David Yellin College of Education

Jerusalem, Israel

Topic

Materials – Word pages and links

Resources from the
 David Yellin College, Jerusalem

·         English Department Website

·         Week Links – a collection of weekly Links from SEN (Special Educational Needs) Course.

Some free and readily available applications that can be used in the EFL Classroom

Free

·          ReadPlease – An English text reader – help page

·         Hot Potatoes – prepare your own word games (download to your computer)  a trial page

·         Puzzle maker – An online Puzzle maker from school discovery website

Translation tools    

·          Word -  use the built in word dictionary for translation   

·         Morfix – an online Hebrew English – English Hebrew dictionary

·         Nazgol  - translate English/Hebrew or Hebrew/English.  Use online or download to your computer

·         Zooloo – an online Hebrew English dictionary

·         Answers  - information about a topic of your choice including correct pronunciation of a word and

Available for use at college

·         Spellzone – practice your spelling  - codes for home use available from college

·         Making Waves –Learning English according to Ministry of Education Guidelines

English  sites in Israel

·         ETNI – English Teachers Network

·         Ministry of Education – The Official Ministry of Education for

·         Making Waves – Program for elementary school English classes in Israel - must have subscription – available for use at college

·         Lnet – Practice your English skills – a program aimed at 4^th ,5th,  6^th grade English classes in Israel.  Your school must have subscription

·         Vocabulary – a collection of word  games on a variety of topics – English and Hebrew

·         Learn Hebrew Verbs – verbs and tenses in Hebrew and English

·         Ziv High School English Department – a wealth of material for English teachers and pupils from Ziv High School in Jerusalem.

·         YEnglish – a collection of links to English language sites and games – mostly for the elementary school.

PowerPoint in the EFL Classroom

To activity

PowerPoint in the classroom – a friendly tutorial to help you with the nuts and bolds of building a PowerPoint Presentation

Runtime Text – Instructions for adding a runtime textbox to your PowerPoint presentation to allow the user to write in the presentation while it is running.

PowerPoint XP – Tips for using PowerPoint XP

Some additional ideas

for including the computer in  the EFL Classroom

 Weaving the Web into your EFL Classroom –  A webquest with ideas and tips for using the internet in your classroom

Teacher made Activities – Some simple ideas for using computer in the EFL classroom

"A drop in the bucket"

Links to English Material on the Net

Elementary

·       Little fingers – a collection of games for beginning learners

·       Enchanted Learning – A picture dictionary and a collection of useful material in English.

Jr. High- High

·       English Grammar – from the ABOUT website – not the most attractive site but has lots of material about grammar.

·       ESL lab – A collection of listening exercises

·       Online English Grammar – A collection of rules and exercises

·       BBC Learning English  - A variety of activities from the BBC

Fun for All

·       A.L.I.C.E. – have a conversation with the intelligent robot.

·       ESL games – a nice collection including ALICE

·       Educational Freeware – a collection of free educational programs and material.

·       Tower of English –A resource for ESL teachers

Your ideas!

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