Intermediate Level Reading, Speaking, Listening and Writing Activities with Web 2.0 Tools

Reading Activities

 

Englishforeveryone: This site offers students a great many of reading comprehension worksheets with some types of questions like multiple choice tests below. And also in these worksheets, there are various questions for the purpose of developing explanation, statement and writing skills. In other words, this site is not only for improving reading skills but also writing skills. 

Reading Passages Ranked by Grades

Example I - Clean Water Act 

Example II - Materials

 

 

 

Esl-lounge: This precious tool is a good opportunity for students to improve their reading and comprehensive skills with various of assessment techniques like 'multiple-choice questions,' 'true/false questions,' 'gapped text exercises,' 'matching the opposites' and 'putting sentences into correct order.'

 Reading Passages 

Example I - Changes in Town - True/False 

 Example II - The Dangers of Radiation - Gapped Text

 

 

Speaking Activities

 

Eslflow: This site consists of many speaking activities. Worksheets including pictures and short descriptions are given to students to talk about. Here are the links of activities:

Activities

Example I - Computers and the Internet 

Example II - The Power 

 

 

 

Eflsensei:This site is a great helper for both teachers and students providing them a lot of speaking activities. (some of them are downloadable worksheets) Teachers can follow the instructions in each activity and apply them to students in the classroom. Here is a link of icebreakers, warmers&fillers and activities by topic that can be used by teachers:

Speaking Activities

Example I - I Am..

Example II - Let's Travel America

Example III - Unfinished Sentences

 

 

 

Listening Activities

 

Esolcourses: This site consists of many listening activities and exercises allowing students to listen first and then check what they have understood from the passages.

Listening Exercises ranked by Grade

Example I - Antisocial Networking

Example II - Tower of London

Agendaweb: This site offers students many listening activities with pre-listening exercises, listening exercises, vocabulary activities and post-listening exercises. Students can choose the listening passage according to their degree and grade.

Intermediate Listening Exercises

Example I - Medical Advise

Example II - Vacation plans

 

 

Writing Activities

 

Autoenglish: This simple site is a good resource for students searching for writing exercises. It offers exercises to students who are at the level of beginner, pre-intermediate, intermediate and advanced. Here are some exercises for intermediate students:

Autoenglish

Asking for Information

Job Application

Report Writing

 

 

 

Esl-galaxy: This site offers teachers and students a great many of printable worksheets for English activities. Among them, here are some links of writing exercises and examples.

Writing Exercises Ranked by Grades

Example I - Martin Luther King

Example II - Napoleon Bonaparte

Example III - My Last Summer Vacation