Perfect Phonics Site

Starfall.com — 學Phonics的好網站，全部都有圖對應，不但學發音，也學單字，即使短文也可點單字發音

ABCs –

• 字母大小寫 (Letter Name)，單音(Letter Sound)，單字發音，a e i o u 及 ABC Phonics songs

Learn to Read –

• Game — 組字 (make a word)、圖文記憶翻牌 (make a match)，依指示找圖 (picture hunt)，單字發音分類 (word sorting)-含圖示

• Book – 教單音及組合音，會唸出每個單音及如何組成單字，

• Skill — 動畫故事，字母順序由來，由左到右書寫由來，各種特殊發音教學等

It’s Fun to Read –

• All about me – 生活化，有意義的短句填充及發音，Who Am I? What Is My Pet? About My Body, Bathroom, Kitchen, Livingroom

• Art Gallery – 繪本閱讀，每個故事有一個發音主題

• Magic — 魔術師變化學服裝，學完則以遊戲複習

• Music — 音樂家故事，學習簡單文法

• Poetry — 短詩閱讀

• Tongue Twisters – 繞口令

• Bird Riddles — 與鳥有關的猜謎

I’m Reading – 小劇本

• Three Little Plays – Dog and Cat, Guess, Guess, Cookies

• Fiction and Nonfiction – 6篇小說(Fiction)，8篇非小說(Nonfiction)，3個文字拼圖

• Comics — 5本漫畫繪本，無整句唸

• Folk Tales – 6本童話故事，可整句唸及選唸單字

• Greek Myths – 6本希臘神話，可整句唸及選唸單字

• Chinese Fables – 7本中國民間故事，可整句唸及選唸單字

Picture Audio Dictionary

A website with many categorized pictures.  Move over to show the vocabulary label and listen to the sound.

The Body
The Family
Colors
Men’s Clothing
Women’s Clothing
Fruit
Vegetables
Food
Food II
Farm Animals
Pets
Insects
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles & Amphibians
African Animals
Jobs

Adopted from http://www.languageguide.org/

Using AudioPal to Assess Listening and Speaking

Do you have the problem of insufficient teaching hours?  Do you always complain that there’s no time to assess every students’ speaking ability.

How do you make students practice English at home?

Well, with AudioPal, students will listen to your question very carefully, write down the answer first, and read it out many times until they think the recording is perfect enough.

See how I carry it out.

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Hi students,

This is your homework of B2 U2.
Answer the question & record it with AudioPal.

Here’s the question.

Please read the comment to see how to post your answer.

Don’t know how to use AudioPal?  Please watch the pictures below.

Make your own MV

Find a song. Group students. Each group illustrates for a line of the lyrics.Just like the examples below.What a great and chellenge task for students’ creativity.

There are two ways to make your own MV.

1. Find a song in mp3 format, and the lyrics, write each line of the lyrics in an A4 paper.  After students finish their illustration, use Microsoft movie maker to make the video.
2. Sign up at PROJECT PEACE, the Ning Network, which was created by EFL Classroom 2.0. Click on the tag ‘PEACE PACKS’ on the top.  There are clear steps teaching you how to make your own song video.  The easiest way is to ‘send the .jpgs to Project Peace ( projectpeace@email.com ). Include school name / grade / location.  It will be posted for you.

Don’t Worry, Be Happy

By Lindsey Vincent on November 30, 2009