rentrée sept 1998 pour les
profs d'anglais
Bonne Rentrée
1998
-1999 !
Make things as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert Einstein.
It's that time of the year again - new beginnings, new
ideas, new hopes, new goals, new faces,
new anticipations... the excitement of the beginning of another school year. Let's
go with it -
flow with the unexpected rhythms of the unknown, and hope for a satisfying,
challenging, exciting new school year. The future is now
!
My birthday Sept. 4th. See what I got
click
here
Lesson Plan
Teachers have always been looking for nice things
to start the year with! See this suggestion by teachers Ahuva Dotan and Rachel Rakovsky.
Dans les îles des Antilles, la rentrée se fait en saison
cyclonique...
The Weather Classroom - lesson
plans, experiments and hands-on activities that cover the hows, whys and wonders
of weather - from tornadoes to hurricanes, the water cycle to lightning. Weather
Glossary - Weather Terms
for Storm Spotters.
Children, Stress, and Natural Disasters - A Guide For Teachers
- this site has a teacher's guide and classroom activities
for helping children prepare for, survive and deal with a natural disaster.
Teacher Research
argot in egg - gin to garage - antirage go - o great gain -
iota anger - air an egg got - garage it not - Toni Garage - go in age tar - ate air
gong - Iran oat egg... -- some of the fuzzy anagrams for 'agrégation'
delivered by the Wordsmith
Anagram Machine.
Networks - first on-line journal dedicated to teacher
research.
A conference for teachers from
4th to 6th September by the British Council, on ESP - English for Specific Purposes. BBC English Production will
be putting the conference on the web, with reports on the sessions going up
throughout the three days. These reports will include audio, and video the following
week. It will be possible to email questions to the participants - and get answers...
Teaching To Standards, ou la machine à fabriquer des crétins... "If
students can memorize all the words to long rap songs they can learn to memorize
anything, but they need teachers who can teach without ditto sheets - teach to the
other intelligences and learning styles..."
Random Thoughts - the humanity of teaching. 'It's emotion that directs people--and
changes the world. It's not logic; it's not intellect; it's not information; it's
not knowledge; it's not learning. We all know in our heads what needs to be done,
but until it gets into our hearts nothing will happen. It's not until we have the
mist in our eyes; it's not until our breathe is taken away; it's not until our hearts
pound; it's not until our palms sweat; it's not until our muscles tighten; it's not
until our voices cracks; it's not until we feel a lump in our throats; it's not until
we have the passion and compassion that we are moved to moral and ethical action...'
from articles by Louis Schmier ('What it takes to be a teacher' - 'The classroom
is not a factory' - 'Our mission as educators'...).
TEACHER: How old were you on your last birthday?
STUDENT: Seven.
TEACHER: How old will you be on your next birthday? STUDENT: Nine.
TEACHER: That's impossible. STUDENT: No, it isn't, teacher. I'm eight today.
Pédagogie nouvelle,time management : "Les textes
officiels continuent d'édicter les temps à consacrer à chaque discipline...
et les enseignants à produire des emplois du temps respectant scrupuleusement
les durées indiquées et à introduire plus de souplesse dans leur pratique.
Cela conduit nécessairement à une situation où tout le monde fait
la même chose en même temps et cela interdit toute individualisation du
travail. Le contenu, compétences transversales et disciplinaires, de ce que
l'enfant doit apprendre est par ailleurs fixé par les "programmes".
Il y a fort à parier que personne ne s'est jamais soucié de la correspondance
entre les deux. D'ailleurs, le savoir est-il morcelable en disciplines cloisonnées?
Les enfants, dans leur différences ont-il besoin du même temps pour acquérir
le même savoir? Les textes eux-mêmes reconnaissent que non. Alors, pourquoi
garder cette division obsolète et dérisoire du temps qui empêche l'enseignant
d'inventer d'autres modes de fonctionnement ?... Les élèves qui sont scolarisés
chez eux, les gens qui suivent un enseignement par correspondance, les autodidactes
de tout poil n'ont pas cette contrainte du temps imposé. N'est-ce pas pour eux
un atout plus qu'un handicap?..."
Multi-age Classrooms
- "society is multi-age, families are multi-age, and we wanted the classrooms
to reflect real life..." - an experiment.
Getting
the attention of weak students.
"Less is more" is a tenet at
the heart of modern educational pedagogy, for we are promised that the declining
amount of classroom time spent on math and English will, somehow, produce students
who are better problem-solvers and communicators. More education spending does not
necessarily lead to better education...
American Airlines saved $40,000 in
1987
by eliminating one olive from each salad served first class!
The
"doing less" idea -
y a-t-il des tâches dont les élèves pourraient se charger à votre
place? Qu'y gagneraient-ils ?
Faire moins, intelligemment, permet à l'enseignant de renouveler ses méthodes
et de réduire sa charge de travail, tout en enrichissant l'apprentissage.
Giving Children Control -
an article by Zoe Donoahue.
Le CDI à l'heure d'Internet.
The art of memory.
TEACHER: Tommy, why do you always get so dirty?
TOMMY : Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground then you are!
Edujargon -
teachers pet phrases.
From Words to Stories
"Si l'apprentissage d'une langue étrangère qui
bouleverse les schémas mentaux est vécu comme une agression, tout le travail
de l'enseignant doit être de faire de cette langue étrangère un ensemble
vivant, porteur de sens et de communication." --Kathleen Julié, Enseigner
l'Anglais, Hachette Édu,1995.
English Games, and how to create
your own, using Java.
Vocabulary University - Vocabulary words and puzzles to help students or anyone
interested in increasing their vocabulary and skills.
Monolingual, bilingual or
semi-bilingual dictionaries ? One solution is better training of learners in
how to use monolingual dictionaries... A few practices.
Les exercices intéractifs de Lucy Georges, professeur agrégé d'anglais
au lycée Jacques Callot à Vandœuvre : grammaire
et exercice sur le discours indirect - exercices
intéractifs de type bac tiré d'un texte de Steinbeck. Dame Lucy souhaite
poursuivre l'expérience avec des collègues volontaires qui auraient des
idées, des sujets de bac, des exercices...
Treasure Island - a literature
unit for Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island." Activities, games
and tests in addition to character and plot discussions. Can be used in the classroom,
or as a model for creating other literature units...
Coca-Cola - a site
for students and teachers, includes games and quizzes...
Kids love mysteries - and these can be great for a sequence.
Jeu
de rôle en langues vivantes.
Writing Tips.
Creatng Portfolios - a file where your students put their important work for the year,
et que vous notez en fin d'année.
Essay
competition
Have your students try their hand at the Mercedes-Benz essay
contest : in 2,000 words or less take us on an adventure to an exotic island
or down a winding lane in the English countryside. This could be your ticket to the
Autobahn! Deadline for entry is Sep. 15, 1998. Sponsored by Mercedes-Benz of North
America Inc. and Lufthansa. Interesting guideline ideas, at least...
MOTHER: Why on earth did you swallow the money I gave you?
JUNIOR: You said it was my lunch money.
Keep
the class alive with music !
"...The music set the tone and calmed them as well as calming me. Sometimes
a student would stop working for a while and just listen to the music or sing along
with the tape, but it didn't bother me because I knew that that same pupil was finally
investing time in English studies. As the weeks went on, I would turn off the music
for ten minutes in order to "teach" something, and little by little I could
turn off the music for longer periods of time in order summarize a point or present
some new point, etc. Eventually, after about 4 months or so, I dispensed almost totally
with the music, but a learning environment had slowly been established and many students
starting feeling good about themselves.
No, it wasn't a utopia and problems in learning and behaviour did appear but it was
much easier to cope with the situation.... I can't guarantee that music with solve
all our problems, but my experience did strongly show me that while I may not always
have the "key" which opens the door for my pupils, it doesn't mean that
such a key doesn't exist or that all these pupils are "unteachable". The
tough part is finding that key, whether it be through chants, games, hikes, music,
computers sports or whatever...-Shneors Zatloff, ETNI
- an english Teachers Network.
Internet Resources for Music Teachers.
Whether you are a band, orchestra, or vocal/choir teacher, you will find web site
links that will enhance your class. Download songs, print folk melodies, teach a
four-lecture series on Jazz or join a music teacher organization.
English, Music and Song
page.
Collègue hispanisant-e? hisgéo?
Suggest Webspañol - a complete
website for Spanish language education and learning resources on the Internet.
Site des historiens-géographes
de Midi Pyrénées.
TEACHER: Ellen, give me a sentence starting with "I".
ELLEN : I is...
TEACHER: No, Ellen. Always say "I am." ELLEN : All right. "I am the
ninth letter of the alphabet."
Technical
WebWhacker is an offline browser
that allows you to download entire websites including graphics for offline browsing
just in case there is no internet connection at school or the connection doesn't
work right when you need it.
Talking of school
bag lunches and nutrition.
L'école à l'heure d'Internet
Using
the Internet for Research (FAQ)
Get your collègues anglicistes, principals (if they read English), and Inspectors
to read this article (actually a set of articles) on using computers and the Internet in American schools.
Les enjeux du multimédia dans l'éducation, guide pratique de Serge Pouts-Lajus
qui dirige l'Observatoire des technologies
pour l'éducation en Europe, et Marielle Riché-Magnier, expert auprès
de la Commission européenne dans le domaine du multimédia éducatif.
L'école doit
vivre avec son temps, nous dit-on, et l'heure est à Internet et au multimédia
: voilà qui légitimerait les politiques d'équipement des établissements
d'enseignement en ordinateurs et en accès aux réseaux de télécommunication
lancées en France et dans tous les pays d'Europe. Et pourtant, depuis près
de vingt ans que l'informatique a pénétré les écoles, les collèges
et les lycées, elle parvient mal à susciter la pleine adhésion des
enseignants.
Lycée Professionnel
Artistique Bourdelle de Montauban. - Association
Itinéraires.
Bonne page d'anglais technique - celle du CERN,
l'endroit ou est né le Web.
"Oh you better start swimmin'
or you'll sink like a stone,
for the times they are a-changin'..."
- Bob Dylan
Why worry ?
The preoccupation with safety and suvival
- reflection of an outlook of low expectations ? In a world obsessed with abuse,
stranger danger, disease and environmental damage, we are constantly told that we
are 'at risk' and urged to take greater precautions and seek more protection. Yet
the facts often fail to support the scare stories about new or growing risks to our
health and safety. So, why do we panic? And what does the predisposition always to
believe the worst about the human condition tell us about the society we live in
today?
The stupid Page
- this world is indeed full of stupid people, stories, signs,...
Teacher Tales - true stories from real classrooms.
And,
URL'S are passed on herewith without prejudice! I've not checked
all of them out, and make no guarantees that they are still there, or in fact ever
were. I take no responsibility for any loss, damage or waste of time in using them.
Sorry. But please do tell me if an URL turns out to be useless, or non-existent,
so that the information can be kept up-to-date!
Cliquez ici si
rien de tout cela ne vous a ému...
ou là !
Profs d'Anglais Langue
Seconde & Agrégation interne d'anglais
Top Competitive
Exam for Teachers Recruitment and Promotion in the French System
Septembre 1998
© Jean S. Sahaï 1996-1998.
HAROLD: Teacher, would you punish me for something I didn't
do?
TEACHER: Of course not.
HAROLD: Good, because I didn't do my homework!
