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Fancy a little quiz?
The quiz section in teaching English offers a wide range of short quizzes to help you add a bit of fun and a challenge to your classes. There are grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and topic based quizzes, which you can download and print off. Nice and easy!
www.teachingenglish.org.uk
Pictures to go
taxi - photo: richard learoyd
Learn English with Pictures is a free online resource to help kids and adults learn English words in a fun way. There are over 400 words and photographs which you can view online, if Internet is available, or print them out of offline use. As simple as that...
Moodle what?
Moodle is a free, open source software package that helps you create and manage online courses. It offers a chat room, wiki, forum, blog, quiz and other collaborative tools to make learning a truly interactive activity. Check out the Moodle entry in Wikipedia and get in the Moodle!
http://moodle.org
The Old Farmer's Almanac for Kids
photo: britainonview/oliver roques rogery
Calendar, sky watch, weather, history, pets, outdoors, puzzles, question of the day, vote, birthday finder, send an e-card, and the Activity Guide with 150 fun things to do in the Old Farmer's Almanac for Kids. Have fun!
Phonemic Typewriter
Learning how to read the phonemic symbols is a useful skill for language learners. They can look up words in the dictionary and pronounce them by themselves. With the free online Phonemic Typewriter you can create activities with the phonemic symbols.
phonemic typewriter
Nature learning
nature - photo: mat wright
Nature detectives, run by the Woodland Trust in the UK, helps kids learn about Nature. They offer games, activity sheets, quizzes, colouring pages, downloads, nature detectives TV and lots more green ideas, which can be adapted for use elsewhere. Happy exploring!
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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