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nln |
National
Learning Network resources for online learning. Some great
interactive exercises here. Click here
for instructions + Username/Password. Print out pages 2
& 3, for a list of activities by level.
N.B. Onscreen, the
activities are in simple alphabetical order.
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National
Learning Network |
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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
New Headway self-access |
This is one of the best available sites apart from BBC
Skillswise for self-access English exercises at all levels
from Beginner to Advanced.
Based on the New
Headway series, but can be used independently.
Exercises
include grammar, vocabulary, games, tests and listening
dialogues. |
Interactive
Printable |
OUP website |
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Talent |
This is one of the
very best sites around for ESOL materials.
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Interactive
Printable |
Training Adult Literacy, ESOL
& Numeracy Teachers |
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Total
English
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A
link to the webpage for this Longman publication: very useful
support materials - printable Webquests,
linked to topics in each books' units and resources
for Elementary and Pre-Intermediate levels.
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Printable
(all
.pdf files) |
Longman/Pearson |
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CityCollege
Manchester |
This is an excellent website, with a wide range of
resources at all levels for ESOL students.
Some of the ESOL & IT links are not
active, but you will still find some useful materials
here. |
Interactive
Printable |
City College
Manchester |
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CUP |
Some
very useful resources, with links to publication-related pages
and downloadable/printable pages.
e.g.(T)face2face
& Language in Use mapped to core curriculum. |
Printable |
Cambridge University
Press |
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University
of Cambridge ESOL Examinations |
Skills
for Life
Download handbooks and sample papers for the exam you are
interested in - click on the link to open in your browser, or
right-click to save the document to your own computer. |
Printable |
Cambridge University
Press |
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NonstopEnglish |
A
really useful site*, with interactive exercises on vocabulary
and grammar.
Students can read the site in English, German or in many
Central European languages plus Chinese!
NB:
*you will have to register with this site to use it regularly,
but it is worth the trouble. |
Interactive
Most are
printable |
Nonstopenglish |
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Cutting Edge Students
Teachers |
Pearson's companion website for
their Cutting Edge series. Check out the excellent teacher and
student resources. |
Interactive
Some are
printable |
Pearson
companion
website |
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Learn
English |
The Learn English site contains a wealth of resources
to help you learn English free online, including help with dictation
and pronunciation,
along with sections on the basics of
English, spelling,
grammar
and activities such as games, tests
and quizzes.
In addition there is an extensive vocabulary
section which uses pictures and sound and sections on British
culture, customs and traditions. |
Interactive
Printable |
German
site In association with
Learn English Online. |
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LearnEnglish |
British Council
website for English learners, with a wide range of games,
grammar exercises, magazine articles, puzzles, songs, jokes,
e-cards, history, science and a whole lot more!
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Interactive
Printable |
British Council |
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GrammarStation
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From
Lower to Upper Intermediate levels:
"Come, explore and learn
the English language with ease and understand the correct
grammar and its usage using GrammarStation."
Try out the Grammar
Guide section.
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Interactive
Printable |
grammarstation |
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English
for everybody |
'English
for everybody' is an excellent 'teach-yourself' course for
anyone wishing to learn or improve their English. You will
also find:
-English for computers
-English for business
-games
-reading practice at lower-intermediate+ levels
-exam practice for KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, TOEFL and IELTS.
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Interactive
Printable |
english
online |
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English
Corner
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For
intermediate and advanced students of English,
with all the usual range of grammar help, games and exercises.
Also a grammar test and preposition test for checking your
English and bilingual dictionaries on the reading page.
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Interactive
Printable
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Angelfire.com |
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Beyond the Postcard |
Visit towns around England - including Bristol. There
are audio and video passages for you to listen to and watch.
There are also exercises to help you improve your
English. |
Interactive
Printable |
BBC |
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Bilingual Vocabulary
Quizzes |
Over 25 World Languages/English useful vocabulary
quizzes covering a range of beginner vocabulary, includes
Chinese, Somali and Turkish! |
Interactive
Printable |
The Internet TESL Journal |
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Better-english.com
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Huge collection of exercises here - they say 'Business'
but they are for everyone. Everything from grammar to
collocations via hangman games. |
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English Vocabulary
Quizzes |
Vocabulary development, from easy to difficult. Areas
include: body parts; buildings; clothes; colours; days of the
week; family; food; jobs; music and more! Some with
pictures! |
Interactive
Printable |
The Internet TESL Journal
A4esl.org |
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Illustrated
vocabulary quizzes |
Lots of simple vocabulary exercises to do: with sounds,
pictures and drop-down menus to click. |
Interactive
Printable |
Tolearnenglish |
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Crossword
Puzzles |
Test your vocabulary and grammar with these fun
crossword puzzles. From easy to difficult. They include common
words; topics such as body parts, colours, countries,
transportation; and grammar such as prepositions, pronouns,
and tenses. |
Interactive
Printable |
The Internet TESL Journal |
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ESL Blue |
Lots of advice and practice on the following:
Adjectives, Articles, Adverbs; Grammar tutorials; the verb "to
be"; Common Errors (from student compositions); Double Quizzes
(trivia plus grammar); Past tenses; Vocabulary: problem
words. |
Interactive
Printable |
ESL Blue |
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BBC Skillswise |
Various activities, worksheets and interactive quizzes
with core curriculum references. Search by subject, core
curriculum reference or browse A-Z index. |
Interactive
Printable
Visual |
BBC |
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Adult and Basic Skills Resource
Centre |
Worksheets with activities linked to the Literacy core
curriculum, plus warm up exercises. |
Printable |
Abingdon and Witney College |
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CNN
story archive |
Comprehension exercises based on various topics. Each
story has a video/audio file and a set of activities for
students to complete.
Very good for IELTS and advanced
students. |
Interactive
Printable |
Literacyworks |
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Chrysalis |
Find some
information to help you with using a computer, in English,
Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi!
Print out the sheets you want. |
Printable |
Chrysalis
(West Midlands network) |
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BBC World
Service.
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Listen to radio news in English on your
computer.
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Sound |
BBC |
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English-to-go |
Sample self-study lesson for students.
Materials
here for complete lessons at all levels. |
Printable |
English-to-go |
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EnglishLearner |
Excellent range of materials here - masses of free
online exercises at all levels. |
Interactive
Printable |
EnglishLearner |
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E.L.Easton |
Brilliant site - masses of resources on English, with
tests, links, vocabulary, listening exercises etc etc
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Interactive
Printable |
E.L.Easton |
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esl-lab |
US site - some
brilliant (and amusing) resources here for
listening.
Click here for
list by topic. Click
here for full guide for users. |
Interactive
Printable |
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening
Lab |
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esl.about |
Another excellent
US site with a wide range of resources at all levels,
including listening, vocabulary, grammar, quizzes, writing
skills, and lesson plans, ideas and resources for
teachers. |
Interactive,
printable |
About.com |
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OUP
ELT |
Wonderful site
from OUP: a huge range of things to do: online activities to
go with Headway, English FIle, Natural English, Clockwise etc.
Try looking in the Secondary section as well as the Adult
section - there are some good tests and quizzes there
too. |
Interactive |
OUP ELT |
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New
English File |
See
above (OUP). An excellent resource to accompany the book, or
use on its own. All levels from Elementary to Level
2. Plenty
of games and listening. Build up your own vocabulary lists.
N.B.Elementary and Pre-Intermediate are the New
Editions.
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Interactive |
OUP ELT |
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englishbanana |
No, we don't know
why it's called that either! but there is lots to do on this
fun site, many games of all sorts to practise your English.
Teachers, never make another worksheet again!
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Interactive
Downloadable
worksheets |
englishbanana |
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English
trailers |
You can watch and listen to trailers of all
kinds of movies and do cloze and vocabulary exercises
based on them. It’s great! E3+
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Interactive:
watch
movie clips and answer questions
E3 and
above |
english-trailers.com |
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eflnet |
Lots of exercises
at all levels to do on this US site, including listening (so
an American accent!). Very clear and simple. |
Interactive |
eflnet |
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Frankie's ESOL Worksheets |
Frankie teaches in
Singapore and this is his/her website. It has loads of
materials for reading and writing practice including
pre-reading, printable sheets, cloze exercises to follow,
excellent advice on writing techniques. E3+ |
Interactive,
printable
E3 and
above |
Frankie's ESOL Worksheets at
Geocities |
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manythings |
A wealth of
materials for all levels.
E1 students can have a go at
these simple
vocabulary exercises with pictures. |
Interactive,
printable
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manythings.org |
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dfgsdfg
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Podcasts |
Practise
your listening!
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Listening
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Podcast.net |
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dfgsdfg
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ESLPod |
You
can listen and read the scripts with these podcasts. |
Listening
and reading
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eslpod
English for Everyone
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Somali
Voice |
Online
Somali newspaper for the Somali community in the UK. |
Reading
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somalivoice |
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Virtual
Training Suite |
RDN/JISC Training Suite - helpful tutorial for ESOL students (and
tutors!) to guide you with using the WWW. Learn how to read a
web address, how to avoid poor websites etc |
Interactive
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Resource
Discovery Network (rdn)/JISC |
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Somali
stories |
Some
stories written for Somalis by Abdourahman Waberi and
Abdirazak Osman with questions (in English) to think about
after each story. |
Read
on screen
Printable
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Africacentre.org |
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Learn English Online
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Unit
1 |
Unit
2 |
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Lesson 6
More about people +
titles
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Lesson 7
Present continuous -
positive "I am doing."
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Lesson
8
Present continuous - negative "I'm not
doing."
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Lesson
9
Present continuous - questions "Am I
doing?"
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Lesson 10
Colours
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Unit
3 |
Unit
4 |
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Unit
5 |
Unit
6 |
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Unit
7 |
Unit
8 |
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Lesson36
How much ...? vs How
many ...?
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Lesson37
Turning Uncountable
Nouns into Countable Nouns.
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Lesson38
Much vs Many
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Lesson39
The future using will or
shall
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Lesson40
The future using the
present continuous and 'going to'
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Interactive
Printable |
English online.org |
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Sample
reading test 2
Academic Writing
Common Errors in English
Error Correction
Reading Comprehension
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English
for Academic Purposes:
this
website has a wealth of incredibly helpful advice,
information and tests, including reading and
listening. It does need quite a lot of patience to
find just what you what, so do follow these instructions
carefully.
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Find
out what your language priorities are by clicking on the
'Needs' button on the left.
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Links
to information
and tests.
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In this site is their version of the Academic
Word List - with
links to the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary to check the
meaning.
-Try
clicking on Exercises/ Selection/Individual
words and try the 'Meaning' and 'Word order' exercises
to test your understanding.
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Free sample lessons and
exercises
Listening and grammar - past simple or
continuous?
Listening to the head of a microfinance
company and vocabulary - prefixes.
Listening to a
presentation, writing a letter of complaint, answering
short answer questions, classifying references, using
multi-word verbs.
Listening for numbers, analysing
data tables and writing a report, using idiomatic language,
answering multi-choice questions.
Sample
reading test (General)
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Interactive
Printable
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Woodlands
Junior School
Virtual Language Centre
angelfire.com
edexcel
aapress.com (Aus)
offshore-english
aapress.com (Aus)
ielts.org
english-to-go
esl-lab
edict.com
examenglish
examenglish
edict.com
edict.com
UEFAP
UEFAP
selfaccess.com
examenglish.com
newcanadian.ru |
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Activities
relating to the teaching of time
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Interactive
Printable
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teachingtime.co.uk
perso.wanadoo.fr
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Activities
relating to the teaching of numbers
- Figures and numbers
Matching exercise.
Drag the words on the right next to the numbers on the
left. |
Interactive
Printable
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perso.wanadoo.fr
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Activities
relating to the teaching of grammar
E1/E2
Present Continuous
activities
Present Simple activities
Present Simple vs Present Continuous activities
Past Simple activities
Present Simple vs Past Simple activities
Irregular verbs activities
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Interactive
Printable
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Learn English Online
English Lab.net
English Lab.net
English Lab.net
English Lab.net
English Lab.net
English Lab.net |
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