Bet you didn't know

Description: Bet you didn't know are a collection of short videos related to a lot of cultural issues: Halloween, Easter, Saint Patrick or even historic characters like Rosa Parks.
Platform: Most of the videos can be found on Youtube.
Possible uses: Due to their short length (around two/three minutes), they are fantastic to trigger a number of speaking lessons as well as interesting videos in case you need to fill the very last minutes of a class.
Advantages and disadvantages: The main disadvantage that I have found is that there are no subtitles available, therefore sometimes the understanding on the part of lower level students can be difficult.

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elllo.org

Description: elllo provides graded listening activities. It also provides games and hints of academic listening. Platform: website elllo.org Possible uses: I use it as a library of listening activities and as an extension or reinforcement activities for those students who want to improve their listening. I usually put links to this website in my classroom blog. Advantages and disadvantages: Its main disadvantage is the layout. It is neither user friendly nor very intuitive but its advantages are superior to this disadvantage. I find particularly interesting the possibility to expose the learner to different accents.

Englishgrammar.org

Description: Englishgrammar.org provides detailed grammar explanations, with downloadable lessons and online exercises. It also offers some useful tools like plagiarisma, wordcounter and grammar checker. Website: http://www.englishgrammar.org Uses: A great reference site to check grammar, to offer grammar lessons and self-correcting exercises.

Trading Card Generator

Where to find it? Trading Card Creator Description: This flash application allows to create trading cards for different types of characters and events. The writing is guided by means of different questions that allow students to make a complete card.

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