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This site was created to represent something similar to Wikipedia, but offering "QUALITY" interesting facts about anything that could tickle your brain. There are many facts in this world that should be known by everyone. We are trying spread the word about all the good and bad things that might interest you. If you are interested in particular fact please do not hesitate to send us your research about it.

"The KKCL ELT podcast is for anyone interested in English Language Teaching and Teacher Training. We discuss a different topic each episode and have regular interviews with English teachers, teacher trainers and writers from around the world."

Teach Copyright is a great website where teachers and students can learn about interesting questions about  copyright, technology, and law.

#1 site for strange facts, weird tidbits and fun useless information. These facts could be used as a starter of a class to raise the interest level of a class, maybe.

Vocab Videos was developed by education experts interested in creating a revolutionary vocabulary system for students and educators. The system brings together memorable videos--featuring 500 key SAT vocabulary words--and cutting edge learning tools, from digital quizzes to a multimedia flashcard maker, to create an engaging and fun vocabulary learning solution.  

"TubeChop allows you to easily chop a funny or interesting section from any YouTube video and share it."

"EnglishForEveryone.org is your resource for printable English worksheets. On the left of this page you will find an index containing hundreds of quality teaching materials. To open a PDF file for printing, simply click on the topic of your choice then select the desired worksheet from the links on that page. You are welcome to use any of the materials on this website without asking permission, granted that our strict copyright policy is respected. If you'd like to thank us, please tell your friends about this website and consider linking to our web pages (see our Terms of Use to learn how). We appreciate your interest and support, and hope you find our materials to be beneficial for use in the classroom or at home. "

"PopuLLar is a European Union,  funded, innovative, education project designed to harness music, the primary social interest of secondary school students, in to their language learning. There is a huge need to motivate secondary school students, in particular, to learn languages, focus digital competencies and be creative; and music is the key. The project will ask students to write their own lyrics to songs of their choice. They will then translate their songs in to the target language they are learning, The students will then record their song (audio or video) and share it with students all over Europe. Students will be able to combine their love of music, with creativity, literacy, digital competencies, group collaboration and, most importantly, use LWULT languages. PopuLLar is a project that is 'Owned' by the students, they work autonomously and collaboratively, teachers are guides to the project process. The project will create to enable the project to be replicated autonomously: ■    Sample guides and videos ■    A replicability package for teachers ■    A community space for productions ■     A repository of examples of the use of music in language       education There is no limit to the number of schools that can use the project."

I'd like to put your interest on our Language app Vocabla. It's a free learning platform created to help non-native English speakers to improve and memorize their vocabulary by making their own words databases, taking tests, compete withe each other, and learn how to pronounce English words. You can learn English words using native translations. By this far, our platform is available in Spanish, Portuguese. Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic, Russian, Turkish and Polish and is constantly evolving. It is a web app, also available for mobile devices - iOS, iPad, Android devices. It's also available as a plugin, which is a cool way to learn new vocabulary. Sign up and add the patch to your browser. After that you Translate English words using double-click on any word to get a translation or an explanation. You can test your knowledge and learn new words while you read an article or surf the net. Thank you, and have a great day!