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The label ESL teacher toolbox contains a list of on-line tools that facilitate the teachers' task. Use Glogster to create digital posters. Apart from photos and texts, students can upload videos, sound and images from their computer. The service is free although you must create an account.  The range of styles is pretty wide. This tool can be useful for both children and adults.  If Internet is slow ask your students to produce their poster at home and present it in class.   See my very simple glogster underneath. It took me 10 minutes.    Thanks to Xavi Gumà for providing us with the link to this resource. Course 77 at the British Council Summer 2012.

Ready for your today's quiz? The Canada Quiz is HERE  The Australia Quiz is HERE  The Belgium  Quiz is HERE The Japan Quiz is HERE The Islam Quiz is HERE  The Italy Quiz is HERE The China Quiz is HERE    Print  solutions to the quizzes above HERE All of these quizzes have been obtained from the KIWINTESSENTIAL webpage, a company that devotes its efforts to intercultural training. See full list of quizzes HERE

The label ESL teacher toolbox contains a list of on-line tools that facilitate the teachers' task. A teleprompter is a device used in television and moviemaking to project a speaker's script out of sight of the audience. Procedure: Teleprompter Open the teleprompter (see link underneath) Copy and paste a text Choose speed, font size, etc.  Use a teleprompter for; Speed reading  Speed note-taking Lyric learning  Poetry reading  Guess what comes next Access the teleprompter HERE Thanks to our teacher trainer Mike O'Neill for providing us with the link to this resource. Course 77 at the British Council Summer 2012.

The Autonomous learning label contains tasks that students can carry out on their own. Aim:  read any webpage with the option of having unknown words translated.   Procedure:  Copy the URL you want into box 1, choose your dictionary and click unknown words Copy the link of the webpage you want to read Open the lingro page See link underneath Paste the link of the page you want to read into BOX 1. See picture Choose the dictionary.  In our case we have chosen  English to Spanish.Feel free to browse other options Read  your webpage and click the unknown words to obtain a translation into the chosen language Access the lingro website HERE Thanks to our teacher trainer Mike O'Neill for providing us with the link to this resource. Course 77 at the British Council Summer 2012.

The Autonomous learning label contains tasks that students can carry out on their own.  Use a text to speech page to ensure the correct pronunciation of your speech. Imtranslator: write your text and listen to it! Use any of the websites below Copy and paste excerpts of your speech into the window you'll on the right Choose speed, language (English) and avatar Listen and take notes  Link to imtranslator   (see picture) page:  HERE   Link to acapellla page: HERE    Link to natural readers page:  HERE Thanks to our teacher trainer Mike O'Neill for providing us with the link to  the natural readers page. Course 77 at the British Council Summer 2012

The label ESL teacher toolbox contains a list of on-line tools that facilitate the teachers' task. Do you need  the script of a film?  Go to the script-o-rama page and find out if the script is available (see link underneath). Once you have found the script,  look for the except you need by going to EDIT (top tool bar) or by using the shortcut Ctrl +F .  This will open a small window at the bottom of your page. Type a word/sentence that you know that appears in the except you need.  Copy and paste the excerpt in Word (or similar). Access the link HERE Thanks to our teacher trainer Mike O'Neill for providing us with the link to this resource. Course 77 at the British Council Summer 2012.

The Autonomous learning label contains tasks that students can carry out on their own. Access the web HERE , choose your topic and start donating.  Aim: practice English vocabulary (from level 1 to level 60), your grammar (from level 1 to level 5)  and also other topic such as Maths, Literature or Geography... Participate!  you are donating 10 grams of rice every time you hit the correct answer. Access the web HERE , choose your topic and start donating. Freerice is a non-profit website that is owned by and supports the United Nations World Food Programme . 

The Autonomous learning label contains tasks that students can carry out on their own. Aim:   Students read a definition and find word. All crosswords are related to a topic. Works better if students have dealt with the topic in class and use this as a revision task. Level:  medium to high. Lower,  if students have had prior contact with the topic. Range of topics: huge: cars, whales, adverts, volcanoes, yoga, Easter, emotions, fast food...You name it! It is possible to print the crosswords.   Access the link  HERE

The Autonomous learning label contains tasks that students can carry out on their own. BBC.CBBC Newsround Aim: read about current affairs in simplified English. Level: The site aims at young native speakers of English, not at ESL students. This site  is recommended for intermediate ESL students.  Procedure: Access the link and read about current affairs Enter the site HERE   Thanks to our teacher trainer Mike O'Neill for providing us with the link to this resource. Course 77 at the British Council Summer 2012.

The Autonomous learning label contains tasks that students can carry out on their own. British Council: Learn English for Professionals  Level:   medium to high. Recommended for adults  Skills: listening and reading Type of task:   this site contains audio files and scripts for a wide  range of subjects from the Airbus to Neuro Science or how e-bay works.  Procedure:  Listen on-line or download audio file (mp3) and script. Access the link HERE Thanks to our teacher trainer Mike O'Neill for providing us with the link to this resource. Course 77 at the British Council Summer 2012.

Choose your level under each provided dictation. The Autonomous learning label contains tasks that students can carry out on their own. Listen and write: Level: this site works better with intermediate to high levels Skills: listening and spelling Type of task:   students listen to a recording and write what they hear Procedure:  Choose your level  (in green).  Choose FULL mode if you don't want to sign in Choose QUICK mode or BLANK mode if you want to sign in  You are ready to start your dictation. This is the link: HERE Thanks to our teacher trainer Mike O'Neill for providing us with the link to this resource. Course 77 at the British Council Summer 2012.

Aim: Provide students with guidelines on how to prepare a PowerPoint presentation: background colour, font types, insertion of objects and animations... If you are using the textbook:   English for Communications , use this video as an extension tasks in units: Unit 2 . Corporate Communication and Information Processes Unit 3. Oral Communication Unit 10. Communications Skills for Quality Customer Services To carry out this activity you need the following materials: 1. Video: Death by Power Point . Video length 4: 25.s (see below) 2. Dynamic Presentations _Life after Death by PowerPoint_ Script and instructions 3. Dynamic Presentations_Life after Death by PowerPoint_ Students Handout 4. Dynamic Presentations_Life after Death by PowerPoint_ Photocopiable answer sheet for question B _key Materials by Beatriz Papaseit Fernández   and María Zabala Peña Video Information: Original video source: http://www.davidairey.com/how-not-to-use-powerpoint/ You can also download the v...

Sample task: Leaving a message Aim:  Provide students with model conversations and vocabulary necessary to answer the telephone, leave a message  and book a room. Provide teachers and students with role-plays related to answering the phone, leaving messages and booking a room. No photocopies needed ! Sample language: put sb through to,  hold on, I'm afraid that..,  Would you like a ...?  Do you have any special requests?, arrival and departure... The Point is divided in two parts: General telephone language and message taking  Hotel  room  bookings   Materials: Sample task:  Booking a room Provided Power Point. To download the Power Point, click HERE   No photocopies needed ! By Ingrid Charvarria Revised by Daniel Ross and myself, María Zabala Peña  To download the Power Point, click HERE