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BBC 6 Minute English

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Quiz your English Monkey Puzzles (A1–A2 levels) Monkey Puzzles World Tour Cambridge English FC

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WEBSITE
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

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www.breakingnewsenglish.com – interactive and printable English lessons
www.newsactivities.com – lessons using BBC reports
tedxesl.com – lessons based around Ted Talks
dictionary.cambridge.org – online dictionary
www.esl-lab.com– conversations with adult and children’s voices
www.voki.com – create speaking characters to communicate with friends
www.dvolver.com – make a movie
www.lyricstraining.com – learn through music and the lyrics of songs
www.listenandwrite.com – a dictation tool
www.makebeliefscomix.com – make your own comic
storybird.com – make your own story

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Make sure:
- the resource is appropriate for the group of learners

- the topic is relevant and interesting for your learners

- learners like doing the kind of activity the resource asks them to do
- the resource helps you to provide variety within the lesson

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* Adrian Underhill videos introducing the phonemic chart

*  Adrian Underhill videos demonstrating phonemic sounds

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Puzzlemaker
LearningApps
Memrise
Quizlet

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WEBSITES
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/free-resources/virtually-anywhere/

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WEBSITES
http://lessonstream.org/main-activity/videotelling/

www.engvid.com – English video lessons

www.esl-lab.com – video snapshots for ESL/EFL students

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LINKS
* ProProfs.com
* Puzzlemaker
* The Teacher’s Corner
* Armored Penguin

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LINKS
* songs with activities using lyrics
* songs with worksheets
* songs with activities

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A song.
An audio series.
A game.
A short video to explain language.
A short video and lesson plan.

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Teachers use pictures:

to get learners thinking about the story behind the picture.

to raise interest in a topic.

to introduce new language.

to describe people, places or things.

to start a discussion.

WEBSITES
https://pt-br.padlet.com/my/dashboard
https://quizlet.com/latest

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Classroom environment

Learn and use students' names.

Make eye contact with everyone and smile regularly.

Respond to your students naturally and use humour where appropriate.

Materials

Choose materials which match learners' needs and are pitched at the right level of challenge.

Include pictures and diagrams on worksheets.

Avoid overloading worksheets with too much text.

Give learners a choice of activities.

Learner participation

Elicit language and ideas from students.

Provide a balance between teacher talking time and student talking time.

Provide plenty of opportunities to practise language.

By Monica Poulter and Marie Therese Swabey
EXPLORING THE WORLD OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING