Saturday, July 10, 2010

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Yiddish




http://www.jewfaq.org/yiddish.htm
Yiddish uses an alphabet based on Hebrew.
Map of Yiddish dialects between XVth and XIXth century.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Treasure Hunt



Old Cajun English Accent.

INTRODUCTION

Did you know that "Cajun" and "Acadian" are the same? If you want to learn more, I'll help you.

QUESTIONS

1.Who were the Cajuns?
2.Are French and Cajun exactly the same?
3.What can you say about Acadiana?
4.Who wrote "The Cajuns: Americanization of a People" ?
5.Can you mention some of the ingredients used in Cajun Cuisine?
6.What do Lisa Kudrow and Madonna have in common?
7.Which are the three typical musical instruments in the Cajun music?
8.Who helped the Cajuns to build their houses?

LINKS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajun
http://www.cajuncrawfishpie.com/cajun-language.html
http://www.cajuncrawfishpie.com/what-is-acadiana.html
http://www.cajunculture.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajun_cuisine
http://www.acadian-cajun.com/ellen.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajun_music
http://www.cajuncrawfishpie.com/cajun-houses.html

The BIG QUESTION

Were the Cajuns accepted by the rest of the US citizens ?

EVALUATION

You need to gather all the information and create a powerpoint presentation to introduce the topic to the rest of the class.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

My Alter Ego 3 (Ana Concejero)

Ana is another generous English teacher who publishes her powerpoint presentations on www.slideshare.net so that everyone can enjoy them.

My Alter Ego 2 (Jennifer ESL)

Jennifer is an English teacher who has plenty of videos to help students.

My Alter Ego


I took this picture in Sapa (North of Vietnam)in August 2006. I would say these two girls portray the way I see teaching. When I prepare my classes, I want my students to have fun because I think it's a good way to foster motivation. On the other side, I never forget the professional aspect. Above all, I want my students to learn.

Me as a Teacher


I think this Wordle illustrates perfectly well my personal phylosophy of teaching, where COLLABORATION is the key word. Since most of our students are Digital Natives, we need to master the same field. I would say ICT is 40% of my teaching daily life. Fortunately, this is possible thanks to other colleagues. We try to share every single new web or tool we discover.