Useful resources that you can use to learn English.MARTA GARCÍA FLECHOSOTECNOLOGÍAS DE LA INFORMACIÓN Y LA COMUNICACIÓN EN INGLÉS

Games & Activities for the ESL/EFL Classroom

http://iteslj.org/games/It is a website where English teachers or anyone interested in English teaching and learning can share the games they use with their students or they find useful and the activities which they have found interesting.

All the items appear in order of submission and in alphabetical order.

Clicking in one of them, a meticulous explanation of the activity is shown, including the materials that will be necessary or the steps which should be followed in this specific game or activity.

Online gameshttp://www.tesolgames.com/students/online-games/

In this site a collection of games for English learning selected from the Internet is shown. They have been chosen applying the criteria of usefulness and attractiveness.

In the left side of the webpage you find a description of the game and in the right side it is displayed an image showing the general appearance of it, with a link to the specific game that you can click to play it.

Crossword Puzzle Worksheetshttp://www.englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Crossword-Puzzles.htm

In this website you can find lots of crossword puzzles to complete.

The subjects that they cover are extremely diverse and they are a funny way to learn English.

They are presented in worksheets that you can print and hand the students to give them a gentle break during the class, making them learn while they do the crosswords.

English for kidshttp://www.english-4kids.com/

In this webpage you can find lessons, worksheets, games and other materials or resources that you will find useful to teach English to small kids.

The materials are distibuted in different proficiency levels and their appearance is quite attractive for the children.

This site includes also a list of other recommended websites for kids that are learning English.

Learn English grammar onlinehttp://www.myenglishpages.com/

This webpage can be quite useful in order to acquire proficiency in every skill related to English language.

The contents are distributed in different sections according to the skill that the learner want to improve – grammar, vocabulary, speaking, reading, listening and writing.

It shows some tables with very clear grammar rules.

It also includes an ‘exercises section’ and a blog about some topics such as gramar, poetry, etc.

Free English video lessonshttp://www.engvid.com/

Webpage engaged in showing videos that include English lessons about different matters and different levels of proficiency as well.

Each video includes a brief description in the preview with a photo of the person who teaches that lesson and a brief description of it including the skills worked on it, the level and the contents.

5 minute English. http://www.5minuteenglish.com/

This site aims to give the learners short and easy explanations and exercises.

On this webpage you can also find answers to questions that other students have posted.

It pretends helping the students to learn with little dedication.It includes activities, lessons, articles and a ‘questions and answers’ section.

Website for TEFL teachers.http://www.tefl.net/

This is a free site for TEFL teachers (teachers of English as a foreign language).

It has lesson plans, worksheets, courses, tips, advice, articles and teacher forums where they can discuss different topics related to English teaching.

It is quite interesting the worksheet generator that you can find in this site, which includes several types of them with a lot of different features.

Games to learn Englishhttp://gamestolearnenglish.com/

This is a site for English learning through several games that you can find on it.

The games are divided on different sections according to the topic.

In the main page you can see a preview of the appearance of the games with a brief explanation of what you have to do.

Learn american English onlinehttp://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/index.html

This is a free website for English learning that distributes the contents in different sections named with colors that represent different levels of proficiency.

There are seven levels of instruction: blue, red, yellow, green, purple, orange and violet.

It provides videos, lessons, exercises, quizzes and advice for English learning.

Everyday a ‘word of the day’ is added to the site, so the students can increasingly improve their vocabulary.

Easy world of English

http://easyworldofenglish.com/This website provides an attractive appearance and it is user-friendly to learn English as a second language through grammar, pronunciation, reading and listening activities.

It also includes an interactive picture dictionary, where you can listen to the pronunciation and check the spelling by clicking on the pictures.You can use it to improve your pronunciation of the terms and acquiring them by repeating and memorizing.Then you can take notes of the new vocabulary words from each lesson.

Tune in to learninghttp://www.tv411.org/

This web shows videos of ‘native speakers explaining key reading concepts like critical reading, summarizing and scanning, and key life skills like signing a lease and reading a medicine label’.

After each video you will find a comprehension quiz.

If you click on the blue tabs across the top you will find some lessons referring to reading, writing, vocabulary and finance topics.

English vocabulary guide with pictureshttp://www.languageguide.org/english/

This is a quite complete online picture dictionary which includes almost everything - from the alphabet to parts of the body or farm animals.

The interesting thing of it is that If you put the cursor on the different items of each section you can listen to their pronunciation.

Vocabsushihttp://www.vocabsushi.com/ In tis site you can learn new

vocabulary.

You can choose your level at the beginning and then you will get lots of activities to practice it.

The interesting point in this site is that the vocabulary is used in a context, so the students can acquire these words easily and having in mind situations in which they will be able to use them in their future real life situations.

Conversational English skills

This site is dedicated to helping ESL/EFL learners develop conversational English skills. 

You can listen to native speakers talking about various topics.

You can also learn idioms and test yourself.

You will find real-life conversations as well.

http://www.focusenglish.com/

Reading for kidshttp://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/bookzone/read_aloud_stories.htm In this website you find

several stories with coloured images that can help the children in their reading skills’ improvement.

The appearance of the website is pretty atrractive for the kids, so they can find this way of learning so motivating.

Vocabulary related to Geographyhttp://sharegeography.co.uk/

This is a webpage dedicated to Geography and everything which is related to this topic.It can be quite useful to learn vocabulary.

It includes articles about different topics related to Geography, apart from some posts and comments, some videos, etc.

EFL for kids: videoclips, stories, games…http://pbskids.org/lions/

This is a quite complete site for kids that want to learn English.

Everything that you point with the cursor is pronounced and everything is explained quite clearly.

The sections included are really interesting: games, stories, videoclips, etc.

Arthur. Different activities for kidshttp://pbskids.org/arthur/index.html

Quite interesting website which includes so many different types of activities that the children can do in order to improve their English skills, as well as having a great time.

They can, for instance, write their own poem, watch different videos or sing in a virtual karaoke.

Reading and listening for kidshttps://www.raz-kids.com/main/RazQuizRoom

This web includes 90 illustrated books that students can read online or print.

‘These books are entirely decodable when students reach the corresponding book: the book contains sight words taught in the online episodes and decodable words made of phonemes taught in the online episodes’.