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Grammar Check

Grammar Check: 20 Writing Mistakes Even Native Speakers Make (Infographic)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This GrammarCheck infographic provides tips for fixing common writing mistakes. Information on errors related to homophones, apostrophes, commas, participles, and sentence structure are included.
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas:explain a Recent Current Event.

For Students 9th - 10th
Various listening examples of native speakers in different dialects describing their feelings about various current events (2001-2005. Use of both past tenses is frequent. Great listening practice for 3/4/5 year students. Provides a...
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Voice of America: Dynamic English for Vietnamese Speakers

For Students 9th - 10th
English lessons for native speakers of Vietnamese using Voice of America news content. A new lesson is posted every two weeks, but you can access past lessons too. Lessons provide short reading, listening, or dialog practice passages...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Berbers of Morocco

For Students 9th - 10th
"Berber" refers to any native speaker of a dialect of the Berber language, although many Arabic speakers in North Africa are also Berber by descent, even if they have lost the language. Especially in Morocco, "Imazighen" is today the...
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Going to the Library

For Students 9th - 10th
Various listening examples of native speakers in different dialects describing their experiences in libraries, and comparing them. Provides a transcript as well so you can read along. Great way to bring native speakers into the classroom...
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Describe Christmas or Other Holiday

For Students 9th - 10th
Various listening examples of native speakers in different dialects describing the Christmas and other holiday traditions. Uses a variety of tenses. Provides a transcript as well so you can read along. Great way to bring native speakers...
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University of Texas at Austin

Univ. Of Texas: Comparing the Business World

For Students 9th - 10th
Various listening examples of native speakers in different dialects describing the difference between American businessmen and women to the business world of their home countries. Provides a transcript as well so you can read along....
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Describe an Organization & Function

For Students 9th - 10th
Various listening examples of native speakers in different dialects describing how an organization and what they do.Varied vocabulary and grammar usage. Provides a transcript as well so you can read along. Great way to bring native...
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English for Kids (For Native Speakers of Russian)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Offers the latest news on learning English in Russia. Contains useful links to English language learning resources: tales, songs, games, riddles, lesson plans, proverbs, and a pen pal club.
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University of Texas at Austin

Spanish Proficiency Exercises: Beginning Task 11

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will learn how to describe what and where they study with this learning module. Video clips of native Spanish speakers provide context for each question and statement about each of their families.
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US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Memorandum Regarding Enlistment of Navajo Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating description of the background behind the recruitment of Navajo speakers as code talkers in World War II. Included is the document from General Clayton Vogel who recommended the development of the use of code talkers, and...
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ESL4kids

The Efl Playhouse: Games for Learning English

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Use these adaptations of familiar children's games to help foster language development. Each game has a write up detailing how to play, what materials are needed and what adaptations can be made for non-English speakers.
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Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library: Story Place

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A bilingual virtual and interactive library for children with stories and activities in English and Spanish.
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Splendid Speaking

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Podcasts for advanced English Language Learners who can listen to non-Native speakers having conversations and carrying out short tasks. Examples include Working Together to Reach Agreement, Responding to Questions, and Taking Part in...
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Lingolex

Lingolex.com: Refranes Y Dichos (Common Sayings and Proverbs)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has common sayings or idiomatic expressions are widely used in everyday conversations. Broaden your Spanish vocabulary and learn the phrases that make you sound like a native speaker when you use this site by Lingolex.
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Spanishlistening: #016 Que Deportes Te Gusta Practicar?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this short video segment [00:45], a native speaker of Spanish talks about the sports she likes to play.
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Spanishlistening: #085 Te Gusta Hacer Ejercicio?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this short video segment [00:43], a native speaker of Spanish talks about why she likes to exercise and what kinds of exercises she does.
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Other

Spanishlistening: School

For Students 9th - 10th
In this short video segment [00:46], a native speaker of Spanish discusses her education in a private school in Honduras.
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Other

Spanishlistening: #179 Que Piensas Acerca Del Aprendizaje on Line, O en Linea?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this short video segment [01:10], a native speaker of Spanish discusses his thoughts about online education.
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Spanishlistening: #183 Practicaste Deportes en La Secundaria?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this short video segment [00:54], a native speaker of Spanish talks about the types of sports he used to play in high school.
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Alpha Dictionary: Online Russian Reference Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th
Most questions about Russian grammar can be answered at this website. Intended for native speakers of English who are interested in learning Russian. Background on Russian grammar might also be useful by ELL students and their teachers,...
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Spanish in Tx: Listening Comp Beg: La Primavera Que Viene Voy a Estudiar en Esp

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will watch a video [00:54] of a native speaker of Spanish who is sharing her excitement about studying at the University of Seville in the upcoming summer. Students will answer comprehension questions when they...
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Spanish in Texas: Listening Comp Beg: Todos Mis Hijos Son Bien Diferentes

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will watch a video [00:44] of a native speaker of Spanish, a mother of several children who is describing the differences among her children. Students will answer comprehension questions when they have finished...
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Spanish in Texas Project: No Puedes Respirar, Hasta Que Uno Asi Se Muere.

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will watch a video [05:44] of a native speaker of Spanish who is sharing a story of survival from a poisonous snake bite. Students will answer comprehension questions when they have finished listening and viewing.

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