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Talking English
Welcome to the new Teaching English site!
The British Council | BBC Teaching English website is now bigger and better, and the global home for teachers of English. Besides lesson plans, teaching tips and articles, forums and polls, you'll find 'My Site' and 'Transform' to help you improve professionally. Check it out!
www.teachingenglish.org.uk
RIF
to RIF Reading Planet - www.rif.org/readingplanet
RIF is for Reading Is Fundamental. A lovely website with reading resources to help young children discover the joy of reading. There are stories, games, lullabies, nursery rhymes, finger plays, and lots more! There's also a section for grown-ups, with books, activities, articles and advice. Happy reading!
English Banana
If you need ready-to-use printables, English Banana is your place. It's only got three sections: games, quizzes and links, but an amazing number of English and drama resources to help students and teachers. Have a go!
detail from 'Complete Resource Book' at englishbanana.com
Pangea Day Films
Pangea - image: NASA
On 10 May a worldwide event celebrated the power of film: Pangea Day. It featured 'films that were funny, sad, gorgeous, stark - and powerful'. The films are available for online viewing. Watch them, debate the themes, enjoy human diversity and unity, and get inspired!
Visuwords
If you are a visual learner and love words, you'll enjoy exploring Visuwords. It's an online graphical dictionary which gives you word meanings and associations. It looks like a colourful neural net and it's a bit like a jigsaw - hover over the nodes and double-click them for more associations. Cool!
www.visuwords.com
Britain in pictures
Barnard Castle signpost - image: monkeyiron
Here's a truly beautiful collection of Britain's most treasured buildings: Britain in Pictures. There are over 20,000 photos which you and your students can browse through at your leisure and enhance your knowledge of British culture and charms.
More English Language Resources
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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
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