English Language Learning (EFL)

Reading and Writing Resources
Here are some useful topics, in alphabetical order, for reading and writing lessons:


Academic Writing and Grammar Guides
http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/grammar.htm

Assignment Writing - Pre-intermediate plus - Interactive webpages
http://www.gre.ac.uk/studyskills/assignment_writing

Bored or Boring: Adjectives - Pre-intermediate level - webpage
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/askaboutenglish/2010/04/100601_aae_bored.shtml

Cause and Effect - Pre-intermediate level plus - Webpage
http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/exercises/cause&effect.htm#answers

Data Report Writing - Pre-intermediate level plus - webpage
http://www.ehow.com/how_6610267_write-data-report.html

E-mail Writing Rules - Pre-intermediate level plus - webpage
http://time.com/3425368/google-email-rules/

Fairy Tale Analysis - Teachers and Upper Intermediate learners - webpage
http://www.lefavole.org/en/fiaba.htm

Grammar Exercises - Pre-intermediate level plus - interactive webpage
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/exercises/

Grammar Course - Fresh EFL Teachers
Click here for Grammar Awareness Module 

Grammar Notes - pre-intermediate level plus - webpages
http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/rules/index.htm

Grammar and Writing Information - Pre-intermediate level plus - website
http://www.towson.edu/ows/index.htm

Grammar and Vocabulary - Pre-intermediate level plus - interactive website
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/present-tense

Grammar and Vocabulary - Pre-intermediate level plus - interactive website
http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/index.htm

Irony, satire and figurative language - Intermediate level - webpage

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/english2/handouts/index.html

Project Proposal Writing - Intermediate level students and Teaching Kit - PDF file
http://documents.rec.org/publications/ProposalWriting.pdf

Reading Skills and Note-taking for Students - Pre-intermediate plus - Interactive webpages
http://www.gre.ac.uk/studyskills/reading_skills

Reading Skills - Pre-intermediate - Interactive webpages
https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/1_StudySkills/study_tuts/reading_LL/index.html

Skimming and Scanning - Pre-intermediate level - PDF file              
http://is.akcentcollege.cz/el/AK10/leto2010/ALDID2/Skimming__scanning_-_study_skills.pdf

Teachers and Learners Guides to EFL - Pre-intermediate level plus - webpages
http://esl.fis.edu/index.htm

Various Study and English Skills - Pre-intermediate plus - Interactive webpages
http://www.gre.ac.uk/studyskills

Vocabulary and Communication Theory for Healthcare Workers - Intermediate level plus - PDF file
http://slincs.coe.utk.edu/lpm/ky/health_manual/comm_skills1.pdf


Listening and Speaking Resources
Here are some useful topics, in alphabetical order, for speaking and listening lessons:

Jack and The Beanstalk - Pre-intermediate level - YouTube Video (3.25 mins)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKB1_wBueFM&feature=related

Little Red Riding Hood - Pre-intermediate level - YouTube Video (2 mins)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbzMC6qAzVU&feature=related

Listening and Note-taking for Students - Pre-intermediate plus - Interactive webpages
http://www.gre.ac.uk/studyskills/note_making

Phonetic Chart Explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfwVXfl0EnI

Podcast Suggestions and Sites - Teachers and Students - PDF file
http://www3.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/elap/New%20Stuff%200606/ELT_podcasting_Sze.pdf

Presentation Skills for Students - Pre-intermediate plus - Interactive webpages
http://www.gre.ac.uk/studyskills/presentation_skills

Present Perfect Satirical Cartoons - Pre-intermediate level, plus - YouTube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hcJECNQDlc&feature=related

Rhetorical Strategies for Public Speaking - Intermediate level - YouTube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfjQujYrfEk&feature=relmfu

Second Conditional Sentences 'The Big Bang Theory' - Intermediate level - YouTube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJF9Gb3dGbc&feature=related

Sentence Stress - Pre-intermediate level - YouTube video (1.5 mins)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWfP6kpruPQ

Suffixes - Pre-intermediate level - YouTube video (2 mins)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_uyZctQkBs&feature=plcp

Various Movies and Worksheets - All Levels and Teachers - Website
http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.hk/


Language and Teaching Guides
Here are some language and teaching guides:
(Learners, please note that not all dictionaries are equally reliable or up-to-date.  For the most reliable and generally acceptable information check the published book from bookstores.)

English Language guides:

http://englishtrainer.blogspot.hk/

www.urbandictionary.com

http://dictionary.reference.com/

www.thefreedictionary.com

www.slangdictionary.com

onlineslangdictionary.com



Multi-language Site:

http://www.language-learning-advisor.com/index.html


Teaching Resources

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