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• WebList - The place to find the best web lists on the web

  Tags: weblist, aggregator, list, Bookmark, lists

  • Create a list you can easily share with your friends using a single URL.
    A list can include anything from a collection of web pages, images, documents, videos and
    more. Still have questions?

• Pollmo Polls - The simplest polls on the web

  Tags: poll, survey, polls, polling, pollmo

• YouTube - ISTE 2011 Opening Keynote: Dr. John Medina (full-length)

  ISTE keynote looks to the next generation of teaching software that "reads" students

  Tags: iste11, keynote, teaching, learning, web2.0, education, tools, resources

  • - By andrew bendelow

• ALIS Newsletter - June 2011

  Abeywickrama, Priyanvada. (2011). The validity of nonnative speaker input in listening comprehension tests. [TESOL] Applied Linguistics Interest Section Newsletter (June 2011).

  Tags: ALIS, applied linguistics, attitudes, IELTS, languages, linguistics, listening, native varieties, nonnative varieties, performance, skills, testing, tests, TESOL, TOEFL

  • - By Paul Beaufait
  • Test performance data in this study suggest that nonnative
    varieties of English can be used as listening test input while attitude
    questionnaire results go counter.
  • These findings support most of the previous research in
    this area.
  • Until research shows that the use of nonnative English as input
    is irrelevant to the construct of listening, we may be unable to use
    such input in testing, especially in high-stakes tests such as TOEFL and
    IELTS.
  • As nonnative speech gains recognition among language users
    and test takers, we hope the attitudes and perceptions toward the use of
    these varieties of English will change.

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