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Useful Teaching Platforms
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Another tool which you can use in order to modernise and make your lessons more interesting, especially if some of them are online, are various teaching platforms. Unlike ordinary English-teaching websites, these do not only provide educators with some interactive materials, but can also be seen as certain programmes with the help of which educators can create their own interactive worksheets.

1 ESL Lab - where you can find a huge number of listening and speaking activities for your pupils at different levels.

2 Pizzaz - used for creative writing and has many storytelling ideas.

3 Primary Pad - helpful in collaborative writing.

4 English with Jo - this one produces questions on a variety of topics but it also includes important vocabulary, idioms and expressions for each conversation topic. There is also an audio component if you prefer to offer it for independent study.

5 Read, Write, Think - here you can find materials and tasks on teaching reading and writing. The activities presented on this platform are also aimed at developing your students’ skills to analyse information as well as their critical thinking.

6 World Lists - this one is aimed at enriching the vocabulary as well as at practising pronouncing a specific sound. There are lists of words and even texts containing that sound. This platform especially comes in hand when you have identified a specific pronunciation difficulty, such as the TH sound, for example.

7 Dictionary.com - unlike an ordinary online-dictionary, this websiteplatform does not only provide teachers and students with definitions and pronunciation of different words, but also gives many examples of texts, idioms and expressions where those words are used. Even more - there is a huge number of word games, quizzes and crosswords aimed to practise the target vocabulary.

8 Perfect English Grammar - this one contains clear explanations on many grammar topics along with a lot of examples. In addition, most of the grammar points also have self-correcting exercises so that students can practise and the teacher does not have any extra marking to do. As a bonus, the website offers infographics on many grammar points to help visual learners understand the concepts more easily.

9 Wizer Me - a brilliant website-platform where you can create your own interactive worksheets, whether you are introducing a new topic or practising the current one.