Computer Links (NB: Some more general links at end of document, also some links may not be available)
http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/dqfbques.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/coconj.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/subcon.htm
http://www.wordsmyth.net/home.php
Collocations http://www.better-english.com/strongcoll.htm
http://www.esl-classroom.com/grammar/verbquiz1.html
http://www.twinisles.com/english/tips.html
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html
Created by: John R Peat
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/grammar/quest1.htm ; http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/grammar/quest1.htm ;
Gerunds and Infinitives http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/gerund.htm
http://eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/GERUNINF/Gramb.htm
http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/infgerun.htm
Paragraph Development and Topic Sentences http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/paragraphs.htm
Other
Phrasal Verbs (Travel) http://a4esl.org/q/h/lb/pvtravel.html ;
Hangman (Travel) http://www.manythings.org/c/hm-travel.cgi ;
Send a virtual postcard from a country of your choice from the selection at: http://www2.postcards.org/postcards/cards/world_geography/ postcards.wired2000.net
www1.bluemountain.com
Travel Links http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Travel/ ; www.lonelyplanet.com
travel.yahoo.com
www.lastminute.com
Created by: John R Peat
Theme: Education
Grammar Focus
Question Tags http://www.better-english.com/grammar/questiontags.htm
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/questiontags2.htm
Indirect Questions http://www.kimglish.com/gramm/indirectques.htm
Relative Clauses http://www.better-english.com/grammar/nondef.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adj2.htm
http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/common/relclauses1.htm
http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/common/relclauses2.htm
http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/common/relclauses3.htm
Transition Language http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/transitions.htm
Other http://www.myschoolonline.com/golocal/ (links to school homepages
Theme: Health (smoking)
Grammar Focus
General Present
Present Tense 1 http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/present1.html
Present Perfect
Created by: John R Peat
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/presentperfect1.htm
http://www.esl-classroom.com/grammar/presperf1.html
Present Continuous http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/simcon.htm
http://www.englishlearner.com/online/grbeg1.html
Past Simple http://www.better-english.com/grammar/pastsimple1.htm
Simple Past and Present Perfect 1
Other
Argument Essay/Debating http://www.eslflow.com/debateanddiscussionlessons.html
http://www.eslplanet.com/teachertools/argueweb/frntpage.htm
http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/project/politics.html
Smoking http://www.joechemo.org
Theme: Cultural Comparisons
Grammar Focus
Comparatives and Superlatives http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/fb-comparisons.html
http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/genknof3.htm
http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/dqsuperf.htm
http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/bl_beginner_compsup.htm
(information only) http://7-12educators.about.com/library/weekly/aa032201a.htm
(information only)
Compare and Contrast Language
Created by: John R Peat
Expressions of Quantity (Some/Any) http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz58mcb.htm
Count/Uncount Nouns http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/count.htm
Using Past and Present Tenses to Compare and Contrast
Other
Independent Clauses http://www.agricola.umn.edu/owc/indeclause/ http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/indep_clause_quiz.htm
Dependent Clauses http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/order1.htm
General Essay advice http://www.dartmouth.edu/~compose/student/special/esl.html
http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/index.html
Other http://www.maria-brazil.org/brazilian_body_language.htm
(Lots of great photos which students can compare with their own culture)
Theme: Environment
Grammar Focus
Cause and Effect Language http://www.state.hi.us/dbedt/ert/activitybook/pollution.html#anchor23978 (note this is not interactive) http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/animations.html
(see accompanying worksheet in supplementary file) http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/ Cause and Effect Language
Created by: John R Peat
http://www.state.hi.us/dbedt/ert/activitybook/pollution.html#anchor23978 (note this is not interactive) http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/animations.html
http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/ http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Ogasawara-Warming.html
http://www.delmar.edu/engl/wrtctr/handouts/cause_effect.htm
(essay structure) http://www.howard.k12.md.us/mth/english_dept/adv-comp/eng_effect.html
http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Ogasawara-Warming.html
(lesson plan) http://www.delmar.edu/engl/wrtctr/handouts/cause_effect.htm
(essay structure) http://www.howard.k12.md.us/mth/english_dept/adv-comp/eng_effect.html
Because/so http://www.better-english.com/grammar/becauseetc.htm
Expressing Probability (certainty, probability and possibility)
Other
United Nations (environment etc page – some great animated quizzes etc) http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/qui.html
Theme: Processes
Design your own roller coaster (Process) http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/coaster.html
Grammar Focus
Passive Voice http://www.better-english.com/grammar/passives.htm
Prepositions of Time http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/javaqz/prepjav1.htm
Created by: John R Peat
Other Passive Quizzes http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/gnknspaf.htm
http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/bgpassiv.htm
http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/ppassivf.htm
Other Preposition Quizzes http://palc.sd40.bc.ca/palc/Quiz/prep12.htm
http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/javaqz/prepinon.htm
(general prepositions) http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/prep4.html
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/preposition_quiz2.htm
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/cross/cross_prep.htm
(crossword) http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/grammar/prepo.htm
Other
Nominalisation (information only) http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/academic/3b.html
Theme: Trends/Graphs/Statistics
Grammar Focus
Conditionals (0, 1 st
, 2 nd
and 3 rd
) http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/allcnd1.htm
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/firstconditional1.htm
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/secondconditional1.htm
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/con31.htm
Modal Verbs http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/modal2.html
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/modal1.html
Created by: John R Peat
http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blmodalprob.htm
(not really interactive)
Other
Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics website www.statistics.gov.au/
Theme: The Future/Nuclear Energy
Grammar Focus
Future Forms http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/4fut.htm
http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/goingto.htm
Future Possibility
Other
Nuclear Power http://www.nucleartourist.com/
Robots etc http://www.windarooss.qld.edu.au/Main_Pages/Robot_Webquest/welcome.htm
http://www.ardecol.ac-grenoble.fr/english/brunner/enbrplan.htm
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/CIOStarWarsInternetScavengerHunt68.htm
Theme: Revision
Grammar Focus
Revision
Word Forms Quiz 1 , by Dennis Oliver
Basic Sentence Construction http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/bodyparts.htm
Created by: John R Peat
Find your ideal job here http://www.overseasjobs.com/do/where
Referencing/Writing http://www.rmit.edu.au/library http://www.uq.edu.au/hprc//style:html http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html
http://www.writing.northwestern.edu/tips/plag.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html
http://www.orst.edu/admin/stucon/plag.htm
http://www.spaceless.com/WWWVL/
General Essay Writing Links http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/main/essay.htm
General grammar links http://www.narith.4t.com/electronic-esl.htm
http://englishonline.sites.uol.com.br/english/intermediate.htm
http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/english/grammar/activities.html
http://members.shaw.ca/jack-higa/prototype/SB10.htm
http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/grammar.html
http://www.manythings.org
www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar
Created by: John R Peat
Teaching Ideas http://www.eslflow.com
http://www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/nov/grammar.htm
http://www.onestopenglish.com/ http://www.genkienglish.net/games.htm
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/ http://www.lessonplanspage.com/OtherJH.htm
http://www.infocrumb.iwarp.com/language.htm
http://members.aol.com/Jakajk/hyperlinks.html#ESL%20Links http://www.eslwonderland.com
http://www.usingenglish.com/resources.html
Business English http://www.geocities.com/kurtracy/
Dictionaries http://www.macmillandictionary.com/resourceclass.htm#Tip%204 http://www.longman.com/dictionaries/teachers/tchrs_resources.html
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/oald/dict_activities/worksheets/ http://titania.cobuild.collins.co.uk/pdfs/worksheets.pdf
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/activity.htm
Crossword (Countries where English is spoken) http://iteslj.org/cw/1/mh-engcountries.html
E6 Process http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Graphs (E6) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/languages/resource/english/graphs/tren6.htm
Created by: John R Peat
Created by: John R Peat