English+general

Here are some interesting links. Can you add more? Great websites to check out: all levels

**English DET Curriculum Resources** English Stage 4/5 links English ESL units English resources English DET curriculum resources **Me-Myself-I (Identity)** **Literacy and exposition texts** **Multicultural Australia** **Using ICT in the English classroom** DER ICT in the classroom Stage 5 Laptops Teaching and learning

** GENERAL ENGLISH ** [|Grammar] This is an excellent site to **//learn all your tenses and grammar. Quizzes to test your understanding.//** [|Passport to English] Australian English. Many VIDEOS: EXCELLENT! Best videos for you are in "English Bites" and "Learning English" [|Pronunciation skills] A fantastic BBC site to learn all the English sounds and phonemic chart. Go [|The sounds of English] [|Tale] (You must log in to your DET portal here with your user name and password) Fun, interesting learning on any subject. BBC Websites: [|Listening skills] [|Text Types examples] [|Grammar] [|Writing skills] [|**Spelling**] [|**Reading skills**]

**TEXT TYPES Sites** **[|genre] The writing site**

** Poetry sites ** ** Poetry Slide show ** **Poetry for kids** **Giggle poetry** **Poetry**

** HELPFUL SITES ** [|Check a word's meaning here at] [|Dictionary.com] __Translate a word into your language at__ [|Translator] __Find words of similar meaning here at__ [|Thesaurus] __Common English expressions (idioms)__ [|Idioms]

= Units of work = Check out the units of work at the New Zealand EnglishOnline page units of work

Identity
6 billion others- exhibition videos of people from all over the world on topics like identity, family, fears, love, first memories, childhood, loss, leaving your country etc. Go to 6bO Testimonies, Films Thematiques to view videos by topic. You can also add your own testimony. First memories, and dreams sure to make you laugh :) 6 Billion Others

I just came across this - i think the audio files are whats on the CSWE course cds (or just sounds really similar...)- might be useful for students to be able to listen to on laptop/ at home. There is a link to download the workbook too, but i cant seem to access it. listening resources