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Friday, November 10, 2017

How to Stop Translating in Your Head and Start Thinking in English Like ...










English Lessons with Halina

  • Are you nervous about communicating in English with foreign colleagues?
  • Do you throw a full command of English, but feel like your flexibility may be lacking?
  • Would you like to memorize how to sound more natural when making little talk and talking about problems?
  • Do you feel the need to improve your conversational skills?
If you answered "YES" to any of these questions, then link up right off!
I give English one to one tutoring classes as well as ONLINE English Courses.
I realize what YOU need to succeed in English. I know the essential skills you need to grow to suit an active communicator in English.
My classes are for students who want to use a most proficient approach to get fluent in English fast by practicing English Skills. Training is a subconscious process and is faster than conscious learning.
Being able to put across effectively is the most important of all life sciences.
Communication is merely the act of transferring information from one place to another, whether this is vocal,  written, visually or non-verbally (using body language, gestures and the tone and pitch of the voice). 
How well this information can be transmitted and received is a measure of how good our communication skills are.
Developing your English communication skills can facilitate all facets of your life, from your professional heart to social gatherings and everything in between. 
Formal methods of learning English exemplify passive learning with a limited success rate. I steadfastly trust in Active Learning of English Skills which is much more efficient than passive learning.
These are the main disadvantages of passive English learning
1. The major weakness of passive education is that it splits the language into different components – reading, writing, listening, grammar, and pronunciation – which you try to learn separately.
2. When learners are not actively involved in the class, they continue to think in their native language. Whatever the instructor explains to them, they try to interpret it in their mother tongue. It gets virtually impossible to process the information intuitively or spontaneously.
3. Because learners aren’t taught to think in English, they are unable to communicate in English.
Active learning helps students start speaking English confidently in less than a year.
Active learning is more than just listening: it involves the active participation of pupils. They must use the language all the time and be emotionally involved in the process.
We need the conversion from Passive Learning to Active Training English Skills
As a language teacher, I use all kinds of tricks just because making students speak and building their self-confidence in keeping the conversation going is the most essential for me.
When I teach Polish, my foreigners and I have to speak only Polish, and also my English classes are run entirely in English. I train without a bridge language.
This means they are required to forget about native language and start talking as well as intending in a foreign linguistic communication. Thinking in a foreign language, this is just what I want my learners to achieve.
My students read the words in different contexts, mostly singing phrases, expressions, collocations, idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs also telling tales. Moreover, I inspire them to talk to everybody, even to themselves in a foreign language. Consequently, they
can communicate as well as discuss a variety of beautiful narrations.
Many teachers spend most of their time altering each other’s errors.
Nevertheless, I correct only fundamental errors, as I don’t want students to stop talking. I also encourage my learners to listen to songs, watch movies with subtitles in a language they learn, read a lot and so forth.

1. The most important is to deliver comprehensible input. We improve the language when we understand it.
I am very much against the support in the native language.
2. Learners spend more time dynamically speaking English when we convert them, for influencing pupils.
I also produce an environment for gaining all language skills – reading, listening, talking, writing, and pronunciation at the same time. Learners experience everyday situations again entirely in English.
3. The mobile is an obvious choice for delivering information. It gives students access to reading material both in the form of educational activity and after the course of a written report. It covers support for sharing sessions with friends or teachers, which is essential for digital learners.
The lessons added by a teacher allow building an active connection between everyone.
As a result, I as an English teacher achieve a perpetual change from passive learning to the active, improving English skills.

Friday, October 27, 2017

Joe Bonamassa - "Drive" - Live At Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening

6 Elements Of An Effective Blended Learning Classroom

6 Elements Of An Effective Blended Learning Classroom:

 Want to know what you need to build an effective Blended Learning Classroom? Check the 6 essential elements of an effective Blended Learning Classroom.
Effective communication between the teacher and students needs to be established to achieve improved learning outcomes in a blended learning program. There should be an adequate exchange of queries and feedback with regular classroom discussions. Teachers can provide their contact information and encourage students to communicate in case of queries and concerns to establish a favorable rapport. Toward the end of a course, they can also engage learners in live or online surveys, evaluations, and opinions on the quality of the course and its delivery.
Providing regular and constructive feedback is an important element of effective communication. By opening up lines of communication, teachers can indicate the availability of a perennial support system.

A Well-Trained Teacher

A blended learning course necessitates the proper teacher training to facilitate optimal learning. They must understand student needs and accordingly design courses. Effective blended-learning professional training must include instructional approaches that are based on understanding student perspectives. By encouraging teachers to experience blended learning as learners, they receive the first-hand experience that’s required to create relevant and interactive content for students.
Since blended classrooms can be difficult to plan and manage, teachers must also be trained in management strategies tailored for such classrooms. They must be well-versed with the technology required to execute blended learning, and thus need training on software and hardware management as well.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Adobe Education Exchange

http://fbuy.me/gsaF0


Join me on the Adobe Education Exchange. It’s helpful for learning new digital skills and downloading free tutorials & project ideas. It's also great for connecting with other creative educators and getting help. Plus, it’s free!
Creativity — it’s our future.
Subjects
Science, Graphic Design, Social Sciences, Humanities, Web, Arts, Education, Video & Audio, Mathematics
Age Levels
Early Childhood, 6-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, 17-18, Post-Secondary
Products Used
Photoshop Photoshop Lightroom
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Creativity — it’s our future.
Learn why creativity is so important in driving student success and how you can promote creativity among students in your classroom. You’ll consider various perspectives on the definition of creativity, see first-hand examples from leading experts and learn many potential ways to incorporate creativity into your own teaching. You’ll also explore examples of creative classrooms and design your own vision of a creative environment using Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom.
Essential Question:
What is creativity, and why is it vital for success in school and beyond?
Learning Objectives:
  • Explore and define creativity in the classroom.
  • Discover activities and attitudes that cultivate a creative culture in your classroom.
  • Incorporate research-based practices that encourage creativity in your lessons.
  • Discover the relationships between higher-order thinking skills, confidence and creativity as well as their effects on student achievement.
  • Design your personal creativity principles and create your vision of a creative classroom using Photoshop or Lightroom.
Prerequisites:
No prior experience with Photoshop or Lightroom is assumed.
Related Content:
This workshop is part of a six-workshop series entitled “Creativity in Today’s Classroom.”
The workshops in the series are as follows:
  1. Exploring Creativity in Today’s Classroom
  2. Designing Creativity in the Primary Grades Curriculum
  3. Designing Creativity in the Middle Grades Curriculum
  4. Designing Creativity in the Upper Grades Curriculum
  5. Designing Creativity in the Higher Education Curriculum
  6. Assessing Creativity in Today’s Classroom
  7. Managing the Creative Classroom
  8. Harnessing Mobile Learning for Creativity

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

English Core Quadrant animation (5 minutes)

http://www.pearson.pl/pearson-streaming-2017-06-09-2/go.htmlCome and 
Come and talk to Professor Jacek  Santorski.

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Inquiry-Based Learning: Developing Student-Driven Questions



As a language teacher, I use all kinds of tricks just because making students speak and building their self-confidence in keeping the conversation going is the most essential for me. When I teach Polish, my foreigners and I have to speak only Polish, and also my English classes are run wholly in English. I teach without a bridge language. This way they are required to forget about native language and start speaking as well as thinking in a foreign language. Thinking in a foreign language, this is basically what I want my learners to achieve. My students learn the language in different contexts, mostly singing phrases, expressions, collocations, idioms, phrasal verbs also telling stories. Moreover, I prompt them to speak to everybody, even to themselves in a foreign linguistic communication. Consequently, they can communicate as well as discuss a variety of beautiful narrations. Many teachers spend most of their time altering each other’s errors.
Nevertheless, I correct only fundamental mistakes, as I don’t want students to stop talking. I also encourage my learners to listen to songs, see flicks with captions in a language they learn, read a lot and then forward.

Friday, April 14, 2017

Halina's Online English Classes

I am a passionate non- native English teacher from Poland. Teaching is a big part of my life. With that understanding, I am a lifelong scholar.
I am in a blended learning/ training and flipped classroom.
The traditional physical classroom settings for my lessons are not efficient enough.
In my view, technology gives us many new possibilities.
I prefer blended learning, which means, taking advantage of both, traditional f2f techniques and opportunities confronted by new technologies.
An occasion to meet and connect with people from the entire Globe is one of the reasons I appreciate online communication, very much.
I retired in October 2013 and signed for a freelance Senior Lecturer occupation at the Wroclaw University of Technology.
At present, I am going to continue taking and giving online English courses. What is more, I am confidently getting ready to finalize my online project Halina’s English

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Halina, English teacher from Poland - italki

Halina, English teacher from Poland - italki



I have been teaching English online since 2010. I have taught children as well as adults. I have a master’s degree in education from the University of Wroclaw, Poland, Philology, Linguistics Jul 1974.

After 40 years of teaching, I grow into an experienced online professional tutor. I specialize in Conversational English. I also prepare, for variety tests, including the Cambridge and Oxford standardized exams.

I have learnt a lot from my online friend Dr. Nellie, who has been giving me wonderful opportunities to join her online courses as well as online conferences.

Thanks to her as a passionate English teacher, I take advantage of new technologies. My approach is Teaching English with Technology. I use blended learning, flipping the classroom, learning by teaching or encouraging change from passive to fully active learners are significant implements in my teaching/ learning.




The view from my balcony.