Tools and tasks for teachers of English, Finnish, French and German [compiled by Rolf Palmberg]
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Basic tools for language teachers
TEFL.NET's Worksheet Generator Three types of worksheets, ready to print out and copy, complete with answer sheets. Worksheets 4 Teachers A collection of puzzle makers and worksheet generators. My Teacher Tools A comprehensive directory of teaching tools for various purposes. Bingo Card Maker A bingo-card generator that uses words of your choice. Puzzlemaker A puzzle generation tool that creates and prints customised puzzles of
various types with your own word lists. Puzzle Choice Various types of printable and interactive crosswords and a selection of
puzzles, jigsaws, mazes and memory games. Wordle A tool that generates “word clouds” from blocks of text (or word lists) that you provide.
Survival skills in foreign languages
English language tools
Web Vocabulary Profiles A program that presents the vocabulary profiles of texts, i.e. tells you which (and how many) word types (from four different frequency levels) a text of your
choice contains. Text-Based Concordances A program that makes a concordance for all the words in a text of your choice, i.e. an alpha-list with accompanying
contexts.
English language sites and activities
English Club A multi-purpose gateway for learners and teachers. ESL for Teachers A multi-purpose gateway for teachers. TEFL.NET An independent online resource network for teachers. ESL Partlyland A collection of useful sites for both teachers and learners of English. 5 Minute English A collection of short and easy explanations and exercises for various proficiency levels. Project Britain: Your Guide of British life, Culture and Customs A-Z information about Britain for students doing school projects and visitors to Britain British Culture, British Customs and British Traditions More basic information about Britain BBC Video Nation Archive A collection of short video clips about various themes. Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab A collection of listening-comprehension exercises for different proficiency levels and purposes. Wacky Web Tales A program that creates short tales using words to be filled in based on different types of clues. English Language Teaching and Learning Friday, Smiley and other vocabulary and text-based exercises. The Storyteller Traditional and contemporary stories from all over the world, with teacher notes. Brain Food Realistic lateral thinking puzzles (some of which, however, are rather morbid). LearnEnglish Kids Language games for young learners. Talking Point Worksheets Worksheets that promote pre-intermediate-level learners' fluency through stimulating discussion questions. Language Guide A collaborative project to develop interactive, sound-integrated language-learning resources. Repeat after us An online library and language lab. English Tongue Twisters A.L.I.C.E. Artificial Intelligence Foundation Communicate with ALICE, the latest result in artificial intelligence. George Communicate with George, an artificial-intelligence avatar. About.com's English Grammar Help Grammar instruction, rules and practice including worksheets, exercises, grammar guides and lesson plans. KS2 Bitesize A program that practises learners' knowledge of spelling and grammar. Quia A game that practises learners' knowledge of irregular verbs. Webbmagistern Two webpages that practise learners' knowledge of irregular verbs [select Oregelbundna verb I-II from the
menu entitled 'Engelska']. Nik's Daily English Activities A collection of vocabulary activities for autonomous learners. Operation MathLog A web-based maze for logical-mathematical language learners. Animate Your Vocabulary A vocabulary-resource website. English Vocabulary Games with Pictures Various types of vocabulary games (including memory) to reinforce learning. Word Ladder A vocabulary game that requires you to change a word into another by altering a single letter at each step.
Finnish language sites and activities
French language sites and activities
German language sites and activities
Miscellaneous
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