Lingua.com English Texts for Beginners

English texts for beginners to practice reading and comprehension online and for free.The texts are brief and appropriate to different levels of proficiency from A1 (CEFR) to B2.

You can also take a multiple-choice self-correcting quiz following each text or download as PDF and print all the exercises.

Visit:

https://lingua.com/english/reading/ 

Coronavirus on Brainpop.com

A new coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, China in 2019, and then spread to people around the world.  

This resource from Brainpop.com offers a video and some interesting ideas to talk about Coronavirus with your students.

https://www.brainpop.com/health/diseasesinjuriesandconditions/coronavirus/ 

A Thin Line

MTV's A Thin Line campaign was developed to empower young people to identify, respond to, and stop the spread of digital abuse in their life and amongst their peers. 

The campaign is built on the understanding that there's a "thin line" between what may begin as a harmless joke and something that could end up having a serious impact on you or someone else.

You can visit this digital safety education resource on:

http://www.athinline.org/

Gross Science by @anna_rothschild

Gross Science from NOVA is produced by WGBH for PBS Digital Studios. Here you can find bizarre stories from the slimy, smelly, creepy world of science. 

Visit this Youtube channel created by Anna Rothschild on:

https://www.youtube.com/user/grossscienceshow/playlists

Educandy

If you are looking to create interactive learning games, Educandy is an interesting tool to develop engaging activities very easily.

There are 8 types of games you can generate. They can be played on individual computers, tablets via the Educandy app as well as on the interactive whiteboard. You can even embed the games into your own website if you want to.

Visit Educandy:

https://www.educandy.com/

How Did Valentine’s Day Start?

Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14.

Valentine's Day customs – sending greeting cards, offering confectionary and presenting flowers – developed in early modern England and spread throughout the English-speaking world in the 19th century. In the later 20th and early 21st centuries, these customs spread to other countries (source Wikipedia) but how did Valentine’s Day start?

European Parliament timeline

This resource may be a useful tool for teachers, students and anyone interested in the history of the European Union. 

You can filter events by category or tag. Each event is linked to a more detailed article on it. 

Find the timeline on:

  

https://europarl.europa.eu/infographic/european-parliament-timeline/index_en.html#event-20200131

Classics for Kids

Lesson plans and teaching resources that use classical music to help children learn. The materials incorporate various philosophies, including those of Orff, Dalcrose, and Kodaly. Games, composers, effective activities to help teachers teach the basics of music, musical terms, music education methodologies, and much more. 

Find it on: 

https://www.classicsforkids.com/

8 teaching resources about Brexit

On Friday 31 January the UK made history as the first EU member state to legally leave the European Union. Nobody has ever left before, so this raises fundamental questions. 

The following educational resources offer good explanations of Brexit and its importance.

Speakeasy News 

https://www.speakeasy-news.com/teaching-about-brexit-web-resources/ 

National Geographic 

https://blog.education.nationalgeographic.org/2016/02/23/what-is-the-brexit/ 

Busy Teacher 

https://busyteacher.org/24573-brexit-esl.html 

One Stop English  

http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/vocabulary/macmillan-dictionary-resources/macmillan-dictionary-buzzword/pdf-content/macmillan-dictionary-buzzword-brexit-lesson-plan/555240.article 

UKRI 

https://esrc.ukri.org/public-engagement/social-science-for-schools/other-teaching-resources/  

ISLCollective 

https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/search/brexit 

Larry Ferlazzo  

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/10/21/the-best-up-to-date-teaching-resources-about-brexit/ 

New York Times 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/learning/lesson-of-the-day-brexit.html

VidReader. Interactive transcript of any YouTube video

VidReader is an amazing tool that makes it easy to create an interactive transcript of any YouTube video. It creates article-like transcripts for your videos. Now you can read, search, and locate a segment within any videos quickly. 

Visit: 

https://www.vidreader.com/