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English to Go: "Animal Apps"
An article about the US and Canadian zoos using apps to teach apes is a springboard for this creative activity. Pre-reading questions, the article from Reuters, and follow-up summary in addition to grammar exercises make up a complete...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: School (La Escuela): Listening Dialog
This site for Spanish-speaking English language learners. Students listen to a short dialog between two students who discuss their new class schedules. Presented in both written and auditory formats, students answer comprehension...
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Ingles Mundial: Food (La Comida): Listening/dialogs
Wonderful, extensive site for Spanish-speaking ELL. In this section, students listen to a couple of short audio clip dialogs in English and then answer interactive comprehension questions. Several activities provided - instructions in...
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Ingles Mundial: Planning a Vacation
Wonderful, extensive site for Spanish-speaking ELL. In this section, students listen to a couple of short audio clip dialogs and view a written dialog in English and then answer interactive comprehension questions. Several activities...
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Ingles Mundial: Transportation (Reading & Comprehending)
Wonderful, extensive site for Spanish-speaking ELLs about transportation and related topics designed to engage reading comprehension skills.
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Ingles Mundial: The New House (La Casa)
Wonderful, extensive site for Spanish-speaking ELL. In this section, students listen to a couple of short audio clip dialogs in English and then answer interactive comprehension questions. Several activities provided - instructions in...
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Making Questions
This is targeted practice for question formulation; guided prompts ask the student to type question (yes-no or who, what, where, when). Students can then check the answer, ask for a hint, or see the answer.
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Ingles Mundial: Martha's Family
Wonderful, extensive site for Spanish-speaking ELL. In this section, students listen to a couple of short audio clip dialogs in English and then answer interactive comprehension questions. Several activities provided - instructions in...
Quia
Quia: Feast of Homonyms (Matching Game)
Play a game of match with homonyms. The game refreshes with new words at the completion of each round, and automatic scoring and self-checking provide instant feedback.
Quia
Quia: Feast of Homonyms (Word Search)
A series of word search puzzles that refreshes with new words at the completion of each round. Automatic scoring and self-checking provide instant feedback.
Quia
Quia: Feast of Homonyms (Concentration Game)
Fast-paced game of concentration that refreshes with new words at the completion of each round. Automatic scoring and self-checking provide instant feedback.
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Ingles Mundial: Listening to a Triathlon Sportscast
In this exercise designed for Spanish-speaking English language learners, students listen to a triathlon sportscast. Then they answer two questions about what they have heard. The exercise tests listening comprehension and listening...
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Non Stop English
Vocabulary and grammar activities for secondary English Language Learners (ELLs) are the main focus of this free site. Students select their proficiency level and then are provided a menu of grammar and vocabulary activities to choose...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Australia Find It! Quiz
Students use the online "Little Explorers" picture dictionary to seek answers to questions about animals that live in Australia. This exercise, which promotes dictionary use, deductive reasoning, and science and geography vocabulary,...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Halloween Find It! Quiz
Students use the online "Little Explorers" picture dictionary to seek answers to questions about Halloween. This exercise, which promotes dictionary use, deductive reasoning, and vocabulary building, would work well with ESL students...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Occupations Find It! Quiz
Students use the online "Little Explorers" picture dictionary to search for the occupations described in a series of clues. This exercise, which promotes dictionary use, deductive reasoning, and vocabulary building, would work well with...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Object Pronouns
A fantastic site for teaching Spanish-speaking English language learners about pronouns. Provides a variety of interactive exercises to reinforce the material. Instructions are in Spanish, and there is a "Teacher's Lounge," area for...
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Ingles Mundial: Clothing Words (La Ropa)
Wonderful, extensive site from Ingles Mundial for Spanish-speaking ELLs. In this section, students see clothing items in a "store" and then answer comprehension questions based on price and size. Instructions are in Spanish.
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Ingles Mundial: The Future: Pronunciation/sonidos
Extensive site focusing on Spanish-speaking ELL. This section practices sound recognition.
Quia
Quia: Feast of Homonyms
Online flash cards let students test their knowledge of homonyms by flipping through a 40-card stack.
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Eigo21: Daily Hangman
A site for self-study of English for Japanese speakers. Instructions are in Japanese. Maintained by a private afterschool "English cram" program. This section has an interactive Hangman game that updates daily. Play today's game or let...
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Ingles Mundial: Animals Dictation (Animales Dictado)
Spanish-speaking English language learners listen to five simple sentences in English about animals. As they listen, they type what they hear in the appropriate fields. Answers can then be checked and corrected.