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USEFUL WEBSITES

 Pearson KmZero

Cambridge exams resources for teachers



Oxford University Press with Oxford Teachers Club




Cambridge socially distanced classroom resources
DICTIONARIES



REMOTE LEARNING RESOURCES

 Whiteboard.fi - Multiple whiteboards for teacher and students. Easy to set up. Great for quick warmers such as spellings, vocabulary reviews and activities such as following directions (drawing something), pictionary, hangman etc

 ESL Games  Jeopardy

 Wordwall - Loads of games and activities such as spin the wheel conversation practice. You can pay to create your own activities. Great resource!

 DELTA

 ELT Concourse

 NILE Module 1 Reading list
USEFUL / INTERESTING TEACHER BLOGS - Thank you to all!

 Sandy Millin - She has lots of great ideas for DELTA preparation and teaching (in particular with technology) in general. 

 Lizzie Pinard - More great ideas and tips for teaching and studying for the DELTA

 ELT Planning

 Blog de Cristina

USING THE CEFR

New descriptors


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