I'd like to guide you through some of the more useful websites and blogs available for use both in and out of class.
We'll start with websites for teachers. Click on any of the links to be taken to the websites.
Just for Teachers
- The British Council
This is a huge resource. It's full of practical ideas, lesson plans and articles on all things ELT.
- Breaking News English
EFL / ESL English Lesson Plans & Podcast for studying Current Events and News. Thousands of FREE 13-page, Ready-to-Print Handouts with Downloads & Quizzes. Keep up with the news and learn English - Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking.
- The Developing Teacher
Lots of articles and lesson ideas.
- Six Things
A miscellany of English language Teaching
- Humanising Language Teaching
An impressive archive of articles on various issues of language teaching and methodology as well as practical exercises aimed at primary kids, secondary teenagers and adult learners.
Tips, resources and teaching materials to help EFL and ESL teachers use ICT and new technology in the classroom.
- Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day
Award winning blog from an American with a lovely name.
- Teacher Training Videos by Russell Stannard
Step-by-step videos showing you how to use a range of ELT websites.
- Multimedia Training Videos by Russell Stannard
Step-by-step videos showing you how to use a range of software from Flash to Photoshop.
- Course Book Companion Websites
Straightforward
- Enchanted Learning
25,000 pages of material aimed at native speaker children, but there's some lovely stuff on dinosaurs, countries....Worth a look.
- Tefl Clips
A website dedicated to the possibilities for YouTube and other video sharing sites in the classroom. Every week a new lesson plan is uploaded.
- Wordle
Create beautiful word clouds.
Resources for Teachers and Students
- Data Driven Language learning
- Online Dictionaries
- Cambridge ESOL
Teacher support for the full Cambridge suite of exams, offering advice, lesson ideas and more.
Essential business culture guides for the international businessman. Lots of useful information on a host of countries.
Snippets of everyday conversation. Some of the content is truly bizarre.
Archive of native speaker recordings from around England and Wales (doesn't appear to have any Scottish or Northern Irish - not very British is it)
- Executive Planet
Essential business culture guides for the international businessman. Lots of useful information on a host of countries.
- Overheard Everywhere
Snippets of everyday conversation. Some of the content is truly bizarre.
- British Library Sound Recordings Archive
Archive of native speaker recordings from around England and Wales (doesn't appear to have any Scottish or Northern Irish - not very British is it)
For Class?
To watch a video tutorial showing how to use this, click here
- Hero Machine
Create and publish your own Super Hero
- Bombay TV
Produce your very own subtitles to accompany a Bollywood film.
- Dvolver
Make your own film. No experience necessary.
Games
- British Council - Kids Games
Lots of fun language games for kids (and some adults).
- 20 Questions
The classic game of twenty questions - online.
- Gwap
Language games to play online against other players around the world. There are 6 to choose from.
Homework?
- Learn English - British Council
Huge website with a wealth of information and activities.
- BBC Learn English
Massive website and constantly up-dated. Grammar, vocabulary, news - you name it!
- Nik's Daily English Activities
http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/
More listening practice than you can shake a stick at.
If you still need to shake a stick at some listening, try this.
Still want to shake that stick. As you can probably guess from the title it features plenty of North American accents.
Does exactly what it says on the tin. You listen to a news item and write. Online dictation. Updated regularly. Students love it!
Wonderful site that can help students with their speaking / pronunciation. Try it. Loved by all students that have tried it.
Students can enjoy a wide range of fun resources, specifically designed to help them improve their pronunciation and knowledge of phonetics.
Online practice from the people that brought you the book.
A site aimed at the more autonomous students out there
- Podcasts in English (PIE)
More listening practice than you can shake a stick at.
- English Listening Online
If you still need to shake a stick at some listening, try this.
- Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Still want to shake that stick. As you can probably guess from the title it features plenty of North American accents.
- Listen and Write
Does exactly what it says on the tin. You listen to a news item and write. Online dictation. Updated regularly. Students love it!
- English Central
Wonderful site that can help students with their speaking / pronunciation. Try it. Loved by all students that have tried it.
- Phonetics Focus - Cambridge English Online
Students can enjoy a wide range of fun resources, specifically designed to help them improve their pronunciation and knowledge of phonetics.
- Ship or Sheep
Online practice from the people that brought you the book.
- New English File - Student Site
Students can learn more here with interactive exercises, useful downloads, games, and weblinks. Practise their grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, and reading, and have some fun too.
Exam Focus
Exam practice for FCE,CAE and CPE
Practice for TOEFL, IELTS, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CAE and more.
- Exam English
Practice for TOEFL, IELTS, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CAE and more.
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