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Try our free eBooks for children, courtesy of Pearson - they're a great way to encourage even your most reluctant reader, and with characters like Basil Brush and Wallace and Gromit, they're fun, too. Plus, clicking on the bug symbol that appears in each book takes your child through to interactive activities.

If you want to know more about phonic phases or reading levels, take a look at our guide to reading levels.

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Watching movies is one of the best ways to learn a new language. Not only can movies improve listening and comprehension skills, but they can help with vocabulary and pronunciation while keeping your students entertained along the way!

My students are big fans of "Movie Days"! They also enjoy learning about the plot and the characters before watching a movie (which you can find online or some sites have worksheets on vocabulary and discussion questions).

I tend to stick to comedy and dramas with lighter plots in order to capture the attention of all students regardless of their levels. Most DVDs these days come with subtitles which I do use as I find many students in the lower levels prefer reading along with the movie and visually seeing the words.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding, What About Bob, ELF, The Sound of Music, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Mrs. Doubtfire, Marley and Me, Groundhog Day, Momma Mia, The Blind Side, Mr. Bean and animated ones such as Despicable Me are just a few movies I have found to be a big success with my ESL students.

Note: Original DVD movies can be found at most libraries, stores and on Amazon or seen online through Netflix or other movie hosting sites.

Here are some recommended sites with movies clips, lessons, discussion questions and teaching ideas:
LessonsOnMovies - Online and printable movies lessons and activities
ESLNotes - Popular movie suggestions with complete synopsis guides
LearnEnglishFeelGood - Short movie clips with comprehension questions
TeachWithMovies - Lesson plans based on movies and films
EnglishExercises - ESL activities on popular movie trailers and TV shows
ESLGalaxy - Movie lesson worksheets on a few popular movies
ESLMovieLessons - Downloadable movie lessons: *pay as you go ($8 per lesson package) ESLPrintables - Lessons on movies, films and TV shows: *free membership (lesson sharing site) EnglishClub - Short films and video clips with classroom material
CinemaClubEFL - Recent movie clips with follow up online activities
IMDB - Movie plots for all movies
MoviesGrowEnglish - One page printable ESL movie lessons: *pay as you go ($1 per lesson)
movie clips with follow up vocabulary lessons LessonPlanet - Teaching resources for movies and lessons: *membership required

Feel free to comment or to send us any link or resource you would like to share so that we can continue to be part of this exciting and ever growing field of English language teaching!

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November 26, 2018: For some of my pages, where it says "Bottom of this page" so you can just click to the bottom of that page instantly, the link is broken. I have NO idea what the problem is (the same exact link works on some pages, but not on other pages). I'll fix it eventually, I hope. ... MARCH 17, 2019: Slow speed audio is fixed and now works properly on ALL pages. Thank you, Kazunari Yamamoto, for telling me about the audio problem. And thank you, Jos F.M. Lange, for your suggestion to sort the Table of Contents (TOC). And a SUPER thanks to Support at ICD Soft, my web host, for fixing all the recent problems (http to https, slow audio, favicons, Mixed Content, and more). ... MARCH 22, 2019: 'Search Images' at top left of each story is working again! APRIL 12, 2019: Thank you, Cindy Juel and students, for pointing out the crossword error in Link 3!

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