Friday, September 19, 2014

Talks for Teachers teaching English at Grades 7-9 in Guangzhou and Shenzhen

2014-9-18/19      4 talks for teachers teaching English at Grade 7-9 levels. The 3 talks at Guangzhou organised by the Teaching and Research Institute, Guangzhou. The talk at Shenzhen organised by the Teaching and Research Institute, Shenzhen. Attendance at each talk: About 450 teachers
  • Reading and Listening as Input: Effective teaching strategies (Guangzhou)
  • Speaking and Writing as Output: Strategies for effective teaching (Guangzhou)
  • Culture and Reading: Conceptions and Teaching Strategies (Guangzhou and Shenzhen)

Two useful desktop apps for IPA transcription

 There are now a few mobile apps for turning an orthographic text into an IPA phonetic text. But in practice, we will more likely use a desk...