READING RESOURCES
GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/young-adult
Reviews, recommendations, ‘best of’ lists, and discussions of recent books
Wonder Review Books for ESL Readers in Middle School
StoryBird Storybird.com
Allows users to make their own visual stories using contributed illustrations. Thousands of user generated stories to read and discuss.
Seven Ways to Survive School Worst Enemy, Best Friend
TeenReads.com http://www.teenreads.com/reviews
Book reviews, author interviews, and reading lists.
Girls Life http://www.girlslife.com/
Aimed at teen girls – full text of stories on style, health, advice, entertainment, and fun.
How to have a productive lazy day 5 signs your friendship has turned toxic
Soompi http://www.soompi.com/ AllKpop https://www.allkpop.com
Kpop celebrity news and very active discussion forums
- 10 Things You May Not Have Known About BTOB
- Kangnam Apologizes To 9MUSES’s Kyungri And Sam Okyere Over Comments Made On TV
- TWICE Continues To Top Oricon Charts In Japan With New Sales Milestone
- Bugsy biting Siwon revealed to have affected his military service
- SECHSKIES’s Kim Jae Duk And H.O.T’s Tony Ahn Recall Legendary Fight Between Their Fans
- Most Likable and Least Likable Members in Your Bias Groups??
- Jin should leave BTS Search for Facebook Groups of Interest; Kpop Young Adult Books, Cooking in Korea
VOCABULARY BUILDING
Quizlet.com – Create your own vocabulary sets or copy from millions of existing ones. All sets includes flashcards, study mode, quizzes, and games. Examples: 수능 Kpop Words
Classcard.net – Korea-based site similar to Quizlet with sets for most Korean textbooks.
수능 고교영어2 영어교과서 YBM 신정현(검정) 레슨 4
Memrise.com – fewer activities, but a great tool for keeping track of which words you’ve learned or not.
TOEFL Essential Words 350 Idioms, Sayings and Slang English is Fun!
LISTENING PRACTICE
ELLLO (English Listening Lesson Library Online) http://www.elllo.org/ Thousands of authentic conversations with native and non-native English speakers plus quizzes and activities
Love At First Site How Annoying Make-up Love of Shopping
TalkEnglish.com http://www.talkenglish.com
Dozens of English conversations and listening activities
Lyrics Training – http://www.lyricstraining.com
Using popular English songs to practice language skills
Just The Way You Are Sugar Let It Go
YouTube Tips
Fun Study: Schmoop Crash Course Khan Academy
Ancient Egypt Leonardo DiCaprio & The Nature of Reality
Search for other topics of interest: shopping haul, skin care routine, unboxing, teen talk, how to cook…
Examples
- Charlotte Cho’s Travel Skin Care Routine
- Makeup Shopping & Haul in Myeongdong
- Unboxing Wanna One 워너원
- If We Were a Season | 우리가 계절이라면
- How to make Korean Ramen
- Marutv.com
TIps: Activate CC, Change Speed, Open Transcript – search words, listen & repeat, subscribe to users, make playlists
SPEAKING PRACTICE
Use speech recognition tools like Google Voice Typing or Google Translate to check your pronunciation.
Click here for the Pronunciation Practice Document
Practice Sentences
It’s really too late to wait. What’s the lowdown on the raw fish law?
If we flee, we will be free. There were very many berries in the valley.
She won’t want to walk there Sue went to the zoo and saw some sheep
Please sit in the soft seat. There was a lot of pressure to measure the major explosion.
Pronunciation Practice Handout – Minimal Pairs, Sentences, Paragraph
Minimal Pairs with Audio Recordings: Consonants Vowels : Sentences
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