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Nyhedsbrev om eksamen sommer 2011 (01/04 2011)

  • 1. Den mundtlige eksamen
  • - Den justerede bekendtgørelse
  • - Antallet af prøvespørgsmål
  • - Antallet af emner
  • - Udformningen af undervisningsbeskrivelsen
  • - Hjælpemidler
  • - Eksaminationen
  • - Censors opgaver
  • - Bedømmelsen
  • 2. Den skriftlige eksamen
  • 3. Orientering i eksamensperioden

100 words of English: How far can it get you? (31/03 2011)

  • England's Italian football manager Fabio Capello claims he can manage his players with just 100 words.
  • So how far could you get with a vocabulary of that size?
  • Despite his sometimes colourful language, communicating with Wayne Rooney does not require a Shakespearean command of English. That's just as well, as the England manager has admitted he's having problems learning some of the basics. "If I need to speak about the economy or other things, I can't speak," he told reporters. "But when you speak about tactics, you don't use a lot of words. I don't have to speak about a lot of different things. Maximum 100 words."
  • In Capello's defence, his vocabulary appears to be far wider than 100 words and it was probably a throwaway remark. But his comment raises an interesting question - how far could such a limited knowledge of English take you

Danskernes engelskkundskaber næsten helt i top (30/03 2011)

  • Voksne danskeres engelskkundskaber er i særklasse, viser ny international undersøgelse.
  • For første gang nogensinde påviser en international undersøgelse over voksnes færdigheder i engelsk, at de nordiske lande er i særklasse, når det drejer sig om engelskkundskaber.
  • Danmark er verdens tredjebedste nation til voksenengelsk, kun overgået af Norge og Holland på andenpladsen, fastslår undersøgelsen.

ICT - Whose idea was it anyway? (26/03 2011)

  • Students who plagiarise may simply not have been taught how to cite sources and lack understanding of academic integrity.
  • George Cole reports on how technology can help Plagiarism. The word conjures up visions of pupils deliberately copying other people's work and trying to pass it off as their own. But in reality, plagiarism is much more complicated.
  •  At its core, plagiarism involves using other people's thoughts, words or ideas without acknowledgement. But ignorance rather than dishonesty is often the main cause of plagiarism, says Victoria Clayton, head of ICT at Sherborne School in Dorset: "Students often don't know how to cite references."
  • Ms Clayton has created an academic integrity code for her school, which puts plagiarism, cheating and dishonesty into distinct categories.
  • Læs mere hos Times Educational Supplement
  • Og genhør Tom Lehrers sang 'Plagiarize'.

Journalists at Risk: Considering the Perils and Value of War Reporting (25/03 2011)

  • Why have journalists throughout history risked death to bring us living history?
  • What stories are worth risking one’s life for?
  • In this lesson, students perform monologues excerpted from first-person accounts by New York Times journalists who have experienced perilous situations in their pursuit of news.
  • They then analyze photographs taken by photojournalists covering war and other dangers, and discuss why some journalists risk danger and whether the value of what they report is worth that risk.

AT-inspiration: The Events in Libya: Using Reporting and Multimedia to Understand News (23/03 2011)

  • World History. Understands the search for community, stability and peace in an interdependent world
  • Geography. Understands that culture and experience influence people’s perceptions of places and regions - Understands the nature and complexity of Earth’s cultural mosaics - Understands the forces of cooperation and conflict that shape the divisions of Earth’s surface
  • Behavioral Studies. Understands that group and cultural influences contribute to human development, identity and behavior
  • Language Arts. Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the writing process - Gathers and uses information for research purposes.

Computer-algoritme afslører videnskabeligt plagiat (23/03 2011)

  • Gymnasier, universiteter og videnskabelige tidsskrifter opruster med algoritmer, der skal afsløre efterabere. Mange falder for fristelsen til at taste copy-paste, når de sidder foran computeren.
  • Teknologi skal gøre det sværere at pynte sig med lånte fjer og fuske sig til flotte titler. Fra videnskabens bund til top bliver der oprustet med computer-algoritmer, der skal hjælpe videnskabsfolk og videnskabsfolk in spe af med trangen til at trykke copy-paste.
  • Flere gymnasier bruger tjenesten Urkund til at finde plagiater. DTU har været i front med indførslen af programmet og i øjeblikket testes det på Handelshøjskolen, Aarhus Universitet.

Open Library (22/03 2011)

  • About the Project Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
  • Just like Wikipedia, you can contribute new information or corrections to the catalog. You can browse by subject, author or lists members have created. If you love books, why not help build a library?

20 Ways to Teach About the Disaster in Japan Across the Curriculum (16/03 2011)

  • Lesson Plan | Activities for history, language arts, geography, social studies, science and more, for helping students understand the impact and aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
  • Putting a Human Face on the Disaster
  • Are students having trouble comprehending the magnitude of what happened, and is happening, in Japan? One way to help them understand is by sharing individual stories, like those by Sandra Barron, David S. Abraham and Kumiko Makihara, along with the article “Quake Survivors Face a Landscape of Loss.” Students then write letters or postcards addressed to one of the disaster survivors they read about.

Tsunamibølge

Teaching Ideas: The Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan (12/03 2011)

  • An 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan on Friday, the strongest ever recorded in the country and one of the largest anywhere in the last century. The quake churned up a devastating tsunami that swept over cities and farmland in the northern part of the country and set off warnings as far away as the West Coast of the United States and South America.
  • Here are some ways to monitor this breaking news, along with some past lesson plans and other resources from The Times, the Learning Network and around the Web that can be adapted to help students understand earthquakes, tsunamis, the culture and history of Japan, disaster relief and related issues.

Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson poem chosen as Olympic Winning Words (12/03 2011)

  • A line from an Alfred Tennyson poem has been chosen to inspire athletes taking part in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  • "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield", from Ulysses, will be engraved as a permanent installation in the centre of the Olympic Village.
  • The public was invited to suggest inspiring poetry representing the values of the Olympic Games last year. Four other poems will also feature around the complex.
  • The selections were chosen by a panel which included Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, author Sebastian Faulks, poet Daljit Nagra and broadcasters Clare Balding and John Inverdale.
  • Reasons for nominating the Tennyson line emphasised its universal appeal including comments such as "it sums up the courage needed to live life to the full".

Jane catching Rochester's horse

Viewer, She Marries Him: Comparing ‘Jane Eyre’ in Literature and Film (11/03 2011)

  • In this lesson, students consider the themes and characters of Charlotte Brontë’s novel “Jane Eyre,” beginning with responding to key lines from the novel.
  • They then engage in one of seven activities designed to guide them to deeper reading of the text. Some of the activities involve considering one or more film adaptations, including a 2011 movie version.
  • Finally, they compare the life of someone they know, or themselves, with Jane Eyre.

Women's History Month (10/03 2011)

  • Women's History Month kan dateres tilbage til Marts 1857, hvor amerikanske kvinder protesterede over de dårlige arbejdsforhold på fabrikkerne i New York.
  • International Women´s Day blev først kendt i 1909, men ikke før 1987 blev måneden fastlagt som en national begivenhed, der proklameres af Præsidenten.
  • Facts om kvinder i USA.
  • Women of the World: 2010
  • Trends and Statistics
  • 300 Women who changed the World.
  • Women Writers
  • Læs mere på den amerikanske ambassades hjemmeside.

Irlandskursus gennemføres (09/03 2011)

  • Engelsklærerforeningens kursus til Belfast og Dublin gennemføres som planlagt.
  • Der var opstået tvivl om, hvorvidt det var muligt at gennemføre det med det tilmeldte antal deltagere, men efter forskellige konsultationer og ændringer er det nu med glæde, at arrangørerne kan fortælle, at kurset rent faktisk bliver til noget.
  • Det finder sted: 25. sept. – 1. oktober 2011.