Will Slade's Language Teaching Blog

I'm excited to be teaching at TIEP with a group of fascinating, intelligent students this summer!  We are using the Grammar in Context book by Sandra Elbaum, which I have used before and really like.  The stories are interesting, and the grammatical explanations and exercises are very detailed. The website for the text book:  Grammar in Context  has quizzes and writing activities.  When we finish a lesson, we will do the quiz.  For example,  this is the quiz  for Lesson 2 in Book 3.   Before Tuesday, would you go back and take at least three quizzes from  Grammar in Context 1  and/or  Grammar in Context 2  and e-mail me your results?  My e-mail address is sladewill AT gmail DOT com (substitute @ for AT and . for DOT).

My student Yousef and I are practicing for the TOEFL -- an academic English proficiency test -- and we have found some good free resources.  These are some of the best ones that came up from Google searches. Timed speaking is one of the most stressful and difficult parts of TOEFL and most tests.  This website has good practice opportunities.  We use Audacity to record and listen to our answers. Another website gives listening and reading exercises.  Check it out!  Yousef also showed me that you can search Youtube for listening practice  and speaking practice .  Click on "Show More" to see questions.  Scroll down to the bottom for the answers.  Obviously, some of these may not be perfect, but they should be good opportunities to practice.  If you have recommendations for websites for TOEFL practice, let me know.