ELI Websites

Interesting infographic about "how Americans spend their time". Depending on your Pathways book, it could tie in very well, especially the "Life in a Day" unit (Level 3? Can't remember). Plus it would support the focus on visual literacy that Pathways (and research) is focusing on as a critical 21st century student/workplace skill.

A very cool site that lets you "explore" various national parks with beautiful AV support. Looks like it would be an excellent supplement to the Pathways books.

Op-docs is a series of video interviews (some animated, some filmed, whatever) that are, obviously, opinion pieces. They're not terrible long (from about 5 minutes to 15 minutes) and cover a wide variety of topics. They would probably be a good resource for Level 5 and 6 teachers. The speaking, while mostly native speakers, was not incredibly fast. They also could be used as resources for combining ideas from multiple resources.

Free reading excepts on a variety of topics, organized by lexical level and accompanied by questions, discussions, and teacher activities. Probably best for Level 5 / Level 6 / advanced students

Free reading excepts on a variety of topics, organized by lexical level and accompanied by questions, discussions, and teacher activities. Probably best for Level 5 / Level 6 / advanced students

Simon's cat -- always wordless and usually funny videos for students to watch and describe in writing, speaking, etc.

Fun wordless cute video. Student could describe the video in writing / speaking or whatever other creative activities you can think of doing with it.

Cool collection of short videos that might fit well with Pathways curriculum. Accessible to Level 3(?) and up

Game based practice for vowel & consonant sounds using the IPA. Would need to know IPA in order to use. Good teacher training website as well if you need to learn the IPA. Free but if students register they can track their progress.

Lots of interactive reading / video activities with interactive exercises. Readings are leveled according to Common European Framework. Good computer lab resource. For addition reading selections, use this link: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading-skills-practice

Short video (5 minutes) with study tips. Not necessarily new but I got some ideas about activities that have students "teach" the material. Level 5 & Level 6 students might be able to watch and understand. Would be a good session intro video / ideas to work into (I know, we tell these to our students 100 times and they don't listen...maybe if they see a video on it from someone else & then is teacher reinforced, it might stick better?)

short, cute, basically wordless animated video students could describe in speaking / writing, etc.

Huge collection of sample essays organized by grade and style.

Lots of short videos (pulled from a full length movie) from interviews with people around the world. Very inspirational! Description from the website: What is it that makes us human ? Is it that we love, that we fight ? That we laugh ? Cry ? Our curiosity ? The quest for discovery ? Driven by these questions, filmmaker and artist Yann Arthus-Bertrand spent three years collecting real-life stories from 2,000 women and men in 60 countries. Working with a dedicated team of translators, journalists and cameramen, Yann captures deeply personal and emotional accounts of topics that unite us all; struggles with poverty, war, homophobia, and the future of our planet mixed with moments of love and happiness.

NBC News has a ton of short (2-5 minute) videos on a wide variety of subjects (the brain, natural disasters, nanotechnology, the planet, etc.) For native speakers but probably useful for our higher levels. Could be a good resource for those of your looking for short video clips to go with the Pathways topics.

photos that comply with Creative Commons (copyright law). Free to download. Downloads also have automatic citations. Large library of pictures unlike many Creative Commons sites.

simple but memorable formula to help student answer questions with details and personal connections