Official events photography courtesy Photographers’ Gallery, Holt, Norfolk. Used with kind permission.
Sian Croose & Big Sky
Hugh Lupton - Storyteller
Big Sky Choir - Warming Up
Big Sky Choir - Warming Up
Hugh Lupton - Backstage
Alan Childs, Trustee of English Banana Trust, and Matt Purland
Glyn Purland, Chair of English Banana Trust
About the Class:
In this free class for teachers of ESL (English as a Second Language) we will look at how to get great results in an ESL class using the Talk a Lot Method. We will discuss some examples of student work that has been produced using this method, and you will have the opportunity to tell us about your teaching practice.
You can sign up for the class below:
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/830928-free-teacher-training-class-for-esl-teachers-1
You can now download our latest free MP3 audio lesson, entitled “You are the Course Book!” It was a really fun session on WizIQ.com this week, so I hope that you will get a lot out of it. Any feedback is of course very welcome!
If you do, we’d love to hear from you! Mobile internet is where it’s at right now (and where it’s increasingly going to be) and we would like to create a simple app that allows teachers and students to quickly find and download English Banana.com resources.
Please contact us if you are able to help with this project. Thank you! Click here to contact us.
English Banana.com features a wealth of free worksheets and resources for teaching and learning English, and everything is covered by our free licences! Click here for full details. People are free to do what they want to with the materials, and they are doing just that, if the recent examples listed in this post are anything to go by!
Example 1 – Material from Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 has been used to make online quizzes:
http://www.allthink.com/v/taletown/
http://www.allthink.com/v/talefooddrink/
http://www.allthink.com/v/shopping/
http://www.allthink.com/v/healthyhealth/
http://www.allthink.com/v/taletransport/
Example 2 – Material from various English Banana.com workbooks has been used to make online quizzes for this Polish website:
http://www.maximus.pl/dl-cwiczenia_gramatyczne-114.html
http://www.maximus.pl/dl-pisownia_i_ortografia-118.html
http://www.maximus.pl/dl-rozumienie_czytanego_tekstu-121.html
http://www.maximus.pl/dl-slownictwo_angielskie-113.html
http://www.maximus.pl/dl-wiedza_ogolna-119.html
Example 3 – A teacher from Jakarta, Indonesia has built a web page using material from Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1:
http://mr-bejo.com/page/44540/unit-2.html
We’re loving the way that you are being creative and using English Banana.com materials online (as well as in your classes offline!)… It is fantastic that people feel able to use the materials in this way. They are there to be used, so… go on! The world is your lobster! 🙂
You are very welcome to join me for my next FREE online lesson on WizIQ.com next Tuesday evening at 8pm CET:
For full details, please click here:
Our “Big Sky” fundraising event went really well on Saturday night. Thanks to everybody who took part, including the performers Big Sky Choir, storyteller Hugh Lupton, and wildlife photographer David Tipling. Thanks as well to the hard-working team of people who made it possible, including the English Banana Trustees, other volunteers, and the professional, kind, and helpful staff at Cathedral.
A packed crowd gathered in the new Hostry centre at Norwich Cathedral to be enthralled, educated, and above all entertained! First we heard all about David Tipling’s recent visit to Papua New Guinea, and how the relationship between people and birds there is really quite unique. After a short break we were thoroughly spoilt by the wonderful singing of Norfolk choir Big Sky and the amazing, mesmerising tales of Hugh Lupton. A wonderful evening was enjoyed by all, and money was raised towards this year’s English Banana Trust Free Summer School for English teachers.
Norwich Cathedral.
David Tipling's Presentation
Big Sky Choir - warming up!
