Learners of English

Learners of English blog goes belly up!

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 18:28:00 +0000

This blog project has been discontinued. So, if you are interested in reading more about ELT (English Language Teaching) or if you are an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) student, please visit my other blogs at:

http://blog.marcosgazzana.com/ and or http://blog.followenglish.com/

Canvas - Great online tool for teachers

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:41:00 +0000

Check out this great online tool for teachers called Canvas. http://www.instructure.com/ . I have been using it with some of my students and it is great!

"Canvas gives teachers the tools they need to not just manage their students, but also to lead a collaborative learning experience. The interface is uncluttered and efficient, with the options teachers need to customize their teaching environment." (Source: Instructure site)

Watch the video below to learn the basics..

Vezzle

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:31:00 +0000

Finding images that you and your students can reuse for digital presentations can sometimes be a tricky process. Veezzle is an image search engine that should bring some clarity to that process. An image search on Veezzle will yield results that contain only royalty-free, free stock images.

Lexicalist

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:27:00 +0000

A demographic dictionary of Modern American English. Check out where and who use the words you want to know more about.. Quite interesting!

http://www.lexicalist.com/

Diagram online app

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:52:00 +0000

Gliffy is a new online diagram application. You can create, save and share your diagrams. It's neat! So if you are looking for a user-friendly, ready-to-go app, check it out!

English experts

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:13:00 +0000

A guide for brazilians who want to learn English from home. There are loads of materials and tips on how to learn.

http://www.englishexperts.com.br/

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Podcasts for elementary students

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:07:00 +0000

Here is the link to podcasts for elementary students by the British Council!

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/elementary-podcasts

The new wave in communication

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:52:00 +0000

Google Wave has come to become the new fever on the web. Watch this video to learn about some of the features of this new Google application which is promising to change our views about e-mails..

Forvo

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:40:00 +0000

At Forvo.com you can find "all the words in the world pronounced". Forvo is a pronunciation guide which includes several languages. Interesting site, anyone can make contributions.

Check it out!

Translation tool

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:23:00 +0000

Check out this nice translation tool. Several languages supported!

http://translito.com/

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Another super fast dictionary

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:30:00 +0000

Another very fast online dictionary... http://www.defineitfast.com/find/ . I like it because you type in your word search and get the results straight away. Check it out!

WordSift

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:36:00 +0000

Check out this cool link! Paste any text into the field and click "Sift". You can find out which are the key words of your text.

www.wordsift.com

New fast online dictionary

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:25:00 +0000

Check out this nice dictionary.. Its special feature is that it is fast!!!

http://definr.com/

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How technology has changed us

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:19:00 +0000

It's so true!!! In the early 1990s there were still people who didn't have a remote control...

English Language Podcast at full throttle

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:22:00 +0000

English Language Podcast is running at full throttle. There are 3 episodes available as well as two posts on how to make use of it. The address in case you don't have it is...

http://englishlanguagepodcast.blogspot.com/

Job interviews - What you should not do!

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:19:00 +0000

Things you should never do in a job interview...

Also, check out this article from Office Arrow about what not to do in a job interview.

English Language Podcast official launch

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:55:00 +0000

Check out the podcast by clicking the link below!!!

Podcast - another test

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:01:00 +0000

I'm still running some tests on how to embed an mp3 player both on the reader and on the blog before I officially launch the podcast...

Podcast address

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:58:00 +0000

My new podcast is almost up and running. Now I'm testing how to post to mp3 files so that they play in the reader. Let's see!!

Download mp3 file

Podcast launch

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:05:00 +0000

I will be launching a podcast in English soon...

http://englishlanguagepodcast.blogspot.com/

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Podcasting

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:20:00 +0000

Ever wondered how podcasting works? This video explains podcasting in plain English.

What is RSS???

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:23:00 +0000

Earth Hour 2009

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:42:00 +0000

More than 80 countries, more than 2,000 cities have already joined the campaign against global warming!!! Switch off your lights on Saturday 28 March at 8:30 PM.

Watch the video below for more info...

Carnival in Brazil

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:40:00 +0000

Some say in... Brazil the year starts after Carnival.

Hail 2009!

marcosgazzana@gmail.com (by Marcos Gazzana) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:50:00 +0000

Back to posting! Hopefully another year of learning and personal development to all of us. My first tip for learning is to use the podcasts available for free on the Internet. Two sites I like very much are the following.

http://www.listen-to-english.com/

http://www.english-at-home.com/

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