CELTA

Using the Internet as a Tutor and with ESOL Learners


1 www.eslbears.com

At this site click on Vocabulary then 200 Vocabulary exercises. Some of the quizzes here are American.

Click on Furniture. This is a matching exercise and can be used with a photo or picture dictionary. Learners will need to write down the spelling of the words before they continue with the next exercise.


2 http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/index.html


Adele Collins ESL Corner. Try some of the Vocabulary exercises at this Australian site.


3 www.learnenglish.org.uk/adult_frame.html

British Council site. Click on games, activities, play word games. Look at jobs and kitchen. Explore some more topics.


4 http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz45fck.htm

This will take you directly to an exercise on contractions. Explore!


5 http://www.english-online.org.uk/

English for Everybody. A delightful site for literacy. Try the beginners course! Look at the online games.


6 http://www.google.com/

In the search box type The Idiom Jungle. Scroll down the Jungle screen.
To find another amazing Idiom site try The Idiom Connection.


7 http://www.englishbanana.com/

There are plenty of free worksheets and games here. Regularly updated site.


8 http://home.earthlink.net/~eslstudent/vocab/topics.html

ESLhome
Lots of online exercises here. Scroll down the screen to see the lists.
Go to the home page. This is a wonderful site to explore!


9 http://english.wsl.edu.pl/quiz/index.php

Polish College of Foreign Languages
This site has lots of exercises to go with the “Matters” Intermediate book.
Unfortunately the grammar exercises aren’t labelled so to use these exercises it is necessary to explore them.

Select For Young Learners and try a food quiz.


10 www.nvnet.org/nvhs/edresource/hubpages/Worksheets.html

A list of resources here.
To find outline maps of countries click on map worksheets.



AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT!


Some sites to explore -

12 www.angelfire.com/on/topfen/tests.html

Scroll down the screen to see a list of exercises.

13 www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/trouindx.htm

ESL Blue – a massive site.


14 http://www.1-language.com/

One of my favourite sites.

15 www.talkeasy.co.uk/link/materials/material.html

Some attractive printouts here.

16 http://www.agendaweb.org/


Good tasks for Elementary level and above.


FAVOURITE ACTIVITIES

17 A two player past simple game at www.quia.com/cb/8111.html

18 The three most popular Internet ESOL games –

concentration (pairs, matching), jigword and speedword at

http://activities.bradleys-english-school.com/


A blog for the learners written by Margaret

http://house-and-home.blogspot.com/


A blog for the learners written by Karike

http://higherintermediate.blogspot.com

If you would like to learn how to write a blog please ask Margaret or Karike.

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Printable worksheets at all levels can be found at

www.englishbanana.com

and www.talent.ac.uk

and www.onestopenglish.com

and http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/