After a hectic journey up the A19 (with a huge delay due to a broken down car!!!) we arrived in good time for the start of proceedings.
Then event was extremely well attended and, as ever the Tyneside Cinema proved to be an excellent location, with wine flowing freely throughout the evening.
There were some amazing presentations by some very amusing and knowledgeable colleagues from the local area and we also had colleagues join us from around the world via Flashmeeting.
I spoke about my top tools to get pupils talking and the presentation is below. Underneath the presentation you will also find links to examples of the tools that I spoke about. It's so important for we linguists to get our pupils talking and improving their foereign accents but it was really interesting to see that non-linguists were also interested in how they could use some of these tools with their pupils.
Voki: from our eTwinning Project
Voicethread: Very basic-I'm sure you could come up with something much better!
Songsmith: Haben chants
Slideshare: My French Jolly Phoniques Slidecast
Podcasts: Langwitch Radio (German) Radio Langwitch (French)
More information about the TeachMeet09-02 event can be found on the Ning.
Finally I'd like to say thank you to Rosemary for giving me a lift, thus making sure I didn't need to drive into central Newcastle!
Really enjoyed TMNE09-2 and thought your presentation was excellent. As a linguist I shall be incorporating many of your ideas into my classes in the not too distant future. Many thanks. :0)
ReplyDeleteReally enjoyed TMNE09-2 and thought your presentation was excellent. As a linguist I shall be incorporating many of your ideas into my classes in the not too distant future. Many thanks. :0)
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