoy visiting the above links! Again, let us know of your favorites and why!

~Natalie