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TEACHING RESOURCES
D I C T I O N A R I E S
From Phrasal Verbs to Synonyms and Collocations
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Check out these 6 Dictionaries for English
Learners (from the TESOL blog)
Click HERE
Plus:
Merriam Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary Click HERE
Simple Wikipedia (Wikipedia Explanations in
easier English) Click HERE
For your Spanish speakers: A
Spanish-English online dictionary and Smartphone app: Spanishdict.com Click HERE
A lot of our students are able to download
apps to their Smartphones.
J O B I N T E R V I E W S
Here are three videos about job interviews. You can show
them in class and/or give your students the link for home practice.
Level:
Intermediate/Advanced
Roleplay
Job interview VIDEO by the Milpitas Adult Learning Center
(click here for LINK) with ESL student-actors
with pre-taught intermediate vocabulary
The
video has pre-taught vocabulary at the beginning of the video.
All
terms have a description and a sentence, for example:
·
position
o
post of employment; a job / He
applied for a position as a cashier at Safeway.
Other
vocabulary:
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previous
·
experience
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people skills
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organized
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dependable
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hardworking
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opportunities
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promotion
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performance review
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resume
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references
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Sing along - Job Interview Questions by ESL Classics (click here for LINK)
Level: Intermediate
ESL Easy Listening Comprehension 2: The Job Interview
A story for
ESL listening comprehension. The story is repeated three times: 1st time,
normal reading speed; 2nd time, slower, with pauses for dictation followed by
repetition and captions; and 3rd time, normal reading speed, with captions.
Reading level: grade 2.1 (Flesch-Kincaid)
What resources are you interested in for the
upcoming weeks?
If you let us know, we’ll try to find what you need.
Activity shares or classroom photos are
always welcome.
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Ventures
2) Click "Sign In"
3) Click "forgot password"
4) They'll email you a link to re-set your password (It should
have 1 uppercase letter and 1 number)
5) With that new password, you'll be able to log in
6) Click on "Resources" in the middle of the page
7) Click the "Level" of Ventures you use on the left
hand menu on the screen. Click on "Supplementary" on
the menu on the left.
8) Identify "Teacher's Edition/Assessment Audio"
section in the middle of the screen. Under this heading are the materials
found in the teacher previous teacher's resource room.
9) You may get an email from Cambridge asking you to email them
back to verify your account. In the email, please provide them with
your name, the name/address of the branch you work at and that you're an NYPL
employee.
This should provide you with access to all the materials.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
5 Google Calendar Tips for New Users
Every gmail account (@gmail.com) comes with a Google calendar.
If you like, you can have multiple Google calendars
(one for your nypl.org
mail and one for your private email.)
The video below provides five tips for new Google Calendar
users.
If you have questions about Google calendar, let us know.
BestPlus and TABE training and more – Check our RAEN Workshops, click HERE.
(RAEN is NYC's Regional Adult Education Network)
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from NYPL:
What does your library mean to you?
Libraries
are more important than ever. But they need more funding.
Show your
support and post a note online now.
Want to post a note yourself? J
If you have a projector in class, you
could show your students how to add a post-it note online, or give them the LINK.
Want to help students add a post-it?
Show students in class (help students with limited digital literacy skills) and computer proficient students can post at home, on
their computer or Smartphones!
Reading what people have posted so far is also great reading practice. |
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