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One stop
What about one single web place for everything you need to help develop your teaching and students' language skills? LearnEnglish Portal is the new-look entry point for all the British Council's teaching, learning and network websites. Stop by!
www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish
The toymaker
www.thetoymaker.com/
"Who needs a little good cheer?" The Toymaker offers free templates for making paper presents: lovely boxes, cards, a cute cat gift bag and lots more. In the classroom, students can write nice messages to go with the gifts.
The Other 3Rs
Responsibility, relationships and respect are the themes of The Other 3Rs' free teaching resources 'to help young people mature in their attitude and actions.' Not directly related to language teaching but it can help trigger fruitful discussions in any class.
www.theother3rs.org/index.html
Connectivism
www.connectivism.ca/
The way we learn has been changing rapidly and in many directions in recent years. Connectivism, a learning theory for the digital age, offers a fresh view of learning and teaching through networks. Read the original article, or listen to this 33-minute presentation for more.
What's your secret?
Using secret messages to protect information dates back to Ancient Greece. At Thunk you will find a bit about secret codes and a cool secret-message-maker for students to practise writing messages, and then scrambling and unscrambling them. Have fun!
www.thunk.com/
BL Goodies
www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/
The British Library offers wonderful resources for you to explore the UK's life, language and literature through time. Timelines, recipes, stories, adverts, logbooks, songs, activities and more for you to enjoy and share with advanced learners. Happy learning!
More English Language Resources
If you are a learner or teacher of English, LearnEnglish has something for you.
Search English - a news, information and networking tool for English language teaching professionals.
go4english.com: An innovative English language learning tool designed exclusively for the Arab World
TeachingEnglish - produced by the BBC and the British Council as a resource for teachers.

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