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ARTICLES et LIENS
ARTICLES
Latest in Learning - Assessing Englishes…
As English has developed into Englishes, Dr Lynda Taylor, from Cambridge ESOL, raises the question of whether teachers and testers can set fair, appropriate standards for assessing language learners. Click for the bibliography.
In the Field - L’évaluation au plus juste
Hélène Klucik et Fabienne Receptor proposent une démarche permettant aux professeurs d’élaborer leurs propres grilles, afin d’en faire des outils à la fois rigoureux et flexibles. Vous pouvez télécharger ici les grilles d'évaluation d'interaction orale niveau B1 and B2 Celles-là et d’autres sont disponibles sur le site de l’académie de Paris
Interaction - La pédagogie ou la liberté
Claudine Martina continue d'explorer le monde étrange des habitudes pédagogiques. Dans ce deuxième volet, elle remet en cause la séance de corrigé de devoir et la notion de moyenne trimestrielle.
To the Point - Freedom Writers
New Standpoints’ exclusive interview with Erin Gruwell, whose book about her experience teaching in a school in a disadvantaged area in southern California, The Freedom Writers, was made into a film with Hillary Swank. Ms Gruwell has since created the Freedom Writers Foundation The worksheet (ancre2, ci-dessous svp) is based on the film trailer, available at freedomwriters.com
Panorama - Latinos and the changing patterns of immigration in the USA
Hispanics make up a composite community in the USA: different origins and different generations, yet all united by the American Dream. Mario Menendèz explains their role in American society and the difficulties they may encounter. For the fill text of the interview with the “provocative” (some say “reactionary”) Samuel Huntington that is excerpted on p. 15, see the website ThoughtCast
Cameo - Media Mogul Murdoch
Elaine McCarthy describes the world’s most powerful media mogul, Rupert Murdoch.
Cultural Horizons - Redtops v. Qualities
Can the printed press survive the digital era? Jean-Claude Sergeant shows that the outlook may not be as gloomy as one might fear: Fleet Street has proved capable of adapting before.
Yesterday - Prohibition
Didier Aubert takes a look back at the Roaring 20s and Prohibition in America, a tumultuous period that helped define the country’s mythos of good guys and gangsters.
Seasonal - Feasting, Fasting and Fun - Pancake Day, Mother’s Day and St Patrick
Paul Giggins gives us a refresher course on spring festivities.
Back to Literature – Dream & Drama: Studying A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Cédric Gauthier offers suggestions for helping students grasp the subtle intricacies between dream and drama in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
The Royal Shakespeare Company provides excellent tips for Exploring Midsummer Night’s Dream . You can find Henry Fuseli’s painting “Titania & Bottom” on the Tate’s site , and information about the Globe Theatre at BardWeb.
WORKSHEETS
Spring Festivals
Pancake Day (Young Learners – CM1/CM2)
Pupils will compare Mardi Gras festivities in France with Pancake Day in the U.K., and learn a traditional song and a recipe for pancakes.
St Patrick’s Soda Bread (Lower Intermeidaite/A1+ A2)
For St Patrick’s Day, pupils will enjoy learning how to cook Irish Soda Bread and how to explain a simple, traditional family recipe to others.
Here is an additional activity about the origins of St Patrick's Day.
Saint Patrick’s Day in Chicago (Lower Intermediate A2)
Pupils will be introduced to Irish immigration to the USA and listen to an easy interview about how St Patrick’s Day is celebrated in Chicago.You can find a short presentation of St Patrick’s Day in the USA from History.com
Prohibition
Alcohol? No Way… (Lower Intermediate- Intermediate/A2-B1)
In this worksheet, an introduction to Prohibition in the USA becomes a springboard to having pupils devise and create an anti-alcohol campaign.
The British Press
What’s the News? (Intermediate/A2-B2)
Pupils compare printed and online news sources and consider the future of the news.
The British Press (Intermediate/A2-B1+)
Comparing the same news item as portrayed in three different types of newspapers. The different articles are available from the sites of four different papers, Metro , The Sun , The Mirror and The Independent
Hispanics in America
Across the Border (Upper Intermediate/B1-B2)
Listening to a CNN news report as an introduction to the topic of illegal immigration to the USA.
The Freedom Writers ancre2 (Intermediate/B1-B1+)
Reading and analysing diary excerpts written by underprivileged Latino teens in southern California lead into reciting slam poetry and students writing their own diary entries, as well as working on the film trailer http://www.freedomwriters.com/.
Here is an MP3 reading of the slam on the worksheet.
TOP OF THE CLASS
New publications, calendar, special events and news briefs, including a review of the film American Teen. See the trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqDG4UDeFoQ and an interview (in English, with French sub-titles) with Antonio Campos, the 25-year-old director of the film Afterschool set in a private East Coast boarding school that could be considered the diametrical opposite of the school in Freedom Writers. Go to allocine.fr http://allocine.fr then search “Antonio Campos”.
Transcripts
New Standpoints Live Transcripts
Resource File
Answers to Worksheets; complementary information for articles
Aitchison, J. (2001) Language Change: Progress or decay? (3rd ed.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Bachman, L. F. (1999) Fundamental Considerations in Language Testing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Davies et al (1999) Dictionary of Language Testing. Cambridge University Press.
Crystal. D. (2000) Language Death. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Jenkins, J. (2003) World Englishes: a resource book for students. Routledge.
Kunnan, A. J. (2000). Fairness and justice for all. In A. J. Kunnan (Ed.), Fairness and validation in language assessment (pp. 1-13). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Kunnan, A. J. (2004). Test fairness. In M. Milanovic & C. Weir (Eds.), European Language Testing in a Global Context. [Studies in Language Testing 18].
(pp. 27-48). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Phillipson, R. (1992) Linguistic imperialism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Taylor, L. (2008, in press) Language varieties and their implications for testing and assessment. In L. Taylor and C. J. Weir (eds) Multilingualism and Assessment. Cambridge: CUP.Trudgill, P. and Hannah, J. (1994) International English: a guide to varieties of standard English (3rd edn). London: Edward Arnold.
Weir, C. J. (2005) Language Testing and Validation: an evidence-based approach. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
ARTICLES et LIENS
ARTICLES
Latest in Learning - Assessing Englishes…
As English has developed into Englishes, Dr Lynda Taylor, from Cambridge ESOL, raises the question of whether teachers and testers can set fair, appropriate standards for assessing language learners. Click for the bibliography.
In the Field - L’évaluation au plus juste
Hélène Klucik et Fabienne Receptor proposent une démarche permettant aux professeurs d’élaborer leurs propres grilles, afin d’en faire des outils à la fois rigoureux et flexibles. Vous pouvez télécharger ici les grilles d'évaluation d'interaction orale niveau B1 and B2 Celles-là et d’autres sont disponibles sur le site de l’académie de Paris
Interaction - La pédagogie ou la liberté
Claudine Martina continue d'explorer le monde étrange des habitudes pédagogiques. Dans ce deuxième volet, elle remet en cause la séance de corrigé de devoir et la notion de moyenne trimestrielle.
To the Point - Freedom Writers
New Standpoints’ exclusive interview with Erin Gruwell, whose book about her experience teaching in a school in a disadvantaged area in southern California, The Freedom Writers, was made into a film with Hillary Swank. Ms Gruwell has since created the Freedom Writers Foundation The worksheet (ancre2, ci-dessous svp) is based on the film trailer, available at freedomwriters.com
Panorama - Latinos and the changing patterns of immigration in the USA
Hispanics make up a composite community in the USA: different origins and different generations, yet all united by the American Dream. Mario Menendèz explains their role in American society and the difficulties they may encounter. For the fill text of the interview with the “provocative” (some say “reactionary”) Samuel Huntington that is excerpted on p. 15, see the website ThoughtCast
Cameo - Media Mogul Murdoch
Elaine McCarthy describes the world’s most powerful media mogul, Rupert Murdoch.
Cultural Horizons - Redtops v. Qualities
Can the printed press survive the digital era? Jean-Claude Sergeant shows that the outlook may not be as gloomy as one might fear: Fleet Street has proved capable of adapting before.
Yesterday - Prohibition
Didier Aubert takes a look back at the Roaring 20s and Prohibition in America, a tumultuous period that helped define the country’s mythos of good guys and gangsters.
Seasonal - Feasting, Fasting and Fun - Pancake Day, Mother’s Day and St Patrick
Paul Giggins gives us a refresher course on spring festivities.
Back to Literature – Dream & Drama: Studying A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Cédric Gauthier offers suggestions for helping students grasp the subtle intricacies between dream and drama in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
The Royal Shakespeare Company provides excellent tips for Exploring Midsummer Night’s Dream . You can find Henry Fuseli’s painting “Titania & Bottom” on the Tate’s site , and information about the Globe Theatre at BardWeb.
WORKSHEETS
Spring Festivals
Pancake Day (Young Learners – CM1/CM2)
Pupils will compare Mardi Gras festivities in France with Pancake Day in the U.K., and learn a traditional song and a recipe for pancakes.
St Patrick’s Soda Bread (Lower Intermeidaite/A1+ A2)
For St Patrick’s Day, pupils will enjoy learning how to cook Irish Soda Bread and how to explain a simple, traditional family recipe to others.
Here is an additional activity about the origins of St Patrick's Day.
Saint Patrick’s Day in Chicago (Lower Intermediate A2)
Pupils will be introduced to Irish immigration to the USA and listen to an easy interview about how St Patrick’s Day is celebrated in Chicago.You can find a short presentation of St Patrick’s Day in the USA from History.com
Prohibition
Alcohol? No Way… (Lower Intermediate- Intermediate/A2-B1)
In this worksheet, an introduction to Prohibition in the USA becomes a springboard to having pupils devise and create an anti-alcohol campaign.
The British Press
What’s the News? (Intermediate/A2-B2)
Pupils compare printed and online news sources and consider the future of the news.
The British Press (Intermediate/A2-B1+)
Comparing the same news item as portrayed in three different types of newspapers. The different articles are available from the sites of four different papers, Metro , The Sun , The Mirror and The Independent
Hispanics in America
Across the Border (Upper Intermediate/B1-B2)
Listening to a CNN news report as an introduction to the topic of illegal immigration to the USA.
The Freedom Writers ancre2 (Intermediate/B1-B1+)
Reading and analysing diary excerpts written by underprivileged Latino teens in southern California lead into reciting slam poetry and students writing their own diary entries, as well as working on the film trailer http://www.freedomwriters.com/.
Here is an MP3 reading of the slam on the worksheet.
TOP OF THE CLASS
New publications, calendar, special events and news briefs, including a review of the film American Teen. See the trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqDG4UDeFoQ and an interview (in English, with French sub-titles) with Antonio Campos, the 25-year-old director of the film Afterschool set in a private East Coast boarding school that could be considered the diametrical opposite of the school in Freedom Writers. Go to allocine.fr http://allocine.fr then search “Antonio Campos”.
Transcripts
New Standpoints Live Transcripts
Resource File
Answers to Worksheets; complementary information for articles
Aitchison, J. (2001) Language Change: Progress or decay? (3rd ed.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Bachman, L. F. (1999) Fundamental Considerations in Language Testing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Davies et al (1999) Dictionary of Language Testing. Cambridge University Press.
Crystal. D. (2000) Language Death. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Jenkins, J. (2003) World Englishes: a resource book for students. Routledge.
Kunnan, A. J. (2000). Fairness and justice for all. In A. J. Kunnan (Ed.), Fairness and validation in language assessment (pp. 1-13). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Kunnan, A. J. (2004). Test fairness. In M. Milanovic & C. Weir (Eds.), European Language Testing in a Global Context. [Studies in Language Testing 18].
(pp. 27-48). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Phillipson, R. (1992) Linguistic imperialism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Taylor, L. (2008, in press) Language varieties and their implications for testing and assessment. In L. Taylor and C. J. Weir (eds) Multilingualism and Assessment. Cambridge: CUP.Trudgill, P. and Hannah, J. (1994) International English: a guide to varieties of standard English (3rd edn). London: Edward Arnold.
Weir, C. J. (2005) Language Testing and Validation: an evidence-based approach. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan