This is the link to the recording of the Designing and Delivering Interactive Reading Comprehension and Writing Production tasks for Costa Rican High School Students webinar to refer back to.

Here is a link to the slideshow used during the Designing and Delivering Interactgive Reading Comprehension and Writing Production tasks for Costa Rican High School Students webinar  to refer back to.

This document was created for MEP teachers and focuses on  oral comprehnsion (listening) and written comprehension (reading). 

Reading texts based on articles from National Geographic Magazine followed by interactive reading comprehension activities, a recording of the text to listen to online, a supplementary grammar and vocabulary practice worksheet based on the text, and links to National Geographic images and videos for users to explore the topics further. 

American Teens Talk is a collection of interviews of American high school students in both written and audio format. Each interview is accompanied by vocabulary notes and discussion questions that can be adapted to reading comprehension lessons.

Downloadable comics and graphic novels,  media-rich resources that can be used as text for reading comprehension lessons to all levels. You can find comics materials, webinars and interesting Forum Magazine articles on teaching English with comics.

This resource includes notes for teachers and activities to use in the classroom at the end of each story. The stories are written by teenagers and young adults. These stories provide an enjoyable opportunity to increase vocabulary, reading comprehension, listening, speaking, and writing.

Celebrate Holidays in the USA discusses the ten federally-recognized holidays in the United States, as well as many celebratory days such as Valentine's Day and Mother's Day that are commonly celebrated. At the end of each article there is a glossary. The articles and glossary can be used for designing reading lessons.

Texts, articles and conversations with different interactive tasks appropriate to different levels of proficiency to practice reading comprehension. 

Reading practices organized by level. There are different types of texts and interactive exercises that practice the reading skills students need to do well at school, get good grades in their tests and exams, and get more out of your free-time activities.

Breaking News English provides reading lessons based on stories currently in the news. Each lesson comes with reading tasks, handouts, and quizzes. The lessons are free and for all levels, beginner to advanced. 

English Study Zone provides English language lessons and practice reading exercises for all levels. The site is designed for our adult English language learners.

Developed by the University of Cambridge, Write & Improve is a FREE tool that helps every learner to improve their English writing. It is a great automated feedback tool to help learners improve their writing skills as they can receive feedback timely, one of the criteria of effective feedback. Additionally, teachers can use it as an effective tool to assess students' writing skills.

Rebecca shares how to use Cambridge’s Write & Improve software to improve your writing in English. Write & Improve is a free and user-friendly programme that allows you to get immediate feedback on your writing.

FakeWhats Generator allows you to quickly simulate very realistic WhatsApp chats. It provides a service for real fake WhatsApp messages. You are able to set any real or made up WhatsApp number and send fake messages.

Cambridge Writing activities for all levels. After selecting the writing skill and the level, different writing activities are shown to be completed online.

Free English writing practice on different topics and for different levels. Writing practice prepares students to take standard exams.

On this webinar participants examine how culture can affect our understanding of plagiarism, discuss the relationship between claims and evidence in writing, examine three ways to incorporate evidence in academic writing, and explore these topics through an EFL classroom lens.

The goal of this book is to take the student from the mechanics of basic sentence writing to the ability to construct a simple paragraph. The vocabulary and the structures have been planned chapter by chapter, from simple to more complex, and the lessons build on each other. For this reason, the students will probably benefit the most if they do the exercises in each chapter in the order they are presented. 

Note-taking strategies. This website provides links to different styles of note-taking, strategies and tips, practice note-taking with reading passages, and practice note-taking with audio and video recordings

The Online Writing Lab offers global support through online reference materials and services for creating citations, cover letters, major-specific writing help, and general writing advice.