Recommended Sites

Recommended Sites

General Resources Sites
- All things topics: A big catalogue of educational material free to download.
https://www.allthingstopics.com/

Listening
- ELLLO: Great site for finding interviews and casual conversations.  It uses a format with vocabulary, vocabulary practice and quiz that is perfect to teach new vocabulary.
http://www.elllo.org/

- Randall's ESL Cyber Listening: A series of listening activities with many topics in mind. It is perfect as examples of how do you expect a conversation to go. Also, the listenings are fast and to the point.
https://www.esl-lab.com/

- NEWSY: Presents a series of audio segments about trending topics. Most listening are based on current news on America. It is mainly useful with advanced students.
https://www.newsy.com/

- Talk English: A series of lessons for Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. There are no tags for it, so you gotta treasure hunt for the right listening.
https://www.talkenglish.com/listening/listen.aspx

- ESL: English as a second language. A listening compendium for different levels and ages.
https://www.rong-chang.com/

- News in levels: Real life News in written and audio format. Each News can be seen in three different levels of difficulty. Ideal for teenagers and adults.
https://www.newsinlevels.com/

- Kiz Club:  On this webpage you can read and listen online or download illustrated stories by topic. 

http://www.kizclub.com/reading1.htm

- Voki: Create an avatar and add an audio to simulate a speech.

https://www.voki.com/

 

Reading
-Busy Teacher: Kind of a popular sites which contains a big quantity of worksheets and printing material. It is ideal for finding practice exercises.
https://busyteacher.org/16195-reading-material-8-best-authentic-sources.html

- Commonlit: Access the tools to implement an effective literacy program in your classroom, school, or district.

commonlit.org

- English Club: This sites contains a lot for material to cover. Now, it is mentioned for the list of recommended readings for different types of ages.
https://www.englishclub.com/reading/recommended/

- English ESL Worksheets: It is perfect for finding presentations, worksheets, different readings and when looking for topic based exercises. It requires registration before downloading. 
https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/search

- MyEnglishPages: It contains a little bit of everything, but it excels at containing good short reading material that can be used in different levels of learning.
https://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/reading.php

- Newsela: Here you can find interesting articles for your class. You must register, but it is free. newsela.com

Grammar Drilling
Agenda Web: Probably one of the biggest sites on grammar practice and a search tool for grammar exercises.
https://agendaweb.org/


Critical Thinking
- Hexagonal Thinking: Higher thinking and project ideas. 
http://www.nowsparkcreativity.com/2020/03/hexagonal-thinking-in-ela-ultimate-guide.html