LET: The Treasure Hunt Club

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April 2013 Treasure Hunt
Ideas for Student Intros and Projects
Marcel Van Amelsvoort
神奈川県立国際言語文化アカデミア
Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Language and
Culture Studies

It's April, and soon our classrooms will be full of new students. It
is a time of uncertainty for everyone. We teachers don't know much
about our young charges, and they don't know much about us or each
other. Speaking activities in language classes can really help
students become more comfortable with their new environment and
classmates. And by allowing students to be creative and expressive,
everyone in the classroom can get to know a lot more about each
other. So this month I'd like to offer some websites that can give
students a way to express themselves.

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March 2013 Treasure Hunt
Vocabulary and Culture
Marcel Van Amelsvoort
神奈川県立国際言語文化アカデミア
Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Language and
Culture Studies

It's March already, and the new school year is just around the
corner. This month for some reason, a large number of vocabulary and
culture sites have been brought to my attention.

First up is Test Your Vocab, a very simple and flexible adaptive
vocabulary level testing site that works for EFL students and
college professors. It's all done by self-evaluation―you simply
click on the words you say you ‘know.' But it can give you a rough
idea of your vocabulary level. On the last page, you input or select
options to describe your experience with English and English
learning. It's easy and fun to use and is a good way to get learners
to think about vocabulary needs. http://testyourvocab.com/

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February 2013 Treasure Hunt
Reading Resources and Activities and Kickstarter
Marcel Van Amelsvoort
神奈川県立国際言語文化アカデミア
Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Language and
Culture Studies

This month's theme is reading, and I have several sites that can
help reading teachers to plan and teach reading, and several sites
for reading students to practice reading while having fun.

Readworks.org helps teachers with the what and how of teaching
reading. Hundreds of short reading texts with complete lesson plans
are available for use here. If you are teaching reading to teenagers
or college students, please be sure to take a look.
http://www.readworks.org/

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January 2013 Treasure Hunt
New and Updated Sites for Kids and Young Adults
Marcel Van Amelsvoort
神奈川県立国際言語文化アカデミア
Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Language and
Culture Studies

Hello and Happy New Year! This month I wanted to focus on sites for
younger learners. Some of these are sites that have been around for a
while but that have recently been updated. If you haven't checked them
out lately, you might want to do so now.

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December 2012 Treasure Hunt
Classroom E-magazines
Marcel Van Amelsvoort
神奈川県立国際言語文化アカデミア
Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Language and
Culture Studies

Hello everyone. This month I'd like to introduce
some sites that can help your students create and
publish e-magazines (e-zines) or make newspapers.
These sites can be used to facilitate meaningful,
open-ended projects for groups of learners. It can
be great fun to plan and work on articles. And
once content has been published, friends and
family can view it as well.

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