Quizlet – vocabulary revision website

http://quizlet.com/

 

This website is great for helping you to learn and review vocabulary. You can ‘sign up’ then enter all the words you want to remember and it will store the information and make tests for you too.

 

Give it a try and let me know if you need any help!

Japanese Students’ blog

Hi, here is a blog written in English by some Japanese students from Osaka. It has some great posts about music that I thought would be interesting for you, why not have a read and leave them a comment.

http://osakapov.blogspot.jp/

Teens Speak Out Magazine

Teens Speak Out

Check out this online magazine ‘Teens Speak Out’ made by students at a middle school in Haendae-

http://crossculture2012.wordpress.com/

There’s a range of articles on topics such as music, fashion and opinion. It’s great reading practice and you can also leave the students comment.

Student Proverbs

Hi,

I hope you are all keeping warm, it’s really chilly today!

Check out this amazing site which shows proverbs made by students at a high school in Seoul. My friend is their teacher and he set up this site to share the inspiring work his students did.

http://ourstudentscanteachus.weebly.com/index.html

Gemma.

Hundreds of books at your fingertips

Hi,

As I told some of you yesterday the Amazon Kindle is a great, free tool which can help you improve your reading skills and increase your vocabulary.  You can download many classic books for free on your phone, just download the Amazon Kindle app. 

If you want some recommendations or help just come and see me or comment here.

Happy reading!

 

Welcome!

Hi to any new students visiting my blog.

 

Above you can choose what you want to look at.  ‘Useful websites’ has websites which will help you practise and learn English, try some and let me know if they are good.  You can click ‘leave a comment’ to ask me questions, comment or just say hi!

Wonder Girls Interview

Check out this interview, The Wonder Girls speak great English!

Eat your Kimchi!

Hi, this website is run by two ex-native English teacher from Canada they still live in Seoul).  They upload videos every week with K-pop music reviews and they also interview K-pop stars so great listening practice for you and on a topic you love! Be warned they are a little crazy but that makes the videos fun to watch! enjoy!

http://www.eatyourkimchi.com/

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

This weekend the U.K (and commonwealth countries) have been celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.  This means she has been the Queen for 60 years! There are many celebrations going on around the U.K and many people are having parties.

I’m a bit sad I’m missing all the celebrations and the 2 days extra holidays that everyone has but I’ve enjoyed seeing it all on the news.  If you want to see pictures and read about more about the Jubilee you can find a lot of information on  http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ this website has news for teenagers.

Online games / listening and other activities

This webiste has some great videos, listening activities and vocabulary games. It is aimed at teenagers so they have things like a  video interview with Kristen Stewart and activities to go with it.  They also have an exam section where you can find practice materials. enjoy!