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Teaching grammar can be a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be boring! One of the trickiest challenges in English grammar for both teachers and students alike is understanding the difference between "who" and "whom." Fear not, Language Arts teachers, as we embark on a journey to make this learning adventure enjoyable!

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Proofreader teaches your students editing skills by having them proofread passages.

Students edit passages and receive personalized exercises based on their results. With over 100 expository passages, Proofreader gives students the practice they need to spot common grammatical errors.

Quill Grammar

Students practice basic grammar skills, from comma placement to parallel structure.

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Best Online Grammar Learning Websites

By Med Kharbach, PhD | Last Update: May 10, 2024

Grammar learning websites are the topic of our bog post today!

Grammar is a fundamental pillar in language learning. A strong grasp of grammar usually translates into better written and verbal communication.  Whether it is learning about parts of speech, verb conjugation, sentence construction, syntactic structures,  conjunctions, or adverbial phrases mastering a language grammar is an important step towards building a strong linguistic edifice, one that can provide strong scaffolding to all other aspects of language learning.

Grammar Learning Websites

Here are our top picks for grammar learning websites. These are platforms that students can use to learn English grammar.  Students can access a wide variety of grammar resources including lessons, videos, guides, downloadable materials, worksheets, activities, quizzes, exercises, discussion forums, and many more. 

1. Grammar Monster

Grammar Monster is a website that offers free grammar lessons and exercises. Besides the glossary of grammar terms, the site offers video lessons covering a number of grammatical topics such as interjections, determiners, adverbs, nouns, adjective, complex sentences, modifiers, and more. 

There are also video lessons on punctuation, easily confused words, common writing errors, vocabulary lessons, and common idioms. 

The site also enables students to test their grammar knowledge using a wide variety of free grammar tests and games.

2. English Grammar Reference

English Grammar Reference provided by the British Council is a collection of educational resources covering everything related to English grammar. 

Students will access grammar lessons and guides , learn through activities and example sentences, and consolidate their syntactic knowledge through exercises. 

Lessons cover the following topics: pronouns, determiners, quantifiers, possessives, adjectives, adverbials, nouns, and verbs. The British Council site also offers one-to-one courses with personal tutors and live classes.

3. Guide to Grammar and Writing

Guide to Grammar and Writing features a huge collection of helpful grammar resources organized into six main categories: Word and Sentence Level; Essay and Research Paper Level; Paragraph level; Ask Grammar, Quizzes, Search Devices; Peripherals and PowerPoints;  and Grammar Poll, Guestbook, and Awards. 

Use the drop-down menu in each of these categories to browse through featured materials. ‘The Guide to Grammar and Writing is sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation, a nonprofit 501 c-3 organization that supports scholarships, faculty development, and curriculum innovation.’

The popular paraphrasing tool Quill offers a wide range of writing and grammar activities for students across different grades. Using Quill Diagnostic, parents and teachers can easily determine students language skills and generate personalized learning plans. 

Quill Grammar section features over 150 sentence writing activities to help students practice basic grammar skills from comma placement to parallel structure. 

5. Road to Grammar

Road to Grammar is another grammar website students can use to enhance their grasp of English grammar. 

The site offers grammar quizzes, vocabulary lessons and activities, grammar lessons, games, downloadable PDFs, ESL resources, grammar worksheets, grammar resources for kids, and more.

Road to Grammar also features a section titled Teacher Resources containing various materials teachers can use in their language classes. 

These resources include guided online lessons, video lessons, handouts and worksheets, vocabulary drills, grammar infographics, grammar glossary, classroom trivia games, and more.

6. BrainPOP Jr.

BrainPOP Jr. features a huge collection of resources including video-lessons and exercises covering various topics and subjects. Each topic is explained via animated movies, learning games, concept maps, and interactive quizzes. 

Topics also include several other educational activities and materials including lesson ideas, lesson plans, and more. Check out BrainPOP Jr. full review to learn more.

7. Grammar.com

Grammar.com provides educational resources to help with grammar and spelling learning. Students can access discussions of common grammatical mistakes in English, learn about the proper use of the different parts of speech (e.g., nouns, verbs, adjectives, verbs, pronouns, prepositions, interjections, adverbs, etc), develop strong command of vocabulary, and learn about the use of punctuation marks. 

The site also offers a grammar and spelling checker to help students polish their writing style and get better writing suggestions.

8. English Grammar

English Grammar, as its name indicates, is all about resources and exercises to improve students grasp of grammar. The site offers downloadable lessons, grammar guides, online exercises, videos,  and more. 

Grammar topics covered include commas, adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions, pronouns, prepositions, verbs, nouns, words, etc. 

There are also resources on essay writing, creative writing, proofreading, spelling, and many more. English Grammar offers two interesting tools to help students improve their grammar and enhance their writing: Online Grammar Checker and Online Word Counter.

Quizlet is another great platform that provides learning materials for students. Quizlet uses the power of flashcards to enhance students learning. There are study sets, questions, textbooks, classes and more. 

Quizlet also features a huge collection of learning materials and study sets covering grammar and language learning. To access these materials simply type in the words Grammar, Grammar English, etc, in the search box. Check out Quizlet full review to learn more.

10. Daily Grammar

Daily Grammar offers tons of free grammar lessons and quizzes. There are over 400 lessons organized by number and subject. ‘Lessons 1-90 cover the eight parts of speech, which are verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.  

Lessons 91-300 cover the parts of the sentence, such as appositives, predicate nominatives, direct objects, prepositional phrases, clauses, and verbals.  Lessons 301-440 cover the mechanics of grammar, which is also known as capitalization and punctuation.’

11. English Club

English Club is an online learning hub where students learn English through a wide variety of educational resources such as lessons, games, discussion forums, movies, and exercises. Lessons cover English grammar, English vocabulary, and English pronunciation. 

Other interesting features provided by English Club include 24-hour English help desk with real live teachers to answer students questions, ESL games, ESL chat forums, news in English, learning English video project, and more. 

12. Funbrain

Funbrain is a website that provides educational games for kids Pre-K through grade 8. Besides games, the site also features books, comics, and videos to help students enhance their learning across various subjects and skills. Funbrain also offers grammar games to help kids learn English grammar. 

Simply type in the word ‘Grammar’ in the site’s search box and browse through the results. Examples of featured grammar games include: Grammar Gorillas, Grammar Bees, and Word Derby. Check out Funbrain full review to learn more.

13. English Exercises

English Exercises offers tons of online English exercises created by teachers from all around the globe. These exercises cover different topics including grammar, vocabular, listening, and more. 

For grammar exercises use the right hand column in the site’s homepage to browse through collections. 

There are exercises covering determiners, verbs, prepositions, modals, passive voice, conditionals, conjunctions, demonstratives, gerunds, infinitives, and more.

14. Using English

Using English offers tools and resources for teachers and students covering a number of subject areas including grammar and vocabulary. 

These resources include articles on grammar, parts of speech, English grammar terminology, Grammar quizzes, exercises, phrasal verbs, irregular verbs, idioms, and teaching grammar materials. 

The site also features discussion forums where language learners engage in conversations about language learning. 

15. Grammar Bank

Grammar Bank features a wide variety of online printable exercises, ESL lessons, PDF worksheets, and handouts for language learners. English grammar lessons are organized into: beginner English lessons, grammar practice exercises, and multiple choice exercises. 

Grammar Bank also offers ‘printable grammar quizzes for each subject with multiple choice questions and answers– These are great for ESL students and teachers, elementary native speakers (2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade) as well as preparing for major exams such as TOEFL, KET, PET, IELTS, etc.’

Final thoughts

With the plethora of options detailed in this collection of grammar learning websites, from Grammar Monster’s comprehensive exercises to Quizlet’s innovative flashcard approach, there’s a wealth of resources at learners’ fingertips. Whether you’re a teacher crafting lesson plans, a student honing skills, or simply a language enthusiast, these sites offer gateways to mastering the complexities of grammar.

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25 Digital Resources for Teaching Grammar

• Kristin Halverson
• February 18, 2021
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Teaching grammar doesn’t instill a sense of joy in the hearts of many teachers. Likewise, you don’t hear students often raving about the grammar lesson they had that day. It just seems so dry, so boring, so blah. Not that it isn’t an important skill, but when you don’t love what you’re teaching, it is kind of a challenge to get your students engaged and enjoying it.  So, how can we fix this? We’ve got a great start here. Check out these 25 digital resources for teaching grammar! My favorites are #1 and #2! ?

Parts of Speech Interactive Notebook for Google Slides 

Shameless plug here… ETTC has put the Parts of Speech Interactive Notebook you know and love into Google Slides! Nouns, and verbs, and adjectives, oh my! This set includes these areas and pronouns, adverbs, articles, prepositions, and conjunctions. Interactive notebooks are a great way to get kids to really learn concepts. These slides are like a physical notebook, but without all the prep, wasted instructional time of cutting and pasting, and they are super engaging! They’re shiny and brand new, totally cohesive as a set, yet each file has a flare of its own. They include nursery rhymes, fill in the blanks, sorts, puzzles, and more. This resource is completely ready for you and your students. All you have to do is assign it to them and you’re covered! You won’t be sorry you checked these out.

Students start out simple by identifying types of nouns (person, place, and thing). Then move onto creating plural nouns by adding -s and -es. Finally, they work on identifying common and proper nouns. As an added bonus, put it all together by identifying a variety of nouns within nursery rhymes. And with all of our digital parts of speech interactive grammar activities, there is a check for understanding at the end of the notebook.

The verb digital interactive notebook has students first sort action and being verbs. This is followed by a subject/verb agreement where students select the correct verb for the sentence. After this, the students have a shades of meaning sort with seven verbs. Next, they match the action verb words to the super cute clip art images. They’ll wrap it all up with nursery rhyme verb hunting, a past/present/future tense word making activity. And as always, the comprehension check at the end.

3. Adjectives

Students begin the adjectives digital interactive notebook by using adjectives to describe themselves. (We know kids are ALL about themselves, so we use that to our advantage here!). Next, they help solidify their knowledge of what adjectives are by finishing the ‘Adjectives tell…” sentence stem with draggable pieces. Working on expanding their vocabulary, they then sort in an adjective shades of meaning activity. Finally, students match adjective words (draggable pieces) to the clipart that matches and consolidate their knowledge with the check for understanding!

4. Pronouns

The pronoun digital interactive notebook starts with students sorting words (draggable) into what is a pronoun and what is not a pronoun. After this, they match the pronoun to the appropriate set of nouns and match the pronoun to the appropriate clipart. Finally, they complete a comprehension check.

Students start by sorting the draggable adverbs into adverbs that tell how, when, or where. Next, they write in an adverb that would make sense in the given sentences and read those sentences aloud when they’re finished. Following this, for each of the three adverb types (how, when, and where) they’ll  write in  adverbs on a few puzzle pieces and (along with the already given adverbs) assemble a puzzle. They’ll complete the notebook with a check for understanding.

6. Articles

The articles digital interactive notebook begins with students sorting draggable words (a/an). Then, they get a brief introduction into definite and indefinite articles and select which article completes each sentence correctly. The notebook finishes with a comprehension check.

7. Prepositions

Students begin this notebook by dragging the appropriate preposition word arrow to the images. Next up are preposition word-image puzzles, followed by filling in the correct preposition in the sentence by selecting from three options and dragging the correct one to the sentence. They wrap it up with a check for understanding.

8. Conjunctions

The conjunctions digital interactive notebook has students begin by placing the correct conjunction into a series of sentences and then read it aloud. Then, they complete sentence puzzles, assembling the beginning, conjunction, and end of a sentence. They finish by completing the comprehension check.

Digital Grammar Interactive Notebooks: Volume 2

Another shameless plug – we just can’t contain ourselves here at ETTC. This resource that has been so loved by teachers and students is now available in digital format and we want to shout it from the rooftops! Volume 2 includes upper and lowercase letters, types of sentences, capitalization, end punctuation, multiple meaning words, inflectional endings, sorting objects into categories, synonyms and antonyms, simple and compound sentences, commas, context clues, affixes, root words, reflexive pronouns, apostrophes, dictionary skills, and glossary skills. Pair this with Volume 1 and you have a comprehensive resource for grammar guided instruction and/or independent practice for a variety of primary grades in a completely engaging format. Similar to Volume 1, it has a cohesive feel overall, but with a unique style for each and involve sorting, fill in the blank, multiple choice, puzzles, and more!

9. Upper and Lowercase Letters

Made for your youngest learners, the upper and lowercase letters digital interactive notebook begins with students sorting upper and lowercase letters. Next, they match the upper and lowercase letters to an ice cream cone with an image starting with that letter (one or the other is missing – either upper or lowercase). Then, they’ll circle all of the matching letter (upper or lowercase) in the row and finish by pairing the upper and lowercase letters (neither provided this time) to an image starting with that letter.

10. Types of Sentences

This notebook is available in two formats – one with the categories, ‘interrogative, imperative, declarative and exclamatory,’ and one with the categories, ‘question, command, statement, and exclamation,’ depending on what terminology your school uses. Students start by matching the definition of each type of sentence to the name of the sentence type. After this, they sort sentences into their type with draggable pieces (available at differing levels of difficulty – with or without punctuation on the sentence). Then, they read a sentence and identify what type it is by circling the type (again, available with or without punctuation for easy differentiation).

11. Capitalization

The capitalization digital interactive notebook starts with a digital anchor chart that students need to explore and match the heading to each section answering the question, “What do we capitalize?” Think this would be too easy for your scholars? No worries! We have you covered with an alternate version where the headings are given and students fill in examples of each. Next, students complete a sentence fix-up activity, also available at two levels of challenge for easy differentiation. Finally, they sort draggable words and phrases into the appropriate category of why that word or phrase needs to be capitalized.

12. End Punctuation

This is the Achilles heel of SO many early career writers… end punctuation. In this set of digital interactive notebook slides, students will begin by sorting information about each type of end punctuation to help learners solidify their knowledge and understanding. This is also available in a higher challenge level with empty areas for students to write in information about each end punctuation type. Then, students read draggable sentences aloud, sorting them into their end punctuation type after reading. Next, they write their own examples of sentences with each end punctuation type.

13. Multiple Meaning Words

Students start this notebook by dragging the homonym to the matching pairs of images. After this, they are given the word and an image of the two definitions and they drag the correct definitions to the images. This set covers a wide variety of common multiple meaning words!

14. Inflectional Endings

The inflectional endings digital interactive notebook begins with the sounds of -ed. Students have helpful reminders available in each column about what each sound of -ed is, but also features of the word that would give it that sound. Next, students explore -ed and -ing (past/present tense) by sorting words with these endings to match their root word. After that, students are introduced to each type of word (words that end with a short vowel and one consonant, words that end with a silent e, words that end with two vowels and a consonant or two consonants, and words that end with a consonant and a letter ‘y’) and the rule for adding -ed and -ing endings. Then, they practice adding these endings to each type of word.

Following this, they do a similar activity, but with the endings -s, -es, -ies, -ves, and -fs, however, this time they have to sort the root word first, then create the new word using the given rule. Finally, they select the correct word with/without an inflectional ending to complete a set of sentences.

15. Sorting Objects into Categories

This notebook reminds me of a lesson I teach where students learn that ‘words can go together based on what they mean.” While I think I’ve done a decent job with this in the past, this lesson is definitely being replaced with the sorting objects into categories digital interactive notebook! It begins with easy differentiation anchor charts – one where students add a heading to each section and one where students are given the heading and they add in the examples of each category – all answering the question, “How can we sort objects?”

Next, students are shown a number of sets of objects and are asked to drag over the appropriate category name, one additional example, and then write in a final example that fits in that category.  Finally, students are shown sorted images. They need to drag over the one way for each page that the images are sorted, then write in an additional way that those images could be sorted, what the way would be, and what would go into each category (for example, for the slide above, these images could also be sorted by things that belong indoors- including toilet paper, lipstick, the box, the envelope, the door,  and things that belong outdoors – the log, the mountains, the tent, the sun. The students could argue their case for the door, the cheese, the paper, the hats, the basketball, and the cabbage, and the eyeball clearly belongs in both!).

16. Synonyms and Antonyms

Students begin with finishing the acrostic poem for ‘SYNONYM,’ and ‘ANTONYM,’ by dragging over the pieces – which describe or give examples of each word. Cinnamon rolls with synonyms are up next, with students sorting the synonyms to match each cinnamon roll. This is followed by an antonym matching activity. After this, students complete synonym (3 piece, with each synonym image having two synonyms to drag over) and antonym puzzles (2 piece, with one draggable antonym puzzle piece).

17. Simple and Compound Sentences

To start this notebook, students drag over sentence pieces to complete a simple sentence stem. Next, they match a simple sentence to an image and then read it aloud. After that, students select an appropriate conjunction to join two simple sentences and rewrite the new, compound sentence. Students finish this notebook by making a compound sentence, combining two draggable simple sentences and using a draggable comma, conjunction, and end punctuation.

This notebook begins with anchor charts on when we use commas with a few options – level of difficulty with one being a match the heading to the examples and one being a fill in the examples under the given heading, but there’s also an option for people who write dates with the th/rd after the day number and an option for those that don’t. Then, students practice comma usage in a set of sentences. Finally, students will edit an entire letter, adding in commas when necessary – really putting that knowledge to the test!

19. Context Clues

Students begin this notebook by naming each example type of context clue (inference, synonym, example, antonym, and definition). Following this, they go through twenty-four examples. Each example contains a short passage, a comprehension multiple choice question on the definition of an underlined word in the passage, and a draggable label to identify what type of context clue is being used in that passage. Next, they are given another short passage, again with an underlined word. Using context clues, they find the definition that best fits and drag it over to the passage. The context clues digital interactive notebook wraps up with a page of sentences and highlighter strips. Students use the highlighter strips, after they read the sentences, to color code the underlined word in each sentence to the definition that is already highlighted for them.

20. Affixes

ETTC selected twelve common prefixes and twelve common suffixes for this notebook. Students start by dragging the meaning for each prefix to the prefix itself. Then, they do the same with suffixes. Next, they use draggable root words and make new words (for example, combining the draggable, ‘agree,’ with the prefix in the column, ‘dis,’ to make ‘disagree’). They follow this with the same activity, but with suffixes. On the final page, students are given a work mat where they can drag a root word, a prefix, and a suffix to make a new word (using the previous example, they might also add the suffix, ‘ment,’ to make the new word ‘disagreement’). Once they have a new word, they add it to their list of new words.

21. Root Words

The root words digital interactive notebook begins with students putting together three piece puzzle – piece one has the root word, piece two has the meaning, and piece three has an example/examples using that root word. Next, they take a given root word with definition and meaning and match the definitions of four words using that root word. Finally, they match a root word to an image for the meaning of that root word.

22. Reflexive Pronouns

Students kick off this notebook with a matching of the reflexive pronoun to the corresponding pronoun activity. Next, they match the reflexive pronouns to the corresponding pictures. This one is short, but sweet!

23. Apostrophes

The apostrophes digital interactive notebook starts with answering, ‘What gets an apostrophe?’ with images and the category answer given, and students match examples of each category. Next, they sort singular and plural possessives. Finally, students match the contraction to the words that make up that contraction.

24. Dictionary Skills

Students begin this notebook with a sample dictionary entry and move the labels to match the different parts of a dictionary entry (entry word, pronunciation, part of speech, first meaning, second meaning, third meaning). Following this, they put a set of words in alphabetical order with each set getting progressively more difficult. They finish this notebook by using the dictionary letters guide to help them sort words into front, middle, or end of dictionary words.

25. Glossary Skills

A short, but sweet delve into glossary skills, students start with ordering the four steps for how to use a glossary. Next, they actually use a sample page from a glossary to answer questions. Finally, they put sets of words in alphabetical order. Then, they create a sample book title (for each set) where they might find those words in the glossary.

So, what are you waiting for? Jazz up your grammar instruction, make your life a little easier and help the planet while you’re at it. This resource includes options for easy differentiation and an incredible scope of content. Dive into these digital grammar resources today! And if you have any other great resources, share them below.??

Written by: Kristin Halverson

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Teaching Grammar: A Guide to Successful Grammar Instruction

What is grammar.

Grammar is the sound, structure, and meaning system of a language, a set of rules defining how language is structured. Grammar, usage, and mechanics are conventions of written English. Teaching grammar is a complex and rich process that helps students effectively read and write with authenticity.

View the complete Using Grammar as a Tool for Improving Students' Writing webinar by Dr. Beverly Ann Chin, Past President of NCTE and author of Grammar Workshop, Tools for Writing and Grammar for Writing , here .

How to Start Teaching Grammar

Research reveals that effective grammar instruction is systematic and contextualized in reading and writing. Concise, focused instruction that links form with meaning is critical to mastering conventions of written English. Direct instruction of grammar concepts through clear explanation and modeling of grammar, usage, and mechanics should be followed by scaffolded skills practice in a variety of contexts as well as extensive applications in writing and reading. Grammar instruction that follows this approach is effective for students in the elementary, middle, and high school grades and called for by the state English Language Arts standards.

View the complete Can Authentic Grammar Instruction Improve Students' Understanding of Complex Texts webinar by Ellen Edmonds, Vice President of Learning, Sadlier School, here .

Helping Students Understand Why Learning Grammar is Important

When students know the benefits of learning grammar, they will be more invested in the process. Knowledge of grammar will help students improve reading, writing, and communication skills and support students in effective self-expression no matter what and for whom they are writing—both now and in the future. When students have a strong understanding of grammar, their reading will be stronger, their comprehension is increased, and they are able to comprehend more complex text. Grammar learning makes students’ writing clearer . As students develop grammar skills, they will see their communication become more effective and more personal. And as better readers, writers, listeners and speakers, students will have more success, both in the classroom and beyond, into college and careers.

General Objectives of Teaching Grammar

Teaching grammar is not a means to an end but instead deeply connected to reading and writing. There is a strong relationship among grammar, writing instruction, and student achievement . Teaching grammar explicitly and integrated with reading and writing will help students expand their repertoire of writing strategies, gain control of written and spoken language, develop their writing style, think creatively, improve comprehension, and ultimately help them succeed in school and on assessments.

View the complete Using Grammar as a Tool for Improving Students' Writing webinar by Dr. Beverly Ann Chin, here .

When to Teach Grammar

Grammar instruction is an essential component of literacy instruction, and it is most effective to implement using an intentional, research-based scope and sequence. Integrating grammar instructionally ensures it is an internal part of the way that students read and write, and a “habit of mind.” Students need multiple and various exposures to correct grammar for mastery. Ideally, teachers can find time for 2 to 3 mini grammar lessons a week with application opportunities.

View the complete Can Authentic Grammar Instruction Improve Students' Understanding of Complex Texts webinar by Ellen Edmonds, here .

Grammar should be taught systematically and in the context of reading and writing, often, and in response to student writing. To be responsive to the students in the classroom, teachers can look for patterns in student writing and identify conventions that students are using correctly or incorrectly and respond with appropriate and explicit lessons on grammar, usage, and mechanics. Grammar can be integrated into writing instruction during the revising and editing stages, enabling students to learn the conventions of standard written English in meaningful ways, especially in middle and high school.

Stages of Teaching Grammar

Grammar instruction is appropriate in elementary, middle school, and high school. Specific objectives and standards at each grade vary, as will instruction, but the approach and the major goals remain the same for students at all grade levels.

Teaching Grammar in Elementary School

In upper elementary school (Grades 3–5), grammar instruction entails helping students communicate their written message with clarity and correctness so that students can make appropriate choices about grammar, usage, and mechanics to improve their writing.

Download Best Practices for Teaching Grammar and Writing at the Elementary Grades by Beverly Ann Chin, PhD.

Teaching Grammar in Middle School

In middle school, students learn to value writing purpose and audience to discover how conventions affect the clarity and impact of their messages, especially as they encounter more sophisticated and diverse texts than in elementary school. Teaching grammar in middle school entails helping students observe how writers make choices in ideas, organization, language, and conventions to create an effect on readers.

Download Effective Strategies for Engaging Middle and High School Students in Writing and Grammar Instruction by Beverly Ann Chin, PhD.

Teaching Grammar in High School

In high school, students continue to read and produce diverse and sophisticated texts. As text complexity increases, application opportunities for students change. Teaching grammar in high school requires focused instruction and abundant opportunities for students to learn, apply, and master the conventions of standard English in their own writing.

How Do You Teach Grammar Effectively?

Research shows that although extensive reading and writing is important to grammar acquisition, explicit instruction is crucial to mastering the conventions of written English (Haussamen et al., 2003). When it comes to teaching grammar, ongoing explicit instruction is essential, in addition to a mix of instructional strategies, embedded in and applied to lots of reading and writing. A research-based approach is best: it is critically important to have students learn grammar in the context of writing and apply grammar learning to meaningful, beneficial writing for a variety of purposes and audiences.

An instructional routine that follows a gradual release of responsibility model has been shown to be highly effective for teaching grammar. This model progresses from direct, explicit instruction, scaffolded opportunities for practice, and application on important grammar concepts.

Ways to Teach Grammar Authentically

Authentic grammar instruction focuses on application to reading and writing, in which students use what they learn for their own purposes and purposes in the classroom. An integrated approach allows students to apply grammar concepts immediately to their own authentic reading and writing.

Following Grammar Standards

Before the Common Core State Standards, grammar, usage, and mechanics were commonly situated within writing and speaking standards. Within the Common Core State Standards, most grammar standards are found within standards for language. Grammar and mechanics have their own strand. Here is what the standards now say about grammar instruction:

• The standards imply that we teach grammar across the grade levels. Think of the concepts as learning progressions that are building over time.
• The standards have shifted to focus on authentic instruction and application.
• Deep instruction needs to focus on the expectations at each grade level.
• Grammar concepts are not explicitly defined in standards; the standards are the how and not the what of instruction. Using a research-based scope and sequence supports a teacher following grammar standards and wanting a roadmap for what concepts to teach when.

Different Methods of Teaching Grammar

Inductive teaching.

An inductive approach to teaching vocabulary invites students to observe grammatical patterns and determine a rule from these patterns on their own or with guidance.

Deductive Teaching

In a deductive approach to teaching vocabulary, students are given a rule which is then applied to examples and practiced.

Learning Through Writing

Grammar instruction in the context of students’ writing is an effective way to improve students' writing, especially in the context of sentence fluency. When students understand the structure of language, they are better and more engaging writers. Teachers can continually assess student writing to plan appropriate grammar lessons. Students can improve their writing while they learn grammar, designing their writing by making deliberate language choices.

Best Practices for Teaching Grammar

Focus and scaffold instruction.

Following a gradual release of responsibility model for teaching grammar is highly effective. Following direct instruction, practice should be focused to allow students to demonstrate understanding and receive judicious, corrective feedback through modeling or more instruction on critical errors.

Finally, application in reading and writing is essential as students directly apply what they are learning in grammar. Grammar instruction should link form and meaning to be effective.

View the complete Grammar Instruction that Sticks Grades 6–12 webinar by Ellen Edmonds, here .

Use Mini Lessons and Modeling

Concise, focused mini lessons are the most effective way to teach grammar, usage, and mechanics. Mini lessons should focus on a concept of a rule, then the application of the concept to authentic reading and writing. For best results, mini lessons prioritize and select the one or two important concepts to be addressed in each lesson and avoid introducing too many concepts at the same time. Mini lessons should include modeling and examples.

Prioritize Sentence Work

Three effective strategies that improve students’ writing—and grammar—are sentence combining, sentence expansion, and sentence imitation. (Haussamen, 2003; Hillocks and Smith, 2003; Holdzkom, Reed, Porter, Rubin, 1984; Killgallon, 1997; Noguchi, 1991; Strong, 2001) These strategies are adaptable to any grade level and subject area.

Sentence combining is a strategy in which students construct more complex and sophisticated sentences by combining short, choppy sentences in longer, fluent ones.

Experimentation with sentence combining supports students in making choices about language fluency and ways that sentences relate to meaning and effect. This strategy is very effective when presented to students during the revising and editing phase of their own writing and using their own drafts and when connected to punctuation. Revising can be defined as helping writing be more effective for purpose and audience. Editing can be defined as helping students correct for spelling, punctuation, grammar, and usage.

View the complete Using Grammar as a Tool for Improving Students' Writing webinar by Dr. Beverly Ann Chin, here .  

Sentence expansion is a strategy in which students add information to short sentences to make their writing more detailed and interesting. This strategy supports students in learning grammar in the context of writing new sentences, and helps make connections to word choice, variety, and writing style.

This strategy is effective when scaffolded for students, especially for English Learners. It is easier for students to begin using this strategy by expanding sentences at the end to make their sentences livelier and more detailed.

Then, students can implement the strategy by adding information at the beginning of sentences to make their sentences more creative.

When students master sentence expansion at the beginnings and ends of sentences, they are ready to learn ways sentences can be lengthened at both ends and/or in the middle.

Sentence imitation is a strategy in which students imitate the structure of a sentence but replace the original words and ideas with new words and their own ideas. Using model sentences from authentic literature and complex text is a particularly effective source for sentence imitation exercises.

With sentence imitation, students can see parts of speech and sentences at work and in relationship with sentence structure and word choice. Using published authors’ sentences as inspiration helps students as they gain insight into the craft of writing. As students work with their own ideas and words, they learn how authors create effective sentences (Knudson, 1989; Knudson, 1991; Haussamen et al., 2003).

Apply to Reading and Writing

Grammar lessons must be contextualized and embedded into the reading and writing in the classroom. It is critical that students learn grammar in the context of writing and apply grammar learning to meaningful, beneficial writing for a variety of purposes and audiences.

Writing and grammar go better together! Learn more at a 2-part, on-demand Masterclass hosted by grammar expert Dr. Beverly Ann Chin and Ellen Edmonds.

Use Authentic Examples from Complex and Authentic Text

Exposure to and engagement with a variety of texts is essential. Students should see examples of grammar concepts in a variety of texts and genres and encounter a variety of writing styles, forms, and sentence structures in texts.

Focus on the Positive

Feedback is important, but too much feedback can be a detriment when it comes to teaching grammar. Teachers can point out students’ correct use of conventions to reinforce the importance of grammar, usage, and mechanics as tools that help readers while building students’ confidence as writers. Modeling and reteaching are strategies that help teachers focus on the positive when it comes to grammar instruction.

Successful grammar implementation occurs over time and across varied contexts. Ensuring students have ample opportunity to practice is essential. Practice should be offered with guidance and feedback before independent practice and application by students.

Strategies to Engage Students While Teaching Grammar

Utilize mini lessons.

Using mini lessons is an effective strategy for grammar instruction, whether whole class, small group, or individual. This approach is more effective than an isolated approach and powerful when applied to reading and writing. A mini lesson focusing on a concept of a rule can then be applied to an authentic reading and writing experience.

Building on mini-lesson strategies, modeling is a highly engaging tool for teaching grammar. An example of modeling might be taking a text and modeling error correction. Think-alouds and writing are examples of modeling strategies for grammar instruction.

Use real objects, gestures, pictures, and facial expressions to teach words and clarify meaning for all learners, and especially those learning English. For example, an effective grammar technique with nonlinguistic representation could be used for teaching action verbs.

Integrate Variety and Cross-Curricular Connections

Consistently providing different texts for students to read and analyze in multiple classes or subject areas helps broaden perspective and provides text-rich examples for modeling. Read-alouds (even at middle and high school) also exposes students to a variety of writing genres, sentence structures, and details through oral processing that are important and are embedded in various academic contexts.

Offer Interactivity

Games and interactive activities that allow students to practice grammar skills with motivation boosters like time clocks or competitive elements are opportunities to engage students as they learn grammar.

Make Grammar Lively

When teaching grammar, teachers can engage students by making instruction lively. Encourage language play, experimentation, and risk-taking. Foster an environment that supports high-quality discussion about language and effects. Show examples from print and nonprint media that use written language. Jokes, puns, and misplaced modifiers offer opportunities to discuss grammar.

Encourage Journaling

An authentic and engaging writing opportunity for students, journaling offers a lot of connections for mapping grammar concepts to writing for different purposes on many topics. Journaling is another opportunity for contextualization in which grammar instruction is embedded in reading and writing.

View the complete Grammar Instruction that Sticks Grades 3–5 webinar by Ellen Edmonds, here .

Differentiate Instruction

A structured grammar program is appropriate for all students, but differentiation is essential. Students in each classroom have diverse backgrounds, needs, and levels of English proficiency and may therefore need additional support. In any given class, teachers must address a wide range of student writing abilities, interests, and needs. To help all their students grow as writers, teachers need to help each student develop the ability to write clearly, effectively, and correctly. Teachers must make adjustments based on individual students and provide varying levels of guidance and direction.

How to Teach Grammar Online

To supplement focused direct instruction of grammar concepts and application in writing and reading, online activities and games can provide opportunities for engaging student practice. Digital resources offer opportunities for practice, feedback, and assessment that is dynamic and personalized.

Basic Grammar Activities

There are many grammar concepts students must understand to communicate effectively. Students also need to know when to apply grammar rules they are learning to situations in their reading and writing. Here are just a few of the basic grammar concepts students should know at a variety of grade levels and related simple activities.

Commas are a common punctuation mark often used before a conjunction in a compound sentence. Commas are also used between items in a series of three or more items. There are other comma uses including after a noun of direct address, after an interjection, and not to set off an introductory word. Students of all ages need to know when to use this common punctuation mark . Standards on comma use include applying the conventions of standard English and correctly using punctuation to set off nonrestrictive or nonessential information.

View the complete Grammar Instruction that Sticks Grades 3–5  webinar by Ellen Edmonds, here .

Fragments and Run-on Sentences

Run-on sentences are one of the most common errors students include in their writing. A run-on sentence is two complete sentences that run together. One way to correct a run-on sentence is to separate it into two sentences. Another way to correct a run-on sentence is to make a compound sentence. Fragments , or incomplete sentences, are another concept on which students need instruction and practice.

Parts of Speech

Naming conventions are less important than understanding the functions of grammar concepts. Students at all grade levels will continue to revisit the parts of speech and the functions of nouns, pronouns , adjectives , verbs , adverbs , prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. Students need to be able to construct quality sentences that communicate information accurately and clearly. Understanding basic parts of speech is the first step to this effective communication.

What Doesn’t Work in Grammar Instruction

Teaching grammar is not easy. There are many common pitfalls that teachers can avoid in grammar instruction. When it comes to an approach, the research is clear that a lecture-based, isolated approach doesn’t work. A “drill and kill” approach that prioritizes worksheets and memorization has not been seen to be effective for impactful grammar instruction. A one-size-fit-all approach is not as effective as one that is differentiated and targeted for every learner and writer.

Common Issues in Grammar Instruction

Classroom management.

When teaching grammar, teachers will have to make adjustments based on individual students, since some students need a lot more guidance and instruction or time in application, while others can apply quickly. Small group work can support teachers in differentiating. The evidence is compelling that that investment of time in applying to writing, though challenging, is worthwhile.

The Wrong Approach

Using a program with the wrong type of approach, (i.e., an isolated program that prioritizes memorization over application) can be a detriment to students. To overcome this challenge, teachers can implement a program that is research based and focused on best practices.

Low Engagement

Active instruction is an opportunity to infuse grammar with joy, for both teachers and students. Grammar instruction need not be boring or rote. In fact, it should be neither! Teachers are encouraged to move away from worksheets and instead use strategies that promote and enhance student engagement and success.

Avoid more common pitfalls in grammar instruction with these suggestions of what to do and what not to do when teaching grammar.

The Advantages to Leveraging Grammar Materials

A research-based, intentional grammar program that integrates with reading and writing will ensure that teachers are meeting grade-level standards of grammar, usage, and mechanics and provide a framework for teachers to follow when teaching grammar. Due to the history of teaching grammar in the United States, many American teachers may have never been students of grammar, so implementing such a research-based program ensures that they can provide the best and standards-based grammar instruction to students.

Grammar Instruction Must-Haves

To be effective, a grammar program for use with elementary, middle-school, and high-school students must be research based and aligned with standards. A grammar program must have an intentionally designed scope and sequence suited for students at each grade level with well-constructed mini lessons and ample opportunities for students to apply skills to writing.

The Importance of Lesson Planning and Content Structure

Structure is a key consideration for a grammar program. Use of the proven gradual release of responsibility model is a plus for an effective grammar program. Well-sequenced lessons that can stand alone and be taught in response to student writing and classroom needs makes a program flexible. Explicit instruction and explicit examples and modeling as students write and read are best, especially via focused mini lessons. Practice with the appropriate type and amount of feedback that is provided in interactive formats should be present. Application to writing is essential.

Benefits of Sadlier Grammar Programs

Sadlier offers standards-aligned grammar solutions for Grades 3–12 that are research based and intentionally and logically sequenced to lay a solid foundation for students in grammar throughout the elementary, middle, and high-school grades. These programs follow the gradual release of responsibility model—providing concise direct instruction of grammar concepts, practice with guidance, and application to writing and reading.

Elementary Grammar Instruction

Sadlier’s Grammar Workshop, Tools for Writing is designed for students in Grades 3–5. The research-based program provides simple lesson plans built on a 3-step instructional routine (Learn, Practice, and Write) that provides direct instruction and models the rules of grammar, usage, and mechanics and then lets students practice and apply in the context of reading and writing. An included handbook directly supports students in the writing process and integrates grammar, usage, and mechanics in the process. For engaging practice, interactive online resources reinforce concepts. The program includes specialized lesson suggestions to support English learners and differentiate instruction.

Middle and High School Grammar Instruction

Sadlier’s research-based Grammar for Writing for Grades 6–12 teaches the conventions of standard English and takes students through the complete writing process as they write arguments, informative/explanatory texts, and narratives. The program is based on the principle that the primary purpose of grammar instruction is to improve student writing. The program follows the three-step process of instruction, practice, application. The program also helps to prepare students for state assessments with practice in standardized-test format.

Sadlier’s Online Solutions

Sadlier’s grammar programs provide interactive online resources to supplement learning for students and strengthen their understanding of concepts. Resources include engaging interactive games with self-evaluation for independent learning, quizzes and practice for assessments with feedback, and more. While these resources support teachers and students implementing Sadlier’s grammar programs, Sadlier’s searchable resource center offers free grammar resources to support all grammar instruction.

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14 Websites to Learn Grammar Lessons Online (Free and Paid)

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The English language is one of the more easy ones to learn due to its wide use all over the planet. There are some verbs and phrases that allow you to get a very good understanding of the language once you are able to learn them. Learning few words like it, you, me, they, okay etc. that are widely used in the English language can help you understand what people are referring to when they are talking even if you aren’t proficient with English.

However learning a few of these words cannot help you hold entire conversations with other people. Even if you are familiar with half the vocabulary of an entire language, there is no point in it if you haven’t got a clue about the grammar of said language.

It is impossible to properly communicate with someone in any language unless you are properly familiar with that language’s grammar. However grammar isn’t an easy thing to learn in any language, which is why there are so many lessons online that are solely meant to teach you grammar.

14 Websites to Learn Grammar Lessons Online Reviews

There are over 1860 lessons that you can take on Udemy if you are looking to improve your grammar in any language. They have hundreds of different lessons that focus on English grammar while also having grammar lessons for other languages like French, German and more. A very big majority of these lessons will focus on grammar for complete beginners, teaching students about grammar up to A1 and A2 levels when it comes to the CEFR scale.

A good thing about a lot of these lessons are the activities and exercises that they offer you in order to improve your grammar. These activities can sometimes offer themselves in the form of downloadable files that include tests and revisions that you can take to improve your grammar while also being able to see how much the lessons you’ve been taking have helped you so far.

Some courses will offer a more advanced approach, making you grow from an A1 in grammar to a C2 level student. Udemy also offers money back guarantees if you aren’t satisfied.

2) Coursera

On Coursera, you will find just a little short of 150 grammar lessons available. These lessons include some for English grammar, some for Russian and so on with most other widely spoken languages. There are different courses for each language and each course take on a different approach, while some are meant for people with a specific level of understanding of grammar, others are meant for everyone, letting even complete beginners develop an advanced knowledge of the grammar of a language that they are trying to learn.

There are also a few bundle courses on Coursera. Bundle courses are those that can teach you a side variety of different topics or can teach you both the basics of any language while also talking about the foundations of said language. There are also classes that have been designed by institutes such as universities that grant you professional certificates upon their completion.

These types of lessons are usually lengthier and harder than the others on show, however as mentioned they provide you with a printable certificate in grammar.

Lynda is an online platform that has been developed by LinkedIn. The site is a means for people from all over the world to find different courses on things that they wish to learn about. They have a wide variety of lessons regarding most topics and for grammar itself, they have just a few short of 800 lessons available for you to take and improve your grammar.

Their courses are of multiple different criteria’s, meaning that they have something for beginners, average level students and people that have an advanced understanding of grammar all alike. They also have a few lessons that can help all three at once. Their grammar courses are mainly for English, while there are some that cover grammar for other languages as well.

There are lessons for beginners that can help them become advanced students. These cover things like teaching students how to use different pronouns correctly and how to create parallel sentences, while also teaching them differences between the different types of nouns, allowing them to establish a strong foundation.

EdX is a project of both Harvard University and MIT, two of the most famous educational institutes in the entire world. The site has been designed to include lessons and studies that have been designed and given by only the most reliable for tutors and institutes on the entire planet, while also including lessons that have been provided by both Harvard and MIT themselves.

There aren’t as many grammar lessons on edX as compared to the amount that you would be able to find on other similar websites, however their lessons are more than able to help you just like the other courses that you’ll find online. Their courses are designed to improve your grammar and familiarize you with the rules of grammar so that you can form and write completely understandable sentences without needing any sort of help. Their courses will focus on teaching you all the different tenses, pronouns, adjectives, punctuation etc that you’ll need in order to become completely proficient in the grammatical department.

All their courses are self-paced as well.

5) Skill Share

There are over 420 different grammar lessons on Skill Share that all take different approaches from each other, providing you with a lot of variety when it comes to different viewpoints in teaching you about grammar.

From English to Italian, you will find grammar lessons for each and every one of these lessons. A good thing that you’ll find helpful about most of these lessons is the fact that they will be able to take you as far as you wish on the CEFR level scale. This means that they can just help you study to build a foundation in a specific language’s grammar or guide you towards learning to the point where you develop an intermediate or advanced understanding.

Some lessons will focus on proper pronunciation of different words depending upon the type of sentence you’re speaking, along when with native speakers of the language that you are learning choose to ignore the rules of grammar for specific sentences. A few of them will only focus on helping you learn tenses.

6) Take Lesson

Take Lessons offers students with a variety of different tutors that can be hired to teach them regarding different topics, including something like Grammar. There are tutors on Take Lessons that can teach you online, while they also offer you tutors that can visit you and teach you personally if there are any that live near a suitable distance from your home.

Their teachers are either trained teachers that are new and great at what they do or are teaching veterans that have more than enough experience to properly teach you grammar. Being different people, all the teachers that you’ll find on Take Lessons will have different personalities from one another.

They’ll be teaching you in their own effective ways that will help you greatly. The amount of tutors that are featured on the site constantly keeps changing due to the fact that the tutors may or may not be available in the near future. You can just set an appointment with a teacher you like and they’ll teach you via video call.

7) Reed.co.uk

Reed.co is a platform that offers a variety of different grammar courses. The site is of British origin and has studies regarding English grammar held by popular universities and colleges all over the United Kingdom, while also having lessons for German, Italian and other language’s grammar that have been presented by educational institutes and tutors that are native to countries where those languages are spoken.

All of the courses on Reed.co can be taken at a pace that is suitable for the student. This allows you to learn anything you want, when you want, at a speed most suited to yourself. Once you purchase a course on the site you will be granted unlimited access to it for the rest of your life in most cases. Some of these lessons also grant you access to tutors that can help you figure out the lessons once you purchase them.

Most of their courses can be accessed on all platforms like laptops, computers and smartphones, allowing you to learn even if you are away from home.

8) Study.com

Study.com is a place where you can ‘’study’’ online through the multiple different lessons that they offer for the topic of your choice. They have more than a few different grammar courses available in their selection that can help you develop a proficient understanding of the grammar of specific languages.

A majority of their courses focus on English grammar, helping students learn either the basics that they’ll need to start their journey or providing students with everything that they should know in order to have an advanced mindset when it comes to grammar. The site also offers alternatives for teachers rather than just students, providing teachers with courses that help them teach their students about the different parts of grammar like pronouns, prepositions etc. and providing them with exercises that they can implement on their students so they’ll be able to learn more easily.

They also offer fun games on their site that you can use to teach children about simple grammar. A few of their classes also teach how to write grammatically correct.

9) Oxford Online English

Oxford Online English are a platform that allow people from all over the world get a better understanding of the English Language. The site mainly focuses on teaching students British English through a set of lessons that are available on their website. They also have a large enough amount of different grammar courses that can be taken anywhere in the world and at any time from their website.

They have some free video lessons that can help you get introduced to both grammar in the English language along with the type of tutors that the site will provide you with. These free video courses are available all the time while their tutors can be booked by a few easy steps. Their introductory lessons deal with important things like the proper use of contractions to join different words while also giving example like ‘’don’t, should’ve, could’ve, as well as harder and more complex ones like shouldn’t’ve etc.

Their tutors will then be able to teach you any specific thing you want

10) Grammar Monster

Grammar Monster is an online platform dedicated to teaching you and everyone else in the world that wishes to learn about grammar in the English language. They have about everything that you’ll need in order to become completely proficient at structuring sentences in English.

On their site, they have a complete glossary of the different categories of grammar. The glossary covers everything that you need to learn and much more in order to become a completely fluent speaker of English. They also have tests that you can take online regarding everything related to grammar to test yourself out. These tests usually include choosing the right answers, forming sentences related to specific topics in the correct tense and more. While you learn on their website, they also offer daily tests that you can take.

These daily tests are small and require you to choose the correct option between a few in order to form a grammatically correct sentence. The site also has its own YouTube channel that features video lessons.

11) LearnEnglish-Online

LEARNENGLISH-ONLINE is a website that offers students from all over the world with an easy means to learn one of the most commonly used languages in the world. They are a site that focus on teaching you English which is why they also focus a lot on teaching you about grammar in the English language, since you won’t be able to properly write or speak a proper sentence without it.

From adjectives to every type of verb and everything in between, their site has different classes that you can take in order to improve yourself in every aspect of English grammar. They have different pages for every sub-category of grammar, along with activities that can help you improve in said sub-category. For all of these, they have online tests as well that can be taken in order to see how much of an understanding you have developed so far.

They also have classes that can help you learn how to hold proper conversations in English so that everyone you’re speaking to understands you clearly.

12) English Grammar 101

EnglishGrammar101 is a website that offers you 16 different grammatical chapters, each one featuring a set of topics regarding a specific category of grammar. The first chapter is about nouns and will teach you about the different types of nouns along with their use in sentences.

After nouns you will study pronouns, the types of pronouns and when to use a specific type of pronoun. In chapter 3 you will be introduced to verbs and tenses. This chapter will focus on teaching you how to properly structure sentences when holding conversations. The rest of the chapters take on similar approaches for themselves while teaching you about different things.

Every single chapter is started with a warm up test, along with self-evaluation quizzes that you can take after every few lessons to see how far you’ve come on your grammar learning journey. All these lessons are available on their website which also work fine on laptops and smartphones so that you can continue learning grammar even if you are not at home for the time being.

13) My English Pages

My English Pages is an online platform that has been made specifically for students that are not familiar with the English language and would like to get started. From tenses to clauses they have everything related to English grammar on their site along with guidelines on how you can improve in each department.

They have all the explanations that you will need to get a proper understanding of how grammar works in the English language, whether it be in daily conversations or figures of speech, the site can explain everything that you have to ask about grammar. You can also find out about the origins of grammar, along with how it has changed throughout history and about the things that influenced said changes.

My English Pages have everything that you’ll need in order to become an advanced English speaker. The platform features lesson plans and courses that can help you develop an understanding of English grammar and their site can be used at any time to learn about the English language.

14) Class Central

Class Central is basically a search engine that can help you find the right lessons for yourself online. They have more than enough courses on grammar, allowing you to choose from any single one from the loads on show.

The search engine can help you find any type of grammar lesson online that match the criteria set by you while also being rated highly by students that have taken the lesson. Most of the lessons that you’ll find using Class Central will mainly focus on English Grammar and helping you develop a better understanding of how to shape different sentences and phrases.

These lessons cover things like widely used verbs and tenses for beginners while teaching slightly more advanced learners about how they can hold entire conversations in the English language while keeping their wording grammatically correct so the people they’re communicating with can properly understand them.

There are multipart courses featured on the website too. These courses take their time and teach you about punctuation and phrasing at a comfortable pace.

Choosing the Best Grammar Lesson Online

Grammar is definitely one of the most important parts of learning a language, if not the most important part. Without having a proper understanding of how the grammar of a language works, you will never be able to speak or write in that language while also being unable to understand anything said in the same language.

There are more than few thousand different courses and tutors available on the internet that can help you with grammar and the websites that were mentioned above are just some of the ones that can provide you with the best learning experience you’ll need to increase your knowledge.

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Five Grammar Websites for EFL Teachers

Do you know your auxiliary verbs from modal verbs, or your past perfect simple from past perfect continuous? Unless you’re a non-native speaker of English or have learnt another language yourself, chances are you’ve never really studied English grammar beyond the basics. You know what sounds right and wrong but you probably don’t have the terminology to explain why that is.

“Turns out there’s a lot about my own language I don’t know,” said a student on one of our classroom courses. It’s a comment we hear all the time from our students. Especially if you’re a native speaker, it might just surprise you how much you don’t know about the English language. 

As an EFL teacher it’s essential that you have a good understanding of how the language you’re teaching works. It’s not enough to just say to a student that something is wrong, you need to be able to explain why that’s the case - and in order to do that you need to to first understand it yourself. 

This is why a grammar module is a core component of any TEFL course worth its salt. Unless you have a degree in linguistics or have extensively studied grammar already we wouldn’t recommend taking a TEFL course that doesn’t cover grammar!

Studying English Grammar

Our 30-hour grammar course, included in all of our 120+ hour courses, is designed to equip TEFL students with a solid grounding in grammar rules and terminology. The course covers everything you can expect to come across as a first-time EFL teacher and you can work through it at your own pace. Help is always at hand from our team and there’s a forum and an active Facebook group where you can discuss ideas with other students!

Learning about grammar can be tough at times and there are some areas you might struggle with more than others. While everything you need to complete one of our courses is included in the course fee, we do recommend a couple of grammar books that will serve you well throughout your teaching career. These are Practical English Usage , which is what most teachers use and, for those new to grammar, English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy.

One of the benefits of having a grammar book while you study is that you’ll learn how to consult it just as you would in the classroom when a student asks a tricky grammar question .

5 websites to help improve your English grammar

Below are five great grammar websites for when you’re struggling to get your head around certain aspects of the course and would benefit from some extra study. These are also incredibly useful sites to share with your students, so make sure you bookmark them!

Grammar Monster

Grammar Monster is a comprehensive and easy-to-navigate site. You’ll find a glossary of grammar terms, quizzes, and a list of commonly confused words (‘affect’ vs ‘effect’, for example). The look of the site might be a bit dated but its simple approach to grammar and clear explanations might just help something you’ve been struggling with click at last.  

Grammarly is a fantastic writing tool - and one of the most popular with 30 million users. Not only will Grammarly flag up when something’s wrong, it will also explain why it’s wrong, which means you’ll be learning as you use it. You can copy and paste text into its grammar checker or download it so that whether you’re writing an email, creating a word document, or sending a message on social media, it’s always checking your grammar. 

Grammar Girl

Mignon Fogarty, otherwise known as Grammar Girl, has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show as a grammar expert and her book “Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing” was a New York Times bestseller. Her blog has been about for over a decade, so you’ll find a trove of useful tips to help you master English grammar here.

Learn English – British Council

These lessons are tailored towards English learners but their clear and simple approach is great for TEFL teachers in training. Make sure to check out Teaching English from the British Council as well, where you can find lesson plans and lots of helpful tools for professional development.

EnglishGrammar.org

This site is full of great exercises and quizzes. You can browse everything by topic, so if you’re needing to brush up on prepositions, for example, you can easily find all the site’s content related to the topic in the one place.

It also has a great collection of downloadable grammar lessons, which you can print off and use with your students!

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75 educational websites for teachers: the ultimate list.

• The Albert Team
• Last Updated On: March 1, 2022

Time, for teachers, is a precious thing. We know that the day in, day out grind of managing a classroom often feels like a busy and, at times, chaotic undertaking. From planning compelling lessons and providing constructive feedback to forging meaningful relationships with students and dealing with paperwork, teaching is a profession which swallows time whole. Predictably, it can be difficult finding time to scour the internet and discover new ideas. 

But educational websites for teachers can not only save you time but inspire. We’ve combed through the expansive online catalog of teacher resources and compiled our favorites into the definitive list of online educational websites. We’ve even organized the sources by classroom needs. You’ll find the best online resources for both teachers and students within this comprehensive list!

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How to Use This Comprehensive List of Educational Websites for Teachers:

We’ve arranged our favorite online educational websites into 11 different categories that cover everything from lesson planning to teacher-focused YouTube channels. Each section contains a handful of links to online resources equipped with our reasons for why we think they’re great, who would benefit from them, and each resources’ targeted grade level. 

To hone in on your favorite links from our list, we recommend that you either create a new Google Doc and copy/paste some of your favorite links, or that you jot down some favorites with pen and paper. Trust us, these resources will not only save you tons of time but make your instruction more efficient.

The Best Educational Websites for Lesson Plans

1. BetterLesson : Website offering lesson plans, professional development, and instructional strategies for core-subject teachers from lower elementary to high school. Their database offers literally thousands of unique and compelling lesson plans, instructional strategies, and modules on developing leadership, student engagement, and classroom learning. This is an essential online educational source. 

2. Library of Congress : A detailed and comprehensive collection of lesson plans involving all things Social Studies with a particular strength in American History. Contains engaging lesson plans on a diverse range of subjects as Baseball and Race to The Huexotzinco Codex. Perfect for Social Studies and History teachers from grades 6-12. 

3. NASA STEM Engagement : Massive catalog of high-interest and engaging STEM lesson plans with free teacher resources, printables, and step-by-step procedural instructions. Tons of compelling video content and interactive activities too. NASA STEM Engagement would benefit any teacher looking for creative and exciting lesson plans for K-12 students.

4. The New York Times Learning Network : Topical lesson plans for the four core subjects with a particular strength in English and Social Studies. NYT is a great resource for those looking to interweave curriculum into current events. Since the Times is a fairly sophisticated source, it works best for teachers working with 8-12-level students. 

5.   PBS Learning Media : Comprehensive catalog of genuinely fun and engaging lesson plans for Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Engineering and Technology, and Health. Offers material for PreK all the way through high school. A perfect source for all teachers looking for new lesson plan ideas.

6.   ReadWriteThink : Massive bank of online teacher resources filled with tons of lesson plans organized by subject, learning objective, grade level, and theme. Perfect for any teacher looking for developed, clear, and well-organized lesson plans, from Kindergarten to 12th grade. English teachers will find this site particularly useful as it holds more than 500 different resources on fiction and literature!

7.   Teachnology: Large database of no-nonsense, unfussy lesson plans involving all core subjects for grades K-12, with a particular strength in Math thanks to its immense collection of lesson plans from primary to high school math. Perfect for new teachers looking for basic lessons and seasoned veterans alike!

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The Best Educational Websites for Assessments

1. Albert: We’re a practice and assessment platform after all, so we’ve got tons of great tools and resources that can be utilized by any teacher looking to strengthen the methods and forms of their assessments. Each of our AP® modules contains practice assessments that can be used as models, and we also offer practice for various state assessments . We’re a great resource for teachers of all 6-12 subjects!

2.   Edpuzzle : Video-based platform which allows teachers to upload or choose their own video from YouTube and have students respond accordingly. Teachers can build quizzes or tests around the video and receive immediate results. Edpuzzle also reinforces student accountability by allowing teachers to check if students are watching the videos, how many times they’ve watched each section, and if they’re understanding the content. Perfect for distant-learning or 6-12 teachers looking to add more visual media into their lessons.

3.   Google Forms : This one is sort of a no-brainer. Google Forms, like many of the Google apps, is simple, straightforward, and efficient. It provides an easy and direct way to build surveys and quizzes, and the interface is easy to use. Results come immediately in organized reports. An essential assessment tool. And it’s 100% free, too.

4.   Kaizena : An online assessment tool which allows teachers to provide students with immediate or real-time feedback for Google documents, PDF’s, or other uploaded work. Teachers can upload their own rubrics or other resources as well, making for an interactive, more discussion-based assessment. Perfect for 6-12 teachers looking to forge more meaningful relationships with students through feedback. 

5. Socrative : An easy-to-use quiz app which offers a super efficient way to monitor and evaluate learning while saving time for educators. You can create multiple choice, true/false, or short answer questions, and Socrative also provides reports on results and student experience. It’s perfect for any 6-12 teacher looking to enhance their assessments.

The Best Educational Websites for Teachers to Use in the Classroom

1.   Albert : Not only do we offer tons of opportunities to develop and strengthen distance learning, but we also provide valuable tools that can be utilized inside the classroom. Our assessments, study questions, and courses can be projected onto a white board for classwide engagement. We’re a great resource for those looking for practice content filled with detailed explanations, scaffolded learning, and critical rigor.

2.   ClassDojo : Free site that offers many features and platforms to document, manage, and improve student behavior and learning. Contains messaging apps that can be linked to students and families alike, incentivized learning opportunities, and much, much more. Perfect for 6-12 teachers needing a tool to strengthen classroom management and class engagement.

3.   GoNoodle : An excellent resource for K-8 teachers, this site offers videos and content perfect for quick brain breaks and mini-lessons. The videos emphasize physical activity and total student engagement while still being educational and content-driven. GoNoodle is a perfect way to let younger students release some energy while still remaining in the academic mindset. Their YouTube channel also contains tons of content.

4.   Kahoot : Classic interactive and fun quiz-style game that students most always enjoy. You can create your own assessment, design your own questions, and receive immediate feedback using Kahoot. A teacher classic, and rightfully so. Great for in-person education and distance learning alike but it’s particularly fun in the classroom. Kahoot is a must-have for all 6-12 students.

5.   The Nerdwriter YouTube Channel : YouTube channel offering tons of academic-inspired videos on current events, pop culture, economics, politics, history, literature, art, mathematics, and more. While most of its content is fairly accessible, The Nerdwriter often digs into pretty complex topics so we recommend this channel for 9-12 students. The videos can serve as excellent primers to get students to begin thinking about a new unit or to introduce a complex idea or topic through a high-interest, pop-cultural context.

6.   Quizlet : Classic flash-card and quiz-based website that operates as an excellent tool for individual or class-wide test reviews, informal assessments, or quick checks for understanding. Either create your own quizlet or choose one from the massive catalog of pre-existing reviews. Quizlet is perfect for 6-12 educators looking for more online resources to help students comprehend difficult concepts and develop academic vocabulary.

7.   Random Name Picker : A fun and engaging name randomizer that’s perfect for informally assessing the class or quickly checking for understanding. Students enjoy the thrill of the spinning wheel, and it works perfectly for test or unit reviews. Randomization is a standard component of instruction at large, so Random Name Picker works well across all subjects and all grade levels.

8.   ReadTheory : Database with hundreds of reading passages, exercises, and worksheets designed to captivate students and develop critical reading skills and comprehension. It’s easy to use and highly adaptive, perfect for both in-person education and distance learning. ReadTheory offers material for K-12 students, so we recommend this online resource to any teacher looking to develop their students’ reading skills.

9.   TedEd : Site filled with hundreds of TedEd animations and TED Talks. Strategically designed to spark the curiosity of students, these videos and animations are not only highly engaging but educational and informative. TedEd also allows you to create customized lessons for your students, add interactive questions, create discussion topics, and more. Teachers can share the lessons with your students online and track the results. Perfect for 6-12 teachers looking to add more visual media to their instruction.

The Best Educational Websites for Teachers to Use Outside the Classroom

1. Albert : We’re a great tool for strengthening assessments and engaging a classroom full of students, but we can also be utilized as a distance learning resource. We offer over 100,000 original practice items, assessments, and writing prompts which can work perfectly as online homework or distance assignments. Our 121 Tools for Distance Learning & Strategies for Student Engagement page is a great place to start!

2.   Edmodo : This online educational network allows teachers to share coursework and materials, send messages, provide feedback, and make learning accessible to all students. Edmodo’s interface is easy to use and looks similar to Facebook and other social media platforms, so students seem to use it with ease. Perfect for 6-12 distant learning.

3.   Freckle : This differentiation platform allows teachers to engage each student at their own individual level, without having to spend extra time preparing many different lessons for each individual learner. Every lesson is available in different levels, so each student can learn and understand the material at their own level. Perfect resource for 6-12 teachers facing the difficulty of reaching all students.

4.   Google Classroom Question Tool : Another essential online resource. Google Classroom is really a teacher’s best friend, and its “Create a Question” feature allows teachers to pose class-wide questions, track the number of students who’ve responded on the stream page, and provide feedback. Google Classroom and all of its features are essential for teachers of any subject across 6-12 grade levels.

5.   Khan Academy : A personalized learning resource for all ages, Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empowers students to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. Above all, Khan Academy focuses on skill mastery and building strong foundations within the K-14 grade levels. They even offer standardized test prep!

6.   Scrible : This resource offers a digital platform where students can share resources, notes, work, projects, and more with each other. Teachers can facilitate discussion, add feedback, and monitor student progress. This is a fantastic tool for 6-12 teachers looking to strengthen students’ collaborative and research skills.

7.   Trello: This online organizer allows teachers to work more collaboratively with students and offers a list of boards, lists, and cards which can make the workday easier and more efficient. With its built-in workflow automation, Trello seriously boosts productivity. Perfect for 8-12 teachers looking to strengthen their organization.

8.   WordPress : Well-established blog creation site that can be utilized by teachers looking to create online pages, blogs, or content databases. Perfect for 6-12 teachers searching for exciting ways to engage the class, create pages for new units, disseminate information, or share material with students. Its simple interface makes it easy to use as well, so you won’t spend hours creating a blog.

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The Best Educational Websites for General Teacher Resources

1.   Bamboozle : Massive databank of various online games and activities perfect for elementary and middle school students. Some of them are sillier than others, but many are educational and fun. A good resource for teachers looking to reward their students with some less strenuous but still relevant activity.

2.   BouncyBalls : A fun and easy way to manage the noise level in your class during group work or collaborative activities. The site captures the noise level of a classroom through your computer’s microphone and measures the level with a representation of bouncy balls which jump high when it’s too loud. It visually shows students when they’re being too loud so you don’t have to constantly remind them. An excellent and fun tool for any teacher in need of some new ideas involving classroom management.

3.   Classting : Media app designed to draw families into the daily classroom and generate more open lines of communication between educators, students, and parents. Classting is flexible and simple, and perfect for increasing student accountability and strengthening parental involvement. All teachers grades K-12 can benefit from this tool.

4.   FreshGrade : This app encompasses pretty much everything. Teachers can create lesson plans, share materials, communicate and engage with parents, and even create gradebooks. Additionally, students can create portfolios, take assessments, and reach out to their teachers. It really does it all, and its simple interface makes distant learning or online education super easy. Perfect for teachers of all subjects across grades 6-12.

5.  National Gallery of Art: Great online resource and lesson catalog for art teachers or teachers looking to incorporate more art, visual images, or other artistic media into their instruction. They offer lesson plans and instructional design for Kindergarten all the way through the university level, so the Gallery proves beneficial to any teacher. A little art goes a long way!

6.   Remind : A must-have communication platform that allows teachers to remind students of due dates, certain activities, or important news. Its emphasis on two-way communication makes for straightforward dissemination of  updates and important information, and it can also be used to reach out to students’ parents. This is a great tool for 6-12 teachers looking to increase student accountability.

7. Seesaw : Online portfolio for students to submit images, videos, documents and more. Both students and teachers can use digital annotation tools to mark up their work, ask questions, and give feedback, a feature which makes Seesaw wonderfully collaborative and effective. It can also be used to connect with students’ families and showcase your students’ work. Perfect educational website for middle and high school students, along with their 6-12 teachers.

The Best Educational Websites for Social Emotional Learning

1.   CASEL : This organization practically leads the way in all things SEL, offering tons of research, methods of practice, and literal policy that can be used by educators to make their classrooms more equitable and interactions among students more amicable. Their teacher resource page is a checklist of further reading and research on SEL that offers great insight into the importance of SEL. Essential site for all teachers of all subjects.

2.   Centervention : Another massive databank of SEL activities and worksheets. These materials would nicely complement those found in Pathway2Success as they encourage collaboration and group activities which would enhance the more singular activities offered by P2S. These activities would work best for K-8 too.

3.   Common Sense Education : Website filled with tons of material for teachers including modules, workshops, and lessons on social emotional learning. The site offers material on empathy, compassion, integrity, self-control, humility, gratitude, teamwork, and much, much more. Many of Common Sense’s features include links to current events, worksheets, and videos relevant to SEL, which makes the site super useful for teachers trying to merge their content with SEL. Common Sense Ed works for teachers of all subjects across all grade levels.

4.   Edutopia : A stalwart figure of innovative and online educational resources, Edutopia not only offers innumerable lesson plans and professional development workshops but also material on social emotional learning. Many of their SEL modules are work-driven, so it is easy for teachers to blend academic content with social and emotional skill development. This site is chock-full of videos, articles, and activities involving SEL.

5.   Pathway2Success : Large databank of SEL activities and worksheets. The best thing about this site is the huge stockpile of free printable materials that can be used for quick daily grades or comprehension activities. The activities are fairly simple so we recommend Pathway2Success for K-8 students as they’re a great place for free teaching resources.

6.   SuperBetter : This app turns daily routine and habit into video game objectives, making for a fun and engaging way to better your character and defeat bad habits. It morphs healthy actions like exercise, taking a walk, etc. into “power-ups” and unhealthy practices and emotional challenges as “bad guys” and “quests” to take. SuperBetter is self-regulated, so students remain in control of their own personal habits. Since it is mostly a phone app, we recommend SuperBetter to older students (7-12) with cell phones. By the way, check out our free teaching strategy discovery tool .

The Best Educational Writing and Grammar Websites for Teachers

1.   Albert’s 100% Free Grammar Course : Our 100% free grammar course offers hundreds of questions, exercises, and reviews on all things grammar. We begin by reviewing parts of speech and the complexities of the individual word before moving into review sentence construction, clauses and phrases, punctuation, and more. Our modules are interactive and engaging, and they also provide feedback. This course is perfect for all 5-12 teachers across all subjects, but particularly useful for English or ESL teachers.

2.   BrainPop Grammar : Fun site filled with interactive games, activities, videos, and mini-courses on grammar, writing, and vocabulary. The games and modules are engaging but informative and solution-driven. BrainPop also includes quizzes and constructive feedback features that render the games entirely educational. A great site for teachers looking to give K-9 students a light break.

3. Daily Grammar : A fun, convenient way to learn and develop grammar skills. This site contains an online spiral workbook featuring over 400 lessons and more than 80 quizzes. Each lesson is grouped into certain categories involving speech, sentence structure, mechanics, and more. Easy to use online writing resource that’s perfect for 5-12 English teachers.

4.   Duolingo : Not entirely about English grammar per se, but an excellent tool to develop foreign language skills. The site/mobile app offers over 30 different languages to study, and it hones your skills through quick, engaging, and surprisingly addicting interactive activities. Constantly rated among the best foreign language online resources, Duolingo is perfect for foreign language teachers looking to engage their students with technology.

5.   The Elements of Style Online PDF : William Strunk and E.B. White’s grammar and style guide, simply put, is the holy grail of all writing manuals. It’s a stone-cold classic which consistently stands the test of time, and for good reason. Strunk and White are comprehensive, accessible, and informative where other grammarists are pedantic and too arcane. This would be a perfect resource for high school English teachers, and perhaps AP® teachers in specific, as it is the classic grammar and style reference guide.

6.   Grammarly Blog : Grammarly is an AI-powered grammar tool used by many companies and schools, and their online blog proves as strong as their main product. It contains tons of material and tips on a diverse range of grammar-related topics such as passive voice, sentence fragments, comma placements, hyphenation, and more. With its simple interface and casual tone, Grammarly Blog would make for an excellent online resource for 6-12 teachers looking to strengthen student grammar.

7.   Oxford Practice Grammar : Oxford’s very own online grammar practice. The university provides reviews and activities at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, so as to scaffold and track progress. Each component contains practice exercises, read and write modules, and full-blown tests. Oxford is one of the most prestigious schools in the world, so it’s safe to assume that their grammar practice is top-notch. This resource is perfect for newbies and experts alike, and would benefit all teachers looking to develop students’ writing skills.

8.   Purdue OWL : Purdue University’s online writing lab. This is THE classic site for all things grammar, writing, citation, and formatting. You’re probably already familiar with this page.

The Best Educational News Sites for Teachers

1.   The Atlantic Education : A key player in contemporary journalism, The Atlantic also offers a whole mini-publication on all things education. They cover policy, new methodology, controversies, current events, and more. They also explore news within higher education, a world which indeed proves useful to secondary teachers as many educational trends and innovative methods seem to trickle down from the university to the high school.

2.   Chalkbeat : A non-profit news organization committed to reporting on education issues rooted in local American communities. Their mission is to “inform the decisions and actions that lead to better outcomes for children and families by providing deep, local coverage of education policy and practice,” and their reporting certainly upholds this objective. While they do cover national educational news, they also focus on local education stories in Chicago, Colorado, Detroit, Indiana, New York, Newark, and Tennessee.

3.   Education Dive : Reputable publication providing in-depth journalism and insight into the most impactful news and trends shaping K-12 and higher education. Their newsletters, articles, and think pieces cover topics such as policy, blended learning, classroom tech, learning management and more. A leading figure in education news, Ed Dive is a perfect resource for all teachers.

4.   Education Week: A reliable and unbiased news source dedicated to generating innovative research, compelling articles, and general information about the ever-changing world of education. They offer a mix of opinion-based thinkpieces, reviews of academic articles, interviews, case studies, and much, much more. A great site.

5.   Faculty Focus : This e-newsletter is perfect for any teacher looking to get a daily dose of educational news. They provide content on academic leadership, the philosophy of teaching, faculty development, online education, and more. The newsletter feature is a nice way to consistently stay on top of the status quo, too.

6.   National Educational Association : One of the best sources out there for information on the public sector of education. From coverage on policy to critical think-pieces, NEA covers it all. Their articles are supported by academic research, case studies, policy, and more, rendering the publication one of the most reliable and reputable out there. This is an essential source for public school teachers.

7.   The Pie News : Publication dedicated to international news on education. They offer articles on current events, innovative classroom strategies, reform, policy, technology, and much, much more. The Pie’s global sweep is perfect for teachers looking to learn more about education throughout the world rather than just on the national level.

The Best Educational Blogs for Teachers

1.   Connected Principals : Blog run by and for school administrators. It offers hundreds of posts about educational policy, leadership, teacher-admin relationships, equity, and more. Even if you’re a teacher and not an administrator, this site proves useful with its amazing educational tips and its insight into what makes a good educator successful. This is essential for anyone working in education.

2.   Cool Cat Teaching Blog : Award-winning teaching blog run by Vicki Davis, a seasoned teacher who’s taught K-8 and regularly coaches K-12 teachers on utilizing innovative pedagogical strategies and integrating technology in their classrooms. Davis writes about the complexities of excellent teaching and discusses various methods designed to reach every child. Her posts regularly focus on teaching, technology, leadership, productivity, and writing. A great resource for all teachers of all grade levels.

3.   Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day : Helmed by venerated English, Social Studies, and ELL teacher/all-around education all-star Larry Ferlazzo, this blog covers a diverse range of education-related topics including policy, technology, equity, instructional design, and more. Ferlazzo also often shares his own experiences and successes and trials with his own pedagogy. A great resource for teachers looking to deepen their understanding of the complex and often chaotic world of education.

4.   NYC Educator : A funny and often acerbic blog with over 3,000 posts featuring current events, commentary on all things education, and entertaining satires of education policy makers. Described as the “the Daily Show of education blogs” by Edutopia, this page blends parody, critical insight, and retro iconography into a truly unique and compelling melange of education commentary. Perfectly interesting for all educators across all grade levels and subjects.

5.   Successful Teaching : Straightforward and relatable blog dedicated to sharing tips for instructional design, classroom management, saving money as a teacher, and more. Patricia Hensley, the teacher behind the blog, writes with clarity and warmth, and her posts often feel like your personal favorite teacher writing directly to you. Informative and useful for all teachers across all subjects.

6.   TweenTeacher : Though technically geared toward middle school, this blog features tons of great information on pedagogy, instructional design, classroom management, technology, and more. Heather Wolpert-Gawron, the blog’s creator and main contributor, also shares anecdotes and personal experiences from her teaching experience which can be extremely helpful and comforting to read, especially during those moments when the profession seems too much .

The Best Education Policy Sites for Teachers to Follow

1. Ballotpedia : This site provides a comprehensive history of educational policy from the colonial era through today, covering essential developments, legislation, and the role of the federal government in shaping education. If you’re totally new to educational policy this may be a great place to start.

2.   The Hechinger Report : Run by a group of experienced and esteemed teachers, administrators, and policymakers, this site covers inequality, innovation, and the policy surrounding education with data-driven clarity and sharp insight. It sets out to explain how education policy is one of the biggest issues of our time, and how it affects young people today. Essential for teachers looking to get involved in educational reform.

3.   Learning Policy Institute : Institute which conducts and communicates independent, high-quality research to improve education policy and practice. They work with policymakers, researchers, educators, community groups, and others to advance evidence-based policies that support empowering and equitable learning for each and every child. Nonprofit and nonpartisan, the Institute connects policymakers and stakeholders at the local, state, and federal levels with the evidence, ideas, and actions needed to strengthen the education system from preschool through college. Perhaps the best place to begin getting involved in education policy.

4.   Rand Corporation : Research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges in order to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. One of their biggest areas of study is, of course, education, and their research and analysis often addresses issues that impact  assessment, accountability, choice-based and standards-based reform, school leadership, teacher effectiveness, technology, and vocational training. Rand also explores general life skills, such as media, health, extracurricular activity, and financial literacy.

5.   Urban Institute Center on Data Education and Policy : This trusted source for unbiased, authoritative reporting offers data- and research-driven commentary involving reform, theory, the state of education, and the complex world of education policy at large. They are a nonprofit research organization dedicated to supporting change based on facts rather than ideology, and their content always hits the mark.

6.   US News Education Policy : Well-established media powerhouse offers their own section on education policy, featuring articles on legislation, finance, technology, and more. US News is consistently reputable and reliable, and their Ed policy section proves no different.

The Best Teacher YouTubers to Follow

1.   Bond With James : Top-notch educator with experience as a teacher, district level instructional specialist, and campus administrator who creates weekly vlogs to share tips, experiences, and more. His channel is dedicated to helping teachers develop their skills in areas such as classroom management, engagement techniques, instructional coaching, delivering professional development, and more! His interview tips video is particularly helpful for those looking to become teachers.

2.   The Caffeinated Classroom : Helmed by seasoned high school English teacher Marie Morris, this blog is a place for educators to explore resources and be inspired. Morris often shares innovative and creative practices developed over a decade of teaching in various classrooms. From classroom management to models of seating to creating effective assessments, Morris covers it all. Perfect for new teachers looking where to begin or classroom veterans searching for new ideas and inspiration.

3.   Darin Nakakihara : Teacher vlog about creator Darin Nakakihara’s adventures as a 4th grade teacher, a husband, and a father. His content includes videos involving technology how-to’s, professional development, classroom management, and more. He also includes personal content that covers his hobbies and interests such as DJing, basketball, and more. Fun and engaging. Perfect vlog for teachers looking for entertaining yet informative video content.

4.   Five Foot One Teacher : Created by Brittany Sinitch, a survivor of the Parkland, Florida school shooting, this blog fosters hope and change through social media and weekly vlogs. After her world was turned upside down in February 2018, Sinitch decided to focus on inspiring and educating through teacher vlogs and activism. Her videos not only address the complexities and difficulties of teaching but the challenges of navigating life in the 21st century. Think of it as self-care meets teaching experience/tips. Though she left teaching in 2018, Sinitch has recently announced a return. This is a great vlog for teacher content and motivating, inspirational material alike.

5.   My Life as Kim: Started by a high school science teacher in Idaho known as “Kim,” this blog is fun, easy-going, and super informative. Kim covers a diverse range of topics such as productivity, distance learning, and even what she prepares for lunch. From personal anecdotes and experiences to educational tips and tricks, My Life as Kim covers it all. A great online resource for teachers of all subjects and grease levels.

6.   Real Rap with Reynolds : With over 40k subscribers, Real Rap with Reynolds is one of the best teacher vlogs currently on YouTube. The vlogger, CJ Reynolds, is a literature teacher in West Philadelphia who creates video content about all things education. His videos include discussion on topics like first year teaching, Shakespeare, the history of hip-hop, classroom management, and more. He’s opinionated and well-spoken, and his taste for literature is perfect for any English teacher working in grades 6-12.

What Makes a Good Educational Website for Teachers? 5 Signs of Quality

1.   Research- or experience-based content .  Perhaps the number one sign of quality within online educational websites is the presence of either scholarly research or professional, direct experience. Avoid sites that were not designed by academics, administrators, educational organizations, publications, or, of course, teachers themselves. After all, the people who know the most about a given profession are always those that work within it.

2.   Variety .  As you probably already know, teaching is such a complex and challenging line of work, so the best way to approach it is by engaging with a diverse range of perspectives. Sites that profess to have the way are probably a no-go. Look for websites and online resources that offer a wide and broad variety of advice, experience, and knowledge to enrich your own perspective. 

3. Concrete examples .  Do you remember that old creative writing proverb, “show, don’t tell”? Well the same goes for educational websites. Look for sites that contain concrete examples of lesson plans, assessments, class-wide discussion questions, and forms of feedback. Sites that merely tell you about something can be helpful to get started, but spend most of your time on sites which include concrete examples. 

4. Engagement with technology and multimedia content. Though writing will always remain a reliable form of communication, we currently live in an ever-evolving media-saturated world where our understanding of the technologies before us are as vital as our mastery of written communication. Therefore, the online sources you use should at least address technology, visual media, and other non-written forms of communication. Technology, whether we like it or not is embedded within the fabric of 21st-century culture, so it’s best we all begin to master it. 

5. Passion. Last but not least, look for sources that are brimming with passion. Whether you’re reading a more pedantic article on legislation and education policy or skimming through a teacher’s daily blog, look for online resources that care . They don’t necessarily need to be jumping up and down with joy per se, but you should be able to tell that the site’s heart is in the right place. There’s no point in spending time with resources that lack energy or drive, so spend your time with websites that demonstrate passion.

3 Reasons Why You Should Use Websites to Support Your Classroom

1. A diversity of perspectives. Perhaps the biggest reason we consult online resources is to learn something new, to gain insight, and to be inspired by someone or something else other than our daily experience. Simply put, online educational websites allow us to collaborate, and the success of education depends on teachers at large rather than the individual educator. A diversity of perspectives enriches your own pedagogy. 

2. Efficiency. Educational websites undoubtedly make your workday much, much more efficient. Instead of pulling out your hair trying to create the perfect lesson plan or end-of-course assessment, use the web to find tips, tricks, and other examples. The Internet has accelerated pretty much every aspect of society, so it’s no surprise that it can also strengthen your efficiency. 

3. The feeling of solidarity. Let’s face it: teaching can often be a very difficult and even disheartening profession. Thus, it is imperative you don’t go at it totally alone. Scanning online teacher blogs, reading about education policy, or watching a teacher’s vlog generates feelings of solidarity and companionship that are vital to becoming a successful educator. The right educational website can truly work wonders on your professional and personal psyche. 

Wrapping Things Up: 75 Educational Websites for Teachers

The internet is brimming with so many online teaching websites that it can feel overwhelming and downright impossible choosing the best teacher resources to integrate into your own pedagogy! 

That’s why we’ve compiled this list of educational websites for the classroom—to point you in the right direction and to save you time. 

From the topical lesson plans over at The New York Times Learning Network to Marie Morris’s exciting educational vlog to Albert’s very own content reviews, teacher resources, and assessments, this definitive list of online educational websites for teachers encompasses the best sources on the web to enrich your skills as an educator and inspire you to new heights. 

Albert is committed to developing an educational community of curious, independent thinkers, and this list is specifically designed to uphold our mission.

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Are you looking for a way to teach grammar that will engage your students and allow them to have fun?

Grammar lessons can be tricky for a variety of reasons. They can be boring. The grammar might be too challenging for the students. The teacher sometimes feels overwhelmed when trying to present and explain all those complex rules.

And often, teachers don’t want to teach grammar lessons because they just don’t seem to be that much fun. The students have to sit quietly and listen to a lecture on the present perfect, for example, before they actually get to do anything. Keep on reading for everything you need to know about TEFL grammar lessons.

How to Teach English Grammar

How to Teach an ESL/EFL Grammar Lesson

So let’s look at a way to plan and teach a grammar lesson that is both effective and enjoyable. We’ll go step-by-step through a teaching process that will really involve your students in the lesson and help them understand the rules—without long, complicated explanations.

Stage 1: The Lead-in

Instead of saying, “today we’re going to learn some grammar,” start your lesson by getting students engaged in an interesting, relatable topic. Think about a situation in which the grammar you’re teaching is likely to occur, and get students thinking about that—not about the grammar itself just yet.

For example, for a lesson on the causative structure (to have something done), you might consider that it would be easy to use this structure when talking about rich people or celebrities, who can afford to have a lot of things done for them.

If you’re using a coursebook, you can also just use whatever topic is presented on the page. In order to get students involved, pose a direct question. For instance, you could say, “Who is your favourite celebrity and why?” Then let the students discuss their thoughts in pairs for a few minutes.

Stage 2: Present the Grammar

The key to introducing the grammar is that it should be in context. Instead of just saying, “Now we’re going to learn the causative,” you want to show students examples of the causative structure that are somehow related to what they discussed in the lead-in.

After the lead-in about celebrities, you could give the students a picture of someone famous, like David Beckham, along with several sentences about him written in the causative structure (it’s ok if you have to make these up!):

• David Beckham has his meals cooked for him by an special chef.
• He got his favorite suit made in Paris.
• He has his car washed every day.

In doing this, you’re presenting the grammar in a way that has meaning and relevance; the students can start to understand what the structure means and why it’s used, because they can relate it to a real-life topic they were just discussing.

How to Teach ESL Grammar

Stage 3: “Teach” the Grammar

Your goal is to for students to be able to use this grammatical structure. And in order to do that, students need to be taught the meaning, form, and pronunciation of the structure. For many teachers, this is where the lecture starts. They think it’s their job to tell the students all of this information. If you’re not careful, this stage can turn into a long, teacher-fronted ramble that the students struggle to follow. Looking for a better way?

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Try a Guided Discovery for Teaching Grammar

A guided discovery is a worksheet or activity that helps students understand a particular grammar structure. It’s ideal if students already know a little bit of information about the grammar points. For example, with the simple present .

The magic of a guided discovery is that it prompts the students to figure out the rules on their own, instead of being spoon-fed the information by the teacher. This means the students will be more engaged, more empowered, and ultimately more invested during the learning process. Here’s how a guided discovery works:

Use the same context and examples from earlier in the lesson. In this lesson about the causative, for instance, you would use the photo and sentences about David Beckham. Put these at the top of your guided discovery worksheet so students have clear examples to use in their exploration of the structure.

Next, create leading questions and short exercises that help the students understand what the structure means, how it’s used, and how it’s formed.

Do you have an Example of a Guided Discovery for a TEFL Grammar Lesson?

Download an example guided discovery to see exactly how this works by clicking this link: https://teflhorizons.com/causative-lp-materials-download

Let students do the guided discovery worksheet in pairs or small groups so they can talk through the exercises together. Walk around and monitor as they do this, answering any questions that come up. Once students have finished working on the guided discovery in their pairs/ groups, go over the answers as a class. In doing this, you’re just confirming the answers that the students already figured out. They basically just taught themselves!

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Stage 4: Practice the Target English Grammar

Now the students need a chance to practice what they’ve learned. Here are a couple of fun, interactive practice ideas for the causative structure:

Try out this Survey Activity

Have the students write two or three questions they would like to ask all of their classmates, using the causative structure. For example:

• How often do you get your hair cut? (more adverb of frequency activities here)
• If you could have your living room re-painted, what color would you choose?
• Would you rather have your house cleaned for you or your meals cooked for you?

Let the students choose what they want to ask. As they write their survey questions , monitor to help them and correct errors as needed. Then tell the students they need to collect data from all the other students on the questions they wrote. They should all get up and mingle, asking each other student in class their questions and recording the answers.

Consider a Gallery Walk

A gallery walk involves putting pictures or prompts around the room and letting students walk around discussing each one- just like in an art gallery! For this lesson on the causative, you could post pictures of famous people around the room, and let students go from picture to picture, speculating about what each celebrity has done for them.

By using these techniques, you’ve effectively helped students with the grammar, but you’ve made it engaging and interactive. Well done!

Try it out for yourself! You can download the full lesson plan, including the guided discovery exercise, here: https://teflhorizons.com/causative-lp-materials-download

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ESL Grammar Lessons FAQs

There are a number of common questions that people about teaching grammar to ells. Here are the answers to some of the most popular ones.

How do you introduce a grammar lesson?

To introduce a grammar lesson, be sure to set the context first by using a reading or listening passage. The key is that students are introduced to how the grammar point is used in a natural way first so that they have an idea for how they can use the language themselves.

How do you teach grammar in interesting ways?

It’s possible to teach grammar is an interesting way by making sure to set the context at the beginning of the lesson. Then, use a variety of reading or listening passages and finally, finish off the grammar lesson with controlled and then free practice. Consider using a variety of activities like running dictation, surveys or board games.

Why is teaching ESL grammar so difficult?

Many teachers find that teaching ESL grammar is difficult because they lack experience in doing so, students have high expectations and possibly negative perceptions of the class. Compounding this problem is that native English speakers may not be familiar with the ins and outs of English grammar.

What is ESL grammar?

ESL grammar is different from native English speaker grammar. Similar to pronunciation, ELLs have a grammar accent in that the way they speak usually sounds different from a native speaker.

Steps in an ESL Grammar Lesson

About the Author: Shannon Felt

As a life-long lover of literature and grammar, Shannon soon found that teaching English was just as much fun as studying it. That realization sparked a career that has taken her from Addis Ababa to Budapest. She’s worked as a CELTA trainer for over five years and has been teaching English much longer than that. She loves talking grammar for English language teachers.

She co-hosts the weekly ELT podcast Expand Your Horizons and is the co-founder of teflhorizons.com , which provides resources and practical guidance for ESL teachers. When she’s not teaching, training, podcasting, or blogging, Shannon can often be found drinking Turkish coffee and enjoying a good novel.

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Have your Say about How to Teach Grammar

Do you have any tips for teaching English grammar to ESL or EFL students? Any exercises that you like to do, or resources to recommend to us? Leave a comment below and let us know. We’d love to hear from you.

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p.s. Are you looking for information about teaching conjunctions? Then you’ll want to check this out: Conjunction Activities .

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Teaching English grammar lessons…I have to do it all the time and really appreciate this framework for lesson planning. I feel like it’s just made my life better. Thanks so much for this resource.

Teaching grammar at the higher level can be kind of tough which is why it’s nice to have a framework like this to fall back on.

Awesome guide to teaching English grammar! I’m doing a TEFL course right now and this was exactly what I was looking for to plan my next lesson.

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8 Best ESL Grammar Websites for Students

By Caitriona Maria

March 6, 2021

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Whether you are a teacher or a student, many websites facilitate learning the English language. Some websites are dedicated to grammar and provide useful, free resources that could be a suitable addition to the courseware.

While it is true to say that native speakers make grammatical errors, it is still important to communicate clearly and concisely using correct grammar. This makes reading and listening much more enjoyable, and you will be better understood.

So, what are the best ESL grammar websites for students? Take inspiration from the following resources.

1. Learn American English Online

This site may look dated, but don’t let that deter you from its invaluable lessons. It is also completely free to use! The site’s publisher gives teachers the right to use the lesson material for non-commercial use.

The website has comprehensive ESL grammar lessons for language learners. It is divided into levels from beginner to advanced, making it easy to find the appropriate grammatical structures based on the student’s level.

Most of the exercises consist of some grammar presentation, video, and practice. You can also find readings with comprehension questions to facilitate learning.

Learn American English Online also has a “Stuff for Teachers” section. Here you can find additional vocabulary quizzes, conversation questions, and reading exercises to test students’ knowledge.

When the students are ready, they can take the American Citizenship Test on the site. This contains 100 questions that help students prepare for the real test.

2. Perfect English Grammar

Perfect English Grammar provides free grammar exercises and explanations for language learners. It is very easy to navigate and find everything you are looking for under the appropriate heading.

The teachers might prefer to use the Grammar PDF section, with downloadable and printable copies of the grammar points.

The site also features intensive, paid courses according to level A1-C2. These grammar courses are approximately forty hours in duration and allow the language learners to grasp all the possible grammar structures they would see according to their English level.

This is not necessary to learn the language but might help motivate the student to learn while keeping all their notes in one place where they can revisit and revise.

This site is suitable for both teachers and students who want good grammar notes.

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3. The British Council

The British Council helps the beginner to advanced language learners improve grammar with some short and sweet lessons. The lessons on The British Council are well presented and easily navigable.

Grammar Reference was written by a grammarian called Dave Willis. It provides clear grammar explanations and example sentences that can be put into practice in the exercises.

The British Council breaks down the grammar by level. Students can read and explore each grammar topic but will need to subscribe to complete the grammar tests in some parts of the site. This costs about £5.99 per month and allows you to be part of their large online learner community.

However, students can find great grammar explanations for free without doing the tests. It also helps give the students some self-direction and fill any knowledge gaps they may have.

4. Basic English Speaking

This site aims to help you speak English in a more natural way and covers more aspects of the authentic English language that you would otherwise struggle to find in the textbook.

The site has audio and transcripts to help the student grasp the communicative form of the language.

The site explores the twelve tenses and the basic grammar rules in English. It provides simple sentences that cover the most-used grammar structures.

It goes beyond grammar, and learners can also find notes on common expressions, phrases, and idioms in the English language, which can help improve the language learner’s conversational skills.

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5. English Grammar

English Grammar is a great place to find grammar exercises. This is an excellent site for students to practice grammar structure.

The exercises are gap-fill exercises. Learners can select a topic, such as adjectives, adverbs, and commas, and complete the exercises with immediate answers and results.

This may be a good site to practice or revise some grammar points and consolidate the information learned in class.

6. Grammar Quizzes

The Grammar Quizzes might be a suitable addition for intermediate to advanced-level learners, who appreciate the intricacies of the English language.

If you ever had a difficult grammar question, you could find the answer here if you knew where to look. This site explores grammar in-depth and in a way that appeals to all the grammar fanatics out there.

The site provides a great opportunity for self-study, and you will definitely learn something new.

The site also has some quizzes. While they are a helpful way to practice what you’ve learned, they are not a dominant feature of the site.

7. ESL Games Plus

If the idea of grammar bores you — and I don’t blame you — then you may want to give ESL Games Plus a try.

The site itself looks a little bit spammy, and it has lots of ads in my opinion. If you can get past that, you might want to check their games, divided into EASY (beginner-elementary), MEDIUM (pre-intermediate) and HIGH (intermediate and advanced).

You can find games for many vocabulary and grammar topics. It is a surefire way of keeping students entertained while learning the language.

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8. Grammarism

Grammarism is a comprehensive online platform for practicing English grammar and getting PDF worksheets to download for free. The website offers an extensive array of interactive quizzes and printable worksheets that cover a wide range of English grammar topics.

These topics include everything from fundamental aspects like the present simple tense, past simple tense, present continuous tense, and past continuous tense to more intermediate and advanced elements such as the future simple tense, present perfect tense, articles, and subject-verb agreement, along with a bit more complex components like the passive voice, modal verbs, prepositions, pronouns , regular and irregular verbs, conditionals, comparative and superlative adjectives, and relative clauses.

What truly sets Grammarism apart is its innovative exercise generation approach. All exercises are automatically generated using sentences sourced from public domain books. This unique method empowers Grammarism to offer a wide variety of exercises, thereby ensuring an exceptional and tailored learning experience.

If you’re a student just starting to learn English or trying to get better at English grammar or an English teacher searching for valuable classroom resources, Grammarism stands as the ideal destination for your needs.

Bonus! Grammarly

Say goodbye to mistake-ridden writing with Grammarly. Grammarly is a tool that acts as a digital assistant, supporting clear and effective written communication.

You may be making mistakes that you don’t even know about, but Grammarly will correct them, whether it’s a grammar mistake, spelling, punctuation, or other error. Grammarly provides instant feedback on your writing skills, with appropriate corrections.

Grammarly is a free browser extension that English language learners and teachers can install on their computers.

This free tool corrects all grammar errors as you make them while typing on the computer, and it even provides explanations as to why it is an error and how you can improve your writing skills. There is also a premium version that helps you rephrase longer sentences.

If you don’t have Grammarly already, I highly suggest downloading it for free here.

In Conclusion

Many high-quality sites help learners with their grammar skills. Take advantage of the best ESL grammar sites, as well as Youtube.

It’s no use just reading the sentences. Make sure you practice the grammatical structure in English conversation to memorize and retain it.

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As a high school English teacher, I’m always using outside websites and resources. After all, if it helps my students and gets them excited about English, then I’m happy to try it. These are my best websites for English teachers. I’d love to hear your picks in the comments section. We’ll update this as more ideas for best websites for English teachers roll in!

1.  Teaching Tolerance  

Teaching Tolerance is “a place where educators who care about diversity, equity and justice can find news, suggestions, conversation and support.” This is my go-to spot any time I want to make my teaching more socially aware. It is filled with well-crafted commentary about teaching social justice, resources for teachers, and inspiration to fight the good fight. See what I have written for them here .  

2.  Goodreads  

With the slogan “Meet your next favorite book,” Goodreads is a bit of technological wonder for readers. Organize shelves of books you have read, and rate them for your friends to check out. Write reviews, share favorite quotes or my favorite: have the site generate recommendations for you based on things you have liked in the past. Great place to send kids in need of a good book.

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So much more than just a place to catch cheaters, although it is very good at that. When students submit papers via Turnitin, those papers are tested against the internet as well as peer submissions past and present. Beyond that, it offers all sorts of revision tools to help improve student writing.

4.  Purdue OWL

Whether your students need clarification on grammar, style or proper citations, this site can help. With printable and online practice and teacher resources, the OWL does an admirable job of fulfilling its goal of assisting students “in their development as writers—no matter what their skill level.”

5.  UNC Writing Center

Handouts for virtually every writing issue your students could come across. Videos too! This site offers easily accessible lists for when a student struggles with a particular skill.  Just pull up this page and click away.

6.  NoRedInk  

Let’s be honest: None of us really loves teaching grammar. In most classrooms, there are huge differences in what students have already mastered and what they still need to learn. Enter NoRedInk. Here students get individualized instruction and practice with very little time and effort from teachers. The site does all the hard work for you.

7.  Kahoot  

I just started using this one, and it is awesome. I guess that is why their slogan is “Making Learning Awesome.” Using Kahoot, it is simple to “create, play and share fun learning games for any subject, for all ages, for free!” You make up questions, or find a game that already exists, and students answer using their cellphones. With leaderboards and podium finishes, students are totally engaged in what used to be boring reviews.

8.  Educreations

This may be my favorite site for teaching students how to write and revise. Using my iPad, I am able to narrate over and annotate a piece of sample writing, explaining the revision process. For better understanding of how this one works, check out one I use for teaching introductions here .  

9.  Blogger  

“Publish your passions, your way.” I have used Blogger for years as the home of both my class and personal blogs. Easy to set up. Easy to post. It allows you to create a place where you can disseminate content to students, engage them in conversation outside of class hours and supplement classroom instruction.

10.  CrashCourse

I admit I long for a bromance with John Green. Everything that guy writes is like kryptonite for a reluctant reader. Almost as good as his books are his CrashCourse videos. With remarkable animation to support witty and insightful overviews, his videos are a great asset in the classroom.  

11. The Literacy Shed

This makes the list of best websites for English teachers for its collection of great visual content. Use it to find film, animation, photographs, and picture books that add to literary themes.

12. English Grammar Online

This website is focused on teaching English as a foreign language, but the free exercises, tests, vocab, and more could be useful in any classroom.

What are your picks for the best websites for English teachers? Let us know in the comments and we will add to the list! 

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Learning grammar—in any language—is never an easy task. But if you need to improve your English grammar for an upcoming exam, if you are working to improve your accuracy when speaking, or if you simply want practice English grammar for fun, I’ve got 8 great websites for you. 

Review the websites below and why I recommend them. 

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8 Websites to Practice English Grammar Online

1.  British Council – Grammar and Vocabulary

Famous all over the world, the British Council provides a wealth of resources online. With short, clear grammar rules and games to practice, this is a great site for practicing a variety of English grammar skills.

2.  EnglishGrammar.org

Whether you are a beginner trying to learn the basics or you are an advanced learner trying to perfect the more complex grammar systems of English, this site is fantastic. It is very thorough and it is updated regularly to provide you with the most current rules of English grammar. You can also download lessons or do online grammar practice.

3.  English Club – Grammar

English Club has resources for grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, writing and many other topics. Great for beginner to intermediate levels. Visit this site for clear guidance on grammar rules and some practice as well.

4.  Perfect English Grammar

A grammar website and blog written by another English language teacher. Select your grammar focus, read a description and examples, and then practice for yourself with online exercises.

5.  EduFind English Grammar Guide

Looking for a quick overview on English grammar with a lot of examples? This is your site!

6.  Using English

Tests, quizzes, reference guides, practice activities, phrasal verb dictionary and more!

7.  Purdue OWL: Writing & Grammar

Need to improve your grammar and punctuation in your writing? What about citing sources and avoiding plagiarism (super important!!) This is your go-to source for handouts, activities and resources.

8.  English Grammar Secrets

Another site to select your topic, read a short description of the rules and then practice with a lot of activities.

I hope you find these sites helpful as you practice English grammar!

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5. omniglot, 6. languageguide.org, video-based language learning websites, 7. easy languages, 9. languagepod101.com, 10. youtube, massively open online courses (moocs), 11. mit open courseware, 13. coursera, free language exchange websites, 15. the polyglot club, language learning websites for reading skills, 17. readlang, 18. lingua.com, language learning websites for writing skills, 19. mylanguageexchange.com, free websites for getting language help, 21. hinative, free websites for vocabulary and flashcards, 23. duolingo, 24. memrise, 25. digital dialects, free learning websites for specific languages, 26. french: the french experiment, 27. german: deutschakademie, 28. spanish: 123 teach me, 29. chinese: chinese-tools.com, 30. portuguese: learn portuguese with rafa, 31. japanese: nhk world, 32. arabic: arabic online, how to learn a language with free websites, and one more thing....

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When most of us think about taking a language course, we picture a classroom full of wobbly desks, and potentially a three- or four-digit tuition fee.

These free language learning websites offer online courses and other general knowledge about a wide variety of languages, so you can keep the structure and formality of a traditional course but skip the fees.

1.  Live Lingua

Available languages: Arabic, French, Japanese, Russian, Cantonese, Tagalog and many more.

It’s not hard to believe. There are thousands of free e-books, audio recordings and foreign language video materials available in over 130 different languages.

It’s also one of the most user-friendly websites hosting the US Foreign Service Institute’s public domain language courses , which were developed by the US Department of State for expert language learning and are now freely available on various sites across the web.

See our full review of all of Live Lingua’s offerings here .

2.  Learn a Language

Available languages: English, Spanish, German, Chinese, Greek, Norwegian and more.

You can learn over 1,400 words in your target language for free with their vocabulary lists and verb conjugation charts, and there’s plenty more free learning to be done in the actual courses.

3.  Open Culture

Available languages: Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Icelandic, Korean, Swedish and many more.

When it comes to languages, they’re not bluffing.

Their free courses and materials contain language learning resources from governments, universities and respected private institutions worldwide, so you can find free lessons without sacrificing quality.

Available languages: Dutch, German, Japanese, Ukrainian, Spanish, French and many more.

This allows you to choose what language you’re learning and the language you’re learning it in .

Do you already speak Spanish and want to get started on Portuguese? Select “Spanish” for your language, and start with a composite mental exercise to strengthen one language while building another .

Available languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Gaelic, Gujarati, Korean, Thai and many, many more.

This online encyclopedia of languages and writing systems is like the Wikipedia of all things linguistics.

Not only does it provide linguistic and cultural information on hundreds of world languages, but it also offers some of its own free video lessons.

Available languages: Spanish, Turkish, Korean, Portuguese, Hindi, Polish and more.

The lessons are perfect for both audio and visual learners because they incorporate images with each audio file. Some exercises are already set to an advanced level by default, but you can adjust the difficulty level in the settings.

When it’s time to test your knowledge, you can do so with both the speaking and listening challenges.

Turning on the TV is great for language learning .

If you want your brain to soak up the sights and sounds of actual everyday speech and how it’s used in your target language, tune in and kick back for some quality input-based learning with these free websites.

Available languages: Catalan, French, Italian, Russian, Dutch, Czech and more.

The videos feature on-the-street interviews with locals , who discuss language, culture and life in general. Note the name—you don’t need advanced-level skills to enjoy the material!

Not only can these videos help you practice listening to authentic spoken language, but they can also give you valuable insight into local culture.

Videos include subtitles in the target language and English. While not all the language channels are active anymore, there’s still a lot of pre-existing content for learners of a number of languages.

Available languages: Spanish, Korean, Gujarati, Arabic and many more.

This is an especially exciting resource if you’re learning a less commonly studied language with limited video materials available.

Tuning into your favorite Albanian or Nepali TV station can easily compensate for the lack of other learning materials online.

Available languages: Afrikaans, Cantonese, Filipino, Greek, Italian, Turkish and many more.

It’s typically updated with new lessons every week, with material for beginner to advanced learners and including grammar, vocabulary, everyday conversations and culture.

You’ll be directed to language-specific sites once you enter your email and pick a language. Some offerings include SpanishPod101 , FrenchPod101 , GermanPod101 , ChineseClass101 and RussianPod101 , among many others.

While there is the option to pay for additional content and learning tools, LanguagePod101.com has thousands of professionally produced audio and videos for free.

Available languages: Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and many, many more.

Beyond language learning channels by a wide variety of teachers in an even bigger array of languages , there’s also the option of finding movies, TV shows, commercials, talks and more.

YouTube is also a fantastic resource if you’re studying a less common language. The channel Wikitongues , for example, contains numerous videos of rare languages and unique regional dialects.

After checking the main site for whatever you’re looking for, you can also look through YouTube’s Movies & TV section . Some options here do require payment, but some are free (typically with ads).

Many world universities are making lesson materials and entire courses online for free. Here are some of the best MOOCs for learning a language.

Available languages: Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German and other related topics.

Under the “Global Studies and Languages” section of the website, you’ll find courses ranging from Chinese II to Contemporary French Politics.

The courses are designed to help you engage with the language and its greater cultural context . Courses are available to download.

Available languages: Japanese, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Italian and related topics.

You might take a dedicated language class or a topic course in your target language if you’re more advanced. For example, you could sign up to take an algebra class entirely in Spanish!

Some courses have certificates you can get for completing them. In general, it does cost money to get a verified certificate, so make sure you check the details before you sign up. Additionally, you may be able to get college credit , depending on your course.

Available languages: Korean, Chinese, Spanish, French, Russian and more.

Many courses will be geared toward beginners (like First Step Korean ) and others will engage more generally with language learning (like Miracles of Human Language ).

Note that not all courses are free, but many are. Additionally, you can take them at much the same rate you would an actual university course (a few months) or speed up the process and go at your own pace.

Whatever you find here, it’s coming from a respected university or educational institute, and if it’s not on offer now, sign up to get an alert when it is.

Available languages: French, Irish, Japanese, Swedish, Spanish, Chinese and more.

Best of all, if you complete all modules and score at least 80% on all your course assignments, you’ll be rewarded with a fancy (and free) certificate !

The biggest secret to effective language learning isn’t a secret at all: You’ve gotta talk! And who better to talk with than a native speaker?

It’s okay if you can’t hop on a plane this weekend—instead, just click over to one of these websites, where you can connect with native speakers of your target language for free.

Available languages: Chinese, Vietnamese, Turkish, Danish, French, Estonian and many more.

You can find language exchange partners, submit written texts for correction, hang out in chat rooms, browse through target language videos and attend language events and meetups .

If you scroll all the way to the bottom of the link above, you’ll also find “from scratch” introduction courses to many common and not-so-common languages.

Available languages: Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Chinese, German and more.

Tandem allows you to exchange audio calls, video calls, texts and voice messages .

Tandem can even hook you up with text translations in the app if you need extra support to chat more easily, making Tandem a great choice for beginning learners.

See our complete Tandem review here .

As one of the major language skills, reading is a great way to both grow your abilities and practice what you’ve already learned.

These free sites can help make reading in a foreign language simpler and more efficient.

Available languages: Spanish, German, French, Russian, Polish, Norwegian and many more.

Once you’ve installed it, you can go to any website in your target language and click any word you don’t know for an instant translation. Words you click are saved so you can practice them with flashcards.

Readlang also has some great content to get you started on the right path if you don’t feel like sourcing your own. You can filter the library selections by difficulty level, word count and category, too.

Available languages: Czech, Danish, Spanish, French, Turkish, Polish and more.

Readings are usually brief, and each is accompanied by questions to test your comprehension. Once you complete the questions, the website will suggest additional texts you might enjoy, making it easy to keep your reading practice going.

If you prefer printed exercises, Lingua.com also offers printable PDFs that feature both the reading, associated questions and answers to the questions.

Writing in your target language will help you learn proper digital communication and give you practice producing the language on your own.

Try out one of these websites to take your writing abilities for a spin for free.

Available languages: Arabic, Hawaiian, Icelandic, Persian, Spanish, Chinese and many more.

This website focuses on connecting users for an email-based pen pal relationship , and they provide helpful tips to make sure you both get the most out of the exchange.

You can browse for pen pals by language or country. An advanced search provides an even broader array of criteria, like city, age, gender and more.

Available languages: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, German and more.

There are several subreddits in foreign languages, so you can snag the writing (and reading) practice you’re looking for.

And let’s be real—someone will be prepared to correct your grammar. This is the internet, after all.

Most foreign language forums are subreddits for foreign countries —like the Italy subreddit , the Mexico subreddit or the Brasil subreddit —but there may be subreddits for learners of certain languages too, such as r/LearnJapanese or r/German .

Perhaps you’re not ready to fork out money for a private tutor , or you don’t have the time to attend language classes.

Sometimes, though, you’ll run into questions you just can’t answer on your own—that’s where these sites will come in handy.

Available languages: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Turkish and more.

Rather than giving you flashcards and courses or even facilitating Skype sessions, HiNative allows you to ask questions to native speakers of the language you’re learning.

Whether it’s about the difference between two confusing words, getting a pronunciation check or figuring out how and when to use the subjunctive, just send a text and wait for a response.

For more information, here’s our full review of HiNative .

Available languages: German, Korean, Hindi, Russian, Basque, Serbian and many, many more.

Designed for language learners to find native-speaking teachers and exchange partners via Skype or the online classroom, the free version of their service includes great benefits, including access to their learner community.

This access allows you to connect with other learners, ask questions and receive corrections from native speakers of your target language.

If you're looking to invest a little more to have a private tutor or teacher at some point, you can do that on italki too .

You can also read more about italki in our complete review .

Learning vocabulary is essential for language learning success, and these websites will help you do so—efficiently!—for free.

Available languages: Japanese, Portuguese, Arabic, Welsh, Hebrew, German and more.

They use a gaming strategy to make sure you retain more of what you learn, and the truly dedicated will be rewarded by being asked to translate sentences of increasingly comical ridiculousness as they work up through the levels of their language.

To learn more, see our complete Duolingo review here .

Available languages: Spanish, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Mongolian, Yoruba and more.

You can use the cards provided by Memrise and its users, or you can create your own mnemonic devices by composing and finding images for your own cards.

Somehow, repetition doesn’t seem so repetitive when you can turn all your flashcards into irreverent memes and personal in-jokes tailored to you and your own brain.

See our full review of Memrise here .

Available languages: Afrikaans, Filipino, Japanese, French, Hungarian, Polish and more.

Listen to the voice as it names fruits, click them and drag them into a basket, or match English phrases to those in your target language.

It’s a simple platform free of distraction, and it offers that old-school vibe for the Nintendo kids who still have a knack for learning in 16-bit.

If you already know which language you’re going to study , perhaps one of these free language-specific sites can help you get started.

This site is full of incredible digital artwork and helpful French content . Alongside 15 free lessons for beginners, there’s user-friendly stories (like “The Three Little Pigs”) complete with French, English translations and adorable illustrations.

You can find more free online French lessons here .

Note that the website is fully in German—but if you scroll down to the sections titles “Gratis Online-Deutschkurs” (Free Online German Course) and “Gratis Deutsch Audiokurs A1” (Free German Audio Course A1), you should be able to find your way around.

For more resources, check out our in-depth post about how to learn German for free .

Lessons include grammar explanations, review quizzes and native speaker audio. You can find content for absolute beginners all the way up to intermediate level Spanish.

There are more tips and resources in our full guide to learning Spanish for free .

There’s also a Chinese dictionary, multiple phrasebook and writing lessons, as well as plenty of information about Chinese culture, like calligraphy, astrology and traveling in China.

Our guide to learning Mandarin online for free will give you even more resources to explore. 

There’s a whole host of Portuguese information on this site—including further resources for your studies.

Check out our full blog post to explore more free Portuguese learning resources .

There are dozens of short lessons, typically including audio for pronunciation, a script and grammar tips.

If you’re more of an app person, check out this post on free Japanese apps for more budget-friendly options.

You can start learning Arabic on this easy-to-use website from the European Union.

Arabic Online aims to help beginners familiarize themselves with the language , and it offers several paid courses beyond the beginner level.

Using free resources to learn your target language may take a bit of extra organizing on your part in order to get the most out of the experience. You can and should:

• Try several websites. After all, they’re free! Testing various sites can help you find those that best match your needs and interests—like one or two per category. View it as your own personal version of “The Bachelor,” but (hopefully) with significantly less drama.
• Pay attention to level. While some websites can accommodate all levels, others focus more specifically on beginning, intermediate or advanced learners. Finding one that works with your level will help you use it to maximum effect without being demotivating or hindering your progress.
• Pair multiple websites. This gives you a variety of approaches to your target language. Plus, you’re more likely to develop all four language skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) and end up with more language confidence.

If you’re trying out free language learning websites because you’re hesitant about committing to a costly course, remember that most paid online language classes have free trials that you should absolutely take advantage of!

Once you’ve figured out how you like to learn with the free sites listed above, it may be beneficial to continue or supplement your language studies with a paid course— here are our current favorites , so you don’t have to go it alone.

FluentU takes authentic videos—like music videos, movie trailers, news and inspiring talks—and turns them into personalized language learning lessons.

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With FluentU, you'll learn real languages—as they're spoken by native speakers. FluentU has a wide variety of videos as you can see here:

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Best Summer Learning Apps & Sites

The best summer learning apps and sites for students can help keep kids learning all year round

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Summer is a time for exploration, creativity, and fun -- and we’ve kept that firmly in mind with these summer learning apps and sites, many of which prioritize active learning and creativity through gamification and student-led inquiry.

Before the school year ends, it may be appropriate to remind your students of ways they can have fun and keep learning this summer. These learning apps and sites are digital tools that can help them do just that!

Coursera - Coursera is a massive open online course (MOOC) provider that partners with universities and businesses to offer a variety of self-paced online courses, certificates, and even degrees. Courses can be taken individually, and many feature a series of short, 5-10 minute lectures from the course instructor, often alongside readings and interactive quizzes. Many courses are offered for free in audit mode.

Catchy Words - Catchy Words is an engaging, free, augmented reality word game that works on smartphones and tablets. It brings digital letters virtually into the room, as if floating, that students then "catch" to help solve puzzles and learn spelling and grammar in the process.

StoryJumper - StoryJumper is a digital story creation tool that allows students to write, illustrate, and arrange stories into book format. These can be shared digitally or published in physical books that can be purchased through the platform's library. It's easy to use with a library of images, a selection of fonts, and colors that can easily be arranged by students of almost any age.

Outschool - Outschool is an online learning platform that offers classes for kids, including homeschoolers, microschoolers, and children enrolled in traditional schools who are looking for additional support or learning opportunities. Students can choose from more than 150,000 classes ranging from core academic classes to enrichment courses.

Tinkercad - Tinkercad is a free computer-aided drafting software platform that allows for the design and manipulation of 3D images using CAD, coding, and circuitry. It offers student the ability to work with virtual circuits and to learn code using blocks.

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TinyTap - TinyTap is a website and app-based educational gaming platform that has more than 250,000 pre-built games, created by teachers across the world. It covers a range of subjects that include math, science, language arts, social skills, and reading.

Overdrive - Sora, the student version of this reading app, lets kids borrow ebooks, audiobooks, comics and more from their school or local library. It’s a wonderful tool for encouraging year-round reading as it lets students choose what they want to read or listen to and gives them access to a vast library anytime, anywhere.

Duolingo - Duolingo is a game-style language learning tool that's based online. It offers a digital way to learn a whole host of new languages for students of varying ages and abilities. Thanks to smart algorithms, this can even adapt to help specific students in areas they need.

Duolingo Math - Free to use and ad-free too, this is an app designed to help students learn and understand math and enjoy themselves in the process. All the usual fun animations you may have come to expect from Duolingo appear here to make everything light and engaging.

Book Creator - Book Creator is a fun-to-use learning tool designed to get students excited about creating their own books on the topics they are learning about. Students can upload images, choose from emojis, make recordings and videos, and create and then share a finished book they wrote.

Arcademics - Arcademics is a math and language learning tool that uses arcade-style games to engage and train students to progress, through enhancing their abilities in these varying subjects.

Wonderopolis - Users submit questions that may be answered in detail -- as an article -- by the editorial team. Wonderopolis posts a 'wonder' each day, meaning one of the questions is answered in article format with words, images, and videos as part of the explanation.

Nova Labs PBS - An online-based gamified resource center from PBS that teaches STEM and science-based subjects to kids using engaging video, questions, and answers, plus interactive content.

MIT App Inventor - Created in conjunction between MIT and Google, this offers a place that students, as young as six, can learn the basics of coding with drag-and-drop-style block coding. It offers plenty of tutorial guidance, which makes it ideal for self-paced learning.

Minecraft Education Edition - Minecraft: Education Edition is a learning-specific version of this very popular block-based game. So while students will be drawn to the game anyway, this also allows teacher controls to help educate them as they interact with this virtual world.

Roblox - Roblox is a block-based, multiplayer, open-world digital game that works in app format and via a browser. It's not primarily designed for education but thanks to it's openly creative environment, it can be used that way.

Khan Academy - Khan Academy is primarily a website chock full of useful content for learning, organized by grade level, making it an easy way to advance in line with the curriculum. The course materials cover math, science, art history, and more.

Best Free Virtual Escape Rooms - Virtual escape rooms feature gamified learning that incorporates riddles, puzzles, math, logic, and literacy skills to create an exciting adventure in education. Students can build problem-solving skills and critical thinking while having fun. Some escape rooms are one-page affairs, while others weave an intricate backstory to enthrall players.

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Ray Bendici is the Managing Editor of Tech & Learning and Tech & Learning University. He is an award-winning journalist/editor, with more than 20 years of experience, including a specific focus on education.

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What Teachers Really Want for Teacher Appreciation Week

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It’s that time of year again for social media posts, emails, and gifts thanking teachers for their hard work —and legions of teachers who still report feeling unappreciated. For years, writers have taken to Education Week’s opinion pages to mark the week with both heartfelt thanks and searching reflections on how to make that appreciation last far longer than five days.

In 2021, teachers of the year from seven states came together to write “ It’s Teacher Appreciation Week. Flowers? Mugs? We’re Looking for Something More ,” expressing their hopes for appreciative gestures that won’t wilt by the end of the week.

Their No. 1 ask? “Include teachers in education decisions.”

Another former state teacher of the year came to a similar conclusion several years earlier, when 2014 Texas Teacher of the Year Monica Washington argued that messages of appreciation ring hollow when they aren’t accompanied by a seat at the decisionmaking table: “We are often told that we are ‘valued professionals’ who ‘change the lives of our students every day.’ But we are also micromanaged to immobility, not trusted to make the simplest decisions that affect students’ learning and well-being.”

Sharif El-Mekki has taken on a principal eye view of this conundrum in several recent essays. “What if we made Teacher Appreciation Week last all year?” he asked school leaders last spring , before laying out five actionable recommendations.

Several months later, the former principal kept the theme of teacher appreciation alive into the fall by offering “ The 4 Gifts Principals Should Give Teachers This Year (Hint: Not Another School Mug) .”

That’s not the only call to action opinion writers had for principals. Explaining her own approach in “ Why One Principal Is Asking Her Staff to Do Less ,” Indiana Principal Crystal Thorpe dialed in on the ABCs of school—academics, behavior, and culture—to slow down the runaway snowball of demands on teachers.

For some quick-hit ideas of how school leaders can back up those “thank you” emails with action, look no further than teacher and blogger Larry Ferlazzo’s three roundups of educators sharing the one thing principals can do to support their teachers:

• 7 Ways Principals Can Support Teachers
• Principals: Supporting Your Teachers Doesn’t Have to Be Such Hard Work
• Advice for Principals: Empower Your Teachers

Part of appreciating teachers starts with respecting their profession as more than just a steppingstone to administration or some other career changes. That’s the message of “ Why I’m Happy Being ‘Just a Teacher,’ ” in which Amanda Myers works through her response to a recent dinner party guest who pushed for answers on her “next step” after teaching. The widespread assumption that every teacher is an administrator-in-waiting undermines the valuable types of leadership that teachers bring to the job they already have, she writes.

Gratitude doesn’t just come from outside the profession: Teachers are ready to appreciate each other as well. Just look at what these teachers and student-teachers had to say about the educators who inspired them:

Those words of affirmation are just in line with instructional coach Lisa Westman’s prescriptions in the 2017 opinion essay “ Teachers, Do We Appreciate One Another? ” To help her fellow educators join the mutual-appreciation party, Westman translates the popular love languages—gift giving, words of affirmation, quality time, acts of service, and physical connection—into work-appropriate gestures to make colleagues feel valued.

“Teachers most frequently say they feel unappreciated by society and administration,” she wrote. “And it is easy to look outward at factors we cannot control, we can’t make society appreciate us. But, when we look inward, we must ask, what part do we, teachers, play in creating a culture of appreciation?”

A decade into retirement, former English teacher Laurie Barnoski was still feeling the appreciation when she sat down to write a love letter to teaching back in 2018. After reconnecting with four former students—two of whom had gone on to become English teachers themselves—she was reminded of the long-tail influence of her job.

“By taking time to say thank you,” she wrote, “my students were telling me that my 32 years in the classroom meant something; my goal to have a positive impact on my students was complete. They gave me the greatest gift human beings can give one another: They told me that I mattered.”

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What military doctors can teach us about power in the United States

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Power is invisible, but its effects can be seen everywhere — especially in the health records of active duty military personnel.

By examining details of 1.5 million emergency room visits at U.S. military hospitals nationwide, researchers found that doctors invested significantly more resources in patients who outranked them than in patients of equal or lesser rank. The additional clinical effort devoted to powerful patients came at the expense of junior patients, who received worse care and were more likely to become seriously ill.

Military rank wasn’t the only form of power that translated into inequitable treatment. The researchers documented that patients fared better when they shared the same race or gender as their doctor, a pattern that tended to favor white men and caused Black patients in particular to be shortchanged by their physicians.

The results were published Thursday in the journal Science.

The findings have implications far beyond the realm of the military, said Manasvini Singh , a health and behavioral economist at Carnegie Mellon University who conducted the research with Stephen D. Schwab , an organizational health economist at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

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For instance, they can help explain why Black students do better in school when they are taught by Black teachers, and why Black defendants get more even-handed treatment from Black judges.

“We think our results speak to many settings,” Singh said.

The disparities wrought by power imbalances are easy to spot but difficult to study in real-world scenarios.

“It’s just hard to measure power,” Singh said. “It’s abstract, it’s complicated.”

That’s where the military health records come in.

The Military Health System operates 51 hospitals across the country. The doctors who staff them are active-duty personnel, as are many of the patients they treat. Comparing their ranks gave Singh and Schwab a handy way to gauge the power differential between physicians and the people in their care.

The researchers restricted their analysis to patients who sought treatment in emergency departments, where patients are randomly assigned to doctors. That randomness made it easier to measure how power influenced the treatment patients received.

To further isolate the effects of power, the researchers made comparisons between patients of the same rank. If they happened to outrank their doctor, they were considered a “high-power” patient. If not, they were classified as a “low-power” patient.

The medical records showed that doctors put 3.6% more effort into treating high-power patients than low-power ones. They also utilized significantly more resources such as clinical tests, scans and procedures, according to the study.

Those extra resources translated into better care: High-power patients were 15% less likely to become sick enough to be admitted to the hospital over the next 30 days.

To see if they could replicate their results, Singh and Schwab narrowed their focus to doctors who treated patients within a one-year period before or after the patients were promoted to a higher rank. The researchers found that doctors devoted 1% more effort to patients post-promotion, as well as more medical resources. Those differences may have been small, but they were statistically significant, Schwab said.

Next, the pair considered what happened to low-power patients while high-power patients were getting extra attention. One hypothesis was that ordering additional tests for one patient might prompt doctors to order the same tests for everyone they treated that day. It was also possible that the decisions doctors made for their high-power patients had no bearing on their other patients.

Neither turned out to be the case. Instead, the added effort spent on high-power patients was siphoned away from low-power patients, who got 1.9% less effort from their doctors. On top of that, their risk of needing to return to the ER or be admitted to the hospital over the following 30 days increased by 3.4%, the researchers found.

“The powerful unwittingly ‘steal’ resources from less-powerful individuals,” Schwab and Singh wrote.

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Outside the military, doctors and patients can’t use official rank to measure their power relative to each other, but they do contend with the effects of race and gender. That led the researchers to investigate whether the physicians in their study treated patients differently if they shared these attributes.

White doctors devoted more effort to white patients than to Black patients across the board, the researchers found. The gap was the same regardless of whether the doctor had a higher or lower rank than the patient.

However, white doctors increased their effort for high-power patients by the same amount regardless of race. As a result, white doctors treated high-power Black patients the same, on average, as low-power white patients.

The story was different for Black doctors. When they outranked their patients, they gave essentially the same amount of effort to everyone. But on the rare occasions when they encountered a higher-ranked Black patient, the amount by which they dialed up their efforts was more than 17 times greater than it was when they treated a higher-ranked white patient.

It’s not clear what accounted for this “off-the-charts effort,” the researchers wrote. They speculated that since Black service members were underrepresented among the pool of high-power patients, Black doctors were particularly attuned to their status.

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The effects of gender were more difficult to ascertain, since biology dictates that men and women require different kinds of care.

Both male and female doctors invested the most effort in female patients who outranked them. But male doctors upgraded their care for high-power patients of both genders to a much greater extent than female doctors. And unlike female doctors, male doctors devoted more effort to female patients across the board.

Finally, the researchers wondered whether doctors gave preferential treatment to high-power patients because of their elevated status or because those patients had the authority to make trouble if they were unsatisfied with their care. To make inferences about this, they compared the treatment of retirees (who retained their status but had given up their authority) to the treatment of active-duty patients (who still had both).

Schwab and Singh found that high-power patients continued to elicit extra effort from doctors for up to five years after they retired, suggesting that status was an important factor.

“I think it’s really, really cool that even after retirement, you still have these effects,” said Joe C. Magee , a professor of management and organization at the NYU Stern School of Business who studies the role of hierarchy. He sees that as a strong sign that status was driving doctors’ decisions all along.

“What these folks are able to show is that it has real health consequences,” Magee said.

Eric Anicich , a professor of management and organization at the USC Marshall School of Business, called the study “impressive” and the findings “important.”

Although a 3.5% increase or a 1.9% decrease in physician effort may seem small, their cumulative impact is meaningful, especially when it comes to something as critically important as healthcare, he said.

The inequities documented in the study aren’t unique to doctors or to the armed forces, Schwab and Singh said. The mathematical model they developed to describe the behavior in military emergency rooms also helps explain why people in all kinds of situations give preferential treatment to people who look like them: It may help minimize the effects of societal disparities.

In a commentary that accompanies the study, Laura Nimmon of the University of British Columbia’s Centre for Health Education Scholarship wrote that “the ephemeral and unobservable nature of power has made it profoundly difficult to study.” But she said it’s worth the effort to make sure doctors wield their power more fairly.

The disparities reported by Schwab and Singh are “of serious concern to society at large,” she wrote.

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Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

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Former Central Georgia Teacher Charged with Distributing, Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material

MACON, Ga. – A former teacher and volunteer leader of a church youth ministry had his initial appearance in federal court this afternoon after a grand jury returned a four-count indictment this week charging him with allegedly distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

Christian Baumgarth, 27, of Atlanta and formerly of Macon, is charged with two counts of distribution of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography. If convicted, Baumgarth faces a mandatory minimum of five years in prison up to a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for each count of distribution of child pornography and a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for each count of possession of child pornography. In addition, Baumgarth faces a maximum $250,000 fine per count and up to a lifetime of supervised release. The federal grand jury returned the indictment on May 14. The indictment was unsealed today. Baumgarth had his initial appearance this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles H. Weigle.

The indictment alleges that Baumgarth distributed digital video files on July 23, 2023, depicting a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. The indictment also alleges that Baumgarth possessed child pornography of a prepubescent minor and a minor under the age of 12 years old on his cellular devices on Aug. 1, 2023.

Baumgarth was a teacher and coach at First Presbyterian Day (FPD) School in Macon from 2018-2023. Additionally, he was a volunteer small group leader in the student ministry at Northway Church in Macon from 2019-2023. Parents and guardians of children who may have encountered Baumgarth and have concerns related to this investigation can contact Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) at 1-866-347-2423.

The case is being investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with assistance from the FBI. Deputy Criminal Chief Will Keyes is prosecuting the case for the Government.

An indictment is only an allegation of criminal conduct, and all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt.

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A Long-Dead Vice President Has Much To Teach Us

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Henry Wallace was vice president from 1941–45 under Franklin D. Roosevelt and came close to becoming president. This segment of What’s Ahead details why Wallace’s political career provides a sober warning to the Biden Administration.

Wallace wanted to pursue a pro-Soviet Union foreign policy. He completely misread the intentions of the murderous Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin. He came close to winning renomination at the 1944 Democratic National Convention. If Wallace had succeeded, he, not Harry Truman, would have become president when Roosevelt died just months later. The Soviet Union would have had the equivalent of a blank check in dominating Europe and Asia, instead of Truman’s largely successful resistance. The world would have become far poorer, more miserable and significantly less free had Wallace occupied the Oval Office.

A very impressive new biography of Wallace by Benn Steil, The World That Wasn’t: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century , also details Wallace’s independent campaign for the presidency in 1948, which was infested with Soviet agents. Wallace successfully sought Stalin’s approval in advance of a statement he was going to make about Soviet-American relations.

The lesson to be learned from this is that peace is not a policy but a goal. Unfortunately, the Biden Administration is pursuing policies right out of the Henry Wallace playbook. They are severely jeopardizing our national security and that of the Free World.

We avoided a Wallace disaster 80 years ago. It would be an immense tragedy for humanity if we got ourselves into a similar one today.

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