body parts

Today's topic is body parts.Let's learn them.

now it is song time :) Listen, say and try to do the actions! :)

And of course, there are some activities for you. Please answer them.

Activity 1:

Activity 2:

Blogs for English Teaching

What is blog?

A  blog  is essentially a web page with regular diary or journal entries. The term is short for web log.

In other words,  blog  means a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries (posts) typically displayed in reverse chronological order.

Types of blogs:

1) Personal

2) Business

3) Private

4) Sports

5) How to, Tips, and Reviews

6) Schools

edublogs: blogs used in education are known as edublogs. Edublogs cover a wide range of topics related to education, from musings on educational policy and developments to learner compositions.

           * be set up and used by teacher, by indivual learners or by a class.

         * is used to provide with news, comments on issues, extra reading practice or homework, a summary class for learners who were unable to attend and study tips.

**There are 3 types of edublogs:

1) tutor blogs: 

* set homework.

* provide a summary of class work.

* provide links to extra reading, listening material.

* question and answer. 

* exam/study tips.

2) student blogs:

* are set up by students.

* personal and family information.

* extra writing practice on class topics.

* regular comments on current affairs.

* research and present information on a topic.

* a photoblog on learners country, last holiday, town.

3) class blogs:

* reactions to a film, article, class topic, current affairs.

* things learners like / don't like doing in class.

* a class project on any topic.

Advantages of using blogs in classrooms:

* provide a real world tool for learners with which to practice their written English.

* way of contacting learners from other parts of the world.

*  enhance students' motivation and engagement.

* promote literacy, collaboration and communicative skills.

* encourage individualized learning, learning by doing and 'test and learn' strategies.

* make learning independent of time and place.

* give a chance to shy students to participate with their peers and get their voice heard.

* makes teaching student oriented.

Disadvantages of using blogs in classrooms:

* easy to start, but hard to maintain.

* can be problem about multiple intelligents.

* supply orientation is still a part of education culture at many schools.

* as everyone can participate on a blog, biased and/or inaccurate information may occur.

* some learners are under heavy time pressure

* in individualistic cultures, some people tend to guard knowledge.

* some education participants are less open than others.

* are a little old-fashioned. Facebook and Twitter's groups and pages take the place of blogs.

How to use of blogs:

there are lots of blogs whereyou can set up a blog for free, but perhaps the best known and one of the most reliable and simple blogging tools to use with students is Blogger. It just takes fifteen minutes from setting an account to publishing the first post using this valuable tool.

Free blog sites:

* Blogger

* WordPress

* EzBlogWorld

* Bahraich Blogs

* Getablog

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