english-language-literature

The Teaching Library

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:46:03 +0100

The Teaching Library is a place to find free teaching ideas and lesson resources, all linked to books that can be used in the classroom. Each book has ideas for uses in different areas of the curriculum, along with related video content and downloadable materials.

Ideal for Initial Teacher Training and Family Learning Practitioners

Visit http://www.teachinglibrary.co.uk to Discover teaching ideas and lesson resources linked to children's books and literature.

Kindle Cloud Reader

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:12:46 +0100

Kindle Cloud Reader is a great tool for practitioners and learners alike, who don’t even own a Kindle.

The Kindle Cloud Reader syncs previously read pages to all devices, so users don’t need to start at the beginning every time they pick up the book on a different device.

It also...

- automatically updates itself; and

- even has an offline mode that lets users read their books when not connected to the Internet. Perfect for when users are out of wi-fi range.

Note: at the time of curating this, Kindle Cloud only works with Chrome or Safari Browsers.

Visit https://read.amazon.com/ to find out more.

Planet eBook

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 22:09:48 +0100

Planet eBook hosts works of classic literature — free to download without needing a log-in or membership.

82 books are currently hosted in the library as PDF files, which can be opened and read on any computer or smartphone.

The books available on Planet eBook are all public domain material; meaning they can be...

downloaded;
copied;
printed; and
shared without requiring authorization from the author or publisher — as long as individuals do not modify the content or sell them for a profit.

To read the novels on Planet eBook users will need a PDF reader — Nitro PDF Reader is available for free on the home page.

Visit http://www.planetebook.com/ to find out more and/or to download a "classic".

Interactive English

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:46:59 +0100

Clicknlearn is the result of several years' work so that learners had fun while learning.

In the words of the authors'...

"Through the years that followed, it fed and grew on their wishes and suggestions and, consequently, needed no other justification: if motivation is the key factor in the acquisition and assimilation of knowledge, the explicit requests of those it was directed to became the best reason to carry on with this project."

Clicknlearn is, as they state, far from finished, but they feel it is comprehensive enough to be of some use for other practitioners and other learners.

Ideal interactive English content for Family Learning, ESOL/ESL/EFL and functional skills.

Visit http://www.clicknlearn.net/ to find out more.

In Their Own Words

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:31:56 +0100

Audio interviews, recorded by the BBC, now appear online in a collection called In Their Own Words.

These archived interviews, with legendary British novelists, takes visitors back to 1937; to a conversation with Virginia Woolf, then moves forward to interviews with...

Aldous Huxley;

JRR Tolkien;

Doris Lessing;

Martin Amis;

VS Naipaul; and

Salman Rushdie

...to name just a few.

Visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/writers/ to listen to these recordings.

Interactive Folio: Romeo and Juliet

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:44:21 +0100

The Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project has what can only be described as an outstanding interactive resource that everyone who teaches Romeo and Juliet should probably bookmark.

Interactive Folio: Romeo and Juliet is an interactive display of the text of Romeo and Juliet. As learners read the document they can...

click on any link in the text to view...
- definitions;
- images;
- audio recordings; and
- videos

...related to the content they're reading.

Visit http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/rjfolio.cfm to try it out.

Conjugation

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:28:24 +0100

Conjugation is an english conjugation dictionary database for hundreds of conjugations that can be used to learn English.

One of the most complicated concepts in mastering English for ESOL/ESL/EFL/etc., learners is the conjugation. A conjugation refers to the arrangement of a verb in various voices and tenses – a critical part of written and spoken English.

To start...

type any verb into the search box or click one of the most popular verbs listed on the home page.
Each verb will then be conjugated to reflect all...
- tenses,
- forms, and
- voices.

For example, if learners need to find the third-voice, interrogative and present perfect conjugation of a verb, they will easily find it. They can also find the definition of the verb and examples to see how it is used.

Conjugation is...

FREE! No sign up required.
a useful study tool for learning how to use verbs in English sentences.
very helpful for practitioners and ESOL/ESL/EFL/... educators who need quick examples that they can give to their learners. Studying the nuances of English is much easier with this tool.

Note: Multi-language support is planned for the future.

Visit Conjugation at http://conjugation.com/.

Alice's Adventures Under Ground

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:10:34 +0100

What could be more wonderful than the original manuscript? From the British Library Online Gallery , this manuscript is the original version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, the pen-name of Charles Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician.

"Urged by friends to publish the story, Dodgson re-wrote and enlarged it, removing some of the private family references and adding two new chapters."

Take a closer look yourself at http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/alice/accessible/introduction.html.

LoudLit

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:04:32 +0100

LoudLit is a good place to find free audio recordings of well known works of literature.

Many websites do this, but what makes LoudLit unique, and useful for practitioners, is the option of reading the text online while listening to the reading of the text.

LoudLit is a great resource for struggling readers.

Learners can...

use LoudLit to follow along with the reading of a text.
use individual computers to progress at their own pace.

Visit http://www.loudlit.org/ to find out more.

Twitter Magnets

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:38:50 +0100

My son emailed me with this link...

Create poems, for Twitter, using magnetic words.

To use...

drag words onto the 'page'
click the swap words button, to change those words you don't wish to use
write/compose the text
Post the poem on your twitter account (if you have one) or publish to the Twitter Magnets Account

Note: Snippy or other screen capture tools could be used to record the end result without publishing to twitter.

Try it out at http://www.twittermagnets.com/.