Teacher's Newsletter February 2008

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In this issue Phonetic characters keyboard Valentine's day example package Lifelong learning programme

Teacher's idea competition Send us a fun idea on how to teach vocabulary by e-mail to: [email protected] by March 15 and add the subject : Teacher's idea competition. We will award the 10 best ideas 5 packs of flashcards each (you may choose several of one set or /all of the five packs we have available). The cards will be shipped to the address you indicate in your e-mail. ● ● ● ● ●

Junior Summer Camps 2008 Training for teachers of Italian New clip-art pictures Get involved!

Vocabulary cards. Mixed pictures Vocabulary cards. Animals (English) Grammar cards. Prepositions of place (in, on, at) (English) Grammar cards. Time prepositions (Swedish) - Svenska grammatikkort. Tidsuttryck Grammar cards. Irregular verbs in past tense (Swedish) - Svenska grammatikkort. Oregelbundna verb i preteritum.

We will notify the winners by e-mail to confirm the address the prize will be shipped to. The winner's name and country will be announced in our next newsletter and on our website. Include your name, language you teach, name of institute, shipping address and choice of cardpacks in your e-mail. You can e-mail us in English, Swedish, Finnish, French or Romanian. More information under News or click here to see the flash cards.

New clip-art pictures

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Website updates Phonetic characters keyboard Now you can make phonetic worksheets with our phonetic keyboard displayed above the button for games. Click phonetic keyboard and a small keyboard will appear. You can move the keyboard up or down as needed when you make your worksheets. Teach phonetic pronunciation with crosswords, label the picture, flashcards or some of the other 18 tools we have on our website. Use it together with pictures or just plain text. You can download an example package on phonetic exercises which includes: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Fruit and vegetable - fill in the blank Animals - matching Trees and flowers - crossword Trees and flowers - crossword answer sheet 4xbingoboards and picture cards for the bingo game Mixed pictures and phonetic writing - flashcards True of false worksheet - questions written in phonetics

Valentine's day example package Now available under our Downloads area, the Valentine's day package includes: ● ●

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heart idioms and explanations nouns of love crossword: teacher's and student's worksheet Valentine card Valentine's day flashcard words Valentine's day missing words Valentine's day jokes flashcard match words of love wordsearch: teacher's and student's worksheet and Valentine's day cartoons

Teacher training and students camps

Check out our Clip-Art area for new pictures and illustrations drawn by our artists. In February we have added over 50 pictures on facial features. Download and create exercises for class using this exciting new resource!

Quick links... Valentine's example package PDF Phonetics example package PDF Students' tools in English Danish material package PDF Norwegian material package PDF Swedish material package PDF Teacher's tools in Swedish PDF Telephoning in English PDF Telephoning in Swedish PDF Téléphoner en français PDF Telefonar em Português PDF Telephoning in Chinese PDF Telephoning in Russian PDF Telephoning in Japanese PDF Telephoning in Norwegian PDF Telephoning in Italian PDF Web version

Get involved!

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Lifelong learning programme There is still time to apply for Comenius funding to attend a professional development course for teachers, trainers and other ELT professionals at one of our Partner Schools! If you are a teacher, teacher-trainer or other ELT professional in Europe, you can apply to the European Union for a grant of up to €1500 to attend a 2-week training course. The grant is awarded under the Comenius initiative to cover tuition, accommodation and travel. The next deadline for application is 31 March 2008 (for activities starting between 1 July 2008 and 30 September 2008) See the full range of specialist courses eligible for Comenius funding in 2007, download the necessary forms and find out how you can apply for a grant in 5 easy steps by visiting our website.

St Giles International Junior Summer Camps 2008 Following the tremendous success of the 2007 Junior Summer Camps in Nottingham, Southampton and San Francisco, St Giles International is opening a further two camps in Kingston-Upon-Thames (London) and Reading for 2008. In 2007 the Junior Summer Camps welcomed students from over 30 countries, and of the total student numbers no more than 12% were of the same nationality. 2008 Junior Summer Camp locations are: ● ● ● ● ●

Kingston-Upon-Thames (UK) Nottingham (UK) Reading (UK) Southampton (UK) San Francisco (USA)

Contact us if you would like to reserve an allocation at any of the St Giles International Junior Summer Camps or if you require further information - including Junior brochures, sample programmes and fact sheets - or if you would like to receive a personalised group quotation.

· Learn foreign language vocabulary in fun and rewarding ways by using our interactive vocabulary and grammar games · Make learning fun by creating class material using our tools · Check our downloads area for new teaching materials · Tell a friend about our educational project · Exchange links with us and add our banners to your website · Contact other teachers and get teaching ideas on our FORUM

Website of the month www.vocabulary.com offers a free, interactive vocabulary development and enrichment website featuring Latin and Greek root-based puzzle activities at various grade levels. This self-paced resource has printable word puzzles and many exercises. Website has multiple lesson plans, over 65 calendar/thematic content features, 216 advanced words (SAT®/ ACT®-type vocabulary) in 12 puzzle sessions, 190 "A-Z" word lists by subject, 130 assigned book/novel/play vocabulary lists, Root-AWeek feature and a daily root puzzle on the home page. All content is original and a supplemental to school curriculum. 250,000 monthly unique visitors use these timesaving activities as helpful reinforcement for teachers, students and parents. Users include ESL, LEP, ELL and a

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Training for teachers of Italian

Socrates Comenius / Grundtvig III Funds Inserito fra i progetti Socrates Comenius / Grundtvig III The course is organized by SCUOLA LEONARDO DA VINCI. The main purpose of this course is to support you as Italian-language-teacher by bringing your theoretical knowledge and teaching methods up to date. The emphasis is placed on revitalizing linguistic and didactic abilities and refreshing your socio-economic and political-cultural knowledge of Italy. The training course is held three times a year in school centres in Florence and Rome, with the following program: Teaching Italian as a foreign language (theory and practice), lessons in diction, body laboratory, student-teaching. The training course for teachers of Italian as a second language occurs under the auspices of SOCRATES Comenius / Grundtvig III for the Scholastic and Adult Education of the European Community.

spectrum of learners from elementary to advanced ability. Download the complete presentation and links from here

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This course can be combined with the advanced seminar for Italian-language teachers who are not native speakers of Italian. Contact us for more information: [email protected] or visit our website

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