Best of the web
Best of the web
A great collection of internet webby stuff as recommended by visitors to the Learn English Network.
Could be a web site, a Twitter feed, a Facebook page, a Google plus page, forum, video, basically anything on the net.
Best of the web - Blog - Drawing Board
This month's blog is called Drawing Board. It's a series of comics that are witty and amusing. In the words of the author, it's called "Drawing Board" because of the saying "back to the drawing board", which means to go back or start a project or idea from the beginning.
Site of the Month - April
What is Churnalism? Well (you won't find it in your dictionary - yet) it's basically the rewriting of press releases. You'll find examples of churnalism all over the internet, and you can check the originality of the writing on this site. In their own words, it allows you to compare press releases with national newspaper articles to see whether the articles are churnalism, rather than journalism. The Churnalism churn engine will tell you what percentage of the article is cut and pasted from a given press release. The results will tell you how much of the article has been cut and paste, and how many words overlap. You can also compare the original article with possible Churnalist articles.
Blog of the Month - April
This month's blog is called Controversies in ELT. Now I don't know about you, but I love a good controversy, and whether you are an ESL learner, or teacher, you should know what's being discussed out there.
Here's a quote from the blog:-
"In my view, language teachers should constantly question the assumptions on which their work is based; improvement comes from debate and controversies fuel that debate."
I agree we need debate, but we need to include the learners in that debate. What do you think?
Blog of the Month - March
ThxThxThx is a series of thank you notes. If you don't know what a thank you note is, shame on you. The author, Leah Dieterich, was always told by her to write thank you notes. So she does.
!Note - If you hadn't worked it out, 'thx' is short for 'thanks'.
Site of the Month - March
My Modern Metropolis describes itself as a site where art enthusiasts and trendspotters connect over creative ideas. Well I don't know about that, but they have got some amazing posts - including my favourite - The Book Surgeon.