The lessons "for teachers" are reading lessons that contain activities
that incorporate writing, listening and speaking skills.
The topic of each lesson is based upon a general-interest type of newspaper
article, and each activity is based around this text source.
An important feature of this site is that it appears to be regularly updated
and offers “new articles each week on current issues” which serves
to keep it interactive with world events and therefore relevant to a larger
number of students.
FEATURES:
-preparation for IELTS, FCE, TOEFL and TOEIC
exams
-all the necessary materials are already made.
-online exercises supplementing each lesson for teachers.
-ability to file your favorite lessons onsite
-ability to design your own textbook
-reading activities consistently include pre-reading and post-reading tasks
(and often integrate writing, speaking and listening skills as well)
-lessons are supplemented with “structured teachers’ notes”.
These include examples of model answers for the different exercises and helpful
hints for teaching each lesson.
INTERACTIVITY:
This site has online lessons
students can use themselves that practice reading, writing and listening skills
as well preparation for IELTS, FCE, TOEFL and TOEIC tests. There is a very useful
“hint” button for students to click on when they are having trouble.
Students have access to answer keys and can evaluate their own progress.
It also has online activities that
supplement the lessons for teachers.
The completely online lessons for students looked like an excellent resource
for supplementing in-class lessons, preparing for tests and seemed to be quite
tasked-based.