Internet resources - mjsaizdomingoteacher

USEFUL LINKS AND INTERNET RESOURCES ? FOR CHILDREN, USING "CARDS" AND "GAMES ( MATERIAL to photocopy)
www.mes-english.com (click on FLASHCARDS)
www.oxfordbachillerato.es (there are code words that change every year -
check with a colleague using OXFORD)
www.curso-ingles.com
www.mansioningles.com (free materials for both learners and teachers).
There are plenty more where these came from, every month with Hot English
Magazine and associated materials.
www.rong-chang.com has got links to activities to practise the four
skills (listening-video with or without the texts and questions for
comprehension activities; pronunciation, including practice of minimal
pairs, reading, ... (* see also PHONETICS)
www.abcteach.com
www.english4kids
www.ActivityVillage.co.uk
? VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES
www.madridteacher.com
www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bleakhouse/animationwww.learningenglish.com/about.com
www.esl.about.com/cs/beginner/a/a_makedo (specific for MAKE / DO:
differences between them, list of meanings)
www.eduseek.com
www.english-to-go.com
www.webenglishteacher.com
www.newi.ac.uk/englishresources
www.english-teaching.co.uk
www.onestopenglish.com
www.englishonline.co.uk/freesite_tour/resource/wordlab/collapser.html
- Collapser is a utility to turn any text into a sorted list at the
click of the Go! button. You can use any text, including material from a
web page or a word processed document, to produce activities that give
fascinating insights into vocabulary and grammar
- www.ego4u.com (to revise grammar, activities including keys and links
to other resources)
- www.eslflow.com (id)
http://www.polseguera.com/freegrammar/pronouns.htm (free English grammar)
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/exercises/330.html ONLINE Exercises
http://www.wordpower.ws/grammar/gramch23.html GRAMMAR exercises
www.vokabel.com (test your vocabulary in English, French, Spanish and
German - also included in dictionaries).
www.classmarker.com (with password given by the teachers).
www.isabelperez.com/grammar.htm
http://clicknlearn.net (interactive exercises in three languages and
divided into courses 1ºESO, 2ºESO, etc - and into levels of difficulty
(easy, intermediate, difficult).
www.englishpage.com (grammar, exercises, vocabulary, games...).
http://eleaston.com/english.html (searcher)
http://a4sl.org (three levels:easy, medium, difficult) grammar and
vocabulary exercises. This is highly recommended.
www.thebigchallenge.com/es
www.learnenglishfeelgood.com
www.ompersonal.com
www.aprenderinglesfacil.es
www.usingenglish.com
www.englisch-hilfen.de (website written in German)
www.englishzone.com (grammar, pronuntiation, punctuation,... sign-in first
but free)
www.web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone (grammar, reading, vocabulary and
puzzles from upper beginner to advanced)
www.nonstopenglish.com/allexercises - for practice on grammar and
vocabulary. You can check your answers.
www.hotenglishmagazine.com/eng/Archive.php is a collection of CARDS,
including a specific section for Christmas and other festivities.
? LISTENING ACTIVITIES
www.bbc.co.uk/radio: you can listen to BBC radio online, via AM/FM and
shortwave, and via DAB digital radio and digital TV in the UK
www.guardian.co.uk: Latest news, sport, business, comment and reviews from
"The Guardian", the world's leading liberal voice. Here you can practice
your reading and listening skills.
www.ompersonal.com.ar/omlisten/contenidotematico.htm: it allows you to
practisel listening comprehension with assignments in three levels of
difficulty and online answers. These dialogues and talking articles provide
with wide possibilities for ESL Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced.
http://www.elllo.org/TextGames/001-Flags.htm Listening American English
(flags)
www.elllo.org
www.cbc.ca/listen/index.html (Canada - Radio Online)
www.npr.org (USA - Radio Online)
http://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks I've just had a quick look at it
and it seems great. You can find many, many short stories (like Aesop's),
poems and lots of novels in mp3 and Itunes format. - Audiobooks
? READING ACTIVITIES
www.telegraph.co.uk: Latest news, sport, comment, lifestyle and culture
plus content from the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news UK news, world news and business news and
comment from "The Times".
http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/smartlinks/newspapers.htm Newspapers in
English.
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/reading/index.htm (beginners).
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/reading/index.htm (elementary /
pre-intermediate)-
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/490/wildchild/index.htm (pre-
intermediate/intermediate
http://webs.ono.com/lallena/PAU.html (Selectivity exam)
http://www.readprint.com/ Free online books and short stories
? WRITING ACTIVITIES
Graphic Organizer for Writing Skills:
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/creative-writing/graphic-
organizers/43067.html
Five Paragraph Essay :
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/graphic-organizers/printable/43086.html
Supporting Paragraphs:
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/reading/graphic-organizers/2266.html
Pre-writing skills:
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/graphic-organizers/printable/57587.html
Sample writing correction key:
http://www.krigline.com/correction_key.htm
www.elsbee.com - Bob Wilson and Eilyn Baack deal with improving writing
skills.
http://www.slideshare.net/anarosaleda/writing-tips-1570601?from=share_email
How to write in English: (2º Bach)
For Note Taking Skills used to prepare the SS. writings:
http://www.arc.sbc.edu/notes.html
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/03/lp322-02.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/03/lp322-03.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/03/lp322-04.shtml http://195.69.212.80/index.phtml?d=17937 - English Online - Story-starter
Fruit Machine - Instructions and Teacher's Notes
http://195.69.212.80/index.phtml?d=17954 - The activity itself
? PHONETICS
www.club.telepolis.com/phonetics/indexa.html: The phonetic alphabet and
different exercises related to phonetics.
www.rong-chang.com has got links to activities to practise the four skills
(listening+video with or without the texts and questions for comprehension
activities; pronunciation, including practice of minimal pairs, reading,
... (*see also GRAMMAR)
http://www.esl-lab.com/phone/phonerd1.htm
http://members.tripod.com/~mara_juarez/index.html (GUIDE OF SLANG)
? ONLINE DICTIONARIES
www.wordreference.com
www.diccionario.reverso.net
www.merriam-websters.com - thesaurus, Spanish-English and medical
dictionaries, audio-pronunciations, Word of the Day, Word Games,...
www.en.bab.la dictionary. It also has access to "games", "quizzes"
http://members.tripod.com/~mara_juarez/index.html (GUIDE OF SLANG - Also in
phonetics)
http://www.yourdictionary.com/
http://endrino.pntic.mec.es/~hotp0050/gracia_varela/INDEX.htm
www.bartleby.com/65 - Encyclopaedias
www.vokabel.com (test your vocabulary in English, French, Spanish and
German).
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/vocab/index.htm (1ºESO)
? TOURISM, TRAVEL, PHOTOS, VIDEOS (useful for speaking activities,
cultural information, etc.)
www.tripadvisor.com
www.eu.visitlondon.com
www.london-downloads.com
www.artofthestate.co.uk
www.bbc.co.uk
www.lonelyplanet.es
www.secretlondonwalks.co.uk
www.streetmap.co.uk
www.googleearth
(See also Google Earth, Street view,...)
www.divxonline.info/peliculas-estreno/1.html (online films - high
quality)
www.tomapeliculas.com (films - check the language)
www.cinegratis.net/index.php)
www.dospuntocerovision.com (video - films)
www.veocine.es (video - films)
www.soloseries.tv (check language)
? FOR EDUCATIVE GAMES
http://roble.pntic.mec.es/arum0010/
http://www.xtec.es/recursos/clic/esp/act/eng.htm: you can create your own
educative games.
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/ Greenpeace_ Videos, games, ...
www.englishonline.co.uk
www.gameshowsuk.com/ukgs/Countdown _ "Clock-words" is similar to
the "Cifras y Letras" TV quiz. We could use this one for the session on
games (Thursday) - Here's the link to the application for this game and
there are many others included.
? COOKERY
www.supercook.com - recipes by ingredients
www.jamieoliver.com/podcast - famous English cook; it includes recipes,
cookery, healthy diets, ...
www.tastyplanner.com
? OTHER USEFUL LINKS
www.educa.madrid.org/portal/c/... Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas de la
C.A.M.
www.britishcouncil.org/es/spain British Council in Madrid
www.ihmadrid.es - Internacional House
www.royal.gov.uk (grammar, visits, vocabulary, cultural information, ...)
www. sparklebox2.co.uk (useful for teacher's resources)
? For Bachillerato
www.emes.es - useful website for students (selectivity exam, proffesional
guidance about university studies, ...)
www.camarotedeidiomas.blogspot.com (del CRIF de Acacias)
www.emes.es y www.emes.es/AccesoUniversidad/Selectividad/Modelos de
examen
Webs de las distintas universidades y Educared
http://www.educared.net/universidad/asp_problemas/problemaslistar.asp?Nomb
reAsignatura=Inglés&idAsignatura=10 (selectivity tests: key words,
explaining why the answers have been chosen, writing samples, ...) There
are tests for other subjects.
? For Bilingual activities and a net to buy bilingual books for
children
www.bilingualreaders.es
www.bilingualreaders.es/blog (Facebook, Twitter, consultorio online
Sinews y archivos audio)
? GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ (better for kids and young
teenagers)
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/ads/rb_fullsail.html?page_type=graphic
-organizer&page=%2Fgraphic-
or