Resources

Accessible and effective resources for English & Spanish learners of all ages available online and designed to enhance and expand education beyond the classroom.

Links

Classroom tools    Google Classroom   A free and easy tool helping the teacher on milka•℡ efficiently manage and assess progress, while enhancing connections with learners from home, or on the go.  Google Meet   A video-communication service developed by Google. Learners, individually or in groups, can participate in an online video conference from their computer through any current web browser: no software to install. For mobile devices, the Google Meet application must be used.  Google Jamboard   Jamboard is an interactive whiteboard developed by Google. The main controller of the Jamboard can open a "jam", a session where users can join and work on projects inside the space available.  Didactic materials    Idiomas con Milka   A Facebook page originally intended for an audience in Spain, but open to everyone else, publishing all kinds of teaching materials in English, Spanish and German from many sources in various formats, such as videos, infographics, blog articles, etc.  Pomysły Edukacyjne   A Facebook page originally intended for an audience in Poland, but open to everyone else, publishing all kinds of didactic resources from many sources in various formats, such as videos, infographics, blog articles etc.  Wordwall.net   A collection by "Idiomas con Milka"consisting of exercises in English, Spanish, Italian and German languages as well as quizzes for learners to practice during their out-of-class time.  Kahoot! | Cambridge English   Kahoots are fun, interactive games to help learners practise their English and build their language skills. Kahoots by Cambridge English include music and images to engage young learners and make learning exciting and enjoyable.  Learning English | Cambridge English   Lots of free online activities to help kids, teenagers and adults practise their English.  English didactic materials for kids | Pinterest   Hundreds of infographics related to English learning by kids.  ESL-Lounge - Student Site   English grammar, vocabulary, reading and listening site. All levels from A1 to C2 and for all types of learners from kids to adults and professionals.  TeachingEnglish - Teaching primary | British Council & BBC   A wide range of practical resources to use in a primary classroom: Lesson plans, activities, stories and poems, songs, teaching tools.  TeachingEnglish - English for business | British Council & BBC   A wide range of complete lesson plans to use in a business English classroom. All lessons are designed around functional skills for business students. The lesson plans are structured in three areas: Meetings, Negotiations and Socialization.  Materiales didácticos de español para niños | Pinterest   Hundreds of infographics related to the learning of Spanish by children.  CVC - Materiales   A small collection, edited by the Centro Virtual Cervantes (CVC), of interactive material for the presentation and practice of certain aspects of the Spanish language.  CVC - Pasatiempos de Rayuela   A collection of interactive didactic activities edited by the Centro Virtual Cervantes (CVC) and designed for students and teachers of Spanish. The activities are ordered by type of interaction or by didactic content according to the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) of the Council of Europe.  CVC - Lecturas paso a paso   A selection of fun and attractive texts to learn and practice Spanish, edited by the Centro Virtual Cervantes (CVC) and organized into different readings of three levels (initial, intermediate and advanced) according to the complexity of the texts; in each of the readings there are activities to facilitate understanding of the texts.  Todoele.es - Materiales didácticos   A collection of didactic materials, compiled by the Todoele community of teachers and classified in various sections, for the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language.  Grammar    EnglishGrammar.org   Comprehensive website about English grammar: rules, lessons, exercises, tools, videos and writing guides.  Wikipedia: English grammar   A compendium of articles on English grammar indexed by Wikipedia.  English Grammar Today on Cambridge Dictionary   Grammar explanations with hundreds of examples of how grammar is used in natural written and spoken English.  English Grammar reference | British Council   A grammar reference section, covering explanations, example sentences and interactive exercises.  RAE - Nueva gramática de la lengua española   Online edition of the reference work of the Real Academia Española for the knowledge and teaching of the Spanish language. The 'Nueva gramática de la lengua española' (New grammar of the Spanish language) describes the grammatical constructions of general Spanish and adequately reflects the phonic, morphological and syntactic variants; likewise, it offers recommendations of a normative nature.  Wikipedia: Gramática del español   A compendium of Spanish grammar indexed by Wikipedia.  Lingolia: Gramática española   A grammar section, which covers simple, complete and accessible explanations, including exercises to practice and effectively consolidate the knowledge learned.  Dictionaries    Collins English Dictionary   This dictionary is a pioneer in Language Reference for 200 years. Popular and trusted online dictionary with over 1 million words. Definitions, meanings, synonyms, pronunciations, translations, origin and examples.  Merriam-Webster Dictionary   The dictionary by Merriam-Webster is America's most trusted online dictionary for English word definitions, meanings, and pronunciation.  RAE - Diccionario de la lengua española   The 'Diccionario de la lengua española' (Dictionary of the Spanish language) is the academic lexicographical work par excellence published by the Real Academia Española.  The Free Dictionary by Farlex   The World's most comprehensive free online dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedia with synonyms, definitions, idioms, abbreviations, and medical, financial, legal specialized dictionaries.  Acronym Finder   Acronym Finder is the world's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms.  Diccionarios.com   Larousse and Vox online dictionaries: Spanish & English (among other languages), synonyms, verb conjugator, ideological, medical, encyclopedia, visual.  Lexico.com   Oxford English and Spanish Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Spanish to English Translator.  Wordreference.com   Online language dictionaries. Conjugations, grammar, audio pronunciations and forums for users' questions.  Translators    Google Translate   Google Translate is a free multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google, to translate text and websites from one language into another.  Bing Microsoft Translator   Microsoft Translator is a multilingual machine translation cloud service provided by Microsoft. Microsoft Translator is integrated across multiple consumer, developer, and enterprise products.  English & Spanish Tests    Cambridge English   Cambridge Assessment English provides exams and qualifications for learners and teachers of English. Free online test of English level. Exam samples and preparation materials.  Oxford Test of English   Oxford Test of English, certified by the University of Oxford, 100% online and aligned with the CEFR.  Michigan Language Assessment   The Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE) is a standardized, 4-skill American English test at the highest level of proficiency.  Exámenes - Instituto Cervantes   DELE (Diplomas in Spanish as a Foreign Language) are official Spanish degrees awarded by the Instituto Cervantes on behalf of the Ministry of Education of Spain. They are internationally recognized and valid indefinitely.  SIELE   SIELE is the International Service for the Evaluation of the Spanish Language that certifies the degree of command of Spanish through electronic means aimed at students and professionals from the five continents.