Here are all the quick, compelling one-session activities you need to incorporate interactive learning and technology into your curriculum. Each activity requires no prep and can be completed in 15-30 minutes.
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At ESL Partyland you can have fun while learning English as a second language. Delete the scoop?
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Tools and resources for practicing speaking and pronunciation: - presentation guidelines - text to speech and other audio tools - conversation partner websites - podcasts Via Shona Whyte Delete the scoop?
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Improve your English with English short stories. This is fun and quick. Via David Mainwood / EFL SMARTblog Delete the scoop?
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Interactive word games, quizzes and printable worksheets to practise basic English vocabulary connected with the theme Food. Via David Mainwood / EFL SMARTblog Delete the scoop?
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TED Talks Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. Via Henny Chen Delete the scoop?
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Teachers who flip their classrooms instead serve as a “guide on the side” who introduce new concepts either briefly at the beginning of class or as homework (what would constitute the “lecture” in a non-flipped classroom), and then encourage and... Via Jay Ackerman Delete the scoop?
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This is a tool that allows a user to copy text into a text box and then "sift" to provide visuals. It is based on sound theory from Kenji Hakuta and Greg Wientjes of Stanford University. ELL teachers and learners may find it useful. Via Stephanie Dhonau Delete the scoop?
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A dozen tools for pronunciation and phonetics: dictionaries, phonetic charts, speech archive, text-to-speech, collected on Meaki by Nik Peachey.
Nice to have it all together on one page. Via Shona Whyte Delete the scoop?
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Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) – Intermediate (B1) Learner type: All ages Time: 60 minutes Activity: Watching a short film, speaking and writing Topic: Communication and creativity Language: Narrative tenses Via TeachingEnglish, Louise Robinson-Lay, Juergen Wagner, Shona Whyte Delete the scoop?
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Shona Whyte: A short list of good sites where EFL/ESL learners can practice their listening skills: BBC podcasts, Randall, ELLLO and some you may not know.
From the Speechy project website, which aims to sift online resources for English, French and Spanish to help busy teachers. Via Shona Whyte Delete the scoop?
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The easiest way to caption and translate any video. Delete the scoop?
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From the archaeological areas of Pompeii to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, Google’s World Wonders Project aims to bring to life the wonders of the modern and ancient world. Delete the scoop?
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A collection of 408 free PDF lesson plans and handouts, with answers and teachers' notes where needed, for all levels, including exam lessons for ESL/EFL teachers. Delete the scoop?
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Download hundreds of free audio books, mostly classics, to your MP3 player or computer. Includes great works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Via Annie Gual-Arnoux Gwynn, Laurence Bernard, Shona Whyte Delete the scoop?
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從TASA看英語E流學習:教育的破壞式創新 — 顛倒教室-The Classroom Flip (將傳統的學習流程做些翻轉) Via Henny Chen Delete the scoop?
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Many educators who were talking about the change in how instruction is being delivered were excited by what they see happening in their classrooms. For those of you who may not be familiar with the term "flipped classroom" ... Via Jay Ackerman Delete the scoop?
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Graph Words is another visualization tool to help language learners (English) expand their vocabulary. Via Stephanie Dhonau Delete the scoop?
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"Free audio books that you can download in mp3, iPod and iTunes format for your portable audio player."
Shona Whyte: Classic out-of-copyright stuff (Kipling, Twain, Dickens, the Wind in the Willows, a Little Princess, Anne of Green Gables)
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Shona Whyte: This "trilingual index of expressions with equivalent meanings" lets you look up idioms by category, see them in a sentence, hear the sentence spoken aloud, and work on interactive exercises to test your knowledge. Via Shona Whyte Delete the scoop?
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This is a great tool which matches up YouTube music videos to lyrics. Just enter the name of a singer you like then select a song. You'll see the lyrics appear beside the song. Great way to improve your language skills. Via Nik Peachey 
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May 3, 11:16 AM
I've just searched for a couple of songs and artists and worked out for me.
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ESL games online for English learners, including hangman, crosswords and other word games. Via David Mainwood / EFL SMARTblog Delete the scoop?
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