* Blog 015 - "New Word" Candidates Related to "Blog"

New words enter mainstream English not as a torrent but as a trickle...a trickle that never ceases. "Blog" is a word that made it about four years ago. Other words associated with "Blog" are now candidates. Words like "Blogger", "Blogging", "V-Blog", "Audioblog", "Videoblog". There are even more candidates that can be imagined. Some are nouns, others verbs, adjectives or adverbs. Some may eventually denote something or connote a generally recognized idea, feeling or meaning.

Consider these randomly listed, potentially possible offspring, or potentially impossible "nonspring", of the "blog" word:

Mobileblog
Blogout
Moblog
Mymoblog
Myblo
Mblog
Blogav
Vlog
Blav
Myblog
Mymoblo
Blogness
Bloguity
Blogless
Blogic
Bloglessness
Blogization
Blogster
Blogiful
Blogister
Blogsister
Blogbro
Deblogged
unblogged
Eblog
Xblog
Blogon
Blogoff
Blogup
Blogin
dBlog
Blogshere
iBlog
Reblog
Anti-blog
Blogify
Blogification
Bloglessly
Blogly
Bloggy
Blogee
Bloguous
Blogation
Blogged
Blogist
Blogism
Blogistification
Bloggen
Blogive
Blogistity
Blognot
Blogination
Blogfree
yBlog
Blogistify
Bloggery
Blogland
Blogsy
Blogblog
Blablog
Blognify

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* Blog 014 HKEAA (Hong Kong Examination and Assessment Authority) supports Self-Access Learning

By the way, HKALE stands for "Hong Kong Advanced Level Examinations", which are administered by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA).

Although the HKEAA has no connection whatsoever to this blog, its pronouncements about self-access learning are instructive. In the words of the HKEAA

"...learners at senior secondary level should be encouraged to move towards autonomy and independence. Teachers should see self-access learning as an integral part of students' learning experience. They should make an effort to integrate classroom and independent learning when planning and designing their English programmes. In the learning process, teachers can help learners to:

- learn how to learn;
- Make choices as to what, when and how they want to learn..."

HKEAA and the Curriculum Development Council


With these words in mind, hopefully this developing blog, modest in scale, will join many other resources in supporting self-access ESL learning for Intermediate level ESL students in particular, and for others seeking similar self-access resources.

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* Blog 013 ESL - 170 More... General English Listening Exercises

--Here is another useful 24/7 source of free, online, diverse, relevant, streaming, general English listening comprehension exercises suitable for Intermediate level ESL students.

--170 simple, intermediate and academic level listening comprehension exercises, including pre-listening, listening, post-listening quizzes, self-scoring access and comprehension assessment transcripts.

--Supported by both Real Audio and Windows media. The spoken English is clear and authentic. Some of the exercises are very short ( 2 minute conversations), so a daily 15 minute listening workout is possible.

--Why not try to work these exercises into the recurring section of your busy schedule? If you don't, you may be missing out !

Go here: http://www.esl-lab.com

Browse the site, then dive in...

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