Tools for language teachers
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Website compiled by Rolf Palmberg. Last updated on December 3, 2012.  



Basic tools for language teachers

  • TEFL.NET's Worksheet Generator Three types of worksheets, ready to print out and copy, complete with answer sheets.
  • Worksheets 4 Teachers A collection of puzzle makers and worksheet generators.
  • My Teacher Tools A comprehensive directory of teaching tools for various purposes.
  • Bingo Card Maker A bingo-card generator that uses words of your choice.
  • Puzzlemaker A puzzle generation tool that creates and prints customised puzzles of various types with your own word lists.
  • Puzzle Choice Various types of printable and interactive crosswords and a selection of puzzles, jigsaws, mazes and memory games.
  • Wordle A tool that generates “word clouds” from blocks of text (or word lists) that you provide.

Survival skills in foreign languages

  • Your Dictionary A gateway to online dictionaries in about 300 languages.
  • Google Translation A program that automatically translates text to and from more than 50 different languages.
  • Google Language Tools Another version of the above program.
  • YAHOO! Babel Fish A program that automatically translates blocks of text to and from a dozen major European and Asian languages.
  • THRASS Calender charts Basic words for early learning of major European, African and Asian languages.
  • TravLang - Foreign Languages for Travelers Words and phrases in 80 languages to read and listen to.
  • Goethe-tests Vocabulary tests in 25 languages and 600 language combinations.
  • Quick Fix - Essential phrases in 40 languages Essential phrases to be taken along on an mp3 player or as printouts.

English language tools

  • Web Vocabulary Profiles A program that presents the vocabulary profiles of texts, i.e. tells you which (and how many) word types (from four different frequency levels) a text of your choice contains.
  • Text-Based Concordances A program that makes a concordance for all the words in a text of your choice, i.e. an alpha-list with accompanying contexts.

English language sites and activities

  • English Club A multi-purpose gateway for learners and teachers.
  • ESL for Teachers A multi-purpose gateway for teachers.
  • TEFL.NET An independent online resource network for teachers.
  • ELTWeekly A newsletter that features articles, videos, popular blog posts, and real life examples and advice for teachers and students.
  • Communication Weekly Newsletter Another newsletter that features articles, videos, popular blog posts, and real life examples and advice for teachers and students.
  • ESL Partlyland A collection of useful sites for both teachers and learners of English.
  • 5 Minute English A collection of short and easy explanations and exercises for various proficiency levels.
  • Project Britain: Your Guide of British life, Culture and Customs A-Z information about Britain for students doing school projects and visitors to Britain
  • British Culture, British Customs and British Traditions More basic information about Britain
  • BBC Video Nation Archive A collection of short video clips about various themes.
  • Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab A collection of listening-comprehension exercises for different proficiency levels and purposes.
  • Wacky Web Tales A program that creates short tales using words to be filled in based on different types of clues.
  • English Language Teaching and Learning Friday, Smiley and other vocabulary and text-based exercises.
  • The Storyteller Traditional and contemporary stories from all over the world, with teacher notes.
  • Brain Food Realistic lateral thinking puzzles (some of which, however, are rather morbid).
  • LearnEnglish Kids Language games for young learners.
  • Talking Point Worksheets Worksheets that promote pre-intermediate-level learners' fluency through stimulating discussion questions.
  • Language Guide A collaborative project to develop interactive, sound-integrated language-learning resources.
  • Repeat after us An online library and language lab.
  • English Tongue Twisters
  • A.L.I.C.E. Artificial Intelligence Foundation Communicate with ALICE, the latest result in artificial intelligence.
  • George Communicate with George, an artificial-intelligence avatar.
  • English Grammar Express Video lessons and activities with printable worksheets. Sample lessons: In, On, At (time), Countable and Uncountable Nouns, There Is / There Are.
  • About.com's English Grammar Help Grammar instruction, rules and practice including worksheets, exercises, grammar guides and lesson plans.
  • KS2 Bitesize A program that practises learners' knowledge of spelling and grammar.
  • Quia A game that practises learners' knowledge of irregular verbs.
  • Webbmagistern Two webpages that practise learners' knowledge of irregular verbs [select Oregelbundna verb I-II from the menu entitled 'Engelska'].
  • Nik's Daily English Activities A collection of vocabulary activities for autonomous learners.
  • Operation MathLog A web-based maze for logical-mathematical language learners.
  • Animate Your Vocabulary A vocabulary-resource website.
  • English Vocabulary Games with Pictures Various types of vocabulary games (including memory) to reinforce learning.
  • Word Ladder A vocabulary game that requires you to change a word into another by altering a single letter at each step.

Finnish language sites and activities

  • Selkouutiset News, information and stories.
  • Finskan opetukseen tarkoitettuja linkkejä A collection of vocabulary and text-based exercises.
  • Luetunymmärtämiskurssi A reading-comprehension course for learners of Finnish as a foreign language.
  • Miellä päin Suomea Eight young Finns from different parts of the country read the same text in their own dialect.
  • Quick Fix - Essential phrases - Finnish Essential phrases to be taken along on an mp3 player or as a printout.
  • Kielivoimistelua Tongue twisters.

French language sites and activities

  • Yahoo! France A gateway.
  • Le Point du FLE Free courses and exercises.
  • BBC French An interactive website for learners.
  • Quick Fix - French essential phrases Essential phrases to be taken along on an mp3 player or as a printout.
  • Révision de grammaire Grammar exercises.
  • La-conjugaison.fr A gateway that provides verb conjugations, synonyms, a translation tool (about 50 languages), language exercises, and grammar rules.
  • LearnEnglish Kids French language games for young (English-speaking) learners.
  • Language Guide A collaborative project to develop interactive, sound-integrated language-learning resources.
  • Virelangues Tongue twisters.

German language sites and activities

  • BBC German An interactive website for learners.
  • Yahoo! Deutschland A gateway.
  • Goethe Institut Another gateway.
  • Themen aktuell Yet another gateway.
  • Siri Lundin Kellers Linksammlung A collection of links for learners and teachers.
  • Quick Fix - German essential phrases Essential phrases to be taken along on an mp3 player or as a printout.
  • Webbmagistern Six webpages that practise learners' knowledge of verbs [select Glosor 1-3 or Starka verb 1-3 from the menu entitled 'Tyska'].
  • Zungenbrecher Tongue twisters.
  • DVG Deutsche virtuelle Grammatik Grammar rules and exercises.
  • Deutscher Grammatiktest Grammar exercises.

Miscellaneous

  • English Language Teaching Methodology A comprehensive and informative gateway for foreign-language teachers.
  • bio.True Story Information about famous people.
  • Fact Monster Information and games for young learners.
  • Universal Currency Converter A program that converts every world currency into any other currency.
  • World Weather World weather and latest news from all over the world.
  • Multiple Intelligences Inventory W. McKenzie's MI survey.
  • Multiple Intelligences for Adult Literacy and Education An interactive assessment form based on T. Armstrong's MI questionnaire.
  • Learning Styles Online Learning Style Assessments & Community.
  • The Memletics Learning Styles Inventory Discover your learning styles - graphically. Free, but requires registration.

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