Websites for Independent Study General English Practice:

Http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/ Interactive games and exercises for all levels to practise vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. http://www.pearsonlongman.com/newcuttingedge/intermediate/worksheets.html Http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ BBC website with ideas for how to practise listening, reading, grammar and vocabulary. http://www.eflworksheets.com/sampleonline.htm Http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/ British Council website with for how to practise listening, reading, grammar and vocabulary. Http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/ Interactive games and exercises for all levels to practise vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. Http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ BBC website with ideas for how to practise listening, reading, grammar and vocabulary. Http://en.yappr.com/classroom/Classroom.action Fabulous website with lots of authentic English videos clips. Subtitles are in English and are often translated as well. It's free but you have to register. Do a placement test to find out your level then practise listening, reading, grammar and vocabulary. Http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/ British Council website with for how to practise listening, reading, grammar and vocabulary. http://esl.about.com/ Activities for developing all four skills, grammar, vocabulary. English learning resources including English languagee schools, top Internet ESL EFL sites, English learning software, books, teaching materials, audio cassettes and other reference. http://a4esl.org/ Grammar and Vocabulary quizzes, crossword puzzles, a fun study site for learners of English, bilingual quizzes http://www.pearsonlongman.com/totalenglish/resources/ Writing: Http://storybird.com/storymaker/?Storefront_slug=andymcnally Create your own stories using pictures and complete with text. Http://www.twitter.com Chat with your friends in English.

Listening:

Http://www.isabelperez.com/songs.htm Songs with exercises that can be done online. Http://www.channel4.com/programmes/4od/all Watch English TV programmes http://www.simpleenglishnews.com/ http://www.englishcentral.com/watch Watch videos with or without transcript. You can even record yourself trying to emulate the speaker Http://www.vanbasco.com/ Do karaoke at home. Http://www.esl-lab.com Listen to conversations in English and complete pre-, while and post-listening tasks. Three different levels. Http://www.elllo.org Hundreds of podcasts of people discussing lots of different subjects with transcripts and exercises. Speakers are from all over the world. http://www.eslpod.com/website/index_new.html Podcasts about learning the English language. Http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/recordings Voice recordings from across the UK with people speaking in different accents/dialects. Http://www.englishlistening.com/ You can listen to native and non-native speakers talking about different topics. Levels are graded. http://www.ted.com/ Amazing talks by experts from all over the world. The best You Tube channels for learning English (taken from: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2011/06/21/the-bestyoutube-channels-for-learning-english/ ): o o o o o o http://www.youtube.com/realenglish1/ http://www.youtube.com/bbclearningenglish/ http://www.youtube.com/voalearningenglish/#p/a http://www.youtube.com/podenglish/ http://community.eflclassroom.com/video http://www.eslvideo.com/

Vocabulary: Http://www.totalenglish.vocabtrainer.net/ Register for this website by putting in your details and the number on the front of the book. Then you can test yourself on the vocabulary from class. http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/wordskills/ Interactive activities and tests divided into three levels basic, intermediate and advanced. http://www.digitaldialects.com/English.htm listen and learn new words then test yourself Http://memorize.com/ Type in the vocabulary you want to learn. This website makes flashcards so you can test yourself. Http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/naturalgrammar/keywords/b_testyourself/ Do exercises online to practise using and understanding the most common words in English http://www.googlebattle.com/ Type in two words and find out which is most common. http://www.wordcount.org/index2.html Find out which are the most frequent words in English http://www.wordle.net/ make words clouds using the vocabulary you have learnt this week Http://quizlet.com/ Another website for making flashcards to review vocabulary. Http://www.lextutor.ca/instructions.htm Test yourself to find out the size of your vocabulary then find some of the most common words in English to increase it. Http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/elt/products/nef_calendar_jun11.pdf Print off and complete a vocabulary calendar every month

Academic English: Http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/AWL/id21.htm Exercises to practise the vocabulary commonly used in academic writing. Http://www.lextutor.ca/tests/ Test your academic English and do exercises to expand your vocabulary http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~alzsh3/acvocab/exercises.htm Exercises to improve your academic vocabulary http://www.uefap.com/index.htm A great website for academic English Grammar: Http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.html Test your grammar to find out which areas you need to work on. Http://www.eslcafe.com/quiz/ Grammar quizzes Reading: Http://www.gutenberg.org Lots of free books online. Http://www.soon.org.uk/content.htm Free, easy-English literature. Http://istcambridge.wordpress.com/about/ Online magazine for students of English as a foreign language http://www.world-english.org/stories.htm, http://www.classicshorts.com/ Read short stories. You can also search by author. http://www.loudlit.org/ Read and listen to stories and poems online http://www.simpleenglishnews.com/ News stories that are easy to understand http://www.world-newspapers.com/

Speaking: Http://www.splendid-speaking.com/ Vocabulary and listening practice to help improve your spoken English Http://www.bbc.co.uk/speaker/ A BBC website following a group of children competing to be the best public speaker with advice from celebrities. http://www.fotobabble.com/media/search;jsessionid=ECEACBC896814D7389AF6B4F2864C0B6?query=&approved=tr ue&sort=dateCreated&order=desc Record your voice over photos http://www.facebook.com/pages/Language-Exchange/17032567746 or on skypes language exchange forum http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showforum=140&s=d7beb772c0c673cfedb56d0577c6ac53 Find someone to practise with online http://www.bubblejoy.com/ Send you friends, classmates or teachers a card with a recorded greeting

Spelling and Pronunciation: Http://cambridgeenglishonline.com/Phonetics_Focus/# Interactive activities related to pronunciation. Http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/ Pronunciation tips and quizzes from BBC Learning English. Http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/resources/pronunciation/phonemic-chart Phonemic chart with sound available for each phoneme-you can also download this to your desktop. Http://www.spellingcity.com Put in words you find difficult to spell and it makes games to help you practise them and remember the spelling.

Developing Study Skills

http://www.educationatlas.com/study-skills.html http://www.studygs.net/studyskills.htm

Cambridge Exams Preparation: Http://www.flo-joe.co.uk Lots of material for students who want to take PET or KET Http://www.itests.com/web/main/Home.html Tests you can complete online. /http://olpt.s3.amazonaws.com/online-practice-petfs/index.html Free online PET test. http://www.candidates.cambridgeesol.org/cs/Help_with_exams/General_English/PET Information about the PET exam and links to past papers. http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/general-english/pet.html Information about the PET exam and links to past papers. http://www.examenglish.com/PET/PET_writing_part1.htm PET exam practice online http://www.quia.com/quiz/444882.html?AP_rand=983099630 PET exam practice online http://www.english-online.org.uk/petfolder/petwrite1.php?name=PET%20Writing%20Part%201%20test%201 PET exam practice online http://www.ukstudentlife.com/English/Exams/Oral.htm Information about the PET speaking exam

Dictionaries: Http://www.wordreference.com/ Http://www.macmillandictionary.com Http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ Http://www.pearsonlongman.com/dictionaries/ Presentation Skills: http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/presentations.htm http://www.multimediatrainingvideos.com/ http://www.iasted.org/conferences/formatting/PresentationsTips.ppt

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___________s I.T Independent Study Sheet Each I.T lesson you will have a 30 minute independent study slot. During this time you can practise English on the websites I have recommended. At the end of each lesson please complete this chart and save it in your documents so I can see what you have done. At the end of term you can add this to your portfolio to show your work. Date Website What you can do on this website? (in your own words) What I liked What I didnt like Stars 1-5 *****

Have you found any other websites this term? Add them to the chart.