I am from Coimbra, Portugal, and am currently teaching in a school in Soure, about 30 km away from Coimbra. I have been a teacher of English for over 20 years and have already taught different levels and age groups. After all this time I can say I love working with adult groups because there are no coursebooks and I can create my own resources.
I am an avid reader, a blogger and very curious about free tools and their implementation in the classroom.
Another book recommendation.
Another talking photo.
Another photobabble.
Catarina, a 15-year old student of mine and one of my tenth graders' avid readers, has read a heartbreaking book, based on a real story. She liked it so much that she would like to tell us about it. Listen:
Soon it will be available in our school library as it is included in our PNL (Plano Nacional de Leitura).
So, what do you think about this one?
By Christmas I left you this post, namely a talking photo, my
personal Christmas card to all of you. To do that I used Fotobabble a very easy
tool to use. After registration,
1. Upload a picture
2. Choose Theme
3. Give it a title
4. Write tags
While one does not necessarily need to
follow this order, I did leave the recording for the end. Just click on Record (Orange Icon) and then stop in the end. To check it, click on Play. After all steps, don't forget to save (right corner, below)! Easy, fast and FREE!
We can use it in classes for a listening
activity; students can do it as well and share their recordings with the
teacher and fellow mates and all can be embedabble into blogs – tutor blogs, class blogs, whatever. A great tool for students to develop
fluency, to engage and attract!
My latest Fotobabble was to promote a book
/ reading for the school library ;)
The student didn’t want her own picture and therefore I just uploaded the book cover and then recorded her voice with my own
computer. Please listen:
So, what do you think?
Two remarks: a bit fast, yep, I know, but the student "read" instead of simply using the info ;). The book cover is in Portuguese because I couldn't find any in English ):
Let me know what you think, will you? Thanks.
