Websites for Beginners

• Teacher Ryane's Listening Lab

• Randall's ESL Listening Lab

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Fun Websites

• Learn English through songs at Lyrics Training

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Websites for any level

• Study new words on Quizlet

  • Try to play "Live" in your classroom​

• Study new words on Memrise

• Play classroom vocabulary games on Kahoot

• Best online dictionary for students: Oxford Learners Dictionary

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Beginner Vocabulary Websites

• Picture dictionary with sound: Language Guide

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Vocabulary Databases

• Chart the usage of a word over time in written text: Ngram Viewer

• Find collocations based on corpus linguistics: Just the Word

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Research about vocabulary acquisition

• New General Service List: This blog has many materials for teachers and students to measure their vocabulary knowledge.  It also has an impressive amount of research behind the tools.  This site comes highly recommended!

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Websites for any level

• Read the Newspaper with Breaking News English

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Websites for Intermediate or Advanced Students

• Read the Newspaper with Voice of America

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Website Tools and Graphic Organizers

• Use this site to create a timeline

• Great timesaver!  Input reading material and Lesson Writer will make a worksheet for you.

• KWL (What I know, What I want to know, and what I learned) Chart Maker

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Websites for Individual Sounds Pronunciation

• Say the sounds correctly with Sounds of American English

• Minimal pair generator website

• Turn words into the phonetic alphabet  

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Different English Accents

• Hear the different accents of English with this Speech Accent Archive

• Find most major cities on this accent map with North American English Dialects, Based on Pronunciation Patterns

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Teacher Training Materials

• Overview of English Pronunciation Slideshow

• Packet for teachers about how to teach pronunciation

• Find videos and blogs about different pronunciation elements

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Classroom Speaking Activities

• Packet from the Center for Applied Linguistics

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Recording Technology

• VoiceThread

Academic Writing

• Learn about citations and style at the Purdue Owl

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Online Graphic Organizers

• Venn Diagram

• Compare and Contrast

• Persuasive Essay

• Essay Map

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Memory Savers

• Classroom Timer

• Random Group Generator

• Conversation Starters

• Random Name Wheel

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Academic English

• Find leveled materials from University of Victoria 

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British English

• Find all skills and levels on the BBC English Learning website

Grammar Sites

• Short explanations of grammar concepts

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Azar-Hagan Grammar Resources

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