This page contains an extensive collection of important and useful links.
Teaching Organisations
Latvian Association of Language Teachers
LATE is an Associate Member of IATEFL – the International Association of Teachers of English, based in the UK. More information here.
Teachers to Speakers of Other Languages, based in the United States. More information here.
British Council Websites
and Teach English
Pearson
Access to downloadable teacher resources and supplementary materials; learn more about digital solutions; get up-to-date invitations to free conferences and online trainings, and much more…
Become a member of Primary Place, Teen Space, Tertiary Place or Exams Place and get access to a wide range of classroom resources. Or join the ELT Community to exchange your ideas with teachers all around the world.
www.facebook.com/PearsonLatvia
Pearson Latvia on Facebook: Read the latest news, join the teacher’s community, find funny apps and quizzes to involve your students!
A digital world in and outside the classroom. Learn about the online components to complement your favourite English Language course.
Learn more about English exams from Pearson and test your English language proficiency at the PTE testing centre – University of Latvia, Faculty of Humanities – to receive an internationally recognised certificate for studies at higher education institutions in Latvia or abroad.
Oxford University Press
Read exclusive articles by top OUP authors and teacher trainers, add your own comments and even contribute your own articles.
Oxford University Press ELT home page
Join Oxford Teachers’ Club – hundreds of downloadable resources for OUP textbooks, all levels and skills, can be used with any book.
Cambridge University Press
A wealth of downloadable resources and classroom ideas for English teachers.
Speaking
Speaking and icebreaker activities for all levels.
709 discussion topics for different levels.
Crossword Maker Sites
Puzzlemaker Discovery Education
Grammar
Free grammar resources to download including PowerPoint presentations; all levels.
Grammar Quizzes and
Both sites give explanations, examples and online exercises, suitable for intermediate level and up.
More than 350 quizzes for practicing grammar, different levels + word games.
Vocabulary and Corpus Linguistics
A site with a wealth of resources for teachers serious about vocabulary and vocabulary learning.
On-line Corpora
Corpus of Contemprary American English
Video
Great video lesson plans for different ages and levels.
Free video lessons, all skills, all levels.
Videos with quizzes for all levels.
Listening
Short and easy news stories, 3 levels of difficulty, beginner to high-elementary level.
Short listening tasks with handouts and online quizzes on everyday topics; elementary to pre-intermediate.
More than a thousand audio files including video lessons on everyday topics, informal speech, speakers from all parts of the world, with transcripts and online tasks.
Reading
Classic books which you can read online for free.
Free online books for students and teachers; all genres.
Printable literature study guides; downloadable apps for iPhone.
NEW
A Guide to Phonics for Parents and Schools
Writing
Writing Activities for Kids
Activities to show the children the fun side of learning.
How to write essays, book reports, research papers, letters, speeches etc; intermediate to advanced level.
Regularly updated tips for better writing, intermediate to advanced level.
55 Interesting Ways to Support Writing in the Classroom -writing ideas and activities, different levels.
All Skills
Free teacher-made worksheets, all levels, all skills.
Hundreds of resources for all language skills, different levels.
Many lesson plans on current events and news with task handouts; intermediate to upper-intermediate.
Free intermediate and advanced level resources – articles, texts, stories, grammar tasks, word games, crossword puzzles etc.
A large variety of exercises for all levels (beginners to advanced) and all skills, printable and online.
Short texts for reading, listening and learning vocabulary, elementary to intermediate level.
Lessons and resources for all skills, different levels.
Other Links
40 Sites for Educational Games
Educational games for different subjects and levels.
Digital storytelling
Upload a picture and add your voice to tell a story.
Write a short story using the pictures provided by the site. The outcome is an amazing e-book which can be read in the classroom.
Use your photos, video clips and music to create a digital story about anything.
Create a digital poster with text, audio or video.