Other+useful+websites

http://kids.direct.gov.uk/main.aspx || Native speaking primary students so may be suitable for secondary learners of English || Lots of lesson plans available in the Teachers' area (scroll down to find it).An html version (one that doesn't require Flash and is therefore quicker to download) is available at Kids Direct or by copying and pasting the URL below into the address bar of your web browser http://kids.direct.gov.uk/resource_areas/html/Default.aspx || ]] || From elementary to intermaediate || All authentic texts last about a minute, great variety of topics is presented, lots of exercises to the tapescripts( both on-line or worksheets), tape downloading is possible || level: from elementary to intermediate || "Mad libs" are fun ways to learn the parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, and so on), practise reading and writing skills. Students are asked to complete a story without seeing its text by filling in the blanks with particular parts of speech. After that they press 'reveal' button and read 'the silly story' they have created. As a follow-up activity they could be asked to edit their story so that it makes sense and write it down in their copybooks. If registered (for free), the teacher can create his own script of the story to use with the pupils, thus covering the necessary topic or target vocabulary. (the 'Create' button is at the very bottom of the page, under the scrips of other users). This page could also be used for any text from our coursebooks. We can type in the text that we have read with our pupils in class and ask them to fill in the missing words from the text. There's one more idea in Option 4 of the [|Instructions]. || ]] || a resource site for ESL teachers || Even though it hasn't been updated since 2010, it contains loads of useful materials for ESL teachers. [|Conversation Questions for the EFL classroom] section is very good. [|ESL Lessons using websites] page hasn't been updated since 2005, but we can take some ideas from it, too. || [|www.oup.com] || all levels || The site contains lesson plans for teachers, interactive games for children and adults. The Natural English interactive games show the learners how to use English in everyday life (ex: Mobile phones slang) ||
 * **Website name and URL** || **Audience** || **Ideas/Notes** ||
 *  Kids Direct
 * [[http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/|http://www.listenaminute.com/
 * [] || A resource site for teachers as well as students up to Grade 8 || ** About this Site ** : [|Printable ESL Worksheets], [|Games for ESL Classrooms], [|EFL Videos Tutorials], [|PPT Lessons], [|Interactive Vocabulary & Grammar Activities], [|Teaching Downloads]. Teach ESL Young Learners: Preschool, kindergarten/nursery, Primary School with resources from this site. ||
 * lang-8.com || secodary Ss, tertiary Ss, adults || visitors can write journal entries in the target language and have them checked by native speakers ||
 * [|Mad Lib Generator] || primary - secondary students
 * [|Mad Lib Generator] || primary - secondary students
 * [|Mad Lib Generator] || primary - secondary students
 * [|Mad Lib Generator] || primary - secondary students
 * [[http://iteslj.org/|The Internet for TESL Journal
 * [|If It Were My Home] || secondary students and above || A great resource to practise meaningful 2nd Conditional sentences. [|Here] students can compare their country living conditions with any other country in the world. A lot more brilliant ideas on how to use this site you will find in this [|Nik Peachey's blog post]. ||
 * eHow || a resourse for secondary school students (pre-intermediate/intermediate) || The site contains a lot of information. It's encyclopedia, content and language are appropriate for the mentioned levels. ||
 * OUP