ELTWeekly Issue#8, Useful ELT resources

*** englishteaching.co.uk ***

englishteaching.co.uk provides and publishes printable and editable teaching resources, worksheets, lesson plans and schemes of work for teachers of English Language, English Literature, Media and Drama @ secondary level. 

All materials are developed and produced by practising subject specialists and, as an online resource, englishteaching.co.uk‘s collection of teaching resources and materials is ever-expanding.

At Key Stage 3, englishteaching.co.uk is organised according to the UK National Curriculum Orders for English covering reading, (poetry, prose, drama, media, non-fiction) writing and speaking / listening in the relevant key stages. They have a wide range of materials for Year 9 English SATs.

At Key Stage 4 (GCSE) and Key Stage 5 (A Level) their English Language and English Literature teaching resources cover coursework, examination and revision tasks and work packs on a wide range of examination set texts, authors, playwrights and poets. They publish teaching resources for use with the following examination boards: WJEC, AQA, Edexcel and OCR.

Explore englishteaching.co.uk

*** Mingoville.com ***

Mingoville is a free interactive online learning environment featuring English lessons for kids. We combine fun English games for kids with songs and colourful characters to help children learn English online in a fun “edutainment” model. Mingoville can be used to improve a child’s English language and comprehension skills in reading, writing, spelling, grammar, and even pronunciation. Mingoville lets children learn English from anywhere where they can access a computer with an Internet connection, 24 / 7. 

Mingoville was designed to help kids between the ages of 5 and 14 learn English online. However, Mingoville’s highly interactive e-learning environment has been used successfully by ESL students over the age of 14. It also depends on where the student comes from (e.g. we have older users in Asia, whereas European kids tend to start the Mingoville course a little earlier). In some cases, younger age groups may need initial assistance in their English lessons. We even have adults using Mingoville to take advantage of our free listening and pronunciation tools.

Essay writing comes with writing practice. Mingoville contains spelling and writing exercises in English for kids. However, these exercises are at a beginner’s level that won’t prepare students to write essays in English on its own. Mingoville does provide a solid foundation in English for children to pursue further studies. 

Explore Mingoville.com

*** The Teaching English Website ***

Teaching English is produced by the British Council with content and editorial support from the British Broadcasting Corporation. Both organisations receive funding from the UK government for their work in promoting English, supporting English language teaching (ELT) and providing information and access to ELT products, services and expertise from the UK. The Teaching English project is non-commercial and as such all content and material on the site is free to access.

 

The British Council has designed this site to act in four ways:

  1. as a theoretical and historical archive: where one can read about teaching methodology, currrent practice and issues in ELT.
  2. as a practical resource: for materials, activities and ideas for teaching
  3. as a forum: to help teachers, as teachers of English, to discuss teaching, exchange ideas and share materials
  4. as an information source: for professional development and training as well as an access point for consultancy services to implement educational policy reform.
The materials on this site are designed for non-native speaker teachers of English working predominantly in secondary education in state schools around the world. However, they have made a wide variety of material available and we trust it will also be of interest to teachers of all age groups and working in other kinds of teaching institutions.

 

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