6/29/08

Funniest video ever!

This is the funniest video on learning pronunciation ever! It comes from "The Pink Panther" film. Have fun!

English for careers

If you want to have extra practice with English in commerce, nursing, technology or tourism, check this website with grammar, vocabulary and listening activities:

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/oefc/

Interesting upper intermediate links

Here are more links to upper intermediate activities from New English File, in this case idioms and collocations:

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/upperint/f_idioms/

Phrasal verbs:
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/upperint/g_phrasal/

Check what you know!
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/upperint/h_check/

...and some games:
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/upperint/j_games/

Upper intermediate grammar, vocabulary and other activities

Upper-intermediate students: Check this website and do the grammar activities.
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/upperint/a_grammar/

Vocabulary activities, same level:
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/upperint/b_vocabulary/

Colloquial English, same level:
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/upperint/d_colloquial/

A mini grammar review:
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/upperint/e_minigrammar/

6/21/08

For English Teachers

Visit the ELT Notebook, one of the best blogs for teachers of English, with activities, essays and suggestions to improve your teaching.
http://eltnotebook.blogspot.com/

Visit http://thedeltacourse.blogspot.com/ for information about the UCLES Diploma in English Language Teaching.

Online dictionaries

1) http://dictionary.reference.com/
2) http://www.wordreference.com/

Listening activities, INTERMEDIATE

This website has 25 exercises:
http://esl.about.com/od/intermediatelistenin1/Listening_Skills_for_Intermediate_Level_English_Learners.htm

And you can do all the MEDIUM ones at:
http://www.esl-lab.com/

Listening activities, ELEMENTARY

1) http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_survey.htm
2) http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_number1.htm
3) http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_number2.htm
4) http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_beg_number_quiz.htm
5) http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bltelltime.htm

And all the EASY ones at http://www.esl-lab.com/

More grammar work

You can also do all of these grammar activities:

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/preintermediate/a_grammar/

Vocabulary

These are the vocabulary activities from your book.

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/preint/b_vocabulary/

Or you can do these units from another good book

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/preintermediate/b_vocabulary/

Grammar activities

These grammar activities are from your student's book (New English File). Each unit in your book corresponds to each unit in this website. Do them all!

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/preint/a_grammar/

6/19/08

Reading resources

Dear Intermediate students: Here's a list of internet links with reading texts for you to read over the summer. Have fun.

1. http://www.eslreading.org/

2. Newspapers and magazines
The New York Times
USA Today
The Los Angeles Times
The Washington Post
News Central
Time
Newsweek
CNN.com
Discover
BBC News
The Guardian
Sunday Times
Sunday Mirror
News of The World

3. Techniques for reading better:
http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/speed1.html

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