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If you thought learning was confined to the classroom, think again. We love what we do in English Language Teaching (ELT) at Pearson, because we get to work in lots of different types of classrooms around the world, from Asia to Latin America, from everyday state schools to Private Language Schools (PLS). Everyday we look at ways of combining content, assessment, technology and services to help all teachers and students across the world teach, learn and practise their English skills. Take a look at our Catalogue, Classroom Resources, ELTCommunity and Professional Development area - all designed to support teachers and help them enjoy their work. We believe in all kinds of learning, delivered at any time, in any place through materials of the highest quality, enabling you to achieve your English learning and teaching goals.

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"Use Learnist to share what you know and learn new things. Create Learn Boards on topics you understand and add learnings by pointing to videos, blogs, images and documents on the web."

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Adaptive learning has been a hot topic in recent months, and with Knewton it's something that any teacher can access and use. The site personalizes online learning content for each student according to his or her needs.

"The idea behind the Polyglot Project is simple. We want to help you get fluent in whatever language you're trying to learn. And we believe the best way to get fluent in a foreign language is to put in time exposing yourself to that language as it's actually used by native speakers. Here, we've pulled together a library of foreign language content for you to work with, starting with classic literature from all over the world. You can work on your Italian by reading Dante's Inferno, or your Spanish by reading Don Quijote, or choose any other language and learn it from the best writers that language has to offer. Dive in to the library to start learning"

"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."

"Learn English online with the help of this free website brought to you by the British Council and Barclays Premier League. Communicate in two of the world's global languages - English and football. Every section of the site has something to help you learn English. Play vocabulary games in Fun and practise your reading with stories on and off the pitch. Watch videos with exercises, do listening activities and grammar exercises.   We have a special section for Teachers with lesson plans and classroom resources. The Coaches section provides information on the Premier Skills courses around the world."

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.  

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!

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"Listen to English and learn English with pie - the podcast site for learners and teachers of English."

"Learn to sing folk songs, campfire songs and group-singing songs that native English speakers sing."

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"Learn English online with the help of this free website from the British Council with games, stories, listening activities and grammar exercises. You can search for your favourites, or have a look at the site map to find out where everything is. You will find lots of new listening activities and video content in Listen & Watch.  We also have a new Grammar section and new IELTS exam practice materials."

"Educational games are a great tool for building foundation math and language skills that today's elementary school curriculum requires. These online learning games and songs for kids are fun, teach important skills for preschool and elementary school kids and they're free. Want educational games that help build skills in math, language, science, social studies, and more? You've come to the right place!"

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Using online resources and technology in the EFL classroom

EdPuzzle is a neat tool that I recently learned about from David Kapuler. EdPuzzle allows you to add your voice and questions to educational videos. On EdPuzzle you can search for educational videos from Khan Academy and Learn Zillion. Once you've found a video you can insert your own voice comments. You can also create a series of questions to go along with your chosen video. Questions are inserted along a timeline that matches the video. That means that your students don't have to wait until the end of a video in order to answer the questions. In that regard the EdPuzzle is similar to Blubbr.tv.