Pathways books – articles about everyday life situations and their particular vocabulary

Breaking News English –news articles presented with many exercises including audio
http://breakingnewsenglish.com/

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npr –National Public Radio, radio listening for news and commentary
http://www.npr.org/sections/news/

Using movie trailers to practice your English
http://www.infosquares.com/eslvideo/index.html

Merriam Webster's Learner's Dictionary
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/

Merriam Webster's Picture Dictionary
http://www.visualdictionaryonline.com/

Visuwords visual dictionary
http://www.visuwords.com/

Your Dictionary
http://www.yourdictionary.com/
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BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/

Using movie trailers to practice your English
http://www.infosquares.com/eslvideo/index.html

Voice of America News Special English, video news reports in slow, clear English for students of English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWnORmhTfrk

Voice of America- written and video news reports for students of English
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/section/the-classroom/2345.html
http://www.manythings.org/voa/classroom/

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tedtalks– important technology, education and design talks
https://www.ted.com/talks
http://tedmed.com/videos

foratv – video presentations mostly from business conferences
http://library.fora.tv/_

Vocabulary Practice for Interviews
http://www.businessenglishsite.com/business-english-other-tests.html

Flashcards for Vocabulary Learning and Review
https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/search?query=scheduling+engineering
https://quizlet.com/classes/engineering/
http://www.cram.com/search?query=planning+engineer&submit=Search

Good dialogues to practice speaking
http://www.eslfast.com/robot/topics/smalltalk/smalltalk.htm

Many phrases for many situations
http://www.phraseteacher.com/
http://phraseteacher.com/contents.htm

Tumblebooks - Talking Library books for all ages
http://hamptonlibrary.org/kids-family/tumble-books

Mightybook - Videos of stories, jokes, poems and songs.
http://www.mightybook.com/

StoryPlace - Interactive stories and activites for pre-schoolers
https://www.storyplace.org/activity-library

Storynory - audio stories
http://www.storynory.com/

Storyline Online - Stories narrated by famous people from the Screen Actors' Guild
http://www.storylineonline.net/

Starfall -an excellent website to teach pre-schoolers the alphabet, phonics and reading
http://www.starfall.com/

ReadingBear - a very nice website which emphasizes phonics in great detail
http://www.readingbear.org/

Enchanted Learning - a children's encyclopedia
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html

Nat Inst of Environmental Health Sciences - a U.S. government website which gives the lyrics and music for popular songs

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/songs/

Today we'll read about Halloween. According to Wikipedia:

Halloween is a celebration on the night of October 31. It is most practised in the United States and Canada. Children wear costumes and go to people's homes saying "Trick or treat!" to ask for candy (sweets in the UK) and people give it to them. The suggestion is: "Give me a treat or I will play a trick on you." People mainly dress up as ghosts, witches, or other scary things for Halloween. It is often referred to as ‘the scariest time of the year’.

For Christians it is the eve of All Saints' Day, which begins the three-day observance of Allhallowtide. This covers the three days – October 31 (All-Hallows Eve or Hallowe'en), November 1 (All Saints) and November 2 (All Souls). All Hallows' Eve is a Christianized feast influenced by Celtic harvest festivals, and pagan roots.[1]

Voice of America article about Jack-o-lanterns

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/jack-o--lantern-why-is-it-named-jack-/5630153.html

Starfall Pumpkin https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/pumpkin/?sn=main

YouTube videos about Halloween for kids

https://youtu.be/s1yGXu9K7aw

https://youtu.be/vjfICihohbI

https://youtu.be/x8b4f5fhYuw

https://youtu.be/5Y-ZvM_2Sjo

https://youtu.be/gWwGeeYKEAo

https://youtu.be/4jxcWlq3CBg

https://youtu.be/Hj_mudR9ZTc

EL Civics for ESL Students, Halloween Holiday