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Fifty Links for learners

March 12, 2008 in Activities, internet, skills, texts, vocabulary | 1 comment

Here is a selection of links for learners to use for their own language learning purposes. There are links to resources under the following categories:

  • language links
  • topics: Texts to read and listen to, pronunciation practice, spelling practice, …
  • listening: over 400 activities.
  • native speaker: VOA Special English - limited to 1500 lexical items.
  • on line dictionary: each word in the definition has clickable links.
  • ask your questions: a learner forum.
  • toefl links: these are pre iBIT TOEFL.
  • toefl reading
  • toefl listening
  • toefl writing
  • toefl grammar
  • grammar: common errors, verbs as well as noun phrase grammar.
  • vocabulary: includes some quizzes.

Should any of these links not work, please let me know.

If anyone would like their own link to be included, please let me know.

idea.png Why not ask your learners to write reviews and post them here?

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47 things you can do with a text…

February 10, 2008 in Activities, texts | No comments

Perhaps you are very limited in terms of resources for teaching, or you find your resources are inadequete to your learners’ needs. Here are some ideas that you can use with texts. I developed this list while working in Azerbaijan where we only used authentic material - for every level, including beginners… Read the rest of this entry »