Upper Intermediate

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EST 8/9 English Web Sites –

Computer Links (NB: Some more general links at end of document, also some links may not be available)

Grammar Focus

http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/dqfbques.htm

Coordinating Conjunctions

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/coconj.htm

Subordinating Conjunctions

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/subcon.htm

Vocabulary Building

http://www.wordsmyth.net/home.php

Collocations http://www.better-english.com/strongcoll.htm

Tense Revision

http://www.esl-classroom.com/grammar/verbquiz1.html

General Tips on Learning English

http://www.twinisles.com/english/tips.html

http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html

Created by: John R Peat

Theme: Travel (inc holidays) and Transport

Grammar Focus

Wh Questions

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

General ESL Links (may be useful to other levels too)

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

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