Cooking recipes are a source of resources for language teachers. iFood’s.tv gives you both the instructions and ingredients, as well as a video where you watch the chef showing you the way to cook the meal properly. The units are not metric, they are US, but it’s good!
If you really think the future in ICT-based English teaching is in Web 2.0. Your website is Go2Web20.net
The most extense directory of 2.0 websites. Collaboration, creativity, sharing and learning in a nutshell. Make sure you visit it!
We often look into the future trying to find newbies that make our teaching catchier. These videos from Schoolhouse Rock are still nice to watch. With the teacher’s assistance, primary students can learn a lot as they have a very good time. Just go to YouTube and type Schoolhouse Rock, and there you are: adjectives, prepositions, verbs… There’s an unofficial website where you can listen to the songs and read the lyrics. Up to you!
A nice website by CISCO.
Learn about Internet viruses and e-mail security with Peter Packet, a friendly cartoon who will help you to carry out missions to help people in the third world.
Google has released a beta version of a web translator. It is rather fast, and the results are promising.
Some of you will probably know exploratree. For those who don’t, this is an extremely interesting piece of free online application, where you can create your own complex diagrams and mindmaps and embed pictures and external links. The tutorial is very easy and you’ll soon be eager to create your own material.
Here’s the British Council website with a set of resources regarding the environmental issue:
A game to learn how to diversify rubbish:
A word game, very easy and rewarding:
A nice quiz students will love to do, to see how ecological they are:
Visit a museum and learn about the dangers for our environment:
El British Council sempre envia un bulletin amb les novetats. Si us hi subscribiu el rebreu al vostre correu cada més.
This is something every single youth should come across: Anne Frank’s history. This website is very helpful. You will find lots of information and resources in order to help your students understand what happened in that ominous period.
The British Council introduces this small applet, Text Terminator, from Learn English Central. Students must complete hidden texts in three different levels. You can listen to the story if it is too difficult.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-games-text-terminator-index.htm#how-to-play