Resources

PRONUNCIATION

I was browsing the internet looking for an online tool to help my students with the pronunciation of the -ed in the past participle and came across this fun -ED PRACTICE created on an online tool where you can create your own games. The drawback - it is only available on the App Store for iphone and ipad. Still, worth glancing through it.




READING AND READING LITERACY

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The entries on this dashboard have been completed in Spanish. The questions answered were part of an on online course on Reading Literacy held by the Ministry of Education of Spain. 

HOW TO RECORD AND SHARE AN AUDIO

Right, guys! no more excuses. Here's a very user-friendly tutorial on how to download Google Cloud Audio Recorder, how to record your speeches, summaries, songs, dialogues,... and share them with your teacher.



READING 


1. American English


This website offers teachers a myriad of resources to use in the ESL classroom, from reading texts, to audios, games and songs. They also give you the opportunity to participate in Webinars and forums for teachers.

2. Newsela


Newsela is an instructional content platform with plenty of update authentic content from articles to quizzes based on topics of interest which can be downloaded or assigned to students online.

 However, from my point of the view, the most outstanding feature of Newsela is that all the articles are differentiated , i.e. content is adapted to different levels of language knowledge as regards the lexicon and the number of words in the texts. So, if you like to plan your reading strategies paying attention to differentiation, this is your platform. And best of all, they are now offering free access to all their contents until the end of 2020. 😃

In the example below the students had to key in professions. The size of the word is related to the number of times the word was submitted by the group.

3.  Learning English VOA

It is a multimedia source of news and information for both teachers and learners of English.

It is ideal for learning English while listening, reading and answering comprehension questions. It is free and you don't need to sign up to have access to their activities.
Everybody loves mentimeter. It is an interactive presentation which enables students to be active and part of the lesson while they create word clouds, sentences, graphs, ...





In the activity below, students in pairs had to submit a sentence using the present perfect simple or continuous. One of the great things of this interactive app is that the sentences are anonymous therefore students do not feel embarrassed about their mistakes when the sentences are displayed on the board. The whole class proofreads the sentences and corrects mistakes.


2. Freerice

Freerice is an online game that donates grains of rice to the World Food Programme for every word or question that is correctly answered. It is free and students really enjoy it. 


LISTENING AND SPEAKING


1. At the restaurant

GRAMMAR

This link on articles is part of a Youtube channel, Learn English Lab, which offers free English lessons on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, accent, conversation skills and more. 

 I have been using his videos on Youtube for more than five years and students love them. The instructor gives very concise explanations, speaks slowly and clearly so it is easy for students to follow him. I am grateful to him for sharing his lessons with other netizens.

3. The Article: practice


This PDF is part of a series of free downloadable PDFs on English grammar that can be found at https://www.english-grammar.at/, a website with over 100 worksheets and online activities to practise English grammar and vocabulary ideal for teachers and students since all their exercises come with an answer key.


If you have ever dreamt of having a myriad of conditional sentences to practise their formation, this is the link that will make your dream come true.



WRITING 

1. Formal emails


  • Every teacher knows about https://.britishcouncil.org;  however, I still want to include it on this page because it is a good resource for teachers and for students. 



2. Macmillan Business

This website has plenty of free downloadable prompts for writing business emails.

3. Digital narrative and storytelling


Digital narrative and storytelling is a Prezi presentation with strategies to teach and implement writing in the classroom using digital technologies. 



DIGITAL WRITING


This link shows how several digital resources can be used at the same time in in education.


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