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Hi I'm Howard – welcome to my blog.My blog is a tool for English Language Learning which can be used by everyone. It is a portal guiding you to many internet websites that I've collected over the years to help you improve your English.I've been an English teacher for nearly 20 years and for more than 5 years I've been teaching students online all over the world.As you can see in the pictures, I am also the Israeli representative of Macmillan Education.Macmillan is one of the world’s leading publishers of English Language teaching materials. Macmillan publish 'Onestopenglish’ With over 6,500 resources, including lesson plans, worksheets, audio, video and flashcards, onestopenglish is the world’s number one resource site for English Language teachers.At the top of the homepage you will see a link to the 'Learning Activities' page and that is where you start: click here on 'learning activities' : 

Hi I'm Howard – welcome to my blog.My blog is a tool for English Language Learning which can be used by everyone. It is a portal guiding you to many internet websites that I've collected over the years to help you improve your English.I've been an English teacher for nearly 20 years and for more than 5 years I've been teaching students online all over the world.As you can see in the pictures, I am also the Israeli representative of Macmillan Education.Macmillan is one of the world’s leading publishers of English Language teaching materials. Macmillan publish 'Onestopenglish’ With over 6,500 resources, including lesson plans, worksheets, audio, video and flashcards, onestopenglish is the world’s number one resource site for English Language teachers.At the top of the homepage you will see a link to the 'Learning Activities' page and that is where you start: click here on 'learning activities' For onestopenglish

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Learning Activiies On the 'learning activities' page there are 3 parts – part 1 are focused links to different aspects of learning English: Part 1 1) Oral 2) Reading 3) Emails & Writing 4) Grammar & Vocabulary 5) Pronounciation 6) News 7) Presentations 8) Meetings 9) Interviews & CV's 10) Hotels & Holidays 11) Business English 12) Technical English 13) IT & Computers 14) English for special purposes 15) Dictionaries 16) Children 17) Exam English & Quizzes 18) English Learning Links 19) English Language Games 20) Time 21) Directions I'll give you some examples… 2) Reading – on the reading page you can find short stories for all levels of reading ability many with vocabulary and comprehension questions about the texts 6) News - the news page is divided into 2 parts part 1 is for native speakers – newspapers general and financial from all over the world, radio & TV all in English part 2 – More News….4) Grammar & Vocabulary - this page has a lot of links to websites for practicing vocabulary, grammar explanations and grammar exercises & tests at all levels 14) English for special purposes – here are links to business websites with focus on practicing English for business speaking, reading & writing and also there is focused professional English listed according to subjects and professions

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Part 2: are links to interesting websites that are subjects for discussion, conversation and general websites of interest. Examples… 3) The Free Dictionary / 24) CIA - The World Factbook / 27) U.S.A Learns / 34) World festivals - secular & religious… Part 3: are web resources for teachers: Resources – All the resources listed here are great for teachers in schools, colleges and universities and for teachers with private students who need easily accessible resources for lessons a) esl resource center b) TEFL.net - worksheets c) Linguistic Funland d) esl - galaxy e) Directory project - english language resources f) English Revision from Woodlands g) Test prep review h) English Language Centre Study Zone i) Quedoc j) Classroom games & activities k) e-english l) English media lab m) Non-Stop English n) Resources for learning English - italki website directory o) The English Language A Directory of Web Sites about The English Language p) Our Advanced English blog q) Curriki r) British Council - Teaching English s) English Exercises Online t) Learning and Teaching Resources for Learning English through Short Stories u) Kalinago English (bsiness) v) esl desk w) About.com - English as a Second Language x) An ELT Notebook y) BESIG: Business English Special Interest Group z) Hot Potatoes - probably the best tool for creating online teaching exercises Examples… a) esl resource center / j) Classroom games & activities / More Resources a) English for All b) The Language Project c) Edu find d) About ESL e) ESL Teachers' Board

One Stop English : 

One Stop English Here is the Homepage of OSE:- www.onestopenglish.com

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www.onestopenglish.com The world’s leading ELT resource site, with over 490,000 users. Over 6,500 resources are available to Staff Room subscribers.

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A subscription to the Staff Room costs 210 NIS ,£32, €52 or $64 for a year. Staff Room members can log in to access a huge range of resources from the left-hand menu. They also benefit fromperiodic competitions and special offers on the site. Institutional subscriptions are available. Using the Staff Room

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Audio and Podcasts This section was nominated for a British Council Innovation Award in 2008. It includes: The onestopenglish audio soap opera, The Road Less Travelled. A selection of serialized Macmillan Readers. The Live from… series of interviews with people in different cities.

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Magazine Articles on teaching, learning and lots more! Teachers’ letters from onestopenglish users all over the world. ‘Your English’ articles on different aspects of grammar.

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Business and ESP Onestopenglish users can access a wide range of Business and ESP material, including: A new Business Tasks series by Adrian Doff. New teaching material for teachers of nursing English. New resources to help your students prepare for the Business English Certificate exams. A range of articles and information about teaching Business English.

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Young learners Over 2,000 lesson plans, games, worksheets, tips and suggestions for teachers of preschoolers right through to teenagers. New: our fruity phonics series for children, Onestop Phonics!

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And much more! …including: Exams:Over 300 exams resources, including Cambridge BEC, ESOL, IELTS, TOEFL and TOEIC. Skills:With almost 3,000 resources covering the four skills, this section is packed with innovative and engaging material for all ages and levels. News lessons:Published weekly, in conjunction with the Guardian Weekly, at three language levels.

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Special Subscription Offer for ETAI members and visitors to my blog : 10% discount 15% discount until the end of July 2009 OSE