Wednesday, August 12, 2009

What's New 2009

While summer slowly closes its doors, schools across the country open theirs to a new year. Because we want this year to be your best yet, we've worked hard to make Imagine Learning English even better with new activities for students and functionality for teachers and administrators. Take a look at this sampling of new features below, click here for more information on these features, or click here to view an online demo.

Pick It Apart: How to Teach Word Parts and Why

Un. Re. In. Dis. Learn the meaning of these four prefixes, and you've just unlocked the meaning to over 1500 new words. It's no wonder vocabulary development experts, including Patricia M. Cunningham of the What Really Matters series, stress the importance of learning your prefixes and suffixes.

Teach and Enchant: Using Chants with English Language Learners

They’re jazzy. They’re catchy. And most importantly, they’re memorable. Jazz chants were developed by Carolyn Graham, an ESL expert from the American Language Institute at NYU, in order to reinforce language conventions and the proper intonation of English. Students learn lyrics quickly by connecting English's natural rhythm to a catchy jazz beat. And the lyrics stick.