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Useful Websites on Teaching ESL Writing

TESLMalaysia Admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:13:23 +0000

Occasionally, ESL teachers would spend considerable time browsing through the internet, hunting for materials or worksheets for their classes. Some would spend hours digging for materials but to no avail. Here are some useful websites that might just help you out.

ESL Galaxy Writing Exercises

ESL Galaxy provides a good collection of ESL worksheets and exercises for writing sorted according to students’ level. You can download the available worksheets and modify it to match your needs.

Using English Dot Com

UsingEnglish.com is a popular website offering lesson plans and worksheets for teachers. Here you can see a list of lesson plans, which can be adapted for Malaysian context.

ESL Gold Writing Zone

ESL Gold offers step-by-step guide to ESL writing based on student’s level. Not that comprehensive but it still contains several activities that are good to build up student’s writing ability.

About.COM Teaching Beginners

This website offers good activities meant for beginning ESL learners. Activities are simple and easy to be executed in class.

Purdue OWL Writing Lab

Another popular website that must be visited and explored. Purdue OWL provides resources for ESL instructors and students. Mainly suitable for intermediate and advanced students.

If you have other websites to share, please post it in the comment sections. It’s good to share!

Lesson Ideas: Blogging Activities

TESLMalaysia Admin — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:35:10 +0000

This is a lesson plan for blogging activities that can be conducted in a English language classroom. It helps the students to discuss issues and practise reading comprehension.

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Animal Farm – Characters

TESLMalaysia Admin — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:18:18 +0000

Good activity for testing students on the characters of Animal Farm

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Grammar Revision – with Answer Keys

TESLMalaysia Admin — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:59:55 +0000

A zipped pack of 13 grammar tests for Primary and Lower Secondary students with answer keys. This would come in handy for teachers who don’t want to crack their heads thinking of grammar exercises.

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Grammar Games for Practice

TESLMalaysia Admin — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:51:20 +0000

This is a nice 19-page excerpt of the book by Maria Lucia on how to practice Grammar through games and interactive activities. You can use it as drills or incorporate it in your English language lessons. You may also modify the activities to make it more localised.

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