Short story - Simple English

 

 Short story to practice your reading and listening skills!! Really useful and nice!! Enjoy!!

Source: ILS collective

https://youtu.be/OuJ4BBQ0nhc

The Bayeux Tapestry project (ENG-FR)

Enjoy this weekend!!! Lots of sunshine

Storyweaber

https://storyweaver.org.in/

A great choice of different stories to read and listen to.

Growth mindset - Fixed mindset

Source: Sprouts channel

Teach your monster to read

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

The youngest ones will have lots of fun with this site. They will create and customize their own monster and help him/her in different games, while learning new vocabulary.

Brain breaks for online classes (Hélène Colinet)

Although in Spanish, you can use all of these brain breaks in your English class.

Really useful!!!

This video is available on the website Kumubox. You have to log in to watch it, but it is free.

https://kumubox.com/producto/webinario-brain-breaks-para-aumentar-la-motivacion-y-participacion-de-los-alumnos-en-case/

Tagxedo

Tagxedo turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning word cloud.

Idea for your class: You can use this tool with your students. Choose a subject, make them look for all the words they know and then create a design with this tool.

http://www.tagxedo.com/

A really useful and interesting webinar for teachers!!

Don't miss it!!!

Fantastic webinar, where Joseph Hopkins and Jackie Robins (members of the ICT-REV project), talk about how to take your language teaching online.

Don't forget to check the ICT-REV inventory they have created:

www.ecml.at/ict

Paralleltext.io

http://paralleltext.io/

This website will help you learn English (and other languages) reading classical books in two languages at the same time. First choose the language you speak, then the language you want to improve and they will offer you several books. Once you have selected the book, there is the option to read just in English or with both versions (click on the three lines on the left: split view).

Bitmoji : a new tool for your class

https://www.bitmoji.com/

"Rosco galáctico": learning English with a game for kids

http://www.educa.jcyl.es/educacyl/cm/gallery/recursos_bizpills/ROSCO/5/juego.html

 If you have kids, this simple game will allow them to learn some easy vocabulary. They have to read definitions and choose one word out of three. Enjoy!!

Reading comprehension activities (University of Victoria, Canada)

https://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/410/reading/

The University of Victoria provides us with this useful site with reading comprehension activities. Just choose a story and you will find not only the text but also the audio file to listen to, as well as exercises.

Music and films for Sunday!!

Have you seen all these films???

Macmillan Spain - Interesting and useful videos

On this website you will find really useful videos, take your time and discover all they publish!!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoUJxz9-R1Tl7El0hco7kuQ

Grammarly - Free Online Writing Assistant

If you want to check everything you write in English. Grammarly is going to help you.

It will allow you to improve:

• Usage Of Words
• Spelling
• Punctuation 

You can eliminate grammar errors and easily improve any text.

A feature extension on Firefox.

https://www.grammarly.com/

English e-Reader

 

https://english-e-reader.net/

After signing up on this website, you will have access to a wide range of English books. All books are divided into different categories:

• A1 starter
• A2 elementary
• B1 pre-intermediate
• B1+ intermediate
• B2 intermediate-plus
• B2+ upper-intermediate
• C1 advanced
• C2 unabridged

Cristina's blog

https://www.cristinacabal.com/

On this blog you will find lots of interesting ideas and resources for teaching your student during the lockdown.

Thank you very much, Cristina!!!

CNN in 10

https://edition.cnn.com/cnn10

You can read the transcript and there is a NewsQuiz.

Teacher Training Videos (Russell Stannard)

https://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/

Teacher Training Videos.This website offers free step by step videos to help teachers (and students) incorporate technology into their teaching and learning. Their main aim is to help teachers who feel overwhelmed by the huge number of technologies available. Their moto is 'Simple Tech Help for Teachers'.