Are you using free AI resources to plan your ESL lessons?

 In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way teachers design and deliver lessons, particularly for English as a Second Language (ESL) learners. For educators working with teenagers aged 14-16, AI-powered tools offer innovative solutions to create tailored, engaging, and interactive materials that meet the unique needs of their students. 

From differentiated learning resources to multimedia-based activities and visually appealing content, these tools can save time and enhance classroom experiences. In this post, we’ve curated a ranking of the top five free AI tools that ESL teachers can leverage to inspire and empower their teenage learners worldwide. Whether you're looking to simplify lesson planning, boost interactivity, or personalize instruction, these tools are here to make your teaching journey more impactful and efficient. 

1- Diffit

An AI-powered tool that assists teachers in creating differentiated learning materials tailored to various proficiency levels. It allows educators to generate reading passages, key vocabulary, and comprehension questions based on a specific topic or URL, facilitating the creation of bespoke materials suited to students' needs.

2- Twee

Designed specifically for English language teachers, Twee enables the rapid creation of a variety of tasks and activities. It excels in generating comprehension questions, transcripts, and gap-fill exercises for authentic materials like YouTube videos, enhancing the integration of multimedia resources into lessons.

3- Canva Magic Write

An AI-enhanced feature within Canva that aids in creating engaging presentations and visual content. It assists in brainstorming, lesson planning, and generating creative materials, making it a valuable resource for developing visually appealing educational content.

4- Curipod

An AI-driven platform that enables teachers to create interactive lessons swiftly. By inputting a topic, educators receive a ready-to-use lesson complete with text, images, and activities such as polls and word clouds, fostering interactive and engaging learning experiences.

5- Eduaide.AI

An AI-assisted lesson development tool offering over 100 resource types for creating high-quality instructional materials. It provides instant translation into multiple languages and features like syllabus generation, discussion prompts, and assessment building, supporting diverse classroom needs. 

Photography teachers can build their galleries here

 Hello fellow teachers.

If you teach using your own stock of photographs for artistic purposes, this is a good resource to have. With Darkroom Tech you can design your own gallery collection for free and be able to sell your prints at a a price set by yourself.

I’m using Darkroom to host my gallery and sell prints of my work and I think you should check it out. If you sign in for an account, check more about it here.

B1 Listening Activities

 According to the British Council, level B1 corresponds to independent users of the language, i.e. those who have the necessary fluency to communicate without effort with native speakers. It is important to bear in mind that the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL) is the system that defines and explains the different levels of oral and written expression and comprehension for languages such as English.

One of the main challenges for B1 level teachers is to teach listening comprehension when not frequenting the same physical classroom every week. Here is a good bank of listening activities with audio files and worksheets to practice this skill with your young learners. Enjoy!

Level B1 Listening Bank

Teach Science through simulations

 Teaching Science during pandemic times is a complete new (?) challenge. 

It is well known that Science teachers are very keen on upgrading their teaching creativity to the next level. Phet simulations are the next best thing. 

From Biology to Chemistry, applying the scientific method has never been so easy. Your students do not need extra materials other than their computer, speakers on and their awe factor. 

Here is an example of how fast and easy teaching can be through inquisitive and interactive experimentation online. Check out this fermentation lab experience with your students and enjoy!

More sample Tests for FCE

Hello fellow teachers.

How are you dealing with this crazy Covid-19 contingency education year?

Today we would like to recommend a website with really amazing resources if you are preperaring Cambridge B2 level courses.

This resource bank is for teachers and students preparing for Cambridge English: exams, including Cambridge English First (FCE)  and Cambridge English Advanced (CAE ). For example here you can find some sample exams to solve online. Enjoy!

 FCE Practice Tests for Reading and Use of English 

Keep up the great work and don't hold back your teaching spirit, even in times like this.

Back to school during a pandemic: how can teachers be prepared?

 Hello fellow teachers. If coronavirus has taught us something is that teachers have a lot of flexibility to adjust to new paradigmatic trends in a short period of time. 

Many governments are considering reopening schools to catch up to in-situ learning. How can this be possible? Through the flipped classroom method. What is it exactly? We recommend three interesting academic articles about it. It could be wonderful to share these with our coordinators and school heads to analyze the real possibilities of incorporating this new educational trend in our daily lives.

Flipping the classroom by Vanderbilt University

Flipped classrooms by Harvard University

Evaluating blended learning: Bringing the elementstogether by Cambridge Assessment

Science Reading Comprehension: suitable for ESL young learners

    Reading things very carefully are paramount to being able to replicate a procedure in a laboratory. You need to pay close attention to every little detail and find the exact nook and cranny that each detail falls into. Reading in the content area is often overlooked by many language arts teachers. 

    This collection of printable reading worksheets all covers key areas of study in science. They make for great practice. All of the worksheets found here cross into the Science core standards as well. You will find that this area will grow month to month. 

    From amphibians to Gravity and Coronavirus. You can find them in the link below:

Science Worksheets Land

English Worksheets

Hello dear teachers.

How are you doing? Is the lockdown increasing your anxiety when planning your lessons?

Today we want to help you by providing a great bank of pdf worksheets for your classes. 

This website offers a large variety of accurate and concise skill building resources geared towards a range of ability levels. It is suitable for every ESL course and for students of all ages. 

Enjoy it by clicking here.

Happy Easter Worksheets

Hello fellas!

Easter is right the corner so here we bring you a nice selection of worksheets for kids to solve at home now that lessons are taking place as homeschooling during quarantine.


Enjoy the Easter Worksheets from All Kids Network!

See you next week.

Tube Quizard: learn english with youtube videos

Hello dear teachers. How are you holding up during your quarantine days?

Today we bring you another interesting resource. Tube Quizard is a collection of YouTube videos on a variety of topics with gap-fill quizzes. You can browse in several ways: by level, by language focus, by category, and by accent.

Click on the empty box in the exercise and the video will cue to that time. Fill in the blank and check your answer.

It’s easy to use and your students will love it, watching fun videos as they learn pronunciation. Visit the site and see it for yourself. It is a free resource of course!

Writing prompts for all teaching levels

Hello dear teachers and educators.

It has been a while and in this difficult moment of lockdown education in many countries, we will try to update this blog twice a week.

Today we bring you writing worksheets which is something that many of you frequently ask for.

hese worksheets will get your little pen-smiths going. Writing prompts are conversation starters that will direct students to share their feelings or knowledge about a topic and at the same time they get to practice their writing skills. Sometimes it just takes a shove to get the information pouring out of you. As you will see below, we have writing prompts available for all types of grade levels. These worksheets are great for students or teachers that are looking for extra writing practice.

Check the writing prompts here.

Sample Reading Tests for FCE

    Hello Cambridge teachers of the World!

   Today we want to leave the url available online for a booklet containing free sample Reading Tests from the First Certificate Exam (ESOL - Cambridge University). This booklet has been compiled by the Metropolitan College so thank you for sharing it with this community.

    You can download it here. Enjoy!

English Worksheets Land: a paradise for ESL Primary teachers

    Hello folks! Today we present another subject site with free worksheets. This one has over 5,000 printable worksheets in PDF format. 

    The site was designed as a primary and elementary level free resource. Middle level grade content is being added as well since it is updated monthly. You may find the material classified by grade or topic.

Visit English Worksheets Land and download free material for your lessons by clicking the photo below:

Science Worksheets from Super Teacher

    Once again, we would like to share a worksheet bank site with free Science printable material for teachers. 

 Today we want to recommend Super Teacher Worksheets, a website full of printable science worksheets for teachers. It includes electricity, animal classifications, animal articles, plants and human body. Surf and enjoy!

Click here for free Science Worksheets

Free sample maths worksheets - all grades

   Hello to all english maths teachers out there.

   Lisa has been kind enough to send us these practice tests and problem banks. These are all sample pdf files so some of them may require previous registry. Print them and use them with total freedom. Enjoy!

Maths worksheets by topic

Maths quizzes by grade

New year: busy teacher in 2018 :)

Happy brand new 2018! We are happy to kick off a new year bringing you more collaboration websites for and by teachers. 

The one we are presenting this month is Busy Teacher. It holds more than 17,000 worksheets devoted to kids, young learners and adults enhancing their speaking, reading and vocabulary skills. 

Moreover, every single worksheet is free and it only requires e-mail registration.

Happy worksheet hunting everyone!!!

The best FCE channels on Youtube

Hello teachers. In this occasion I made a list of all the Youtube channels used in my school by our FCE teachers. If you know any other as good as these ones, please leave a comment and we'll include it in the list. Enjoy! Here it goes:

1- MrSkypelessons

Online lesson sessions for students preparing FCE (many topics from Use of English are covered with this playlist)

2- English Listening

In this channel you will find playlists with different sample audio and paper questions. It is great to improve your listening skills as well as the timing given by the paper exercises.

3- Oxford Online English

This playlist is devoted to introduce the speaking test of FCE: from its organization, topics and example interviews.

4- Speaking Test Intrviews (FCE for schools - good examples)

Interview 1

Interview 2

Interview 3

5- Tips for passing the Reading paper

Some useful tips from the channel Practice english with Paul.

Top 5 Reading Comprehension Websites

Hello dear teachers.

Today I bring you five websites with free worksheets that you cannot miss if you want to encourage reading skills on your young learners. Enjoy!

1. Scholastic Printables: With more than 800 reading comprehension worksheets, this is your one-stop-shop for grades Pre-K-8.

2. Worksheet Library: This is one of the most comprehensive worksheet resources you’ll find. You can download and print generic comprehension worksheets or choose from 13 book-specific collections that come with quizzes, open-ended questions, vocabulary reviews and more—all on a book and chapter level.

3. ReadWorks: With a free ReadWorks account, you have access to hundreds of reading comprehension worksheets, all of which are tied to Lexile level, grade level, text type, skill/strategy, and domain—Life Science, U.S. History, etc.

4. Reading Resource: Download these free printable worksheets created by educational professional Allison Fryer. Choose from a handful of “Starfall” worksheets, along with book-movie comparison sheets and metacognition diary templates.

5. English Worksheets Land: This website, with more than 25,000 CCSS-aligned worksheets, offers both free and locked (only accessible with an upgraded account) reading comprehension worksheets.

Review: GrammarBank.com

Hello fellow teachers.

Today I want to review an awesome resource bank for our lessons: grammarbank.com. 

This is a website full of useful resources, from worksheets, to multiple choice tests and reading exercises. It gives you the possibility to download printable pdfs.

All of their online exercises, worksheets and handouts are also available in printable version.Teachers can use use GrammarBank content in classrooms, as homework assignments or as testing material and all of it is for free. Check it out and tell us what you think of the website.

Cambridge PET free resources

Hello dear teachers.

Today I prepared a list of useful links where you will find free resources to use in your PET lessons. 

If you can recommend any other, please send it so we can include it here.

Let's get going with the links:

flo-joe
In this website you will find some Practice tests (not the listening part), grammar exercises and activities related to vocabulary topics.

Vocabulary PET list

This is a pdf file with all the terms your students will need to manage when sitting for PET.

Free PET worksheets

This is a collaborative website where teachers upload their worksheets and share them with their fellow teachers. It requires registering but it is free. 

Free listening exercises online (PET format)

Listening sample exercises to use in class. It requires wifi and speakers of course.

Online extra practice

Recommended online worksheets to solve in class with a smartboard.

Enjoy!

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