Digital learning design for English teaching to second language learners
Connected English is a site for providing digital resources for English Language Learners. Jenny Boomen is a highly qualified ESOL/EFL professional and IELTS examiner with over 20 years experience teaching English to speakers of other languages. She has a Masters degree (First Class Honours) in Language Teaching and Learning from Auckland University, New Zealand. Jenny has expertise in developing and leading language programmes for high school and language school students.
24/10/2022
Research shows it takes 18 months to talk everday English, but the low frequency, abstract vocabulary required for academic study in English takes a lot longer to acquire.
Click on the link below to drag the slider and reveal the stages of learning.
https://www.connectededucation.co.nz/post/why-is-academic-english-so-difficult
22/07/2022
Learn how to meet some of the complex needs that students from a refugee background experience in a high school in their new country.
How to welcome high school refugee students. Clickon the image below to opent this resource which is a short, interactive course to support mainstream subject teachers in New Zealand secondary schools who have refugee background students in their class. It is designed with the busy teacher in mind. Dip in and out, or complete it in a linear wa...
06/07/2021
Can't travel ... send a postcard! We can't travel because of the pandemic but we can send a friend or family member overseas a postcard ... and pretend we are travelling! Click on the link, chose a postcard and write in the boxes.
https://www.connectededucation.co.nz/post/can-t-travel-send-a-postcard
Words are simply squiggles on a page. How does your brain turn these squiggles into words and why is this important?
Our brain loves patterns. We decipher the squiggles on a page to make meaning.
31/10/2020
It can be difficult to figure out exactly what an instruction, or assessment question is actually asking you to do. Click on the flashcards below to see and hear plain English explanations.
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25/07/2020
Paraphrasing is essential in academic writing. It takes a lot of practise, so here are three short texts for you practise with.
Paraphrase this! Practise your paraphrasing with the following 3 short passages
15/07/2020
This is not how to paraphrase!
Paraphrasing More than changing a few words
21/06/2020
A ladder, a tree ... and a quick way to identify an independent clause or a dependent clause
Independent vs Dependent Clause A short way to identify an independent or dependent clause
17/04/2020
So much information ... how do you choose credible sources? Here are 4 quick, easy to follow ideas for your next assignment or essay.
How to Research 4 steps to finding credible sources
14/01/2020
A noun phrase is a group of words in a sentence that act as a noun. Noun phrases can have a determiner (a, the); a head noun; and prepositional phrases and adjective phrases which give more information about the noun.
Can you find the 9 noun phrases in the paragraph below?
21/11/2019
Using verb phrases is an important skill in Academic writing. Can you identify the phrases in these 3 sentences?
