English Studio

En ‪#‎ EnglishStudio‬ se ha notado el cambio de paradigmas de estudio del idioma y se apuesta fuertemente al microlearning a través de un intenso trabajo en la creación de unidades de aprendizaje y práctica para los dispositivos móviles. Para todos los niveles. En esta primera etapa del proyecto ya se publicaron actividades para niños y, actualmente se estan disenando actividades para adultos nivel básico e intermedio. El microlearning (en español microaprendizaje) se refiere a formas de aprendizaje a través de pequeñas unidades de contenido interconectadas y de actividades de corta duración (Lindner, 2006; Schmidt, 2007) pudiendo ser visualizadas y realizadas en cualquier momento y lugar (Melendez, 2015). El término microlearning es comúnmente usado en el contexto del e-learning y más recientemente del Aprendizaje electrónico móvil o M-learning.

I have been dealing with ICT tools in ESL for quite some time and still get surprised at some PC users’ reactions and web trends. Among the latter, Facebook - as a social networking tool - has been the most influential on different groups. Hence, it has been popularly used by teen learners , a situation that cannot be avoided , from which teachers should take advantage. Teachers ought to use Facebook to promote the practice of the target language outside the classroom. Teenagers are generally the most reluctant groups to work extra time on their English studies. There are different types of activities that can be set up within a facebook framework but social games have turned up to bridge that gap. I have done it and it worked! Have you seen the Disney Animal Kingdom Explorers game on Facebook ? It is worth a look. Why I like the game: 1. Sole version in English -for the moment- The Spanish version would spoil it as students would feel tempted to use it. Students’ need to...

Football jargon / info / fun Test your knowledge of football vocabulary and learn about football-based idioms , but BEFORE you try the idioms phase, please do this activity

Now click on this kitchen tour before you download and solve this crossword

and teaches new words ! Practise these new vocabulary items

Watch this vid about knights Now try this activity : Find the pair Have you got what it takes to wear armour and handle a weapon like the knights from old England?

Watch this clip and focus on the fruits that appear on it Then play this word game (play in FULL SCREEN on open) Now listen to the song in detail and try to match the phrases on this activity (again , play in FULL SCREEN on open)