These materials are from BBC Learning English site. All of them are downloadable and each audio & video material have its pdf file (with transcript and vocabulary). These audios/videos are good for developing students' listening and reading skills, increasing students' vocabulary, and also speaking skills. It depends on the purpose of using this material. For example I used the first one (I haven't used the others yet) "Are men the weaker sex" with my intermediate students. While listening they underlined all the unknown words they had come up with, then we discussed the words together (I explained them in a target language). After, the discussion, I asked them not to look at the transcript and listened to the audio again. At the end of the audio they told me what the audio was about and in this way I could make them speak.

This is a wonderful site and everybody can find audio and video materials on their level. All the materials develop listening, speaking, reading skills (skimming, scanning, true/false, etc), increase students' vocabulary. Almost all of them contain pdf files with activities and transcripts which also can be done online. All the materials provide examples (both online and on pdf file). I used some of them in my classes. I would like to talk about the video that explains the differences between the words of American English and British English. It was a wonderful video that could explain the different use of pants/trousers and other words also. In addition to video there are also exercises which also reinforces the vocabulary and provide with additional activities that develop students' different skills.

This is a wonderful activity for developing students' listening, reading (skimming and scanning), speaking skills, as well as increasing vocabulary. it contains variety of activities which are based on the listening. Moreover, all the activities can be done both online and on paper (all materials are printable including the transcript of the audio). It contains a pre-watching vocabulary activity the story a comprehension activity a language activity about idioms I used this material with my two intermediate students. Though the level was lower I have decided to try. In order to help them I wrote down the words/expression that they might be unknown and discussed them before listening. Then they listened to the audio but still had difficulties to understand completely what the audio was mainly about. In order to solve the misunderstanding I have decided to give the transcripts to read while listening (It helped much to understand). I used the third activity to check whether they could scan and skim the information (they could as I guess reading helped them very much). The last activity was a multiple choice activity where the students should look at the given idioms and choose the best meaning. Suggestion- If your students are not high intermediate/advanced the process will be slowed down. Just use transcript and after listening discuss the text. It will help.

This link contains three downloadable podcasts. Each podcast include transcripts, worksheets with their answers, diverse vocabulary tasks and also web quests. All the exercises are based mainly in the podcasts' vocabulary and information.

Thank you Armine. I have used these podcasts with my student. She enjoyed them very much because she was able to listen to native speakers and also do some grammatical exercises we have passed. These podcasts are also good for practicing scanning and skimming. So those who want to develop these skills they can use these podcasts. Tully speaking, after these podcast my student has become more attentive to the details and has begun to pay much attention to the detail and gist of the information.

1. Advanced English listening skills 2. Advanced English conversation skills 3. Using English slang and humor 4. Advanced English phrasal verbs and their usage 5. Using complex sentences with multiple clauses 6. Advanced English idioms and vocabulary 7. English for daily life, social life and business 8. Advanced verb tenses & usage At the end of each audio, there is a vocabulary list with explanations in front and also some expressions that are utilized in the the lesson.

I used these dialogs with my brother, who wanted to improve his English. Generally speaking he wanted to listened to native speakers speech and daily conversations. During the listening I didn't show the transcript of the dialogs in order to check whether he understood the meaning. To tell the truth there were some unknown words and expressions even for me. He could get the main meaning of the dialogs, however there were words and expressions that were quite difficult for him to understand. So, to solve the problem I used the vocabulary list written below.

These exercises are good for developing students' listening, reading, and writing skills. In addition to these skills, it also develops students' vocabulary. While listening and watching the songs or a video poem, the students will have opportunity to write down the missing words in a given space and later on check the answers. I used this type of exercises with my students and to tell the truth they liked them very much. This type of exercises can be used at the end of the lesson or in the middle of it, when teacher notice some boredom during the lesson. They play as a good refresh. After listening the song, the teacher may discuss it with students (as I did) or even translate. There are also some words at the end of each song and students may learn them as well.

This material is for beginner level kids. Kids can color the alligator both online and on paper. After coloring they can cut the parts and stick together. It's a creative material and may interest kids very much

This material will be appropriate to use with kids because it can increase kids' creativity. From the language point, it is also very useful material as we can teach the letter a as it begins with and also body parts (hands, legs, tail, head, and so forth). It is very interactive material and can be used not only by teachers but also by moms who have little kids. Yesterday, I printed out this alligator and used for our neighbor's kid, who was very naughty and didn't interested in anything. Due to this material I was able to keep her quite and also teach some English words and also two-three colors which we used to color the alligator.

This is the handout of fruits presented just after this post. It contains the picture of fruits presented in the flashcard. Under each picture the name of the fruit is written. Kids can also read and learn the names of the fruits.

This flashcards are useful for teaching. I myself (including my peers) had some difficulties in finding them during our practicum and fortunately I could find the link and I am happy to share it with you.

In this type of material kids can express their creativeness and at the same time increase their vocabulary. They can color the pictures and make a book by themselves and than read.

This material is perfect for beginner level kids. It is a good source for enlarging kids' vocabulary and have fun at the same time. It is both educational and creative.

This audio book is a good sample for developing both listening and reading skills. The book also includes pictures which in its case make the story interesting and attractive. IT also can be printed. The text is not so simple so, the students should have good English skills in order to understand the content of the text.

I used this material when I was teaching in a college. I would like to say that kids adored it. They colored the parts of apple, cut, and make an apple. Through this activity children were having fun and at the same time learned the letter with great ease. Try it and enjoy!