🤖 Quazel 🤖

Speaking a new language can be intimidating, especially when you're worried about others critiquing your accent. Students can practice speaking English, while having a conversation with their new AI friend: Quazel. Quazel uses artificial intelligence to analyze how you speak and responds to what you say. Each conversation starts with a new scenario, users click the microphone icon to offer a response. The conversation can last as long as the user wants, with a maximum of 10 minutes. There are currently 21 language supported by Quazel including English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Chinese, Russian, and Portuguese. 

ISTE Technology Standards for Students 1.1.c.: Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their leaning in a variety of ways.

Breaking News English publishes two new current event articles each week, covering global news stories. Each article is written at four different reading levels and comes with vocabulary activities.

Prefix.pdf

Prefix Posters

20 prefixes make up approximately 97% of the prefixed English words used in American schools. The prefix “un” is used in 26% of all prefixed words. “Re” accounts for 14% of all prefixed words. Research has shown that even teaching secondary students the 9 most common prefixes will improve student vocabulary learning (Stahl, 1999). The poster PDF to the left is ready for print and lamination, a great start to your prefix instruction. The 9 most common prefixes, after “un” and “re”:


3. im, in, il, ir (not)—11%

4.  dis (not, opposite of)—7%

5. en, em (cause to)—4%

6. non (not)—4%

7. in, im (into)—3%

8. over (too much)—3%

9. mis (wrongly)—3%

Science teacher, Dr. Fabio Di Salvo, has graciously created and freely shared on Twitter his science root word cards/posters, created for his non-English speaking students.  Twitter handle: @fabdisalvo. Linked below, they're the inspiration for the prefix cards I created using Canva above.