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Free Lesson Resources for Teaching & Learning English
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September 11, 2022 7:47 AM

Free Resources for Teaching Adult ESOL Beginners

Free Resources for Teaching Adult ESOL Beginners | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it

A comprehensive collection of free resources for learning English at beginner level and teaching ESOL students with low levels of English. Features topic-based online vocabulary lessons, with audio and built-in feedback. Activities include vocabulary quizzes, crossword puzzles, wordsearch games, wordmatch quizzes, and listening and reading exercises.

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September 25, 2019 4:45 AM

Autumn - Teaching and Learning Resources

Autumn - Teaching and Learning Resources | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
English quizzes and games about autumn weather, harvest festivals and holidays, activities and events - includes online reading, writing and listening lessons, quizzes, puzzles, songs, printable worksheets and teaching resources. Suitable for classroom use or self study.
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September 30, 2020 4:45 AM

Learn English with Pictures - Autumn

Learn English with Pictures - Autumn | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
A mobile friendly mini English lesson about autumn, for elementary adult esl students and young learners. Includes a self-marking grammar quiz with feedback. Suitable for classroom use or self-study.
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September 25, 2020 4:45 AM

Pre-Intermediate English - The Harvest Moon (Oct 1)

Pre-Intermediate English - The Harvest Moon (Oct 1) | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
A mobile friendly mini English listening lesson about the Harvest Moon, for pre-intermediate adult English students and young learners. Listen and read the transcript, and then complete a self-marking online quiz with feedback. Suitable for classroom use or self-access between lessons.
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October 26, 2018 2:45 PM

All About Pumpkins - ESL Factfile

All About Pumpkins - ESL Factfile | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
A reading and listening exercise for adult English language students, young learners, and children. learn some interesting and unusual facts about pumpkins and practise your reading skills. Part of a free series of English lessons for adult ESL students and kids about celebrations, festivals, and holidays around the world. Learn about other cultures and improve your English with our fun online quizzes, lessons, and games.
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September 23, 2018 6:30 PM

Reading for Information - Thanksgiving

Reading for Information - Thanksgiving | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it

An Elementary English lesson about Thanksgiving for adult EFL students and young learners. Read a simple graded text and complete a multiple choice quiz. Includes audio and follow-on activities.

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September 18, 2020 6:36 PM

Pre-Intermediate English Grammar - The Month of September

Pre-Intermediate English Grammar - The Month of September | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
An intergrated skills lesson about the month of September for adult English language students and young learners, with vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing activities and conversation questions. Practise using prepositions of time, including in/on/at, to talk about things that happen in the month of September.
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October 4, 2019 1:39 PM

October - ESL Crossword Puzzle

October - ESL Crossword Puzzle | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
A free online crossword puzzle for English students of all ages. Revise and practise spelling English words connected with the month of October. Suitable for classroom use or self study.
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October 18, 2019 6:03 PM

Halloween - Easy ESL Crossword Puzzle

Halloween - Easy ESL Crossword Puzzle | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
An interactive Halloween Crossword puzzle for adult English language students and young learners. Suitable for classroom use or self study.
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September 11, 2022 7:52 AM

Free Resources for Teaching about Halloween

Free Resources for Teaching about Halloween | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it

Free Halloween themed classroom materials and self-study lessons. Resources include picture vocabulary word banks, word lists with definitions, reading, listening, spelling and matching exercises, crossword puzzles, gap fill quizzes, word games, and printable worksheets. Both British English and American English versions of most activities are provided.

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November 4, 2018 6:22 PM

English Vocabulary for Autumn

English Vocabulary for Autumn | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
British English vocabulary - a list of high frequency English words with pictures, to learn and practise vocabulary for talking about autumn.
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September 11, 2022 7:52 AM

Thanksgiving - TEFL Teaching and Learning Resources

Thanksgiving - TEFL Teaching and Learning Resources | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
English lessons about Thanksgiving in Canada and the USA. Includes vocabulary, quizzes, lesson resources and worksheets for teaching adult English language students and young learners about the Thanksgiving holiday. Part of a free series of online lessons about world festivals and celebrations.
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December 21, 2018 4:45 AM

New Year Celebrations in The UK

New Year Celebrations in The UK | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
An Elementary and Pre-Intermediate English reading lesson about New Year customs and traditions in England and other parts of the UK, for adult EFL students and young learners. Includes audio and online practice tests.
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September 11, 2022 7:46 AM

The English Alphabet - Online Resources for ELT

The English Alphabet - Online Resources for ELT | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
English for beginners - free online activities and worksheets for teaching and learning the alphabet. Lessons include vocabulary, gap-fills, matching quizzes and printable worksheets for adult ESOL beginners, elementary students and young learners. Part of a free online course which includes resources mapped to the adult ESOL curriculum at milestone 8 and Entry 1.
Sue Lyon-Jones's curator insight, November 14, 2017 9:45 AM

Check out our free, mobile friendly online resources for learning the English alphabet if you teach ESOL beginners. Updated for 2017, with lots of new activities. Great for fast finishers or self-study between lessons!

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September 8, 2019 6:43 PM

Life in The UK - The Great North Run

Life in The UK - The Great North Run | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
A reading skills activity for adult esl learners and general English language students about The Great North Run Marathon road race. Skim read and scan a short factual text for specific information and complete some follow-on activities to test how much you have understood. Part of a free online series of lessons for English language learners about life in the UK, British culture, festivals and popular UK Sporting events.
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September 6, 2019 6:45 PM

September - Easy ESL Crossword Puzzle

September - Easy ESL Crossword Puzzle | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
An easy online crossword puzzle for English students of all ages about the month of September. Some words use American English spelling.
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September 12, 2011 11:52 PM

Mexican Independence Day (September 16)

Mexican Independence Day (September 16) | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it

Mexican Independence Day is Celebrated on September 16. Practise spelling English words connected with Mexican Independence Day, with this online word search puzzle.

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November 23, 2020 4:45 AM

Thanksgiving - Online Teaching and Learning Resources

Thanksgiving - Online Teaching and Learning Resources | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
English lessons about Thanksgiving in Canada and the USA. Includes vocabulary, quizzes, lesson resources and worksheets for teaching adult English language students and young learners about the Thanksgiving holiday. Part of a free series of online lessons about world festivals and celebrations.
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September 12, 2019 7:15 PM

Red Cross and Red Crescent Day

Red Cross and Red Crescent Day | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
An online reading and listening lesson about the International Red Cross and Red Crescent organisations, for adult English language students and young learners. Mobile friendly and suitable for use in class or for self-study at home.
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October 16, 2019 6:38 PM

International Pronouns Day (October 16)

International Pronouns Day (October 16) | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
An online English grammar lesson about personal pronouns. Learn how to use the subject pronouns I, We, You, He, She, They, and It correctly to refer to people and things in a sentence. Part of a free online grammar course for teaching and learning English. Suitable for self-study or use in the classroom.
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October 30, 2018 4:29 PM

Halloween Vocabulary Word List, With Definitions

Halloween Vocabulary Word List, With Definitions | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
Useful English vocabulary for talking about Halloween, for adult English language students, young learners and children. A comprehensive Halloween vocabulary word list, with clear and simple definitions explaining the meaning of nouns, verbs and adjectives connected with Halloween. Part of a free series of online English lessons about festivals and celebrations suiteable for self study, or for classroom use with tutor support. Click on the menu links for free Halloween exercises suitable for English learners at all levels, plus related quizzes.
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October 24, 2018 4:54 PM

Halloween - ESL Word Search Puzzle

Halloween - ESL Word Search Puzzle | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
Free online word games for teaching and learning English. Updated weekly.
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October 23, 2018 5:23 PM

Mexican Day of The Dead

Mexican Day of The Dead | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
An English reading comprehension exercise about The Mexican Day of The Dead (El Día de Los Muertos) for pre-intermediate esl students. Part of a free online English lesson about this fun happy festival which includes a multiple choice quiz, mixed level practice activities, and word games.
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November 3, 2018 7:51 PM

Elementary English - Bonfire Night

Elementary English - Bonfire Night | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it
An Elementary English lesson about Bonfire Night. Part of a free online series of English lessons for adult ESOL learners and children about life in the UK, and British cultural celebrations and festivals. Browse our site for many more free lesson materials and quizzes for English language students and young learners at all levels.
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January 16, 2022 11:45 PM

Intermediate English Listening - Martin Luther King Jr.

Intermediate English Listening - Martin Luther King Jr. | Topical English Activities | Scoop.it

 Watch a short biographical video about Dr King, and then complete a multiple choice listening comprehension test.

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