by Marcel Negrete | Dec 20, 2013 | English Forward, English Forward Blog
As a follow-up to last week’s post on using phone apps, I wanted to share some recent research from the Pew’s Hispanic Trends Project on the use of the internet and mobile devices. The study found increases in recent years in the use of technology among different...
by Marcel Negrete | Dec 13, 2013 | English Forward, English Forward Blog
A few months back I wrote a blurb for the English Forward newsletter about Goodwill’s GCF LearnFree site and their new video dictionary. The dictionary is a series of short, engaging videos to illustrate a 1,000 of English’s most common words. To make the...
by Marcel Negrete | Nov 14, 2013 | English Forward, English Forward Blog
The impact of using color has been a hot topic at English Forward lately. Ann Ritter of Crawford Country Volunteers for Literacy asks about ways to use color more effectively in the classroom. Great question, Ann! Many of us use color to organize information on...
by Marcel Negrete | Nov 6, 2013 | English Forward, English Forward Blog
How often have your heard that it’s easier for children to learn a new language than it is for adults? Don’t despair that you’ll never be able to learn Spanish to talk with your students or take that trip to Barcelona. There have been some studies suggesting that...
by Marcel Negrete | Oct 30, 2013 | English Forward, English Forward Blog
English Forward has been busy at work creating new resources to make teaching easier. Our latest edition is the release of our Thanksgiving Lesson Plan on the Timely Lessons page – just in time for the fast approaching holiday season. In the lesson,...
by Marcel Negrete | Oct 30, 2013 | English Forward, English Forward Blog, Timely Lesson Plans
In this lesson, students learn about Thanksgiving and get the chance to talk with their classmates about the things they are thankful for in their lives. Download Lesson
