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Teaching Organisations Latvian Association of Language Teachers LATE is an Associate Member of IATEFL - the International Association of Teachers of English, based in the UK. More information here. Teachers to Speakers of Other Languages, based in the United States. More information here. |
British Council Websites and Teach English
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Pearson Access to downloadable teacher resources and supplementary materials; learn more about digital solutions; get up-to-date invitations to free conferences and online trainings, and much more... Become a member of Primary Place, Teen Space, Tertiary Place or Exams Place and get access to a wide range of classroom resources. Or join the ELT Community to exchange your ideas with teachers all around the world. |
www.facebook.com/PearsonLatvia Pearson Latvia on Facebook: Read the latest news, join the teacher's community, find funny apps and quizzes to involve your students! A digital world in and outside the classroom. Learn about the online components to complement your favourite English Language course. |
Learn more about English exams from Pearson and test your English language proficiency at the PTE testing centre - University of Latvia, Faculty of Humanities - to receive an internationally recognised certificate for studies at higher education institutions in Latvia or abroad. |
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Cambridge University Press A wealth of downloadable resources and classroom ideas for English teachers. How to Use an Interactive Whiteboard This series of video tutorials shows you how to use an Interactive whiteboard. |
Here you will find free resources including pedagogical booklets and academic presentations designed for ELT professionals who wish to explore key aspects of language instruction.
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Oxford University Press Read exclusive articles by top OUP authors and teacher trainers, add your own comments and even contribute your own articles. |
Oxford University Press ELT home page Join Oxford Teachers' Club - hundreds of downloadable resources for OUP textbooks, all levels and skills, can be used with any book. |
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Grammar Free grammar resources to download including PowerPoint presentations; all levels. Grammar Quizzes and Both sites give explanations, examples and online exercises, suitable for intermediate level and up. More than 350 quizzes for practicing grammar, different levels + word games.
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Vocabulary and Corpus Linguistics Students can create individual study lists and learn vocabulary at their own pace. A site with a wealth of resources for teachers serious about vocabulary and vocabulary learning. A web-browser based concordancer. A program which claims to be able to distinguish between male and female writers. On-line Corpora |
Video Great video lesson plans for different ages and levels. Free video lessons, all skills, all levels. Videos with quizzes for all levels. Excellent site with original stories read by kids. Educational videos for kids. |
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Listening Short and easy news stories, 3 levels of difficulty, beginner to high-elementary level. Podcasts on various topics with the transcript for reading, intermediate to advanced, excellent British English Short listening tasks with handouts and online quizzes on everyday topics; elementary to pre-intermediate. More than a thousand audio files including video lessons on everyday topics, informal speech, speakers from all parts of the world, with transcripts and online tasks. |
Reading Classic books which you can read online for free. Free online books for students and teachers; all genres. Printable literature study guides; downloadable apps for iPhone. |
Writing Writing Activities for Kids Activities to show the children the fun side of learning. How to write essays, book reports, research papers, letters, speeches etc; intermediate to advanced level. Regularly updated tips for better writing, intermediate to advanced level. 55 Interesting Ways to Support Writing in the Classroom -writing ideas and activities, different levels. |
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Speaking Teaching English speaking activities. Ideas for classroom activities which involve speaking, different levels. Speaking and icebreaker activities for all levels. 655 discussion topics for different levels.
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Digital storytelling Upload a picture and add your voice to tell a story. Write a short story using the pictures provided by the site. The outcome is an amazing e-book which can be read in the classroom. Use your photos, video clips and music to create a digital story about anything. Create a digital poster with text, audio or video. |
Crossword Maker Sites |
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All Skills Free teacher-made worksheets, all levels, all skills. Hundreds of resources for all language skills, different levels. About 1.5 thousand lesson plans on current events and news with task handouts; intermediate to upper-intermediate. Free intermediate and advanced level resources - articles, texts, stories, grammar tasks, word games, crossword puzzles etc. |
A large variety of exercises for all levels (beginners to advanced) and all skills, printable and online. Free printable worksheets for A1 to B2 levels, grammar, reading, vocabulary. Short texts for reading, listening and learning vocabulary, elementary to intermediate level. Lessons and resources for all skills, different levels.
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Other Links 40 Sites for Educational Games Educational games for different subjects and levels. |
Many thanks to Baiba Svenča for taking the time to compile and annotate most of these links. Visit her learning technology Blog.