ESOL Resources for Teenagers
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YouTube
There are lots of resources available online to support English language learning and development. YouTube is a great place to start, whether you are beginning to learn English or you want to develop your grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation or more.
Below are some channels you can follow, but there are lots of others on YouTube:
Website and Apps
The interactive experience can make websites and applications (“apps”) ideal platforms to learn English. Listening to podcasts is an effective way to improve your English. They can help you can familiarise yourself with various accents, vocabulary, and phrases.
Here are some examples, but there are lots of podcasts available:
Learn English Podcasts by the British Council
Learning English – Podcasts from the BBC
There are also some fun platforms. Here are some apps which can provide bitesize language learning experience for you.
Learn English with Flash Academy®.
Johnny Grammar’s Word Challenge by the British Council.
Learn a language online via the FluentU page.
Learn a language online via the Memrise page.
English Listening Step by Step app.
Learn English via the Duolingo app.
English news and easy articles for English learners from the News in Levels website.
British Council – LearnEnglish Teens
The British Council’s Learn English for Teens website provides free online resources on reading, writing and listening practice. It also provides tips for exams, grammar and vocabulary exercises for free. The resources are grouped based on Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) levels and covered A1 Elementary to C1 Advanced level. You can access different resources at your own pace according to your level of English. Topics like health, shopping, transport, and meeting with people are essential to life in the UK.
Grammar
Grammar is a system of rules and structures on how sentences are formed. Grammar helps us express ideas and communicate effectively. Below are some helpful resources, arranged by grammar topics that need to be mastered by teenage ESOL learners.
Present Simple:
Forming the Present Simple tense in English from GoEnglish on YouTube.
English File:
Present simple (be) 1 exercise on the Oxford University Press website.
Present simple (be) 2 exercise on the Oxford University Press website.
Present simple (other verbs) 1 on the Oxford University Press website.
Present Continuous: Present Continuous English File on the Oxford University Press website.
Past Simple:
Forming the Past simple tense by GoEnglish on YouTube.
“My last holiday” written exercise on the British Council website.
Present Perfect:
When to Use the Present Perfect Tense by GoEnglish on YouTube.
The Present Perfect Tense in English by GoEnglish on YouTube.
Modal verbs:
Search for “Modal verbs” on our English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) support page.
Present Simple and Present Continuous:
Practicing the Present Simple and Present Continuous on the BBC Learning English website.