C.O.D. Library ESL/ABE/GED Faculty Newsletter November 2008
Resource of the Month
http://wordspy.com/ According to Word Spy, this site is "devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases." Terms that appear on the page have already begun to crop up in magazines, newspapers, websites and other recorders of current events. The words are a great insight into contemporary pre-occupations and offer useful jumping off points for discussions about current events, slang and how language evolves for our needs.
Learning Styles Recently I somehow managed to find a few free hours to devote to online "house cleaning", time I used to make sure links on my resource guides are still live and pointing where I want them to and time to update some of the many handouts I have available through these resource guides. Having handouts available on a website might seem redundant- why provide Word files to documents that can so easily be reproduced on the Web? I'm definitely a digital creature with environmental leanings, so creating handouts and making them available is not something that comes to me naturally! But there are definitely times when a paper print-out is preferable to a digital display. Revising these handouts made me think about why some people prefer to have a page in hand or a tangible take-away and turned my thoughts to learning styles and teaching styles. I haven't done a lot of research in this area, but I've definitely taken some time to think about it. I've shared my reflections on the topic in a short post called How Do We Learn in the Newsletter's blog. Let me know what you think and share you own experiences in accomodating different learning styles and adjusting your own teaching styles! --Jenn.
Some recent entries, such as recession chic, carborexia and trashout, reflect how writers are discussing the nation's economic troubles.
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Word Spy is a fun and informative website for anyone interested in words and language.
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