Tara Benwell's Blog – November 2011 Archive (5)

Wordless Wednesday #20

Winning caption by English teacher Bart Bonomie: "What's the area code for heaven?"

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Added by Tara Benwell on November 23, 2011 at 18:30 — 13 Comments

Embed Plus - A tool for teachers and learners

I was browsing a great post called Top 100 Tools of 2011 and I came across a tool that I thought would be very useful for us on MyEC. It's called Embed Plus. This site allows you to make a few changes to online videos before you upload them to MyEC. You can upload edited videos directly to the…

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Added by Tara Benwell on November 22, 2011 at 17:30 — 7 Comments

Wordless Wednesday #19

Winning caption by Valentine: "No panic, we are not professionals, but you are in the reliable hands."

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Added by Tara Benwell on November 9, 2011 at 14:30 — 11 Comments

Writing Challenge #37: The Art of Short Descriptions

This month's Writing Challenge is short and sweet. I want you to practise writing descriptions that are simple and concise. As you know, the human attention span is shorter than ever!

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Added by Tara Benwell on November 7, 2011 at 18:30 — 23 Comments

Giving Advice Game

Did you notice the new resource on EnglishClub.com about Giving Advice? This self-study resource offers a large variety of ways to offer advice. Let's practise using these expressions.

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Added by Tara Benwell on November 4, 2011 at 1:57 — 10 Comments