David Crystal has a lovely series of short and amusing talks about words that are popular but not yet in the dictionary, such as “hoodie” and “get a life” and “in your dreams” and “wired” and “gobsmacked” and “clueless” and “wannabe” and “blog”… so all of my favorite words, actually.
Includes audio, pdf lesson plan, transcript. [...]
Alex (from Germany) and Jim (from the USA) have a nice vodcast called “Germany vs. USA” where they talk about cultural differences and similarities between the two countries. Here they compare etiquette on the phone.
I’m having trouble with phones, skype and co. Can’t find my cellphone, which has stopped bleeping for a recharge, which it [...]
I’m an early Generation Xer, born 1961. Like Obama. Neil Howe compares us very unfavorably to the Millennials (those born in the 1980s and 1990s). He calls us “The Dumbest Generation: The Kids are Alright. But Their Parents….” According to Howe, we
“have performed the worst on standardized exams, acquired the fewest educational degrees and [...]
One of my favorite educators in the blogosphere has posted a series about online video and what it has to offer teachers and learners:
Find out about free video editing software
YouTube for IWBs with PicLens
Free Educational TV Channels
Open source video animation
News Videos for EFL ESL Materials Design
Things You Can Do With Your WebCam 1
Exploiting a Video [...]
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask [...]
Sweet but edgy, emotional but fearless, and so personal: Tori Amos performing her masterpiece “Winter” at Montreux in 1991, before “Little Earthquakes” was released. This song about how the bond between a father and a daughter changes as she grows up moves me to tears. Her early concerts were released in September on CD: Live [...]
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