Useful websites for Home Tutors

1. http://www.ameswa.iinet.net.au/pclab/

This website is primarily for students, but there are some interesting links for tutors, particularly if you have a student from Africa (go to the link Teachers).

2. http://www.onestopenglish.com/

This website has useful information and resources for both tutors and students. If you have an email address, you can subscribe (free) and receive a monthly newsletter with lesson plans, ideas & tips. Although the plans and activities are geared to the classroom, many of them can be adapted to use in a one-to-one situation. The worksheets are photocopiable so can be downloaded to use with your student.

3. http://iteslj.org/links/

• tutors - Browse list for Teachers has hundreds of useful links including how to teach, lesson preparation tools, activities & games and printable handouts
• students - Browse list for Students has a bilingual section in many languages, as well as grammar, crosswords, quizzes, etc

4. http://a4esl.org/

This website has loads of quizzes your student can use online. The 3 levels -easy, medium and difficult cover grammar, vocabulary & crosswords. Also includes bilingual quizzes

5. www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/grammar

• tutors - loads of lesson plans & reproducible materials as well as ideas for communicative practice activities, etc
• students - interactive quizzes, etc

6. www.usingenglish.com/

• tutors - free grammar & vocabulary handouts, printable lesson plans, etc
• students - grammar & vocabulary quizzes at beginner and intermediate levels

7. http://www.greeneclipsesoftware.com/eclipsecrossword

This free website allows you to create crosswords.

8. www.virtualilc.com.au/

This valuable (Australian) website provides listening and other activities for your student. It requires a user ID and a password.

9. http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/reading/

This website has 6 stories about Nasreddin with Comprehension, Recreating the Story and Summarizing the Story: Gap-fill Exercise which can be done online by student.

10. http://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/index.htm

• student -online activities including hangman, crosswords, jumbled words, matching games, etc

11. http://www.schoolhousetech.com/products/freeworksheets/vocabulary.htm

• tutors - free vocabulary worksheets provide practice in challenging vocabulary activities and basic language skills. Includes crosswords, word searches, word jumbles, etc for your student