Action Research Definition (Resource)

This is a short definition of action research

Alexandra talking about her family (Resource)

Here Alexandra is talking about the members of her family and their jobs and relationships.

Arabic for Beginners (Resource)

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Brighton (Resource)

Pics of Brighton

Chinese student living in Portsmouth (Resource)

This student is talking about her own culture in terms of Hofstede's dimensions. She also talks about attitudes towards the elderly.

Cohesion (Resource)

passage of prose analysed for different cohesive methods

Cohesion (Resource)

lecture notes

Cohesion with general nouns (Resource)

This is a brief example of one powerful resource for cohesion which is often overlooked in published materials.

Creating and sharing e-resources (Resource)

Presentation introducing tools and resources for creating and sharing e-learning resources

e-Learning Fair 2008 exhibition guide (Resource)

This is a PDF file of the exhibition guide for the e-Learning Fair, taking place on 30 October 2008 at the University of Sussex.

Editable Powerpoint slide (Resource)

This slide allows you to write within a powerpoint slide, allowing you to capture classroom discussion, e.g. pros and cons of a topic just presented/discussed.

Educational Videos and Animations (Resource)

This is a website with links to other sites with videos to help beginner and intermediate learners espaecially, from greetings to ordering food.

Faroes Flyer for JISC Repositories Support Day (Resource)

This is the flyer that we handed out at the repositories support day in Manchester on March 19, 2009.

Faroes project guide to copyright (Resource)

A brief guide to copyright for users of the Language Box, written by the project team. None of the team are lawyers and so it does not constitute legal advice!

Faroes Project Slides for March 08 Workshop (Resource)

We held our first community workshop in Southampton in March 2008. These are the introductory slides showing the objectives of the project.

Flyer for JISC Programme Meeting (Nov 07) (Resource)

This is the flyer that we produced for the first programme meeting that the Faroes team attended. Its early days, but we describe the objectives of the project, and talk about our past experiences with CLARE and CLARET

General interview skills (Resource)

This link takes you to a video giving general advice on interview skills. http://content.monster.co.uk/15193_en-GB_p1.asp

grammer (Resource)

verb congugator

How does learner independence fit in with classroom teaching? (Resource)

This is a short introduction to students about working in the self-access centre; it is pre-empted by a small group discussion on a comparison between the advantages and disadvantages of classroom learning v independent learning

How to Write a Literature Review (Resource)

A one-hour introduction to literature reviews.

Identifying features of lectures: introductions (Resource)

Extracts from the introductions of three lectures.

Images of Famous British Sports People (Resource)

There are 9 pictures.

Images of Pompeii (Resource)

These are images of Pompeii, Italy. They were taken in 2005. There is also one shot of Mount Vesuvius in the background.

Immersion and language learning (Resource)

A brief account of immersion in relation to language learning

John's marriage and family (Resource)

This is a pensioner who lives in Portsmouth, talking about how he met his wife an d how often he sees his great-grandchildren. He has a strong Portsmouth (South coast of Britain) accent

Keeping an e-Portfolio (Resource)

This learning object helps the user to consider what an ePortfolio is and what it might be used for. I've included the zip file (content package) which contains specialist metadata for uploading to heavy weight repositories.

Language Box Launch Slides (Resource)

These are the slides that we gave at the Faroes October 2008 workshop, where we launched the Language Box. The first set describes the evolution of the Language Box from the early Claret repository, the second set describes the early results from our survey of language teachers.

Language Box Original Storyboards (Resource)

These are the three original design storyboards for the Language Box site (codenamed Puffin Share :-) Many of the features (such as inline previews and comments) have been implemented, but we still have a little way to go with profiles. Happily the look and feel of the real site is somewhat better than the mockups!

Language Test (Resource)

Language Test

LLAS 2009 - Language Box Slides (Resource)

These are the slides I presented on the Language Box at the LLAS 2009 symposium. More details about the event can be found here: http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/2985

LONDON (Resource)

A set of photos showing the sights of London

Louise Bourgeois exhibition review (Resource)

"Time Out" exhibition review and student worksheet

Methods of language teaching /learning (Resource)

A brief text describing some methods of language teaching

Multiple choice linguistics questions (Resource)

Multiple choice questions for testing general linguistics knowledge

PDP (Resource)

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Popular ideas on language learning (Resource)

A brief text evaluating some popular beliefs on learning a language

References (Resource)

ppt from lecture

SACLL test (Resource)

Digital Media Library CALS

Shona Mc Isaac MP for Cleethorpes (Resource)

This is a Member of Parliament in Britain talking about the normal work of an MP

Sikhism (Resource)

The discussion of caste in Sikhism is a taboo subject. However, there are many caste based groups. This presentation looks at how caste based groups may have originated in India and the diaspora.

Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation Lesson (Resource)

This is a video on how to pronounce all of the alphabet, however beware that parts of it seem to be more Latin American Spanish e.g. pronunciation of "c".

Spanish Grade 2 collection (Resource)

Gap filler

Spanish Grammar Exercises (Resource)

This page gives exercises and tests to paractise all grammar points, it's particularly good for revision.

Spanish Grammar Practice (Resource)

A good source to practice several points of spanish grammar, from the BBC.

Spanish numbers (Resource)

listen to the spoken number and tap in the number she has said. If you get it wrong she will repeat until you get it correct.

Spanish Pronunciation (Resource)

Develop a native-like accent, feel successful from the very beginning, progress more quickly . . . there are lots of reasons that good pronunciation is important.

Spanish Pronunciation Games (Resource)

This site gives a few exercises to help with pronouncing Spanish words, it also lets you hear the words spoken as well.

Spanish video (Resource)

listen to the video and fill in the gaps to what he says. Various topics to choose from

Stages in Writing a Summary (Resource)

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Talking about Food in English (Resource)

This is a YouTube video to help people learn to talk in English about food.

Textual and Linguistic Analysis: Calvino's 'Pesci grossi, pesci piccoli' (Resource)

This unit aims at helping students approach a short literary text in Italian by helping them analyse its literary components, content and language.

The environment Questions on climate change (Resource)

A powerpoint containing links to YouTube videos and related questions for use in class.

The future (Resource)

The use of the future tense in English.

The Sun In Wales (Resource)

A photo I took while I was in Wales moutain biking

Theories of language acquisition (Resource)

A brief text discussing major theoretical approaches to language acquisition

Twitter in plain english (Resource)

A video about explaining what twitter is and how it is used.

Using technology to share resources (Resource)

Presentation given by Kate Borthwick (LLAS) at Cilt, on 01 June 2009.

Using your dictionary (Resource)

Some tips on how to use your dictionary effectively

Vocabulary activity (Resource)

What to say when you don't know the word for something

Wendy Cope Poem (Resource)

Wendy Cope reads one of her own poems about reactions to 9/11

Wikis in plain English (Resource)

I pointed students towards this resource to help them understand how they could use wikis in their collaborative work.Use this link to see the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

Wireless Proof from ELIS (Resource)

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Youtube video showing Assistive Technology (Resource)

Short video demoing items from the TechDis Box of Assistive Technology