Infonews n°170 du 08/12/2002 

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Christmas is coming.....discover "A la Une" the top ten toys from
Yahooligan, and sites of addresses for Christmas and other winter
festivities. Also in this newsletter, a special report about New Hampshire,
that can be adapted to any other state, an excellent interactive flash
resource for kids from BBC for primary school, three resources for
secondary school : recipes, child labour and sweat shop and infos about
"classes prépas", and at the end, some resources in teaching practice, with
links to learning strategies, effective language learning, cooperative work
and conflict resolution.
Have a nice week!
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A la Une
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Top ten toys of the year
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Discover New Hampshire (US)
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Visit New Hamsphire
Fact about the state
Maps of all kinds
Wildlife
A quiz Printout
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Christmas
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howstuffworks
Zeek.com
Alphabet Soup
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Resources for primary school
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Online Adventures from BBC
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Resources for secondary school teachers
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Recipezaar (from LIIWEEK Dec 5)
Sweatshop and child labour (from LIIWEEK Dec 5)
Inscription aux classes prépas (from Sarah Rapnouil-Dunn)
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Teaching practice
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Learner Strategies for Effective Study of Foreign Languages ( from CRC
Digest #2002-211)
Cooperative learning and conflict resolution (from Library Hot Five #160)
Cooperative learning strategies (from Library Hot Five #160)

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A la Une
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Top ten toys of the year
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Yahooligan offers a list of the top ten toys of the year
http://www.yahooligans.com/promotions/yir/2002/toys.html
[ discover the Nintendo e-reader and the spy kit! ]

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Discover New Hampshire (US)
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Kid Klicks! from 12/05/02 offers a special report about New Hampshire. With
those sites, you can build a virtual visit for your students, and let them
chose the websites which correspond best to their level. You can also have
groups working on different aspects of the state, each building a report
(written or oral) or you can use most sites to wok on different states, and
have the class offering reports on different states in the US and comparing
them....

Visit New Hamsphire
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http://www.visitnh.gov/
a comprehensive website, with things to do, places to stay and dine, and
itineraries. idea to plan a virtual holiday...
[ for upper secondary school. You can also fill in a form to get a brochure
and a map, for those who prefer working from paper infos:
http://www.visitnh.gov/freeguidebook.html ]

Fact about the state
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you can add this page of basic infos for beginners, so as to suit all
levels in your class:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/newhampshire/
[ for beginners]
or this more elaborate page about facts:
http://www.50states.com/newhamps.htm (with lots of links)
http://www.geobop.com/World/NA/US/NH/ (id.)
http://www.imagesoft.net/flags/i-flag/usa-nh.html (with everything on a
printable page, no links)
http://www.state.nh.us/nhinfo/fastfact.html (id.)

Maps of all kinds
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http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/nh_0.html

Wildlife
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http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/
a magazine bout fishing, hunting, game and wildlife. For upper secondary
school.

A quiz Printout
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/statesbw/newhampshire.shtml
you can also use this quiz as a printout to guide your students in their
researches through the above websites....

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howstuffworks
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everything you want to know about the Christmas traditions, from holy,
mistletoe and poinsettias to the log in the chimney and the socks on the
mantel piece....
http://www.howstuffworks.com/christmas.htm
For upper intermediate level.

Zeek.com
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the same thing in short, for lower intermediate level.
http://zeeks.com/416.html

Alphabet Soup
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Christmas at Alphabet Soup A charming site filled with activities,
crafts, songs, poems, etc. There's something for everyone. Good resources
for teachers, interactive activities for the kids. Enjoy the background
music while you browse.
http://www.alphabet-soup.net/christmas.html
[ a charming background music....which can become rather annoying in class
if you can't turn it off!!!!]

Infonews
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many other addresses, especially about the Christmas traditions in all
countries, and non-Christian festivities.
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/infonews/themes/christmas.htm

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Resources for primary school
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online adventures from BBC
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/
three sets of adventures, and in each series three adventures in english,
math and science:
- Nash's adventures for 5-7 year olds is mainly putting letters in the
right order to make words and this type of games
- Flick's adventures for 7-9 is more elaborate: the kids have to understand
sentences in order to solve a problem...[ for primary school or beginners]
- Sprat's adventures for 9-11 require from the students to read carefully
and understand everything that comes in the story, remember the
information, reflect and analyse the datas. [ from lower intermediate level
to intermediate. Requires some capacities for spotting information and
analysing them.]
Excellent activities for those who work faster and always finish
first....and you can also suggest those adventures to those of your pupils
equipped at home......

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Resources for secondary school teachers
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Recipezaar (from LIIWEEK Dec 5)
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This site offers menu ideas and tens of thousands of
recipes compiled from the contributions of amateur
household chefs and food fans. Estimated nutritional data
is included. Features include chat rooms, message boards,
and Recipe of the Day. Registration (free) required to post
recipes. Includes a few annoying banner ads. Searchable.
http://www.recipezaar.com/
[ if you feel like working on recipes, you will find interestinf ideas on
this website. And you can also go to the excellent 'epicurious', where you
can find recipes, but also useful videos about making pie dough, cutting a
poultry, and many other videos (American accent):
http://eat.epicurious.com/learn/video/index.ssf/?/learn/video/main.html
another website, with lots of recipes from around the world:
http://www.recipesource.com/ ]

Sweat shop and child labour (from LIIWEEK Dec 5)
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Co-op America's Guide to Ending Sweatshops and Promoting Fair Trade
"Learn about sweatshop issues, strategies to hold
corporations accountable, and ways to promote Fair
Trade....Find practical tips and resources to buy Fair Trade
and sweatshop-free products" and "learn how to join the
growing movement to end the use of sweatshops through
strategic campaigns and everyday actions." The Resources
section contains many related links.
http://www.sweatshops.org/
[ learn about sweatshops, how to end them, and take action!
to add to this theme, go to:
http://www.ac-versailles.fr/pedagogi/anglais/tice/scenario/worldcup.htm
and find links to the excellent UNICEF website, with downloadable cartoons
that you can use even with young beginners.]

Inscription aux classes prépas (from Sarah Rapnouil-Dunn)
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Pour les profs de classes terminales : du nouveau pour les prépas de
grandes écoles.
La nouvelle procédure nationale commune d’inscription aux classes
préparatoires est publié à l'adresse suivante :
www.admission-prepas.org
[ le site pour les inscriptions sera activé le 7 janvier, mais les infos
pour les parents et élèves est disponible dès maintenant.]

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Teaching practice
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Learner Strategies for Effective Study of Foreign Languages ( from CRC
Digest #2002-211)
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Research in applied linguistics and learner strategies provide a
theoretical and practical basis for helping students of any language
learn with greater confidence, efficiency, and effectiveness. For this
paper and discussion, principles will be applied to the study of Japanese
as a foreign language.
http://www.tci.ac.jp/~naphtali/SenseiOnline/EffectiveStrategies.htm
[ this paper is about learning japanese, but many infos can be transferred
to learning English. You will find there:
the 14 characteristics of the good learner from Rubin and Thompson (1982):
http://www.tci.ac.jp/~naphtali/SenseiOnline/14char.htm
a summary of Oxford's learning strategies:
http://www.tci.ac.jp/~naphtali/SenseiOnline/oxfordlist.htm
Poulshock and Passero¹s (1994) Characteristics of intrinsically motivating
content:
http://www.tci.ac.jp/~naphtali/SenseiOnline/motivcontent.htm
and a very useful paper as a whole. For students and research.]

Cooperative learning and conflict resolution (from Library Hot Five #160)
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http://www.clcrc.com/
Cooperative Learning is a relationship in a group of students that requires
positive interdependence (a sense of sink or swim together), individual
accountability (each of us has to contribute and learn), interpersonal
skills (communication, trust, leadership, decision making, and conflict
resolution), face-to-face promotive interaction, and processing (reflecting
on how well the team is functioning and how to function even better).
[ cooperative learning, conflict resolution, teaching decision making and
how to become a peace maker : you will find all that in this website, and
many hints to teach differently......]

Cooperative learning strategies (from Library Hot Five #160)
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http://www.utc.edu/Teaching-Resource-Center/CoopLear.html
[ what is cooperative learning, plus a list of techniques and strategies.
For students and research.]

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