Learning English Videos
YouTube English Lessons Learn many lessons about English conversation with subtitles so you can read the words also. Videos available on YouTube English with Valen – lessons on many subjects including...
View ArticleListen and Read Along
Stories from VOA English Click here to read some shorter stories. Many stories about American culture are here. Many video stories are here with subtitles at the bottom as you watch. American history...
View ArticleBeginner ESL Activities
A great website for simple games to learn basic words. You may need a computer because the iPad does not work well for all of these links. Click here to see the games.
View ArticleNews Words from VOA
Check here for short videos about words that you hear in news reports, such as sectarian, regime or legislation. A great way to build more academic vocabulary.
View ArticleHow America Grew
A 10 minute interactive video explaining the growth of America from the original 13 colonies to the 50 states we have today. This works only with FLASH so it will not work well on most iPads unless you...
View ArticleUS History Resources for ESL Students
One Teacher has collected many excellent resources for studying US history. You will find vocabulary lists, videos about US history (many in Spanish) Click here to start looking at lessons.
View ArticleSight Words
This is a great free app to practice the basic “sight words,” words that all new readers in English should recognize immediately when they see them. This is great practice for ESL 1 students. Click...
View ArticleLearn English with Lingo Arcade
Great way for beginners to understand English basics with images and sound. Good for listening and speaking. Click here to get app.
View ArticleVOA English in a Minute
This is a website that has 1 minute long videos which explain idioms and phrases in American English that people from other countries might not understand, such as “go with the flow” “piece of cake”...
View ArticleVOA Learning English TV – daily news report
VOA Learning English TV is a website that presents one news story each day. There is an American newscaster who reads the news story and subtitles so that you can see the words that are being spoken....
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