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.

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.

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!

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:

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.

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.

BBC Bitesize KS3 English Website

Hello dear teachers. I know it has been a while. However, I wanted to share a golden mine that I have been using online to prepare my Grammar, Reading and Listening lessons.

The website that I bring today is oriented to young students from Primary School. It is called BBC Bitesize.  Most of the lessons are oriented to teachers so they can prepare their explanations in advance. 

At the end of each chapter, there is an interactive quiz that you can solve together with your students. It's a great source of theoretical information and tips to use in class so your young learners improve their reading technique and writing skills.

Check it out by clicking here

Free apps for young ESL learners

Happy 2017 everyone! Today we bring you 3 apps that your kid students can use in class or at home in order to keep developing their English skills. All of them are downloadable for free and support iOS or Android. Let's get started:

1. DUOLINGO

Duolingo is one of the best English language apps today and highly recommended for English beginners. The gamified learning system of the app helps you learn English quickly by spending twenty minutes a day. Duolingo structures your lessons that teaches you about seven new words based on a topic and skill points being awarded for completing the lessons.

More info and iOS download
More info and Android download

2. BESUU: Learn Languages

Busuu helps you learn English language on the go and the lesson's quality are guaranteed as it is based on CEFR language framework. Lessons range from beginner to advanced through comprehensive vocabulary, lesson dialogue, writing practice and tests. Busuu is actually a great English app if you want to improve your spoken English.

More info and iOS download
More info and Android download

3. MEMRISE

Memrise uses some creative and easy way to remember words for learning English. The focus of this app is to help the users expand their vocabulary by learning English words in a effective way. Memrise also offers an offline mode to continue learning without internet connection.

More info and iOS download
More info and Android download

FCE - Use of English - Exercises Bank

Hello everyone.

I have been using some really good exercises that you can download and print for your students so they can prepare the FCE Use of English paper properly.

Here is the link of the bank resource.