Group items tagged

CONVERSATION EXCHANGE - FREE! Language Level: all levels. Age Group: Adolescents and adults. Children only with an adult's supervision recommended for secutiry reasons. Type of skill: speaking, listening (face to face), writing and reading (pen pal). Type of activity: the students only need to create a SKYPE ACCOUNT, MESSENGER HOTMAIL, YAHOO MESSENGER, etc.. and then they find a language partner to practise the language with conversation. Type of resource: students' resource. It's a FREE website. Students will be able to practise at home by having a pen-pal, face to face conversation (only if a native lives close to their home) and text and voice chat (the shy students who do not want to show themselves). Tandem learning is this method for learning languages and adults have the possibility to do it unless children are supervised by adults!!! Mind you!

This interesting web page gives you the possibility of choosing the dictionary you want to use (British English, American English, Business English, Learner's, Essential British English and Essential American English) and type the word in a search engine. The word you want will appear with both its American and British pronunciation as well as the definition with possible collocations and examples.

LINGUALNET Language Level: all levels. Age Group: all ages. Type of skill: listening (videos, scenes) and reading (scripts) Type of activity: Short videos with their scripts below them (not EVERY video) and sometimes even have some extra activities to check comprehension.  Type of resource: teachers and students' resource. VIDEOS! CELEBRITY, DOCUMENTARY, DRAMA and ANIMATION are the ones I prefer the most and I find most interesting for my students. 

This is a helpful web page for teachers who want to get the latest news on teaching and who want to get some extra ideas for lessons. To get the material you can register for free and find material to work with the four skills, grammar activities, vocabulary activities and games. You can also find a number of articles in teaching and learning.

VAO NEWS Language Level: pre-intermediate to advanced students. Age Group: adolescents and adults. Type of skill: listening and reading. Type of activity: articles read by American native speaker and new words (voc) highlighted. Type of resource: teachers and students' resource. TEACHING ADULTS - IN COMPANIES mainly! Actitivities divided into levels. Lesson Plans for teachers as well (pdf files for students) Different topics: Economics, Science and technology, etc. I LOVE IT!!! :)

Drama warm ups and improvisations that can be used by english teachers in the classroom. Group age: children, teens and adults. Skills: Listening and Reading. Resource for teachers

GREAT WEB PAGE! In it you can find short conversations, interviews and descriptions as well as recordings to practice pronunciation. The web page is for free and it's not only interesting, but also fast (downloading doesn´t take more that a couple of seconds) and you also have the posibility of listening to recordings online. Moreover, it offers you the possibility to download worksheets so as to work with your students.

Read and hear interactive, narrated, animated stories by the Brothers Grimm! Children's literature and folklore classics, games, e-cards and colouring downloads.

Amazing online dictionary even recommended by translators! Find translations from and into different languages, English definitions and English synonyms. Also very interesting and useful forums.

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH ONLINE - PHONETIC FOCUS. Language Level: all levels as regards language (pre-intermediate onwards are suggested) but the students should have some basic knowledge of phonetic's symbols in order to do the activities.Good practice as well for Lab I's students!!! Age Group: Children (over 10), adolescents and adults. Type of skill: listening (Interactive Phonics activities), reading and speaking. Type of activity: games: phonetic games designed in order for the student to improve his/her pronunciation and knowledge of phonetics. Games and fun activities. Type of resource: students' resource. Very visual activities. Excellent website for students to practise sounds by playing games related to Phonetics.

FREE LONGMAN DICTIONARY ONLINE Language Level: All levels. But pre-Intermediate levels onwards recommended since there are no pictures, and sometimes no exmaples included in the meanings of the words. Age Group: Adolescents and adults. Type of skill: reading. Type of activity: The online version of the dictionary contains over 207,000 words, phrases, and meanings including 7,000 references to people, places, events and organizations, such as Madonna, Milwaukee, and Manchester United. You get an instant response! Type of resource: students' resource. works fast and gives you all the possible answers for the word you've typed. Dictionary for pre-intermediate to higher levels' students. It sometimes shows pictures of the words but no phonetic symbols. It often displays examples of how to use the word in a context.

Free online resources for teachers and students. There are articles, short stories, crosswords, grammar explanations, and much more. For all levels and ages.

ESL Galaxy is an interesting web page full of materials for students and teachers. It has downloadable activities on grammar and vocabulary as well as a section on board games and printables.

Video tutorials and links to relevant blogs on ELT and Multimedia

Medical, legal, financial, English, Spanish, French, Italian, German and many other dictionaries, acronyms, idioms, games, articles and abbreviations all in one!

USBORNE ENGLISH LEARNERS' EDITIONS Language Level: elementary to upper-Intermediate level students. Age Group: CHILDREN Type of skill: listening (audio in the website) and reading (books) Type of activity: BOOKS READ ENTIRELY. Type of resource: teachers and students' resource. WORSHEETS FOR STUDENTS ABOUT THE BOOKS, AND STORIES. BOOKS AVAILABLE AT KEL! NOT VERY EXPENSIVE BOOKS!

BUSYTEACHERSCAFE Language Level: Elementary to Intermediate levels. Age Group: Primary level. Mainly 1st to 4th/5th forms Type of skill: mainly reading and writing. Type of activity: printables for students (book reports: characters, situations themes, etc, vicabulary sheets - dictionary practice sheets , story maps, games, activities, suggestions for teachers' classroom management strategies. RULES and BEHAVIOUR GAMES. Type of resource: teachers' resource. GOOD SHEETS!

SKYPE - FREE CHAT. Language Level: all levels. Age Group: Adolescents and adults. Children only with an adult's supervision recommended for secutiry reasons. Type of skill: mostly speaking, reading and writing by sending documents and writing via chat Type of activity: the students only need to create a SKYPE ACCOUNT and then they choose from the posts in the home page who they want to talk to. Type of resource: students' resource. TANDEM LEARNING. A good way to practise your speaking skills in an interactive environment! Moreover, this activity can enhance the student's will to know more about other cultures, especially English speaking ones.

Very complete mindmap with Web 2.0 tools

Nursery rhymes, poems, songs and tongue twisters to read, listen to and enjoy with children.