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Free English Lessons on Videos

Published 01/27/2009

Click HERE for a list of FREE ENGLISH LESSONS

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FREE ENGLISH LESSONS ON THE INTERNET?
Click HERE to find a list of Pronunciation, Grammar, Dialog, Vocabulary and Accent Reduction lessons and exercises.

FREE Intermediate VIDEOS!
Beginner videos

Click here to see our school's web site for students. Welcome!

Click here for FREE ENGLISH LESSONS in our school.

TEACHERS: Visual and Active Teacher Training (VATT)
"This certificate shows what I know about myself -- I'm an active teacher who uses visual cues to stimulate my students to think." -- Patrick Querney, VATT Certified (patrickshadow@hotmail.com)
Learn more.

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It's Campaign Season (Somewhere)

Published 12/26/2008

Many students who visit the USA ask me, "How can I meet local people?" (These students often speak to the teachers, the staff in the school and their host families... and there's almost no contact with other people!). The solution is simple: VOLUNTEER. You can go to the local museum or... find a political campaign.

I recommend that students get involved in a local campaign. In Fort Lauderdale, for example, there is a campaign at www.voteglassman.com.

Why not get involved and ask questions? It's a lot of fun. Write to me if you need hints...

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Featured Articles

Find Free English Lessons on Video

By Steve McCrea
Published 07/1/2011
List of FREE English Lessons on Video
Rating: Unrated

Click here to see Free English Lessons on Video (in a long list that you can click through and learn).

These videos and weblinks have been suggested by teachers and students. Click HERE to get started.

Send suggestions for excellent videos to FreeEnglishLessons@gmail.com.

An Easy Way to Give Feedback to Students

By Steve McCrea
Published 05/19/2010
Articles to Improve Our Teaching
Rating: Unrated

A suggestion about ongoing evaluation and feedback to students

Summary

The issue of “ongoing assessment” and feedback is often overlooked in the typical week of learning. Four days of presenting and practicing new words and grammar points (leading to the quiz day) end with some feedback to the student, usually based on a written test. This article presents a possible “ongoing method” of collecting items that can be shown to the student during the week and the final number is presented at the end of the week. The student gets assessed on more than just the written test and the teacher has a way of capturing observations in real time through out the week.