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50 Incredibly Useful Links For Learning & Teaching The English Language

50 Incredibly Useful Links For Learning & Teaching The English Language
Teaching a new language to non-native speakers may be one of the most challenging educational jobs out there, so ELL teachers can use all of the help they can get! Thankfully, many excellent resources for ELL and ESL exist online, from full-service websites to reference tools and communities, all designed to make the task of educating ELL students just a little bit easier and more effective. We’ve scoured the Internet to share 50 of the best of these resources, and we hope you’ll find lots of valuable content and tools through these incredibly useful links for ELL educators. Websites Resource tools, printables, and other great stuff for ELL educators are all available on these sites. Articles & Advice Check out resource lists, journal articles, and ideas for best practices in ELL on these links. Organizations Take advantage of the great opportunities and resources available from these organizations that benefit ELL teachers. Learning Resources Teaching Resources Reference Communities & Blogs Related:  esl technology

  ESL games and activities for adults Teacher Tools Blog This is a superb tool for creating a website. Whether you are a teacher, school or student you will find this tool incredibly useful. You can create a website using Wix in a couple of minutes. Watch this quick video and you will see how. This is ideal if you want to create your own teacher profile, get your students to create a website or even if you want to create a class website. Great for encouraging writing, e-Porfolios, projects and group work. This is one of the technologies that I most recommend teachers learn. Answer Garden is a great educational technology that takes just second to set up and use. Edmodo is an ideal tool for blended learning and flipped classroom. Google Blogger is an outstanding educational technology that I have made widespread use of and in my opinion is very misunderstood by teachers. Google Docs is ideal for using in teaching and learning. A super quick introduction into using the excellent Google Forms. This is a great video.

English to French, Italian, German & Spanish Dictionary All Things Topics - Home Lingolex Homepage Interactive Crossword Puzzles Action Verbs Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on Action Verbs. Action Verbs (-ing) Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on Action Verbs ending with ‘ing’. Animals on a farm Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on Animals on the farm. Animals in the sea Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on Animals in the sea. Wild Animals (Zoo Animals) Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on Animals in the zoo. Fruits Interactive Crossword Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on fruits vocabulary. Bathroom Interactive Crossword Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on bathroom vocabulary. Bedroom Interactive Crossword Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on bedroom vocabulary. Body Parts Interactive Crossword Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on body parts (anatomy) vocabulary. Christmas Interactive Crossword Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on Christmas vocabulary. Clothes Interactive Crossword Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on clothes vocabulary. Colors Interactive Crossword Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on colors vocabulary. Drinks vocabulary

10 Ways to Use QR Codes in the Classroom It has been a while since I have posted any practical ideas for the classroom, and for this I am sorry. However, yesterday I found inspiration, yet again, while preparing for a workshop for my teachers at our school. This coming Friday’s workshop is about mobile learning and I have an opportunity to provide some input on the use of QR Codes in the classroom to motivate young learners. I have never used QR Codes before in the classroom but it would be something that I would definitely use in the future to engage learners with reading and conversation skills. How to create your own QR Codes Application: www.qr-code-generator.com; lets you make QR codes which could then be used in a variety of ways during lessons. Similar application: identical to the website mentioned above. Focus: Creating QR codes for lessons which could include text or links to websites. Level: All levels. Time: 20-45 minutes. ICT skills: Browsing, typing, copy and pasting, and lesson planning. 1. 2. 3. 4.

The Best Resources For Helping Beginner ELLs Learn About Community, Signs & Transportation As I shared two months ago (see Beginning A New “Best” Series Of Interest To ELL Teachers), I’m beginning to create an updated series of “Best” lists for Beginning English Language Learners. They will ultimately replace the resources I have on my outdated website. I began with: The Best Resources For Helping Beginner ELLs Learn About Jobs The Best Resources For Helping ELLs Learn About Sports & Other Fun Activities The Best Resources For Helping ELLs Learn About U.S. The Best Resources For Helping Beginner ELLs Learn About Space & Planets The Best Resources For Helping Beginner ELLs Learn About “Feelings” The Best Resources For Helping Beginner ELLs Learn About Animals The Best Resources For Helping Beginner ELLs Learn About Health I’m using this list in conjunction with the “Space” list – I begin with the solar system and then move “closer in.” Here is what I have so far (This post is not completed yet, but I’m preparing it now because my students will be using it in the morning): COMMUNITY:

Likes and dislikes, Hobbies - L'anglais au collège Clique sur les images ci-dessous pour faire les activités. (clique sur next activity pour passer à l'activité suivante) (Pour tourner les pages de ce livre intéractif, clique sur les onglets de couleur à droite) Pour jouer, choisis d'abord le nombre de joueurs (1 seul), un nom d'équipe et pour chaque question le thème et le nombre de points qu'elle vaut, puis clique sur les bonnes réponses. Clique ici pour jouer à un memory sur les loisirs (il faut associer le son à l'image). Pour faire d'autres activités, clique ici puis sur les titres en bleu situés au milieu de la page.

My English Copybook présenter un document, une scène / comprendre et faire la biographie d'une personne / décrire ce qui était en train de se passer / avoir des connaissances sur le XIXe siècle book p. 27-38, workbook p. 20-31 Monday, October 5th (the fifth) Fascinating Times The scene takes place in the streets of London. I can see horse-drawn carriages and there are lots of people. words & phrases: → Les expressions permettant de décrire une image sont à apprendre ! grammar: → Le prétérit sera abordé tout au long de cette unité. look at the picture Thursday, October 8th (the eighth) Rochester Festival The document p. 28 is a brochure. words & phrases: → Il est important de situer les différents éléments d'un document lorsque l'on doit le décrire. grammar: → Pour parler du passé, on utilise le prétérit. → Certains verbes comme live sont réguliers : à la forme affirmative, on ajoute donc -ed. → D'autres sont irréguliers comme be ou write. Monday, October 12th (the twelfth) Charles Dickens In the 19th Century...

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