Connected Education - English

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.

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

17/02/2021

Words are simply squiggles on a page. How does your brain turn these squiggles into words and why is this important?

17/02/2021

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.

Practise your paraphrasing with the following 3 short passages

15/07/2020

This is not how to paraphrase!

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

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.

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?