Showing posts with label Listening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Listening. Show all posts

Sunday, January 20, 2013

What's Your Favourite Food with the Premier League

Learn English with the Premier League | Premier Skills English presents What's Your Favourite Food Pack. The Pack includes Before You Watch: Questions, The Video (embedded) - the interview with fifteen football fans living or studying in the UK, interactive Activity: Do You Know Where the Food Comes From, interactive Activity: Write the Nationality, and Your Turn: Answer the Questions in the Comments.

In Class: The pack is very good for using as a part of the lesson about food, in the sequence as it is given, or just the way the teacher needs it.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

VOA Learning English

VOALearningEnglish is a site with good listening activities of different kind, the teacher can choose what suits his needs. The site offers Shows in Special English where one can learn English reading and listening to weekly shows. The stories are written at the intermediate and upper-beginner level and are read one-third slower than regular VOA English. There are downloadable texts, MP3s, PDFs and captioned videos. Interactive Books section gives pronunciation, definition and examples of words and idioms. A good way to introduce vocabulary in the classroom and revise it at home. Students can improve their listening skills, vocabulary and comprehension skills with Article Activities.

Friday, October 12, 2012

elllo

Much listening practice on elllo presented in Views, Mixer, Games, Videos and News sections, sorted by Level, Country, Topic, Media. Interesting topics, illustrations (in Games especially), vocabulary practice and quizes make the site really valuable for teaching English.


neoK12

neoK12 offers a wide choice of educational videos, lessons and games for school kids. The materials are given in Physical Science, Life Science, Human Body, Earth and Space, Geography, Social Studies, History, Math, Fun Video and English sections. The English section with its Phonics and Rhymes is especially interesting for EFL teachers.


Jolly Phonics - A to Z - Part 2/3
More Phonics and English Lessons at NeoK12.com  

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Lessonstream.org by Jamie Keddie

Lessonstream.org by Jamie Keddie is a great place containing wonderful lessons with plans and all the materials needed. The organisation of the site is very convenient as you can search the lesson by Language level, Learner type, Time, Main Activity, Language aim, Topic, Material. The teachers'comments to each lesson give an opportunity to see how the material works in real - very convenient and useful.



Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Art.sy

Art.sy is of great help to prepare and conduct the lessons on art,  or just to enjoy various works of art online. It provides the large collection of contemporary art available online. Works from all cultures and time periods, the information about artists and art movement are accessible for study and enjoyment. 
Vocabulary.co.il  is a vocabulary website with flash online word games. They include an online word search, an online crossword puzzle, hangman online, unscrambles and others. The fun of the games can help both native and foreign learners of English build their English language vocabulary skills. There are word games for all levels of English.

Learning Chocolate

The bright thing I have come across today is Learning Chocolate - Vocabulary Learning Platform - USEFUL vocabulary, ready-made exercises, nice pictures. Suitable for using in class, at home with your own children, with different age groups.

Exam English

Exam English is for studying for an English language exam, contains Free Online Practice Tests for the most important international ESL/EFL exams: IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, and the Cambridge ESOL exams such as CAE, FCE, and PET. Offers the free level test, the detail information about each exam and the practice material as  an example of the test. Convenitent to have all that in one place.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

abcteach


abcteach site is full of various resources, especially for young learners. The Teaching Extras section offers many efl-useful printable things under numerous subcatogories like Alphabet Letter patterns, Classroom Signs, Posters, Badges and others. Some materials are free to download, some need member login.  A really time-saving thing for a teacher!

One more site which offers a wide range of printables is Lanternfish. It contains various printable teacing resources for languagee arts, TESOL, TEFL, ESL. Worksheets, flashcards, bingo cards and the discriptions of different games and activities make the site really useful.