A Video Quiz!

Watch a video about the smallest restaurant in the world and then answer the questions. The video is funny and interesting. You will find it by clicking on the picture above or on this link: The Smallest Restaurant in the World

IELTS - online test

Here's a website that offers an online test for IELTS. The test takes about 2 hours and 45 minutes. You can try it here: infoielts

Topic Specific Exercises

The topic this week in the IELTS preparation class is ENVIRONMENT. You can find many English exercises about the environment at The Web Language Lab. They also have exercises about other topics that we'll be studying about in the IELTS preparation course.

Take some time over the holiday and see how many of the exercises you can complete. When we return after the break we will continue with the topic GM foods (genetically modified). There's an exercise about that topic too: The Web Language Lab

Enjoy your holiday!

At the movies

The FCE (First Certificate English) students are discussing movies in Unit 8. Here's a fun website that will help you improve your English using movie trailers.

What's a movie trailer? A movie trailer is a commercial for a film.

On this website you can watch many different trailers and work on English exercises about each film. It's lot's of fun! - Click on the image above or on this link: http://www.english-trailers.com/index.php to visit the English Trailers website.

BBC Arabic site for English learners

The BBC has a wonderful site for Arabic speakers who are learning English. It's full of interesting things to read and listen to. There are many activities to help you learn. To visit the site, click on the image above or on this link: BBC Arabic for English Learners

English, baby!

Here's a website that has a different English lesson everyday. The lessons are fun and interesting. Each lesson has reading and listening - two skills that all the students need to improve. There are also vocabulary quizzes in each lesson. Click on the image above to visit the site or click on this link: English, baby!

The Learning Edge

Here's a fun website that has lots of activities. Click on the articles in the newspaper and listen and read, then click on:

at the bottom of the window to work on the exercises related to that article.

Click here to get started: The Learning Edge

Unforgettable - Song Exercise

Here's a music video with a gap fill exercise. Click on the image above to visit the site or on this link: Unforgettable

Be patient - it may take a while for the video to load. But after that you can listen to it over and over again, and do the exercise at the same time.

Listening & Podcasts

• English Language Listening Lab

• About.com Online Listening Quizzes

• PET Preparation Listening

• FCE Listening Exercises

• IELTS Listening Exercises

• Better@English Podcasts

Better@English podcasts

Podcasts are sound files, usually MP3s that are uploaded on the internet. There are podcasts about all kinds of things; interviews, stories, current news, poetry, or specific information. You can listen to them on the computer or download them onto an MP3 player and listen to them where ever you happen to be.

There are many podcasts especially made for people learning English. The website Better@English features two minute lessons to help you learn English vocabulary, idioms, slang, grammar and much more. To visit the site, CLICK on the image above, or on this link: http://www.betteratenglish.com/

Listening for TOEFL, TOEIC and IELTS

These listening activities are designed to help students learn academic English and prepare for tests such as the TOEFL, TOEIC, and IELTS. Each clip has six news stories. The listener can read the questions for each story before starting the audio. Then the listener will hear a short news story followed by a question. If answered correctly, the listener can go to the next story.

Click on the image above to visit the site, or click on this link: http://www.elllo.org/news/study_page1.htm

Listening Activities

In these listening activities, six different speakers answer the same question. In the flash activities, there are two questions that follow each speaker's audio.

These listening exercises are useful for students that are hoping to take PET, FCE and IELTS exams.

Click on the image above to visit the site or on this link: http://www.elllo.org/00MXText/00-MixerIndex.htm

IELTS Listening exercises

IELTS Listening exercises - click onthe image above to visit the site or on this link: http://www.britishcouncil.org/professionals-exams-ielts-listening-1.htm

FCE Listening Exercises

FCE Listening exercises - Click on the image above to visit the site or on this link: http://www.britishcouncil.org/professionals-exams-fce-listening-1.htm

Exercises for PET preparation

There are some very nice interactive exercises for PET Preparation.
Click on the image above to visit the site or on this link: http://bits.westhost.com/interact/sets/index.htm

Story Scramble - Game

Here's a fun game to play. Click on the image above to go to the website. Then play the game. Put the story in the correct order. Read and listen. http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/storyscramble/scramble.html

It's a Wonderful Internet

Here's a fun, interactive story to listen to and read. It's full of fun surprises too! Each page has something different - look for the arrows.

Have fun while you learn about the internet! Click on the image above or the link to visit the website. http://www.itsawonderfulinternet.com/

Online Listening Quizzes

Click on the picture or this link: http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bllisteningquiz.htm to find all kinds of online listening quizzes.

Here's a nice website with lots of fun listening exercises. http://www.elllo.org/