Extend your learners’ academic vocabulary. Each word is explained and contextualised and a podcast is included so that your learners can read and listen at the same time and focus on pronunciation. The website provides ready-made activities, such as quizzes and tests to check your learners’ understanding.

Improve the reading comprehension and vocabulary of your ESL students with this easy to use Cloze Test creator (the technical name for a piece of text with gaps in that need to be completed.) Simply go to the site and paste the words you’d like to use into the text box provided on the left [...]

Create a 60-second video for free at flixtime.com for use in your lessons.

Flixtime enables you to turn photos into amazing one minute long slide/video presentations with background music and captions.

Create multimedia slideshows using video, photos, music and text. Share them with your learners who can interact and leave comments in audio, visual or written formats.

We provide a working example, introductory video guide to get started and a lesson idea.

A Firefox Add-on to quickly and easily translate any word (assuming it actually is a real word) from English to Spanish or vice versa simply by clicking on it.

Here’s how to do it…

The Voice of America (VOA) Special English service provides audio and video news reports: Spoken at around two-thirds of normal speed With a core vocabulary of 1,500 words Aimed at non-native learners Based on topical news stories Using short, simple sentences that contain only one idea In the audio example below VOA reports from Japan [...]

Free American English site offering short stories and audio at three levels: beginner, elementary and intermediate. It also offers a collection of short dialogues and audio files. We provide a lesson idea suitable for intermediate level learners based on a story called “A Noisy Neigbour”.

This free online software enables you to create your own crosswords by simple typing the words and clues you wish to appear. Once you’ve done so, the site generates a blank crossword grid which can then be printed. We provide an example you could use with lower level learners on the topic of professions.

Here’s a range of PowerPoint presentations I’ve collected over the years, arranged in alphabetical order and covering different areas of grammar and vocabulary. There are also games and templates for you to create your own. At the Restaurant At the Supermarket Christmas Celebrations Clothes Colours Common Irregular Verbs Contractions Description (eyes and hair) Family Relationships [...]