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IELTS Writing Essays 7
Lewis continues his look at persuasive strategies in writing, especially as they pertain to the IELTS essay. The focus narrows in even more on conjunctions and logic. Typical errors are shown.
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Ding Dong Bell
The poor animated kitty falls in the well in this video of "Ding Dong Bell." Thank goodness for little Tommy Stout! (he pulled her out). Show this to work on rhyming in a fun, easy way.
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If You Are Happy
Happy, bouncing British children sing "If you're happy..." They go through many motions to get your class up and moving!
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English Grammar & Writing - Capitalization
Go over the basics of capitalization and when to use upper-case letters. A young woman with a whiteboard writes examples and explains. This is a good resource for ELL or ELD students due to its simplicity. One grammatical mistake is made...
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IELTS Writing Essays 1
As Robert Lewis explains, this video is directed toward ESL or ELL students who have to write something like the IELTS essay. He covers the basic questions: What is an essay? and How can we write a simple persuasive essay? Definitions...
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IELTS Writing Essays 2
Robert Lewis again discusses the IELTS essay, this time focusing on the common mistakes writers make. The camera goes from showing Lewis speaking to examples of essays, but the print is a bit small and not easy to read. It is not...
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IELTS Writing Essays 6
Be more persuasive with these strategies! Specific to the IELTS essay, Robert Lewis talks about persuasive techniques, such as using reason and appeal to authority, and how to apply them to your writing.
BBC
Bbc russian.com: Learn English for Russian Speakers
Listen to BBC news headlines in Russian and English. Also get short lessons on vocabulary, phrases, and grammar with explanations in Russian. Great resource for middle and high school Russian-speaking students.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Common Core Mathematics: Language Support
A video focused on ELL classrooms learning math and building language skills necessary to comprehend the math concepts. Students should be able to, then, orally express their understanding of what they are learning. [4:42]
British Council
British Council Go4 English for Arabic Speakers: Songs
This section of the British Council site for Arabic speaking children teaches English using a combination of fun songs, animation, and short word games (fill-in-the-blank, word finds, etc.). Songs relate to particular vocabulary sets --...
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: Planet Earth
Take a trip to the Planet Earth Museum to visit the different zones on earth and how they are affected by pollution. Included is a printable activity to reinforce the learning.
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: Record Breakers (Song and Jigsaw Puzzle)
This story gives a fun way to check listening and reading comprehension. Read and listen to the story before printing out an activity that tests what you've learned.
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: If You're Happy and You Know It
Listen to this upbeat song and follow along by doing the actions.
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: Santa, Santa, High in the Sky
Listen to a song about Santa. Then print the words to this song and an activity to do with it or practice Christmas words with an online game.
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: Twins' Week
Listen to and read along with this little story about what twins, a brother and a sister, do all week at the zoo. A printable worksheet offers an activity to check reading comprehension. Good for early intermediate English language...
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: Online Library & Listening Lab
An amazing project done by a California high school sophomore. After working as an ELL tutor, she decided to build a website that would provide free audio clips to ELL learners around the world. The resulting site is a library of...