CONTENT CURATION FOR ENGLISH I

AUDIOPodcasts: Easily to understand bite-sized podcasts. Great for beginners.

• BBC The English We Speak :

• British Council Elementary Podcasts

• ESL Pod Podcast

Audio resources: Sites with Basic, Intermediate and Advanced audio resources.

• English Club• ESL Listening Lab• Talk English• English for Children :

Site with audio resources designed for Young learners.

TEXTShort paragraphs and stories

• Creative Writing – Prompts for writing short texts.

• Rong-Chang – Short texts for ESL beginners

• Elcivics – Small texts with worksheets for beginners.

Interactive Text resources

ESL Flashcards – Flashcards for practising vocabulary

Lingvist – Site with interactive vocabulary learning. Has a mobile app as well.

Memrise – Flashcard-like vocabulary exercises. Has a mobile app as well.

VIDEOYoutube Lessons

• JenniferESL – Playlist for ESL beginners covering the basics of the language.

Video series

Mind Your Language – Easy to follow series about a ESL teacher in England.

VISUALSImages

• Describing and Captioning a Picture – Site with image resources for practising descriptions. With resources for beginners and intermediate students.

• MyEnglishImages – Site with many image resources for facilitating roleplaying

Slideshows

Elcivics – Slideshow resources for ESL lessons.

Piece Of English Cake – Slideshows with integrated audio to build vocabulary.

MULTIMEDIA

Zozanga – Site with many resources for learning English.

NewsInLevels – Site with resources and even Skype for talking with natives.