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Visiting Meeri`s blog I came across an interesting video, which can be used at the lesson. Why not discuss how it could be done and what tasks for the students might it have.

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Dear collegues! Could you suggest your ideas about using this video at the lesson? (grade? level? task types? questions?)

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It's a bit late, but yesterday I found the Hungarian branch of the British Council with quite interesting guidelines how to design the speaking tasks (as tips for the state exam - http://www.examsreform.hu/Media/TaskDesign.pdf) and Speaking Tasks Samples (http://www.examsreform.hu/Pages/SampleTasks.html).

Also feel free to examine their topical Situational Tasks (http://www.examsreform.hu/Pages/ST_SitTasks.html) ... may help :-).

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Links for Teachers: Where to start & where to ...

1. "Oh, where to start and where to finish!

I've included some sites that I find really useful and some that have wowed other teachers. There's so much more I could have put in and I'll add some as they come to mind. They're all free, by the way."
Positive and useful link-story from"English language Garden" - http://www.elgweb.net/t_links.html

2. This is Johanna Stirling's (Cambridge University Press) blog about English spelling. How it works, how to learn it, how to teach it, and how to love it! -http://thespellingblog.blogspot.com/

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"Applications for Authors. Actual help for the floundering ones, no namby-pamby advice. Utilities that help you get writing done, and tools to help you with the deeply annoying parts of the editing process. Welcome authors one and all to the Lab. " http://lab.drwicked.com/writeordie.html - Write or Die introduces consequences if you do not write. Set goals, choose your mode, and write away, or else!

4. Word Magnets - for use with a projector or interactive whiteboard - http://xmleducation.co.uk/magnets.html - for more information, for how-to's http://www.teachersfirst.com/single.cfm?id=9043

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• http://www.wordle.net/gallery?username=Juri

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