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Grammar & Usage

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Teaching with Ellii

<h1>Teaching Grammar Online with ESL Library</h1>

<p>Teaching grammar can be a challenge at the best of times, and having to suddenly manage it digitally can be especially difficult. We hope this series of posts on how to teach grammar online will be helpful!&nbsp;Please feel free to leave comments and questions below.</p>

<p>This three-part grammar series will cover:</p>

<ul>
	<li><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/teaching-grammar-online-with-esl-library">How to Teach Grammar Online</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/how-to-assign-grammar-tasks-online">How to Assign Grammar Tasks Online</a></li>
	<li>How to Assess Grammar Online&nbsp;(this post)</li>
</ul>

<h1>How to Assess Grammar Online</h1>

<p>Our <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/88/lessons">Grammar Practice Worksheets</a> section has 60 lessons available on our online platform. Choose any grammar lesson that has the digital (computer) icon. During the COVID-19 pandemic, our Standard plan subscribers have <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/teaching-with-digital-resources-during-the-covid-19-pandemic">free access</a> to all our Premium plan digital tasks, so you will be able to use them all with your students.</p>

<p>As a reminder from our previous post, to assign a task for homework, use&nbsp;the Assign Tasks button from a lesson page or from My Classes under the Class Prep dropdown (see our&nbsp;<a href="https://help.ellii.com/category/110-digital-tools">Help Docs</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://help.ellii.com/category/119-digital-tools">How-To Videos</a>&nbsp;for help with this).&nbsp;</p>

<p>You will get your students&#39; results in real&nbsp;time for most tasks. For tasks with written (typed) answers, you will be able to score the answers and leave written feedback for your learners.</p>

<p>Keep in mind that you could also assign tasks for your students to complete during an online session. This way&nbsp;they can complete the tasks individually at their own pace (just as they would in class using a paper-based exercise), and you can see the&nbsp;results for all your students while you&#39;re conducting a class using a screensharing platform. After your students complete a task, you could choose to go through it while screensharing to discuss any problems they may have had.</p>

<h1>Quizzes</h1>

<p>More than half of our online <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/88/lessons">Grammar Practice Worksheets</a> lessons have a quiz on the grammar target from the lesson. We are diligently adding quizzes to the rest and hope to have them all ready soon.</p>

<p>Quizzes are a great way to assess your students&#39; comprehension of an individual grammar target. If they do well, you can confidently move on to another target. If they don&#39;t do well, you could reassign some (or all) of the tasks from the lesson to the whole class or just to individual students who need extra practice.</p>

<p>Alternatively, you could assign related online materials for that target.&nbsp;To find related materials, see the Related section on each Lesson Show Page. Click on a lesson or resource and look for the computer icon, or use a screensharing platform to display the PDF&nbsp;version to your students.&nbsp;</p>

<h1>Placement &amp; Final Assessment</h1>

<p>We have four grammar tests available online that can be used as intake/placement tests, review, or exit exams. You can assign all tasks from a test or just the parts that you&#39;ve covered. Most tasks provide instant results with a few open-ended answers where you can leave feedback. Find a lot more useful information on these tests <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/introducing-our-new-grammar-tests">in this post</a>. You will find these tests in our <a href="https://ellii.com/resource_categories/104/resources">Assessment Tools</a> or&nbsp;<a href="https://ellii.com/courses/88/lessons">Grammar Practice Worksheets</a> sections (or click on the links below).</p>

<p>To preview the tests, click on a link below and click on the computer (digital) icon. Then click on the task title to preview each task.</p>

<ul>
	<li><a href="https://ellii.com/resource_categories/assessment-tools/resources/2448-grammar-test-1">Grammar Test 1 &ndash; Beginner</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://ellii.com/resource_categories/assessment-tools/resources/2449-grammar-test-2">Grammar Test 2 &ndash; Low-Intermediate</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://ellii.com/resource_categories/assessment-tools/resources/2450-grammar-test-3">Grammar Test 3 &ndash; Intermediate</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://ellii.com/resource_categories/assessment-tools/resources/2451-grammar-test-4">Grammar Test 4 &ndash; High-Intermediate&ndash;Advanced</a></li>
</ul>

<p>We hope you found this final post in our three-part series about teaching grammar online useful!</p>

<p>Here are the first two posts in the series:&nbsp;</p>

<ul>
	<li><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/teaching-grammar-online-with-esl-library">How to Teach Grammar Online</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/how-to-assign-grammar-tasks-online">How to Assign Grammar Tasks Online</a></li>
</ul>


How to Assess Grammar Online

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Find useful resources and tips for teaching English with interactive apps and sites.

EdTech

<h1>Getting Started</h1>

<p>Are you just getting started with ESL Library&#39;s digital tools and platform? Here is a list of frequently asked&nbsp;questions and answers about our digital tools. If you have another question, feel free to ask it in <strong>Comments</strong> below or click the blue question mark found in the bottom&nbsp;right corner on any page on our site.</p>

<h2>Does ESL Library have its own web conferencing platform?</h2>

<p>No. ESL Library offers printable and digitized content that you and your students can use in two ways. First, you can work together using our <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/launch-or-preview-digital-tasks">Broadcast</a> tool. To do the lessons together, you need to be&nbsp;in a live online class using a web conferencing platform like Zoom, Google Meet, Skype, or Microsoft Teams. Choose the digital lesson you want to do together. Then&nbsp;screenshare with your students as you work through the tasks. Your students do not need to log in to ESL Library for your&nbsp;live class. They just join your web conference and you launch the content. Second, you can <a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/122-how-to-assign-digital-homework">assign digital tasks</a> to your students to complete&nbsp;on their own devices. Your students do need an ESL Library account to do this (free for students). Watch&nbsp;<a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/191-video-how-to-create-classes-and-invite-students">How to Create Classes and Invite Students</a>.</p>

<h2>Do my students need an email address to sign up for a student account?</h2>

<p>No.&nbsp;You can give your students a class code&nbsp;instead of having them sign up with email. Here is a <a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/128-how-to-invite-students-to-esl-library-digital-without-an-email-address">Help Doc</a>&nbsp;that walks you through the steps. Here is a <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/students-join-with-class-code">video demo</a>&nbsp;made for students.</p>

<h2>My student forgot their username and/or password. What should I do?</h2>

<p>Go to My Classes from the top navigation bar and scroll down to My Students until you see your student&#39;s name and username/email. Click on the three dots at the end of the table and choose Reset Password. Create a new password for your student and tell your student what this temporary password is. The next time your student logs in they can use the temporary&nbsp;password you made. Then they can go to My Profile and Change Password to create their own new password that you do not know.</p>

<h2>Can I send a single invitation that goes out to all of my students?</h2>

<p>We recommend having your students sign up as a group using the class code and secret word. You can screenshare this information in a live class. Here is a <a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/128-how-to-invite-students-to-esl-library-digital-without-an-email-address">Help Doc</a>&nbsp;that walks you through all the steps. You can also <a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/113-how-to-invite-students-to-esl-library-digital">invite students individually using email</a>. They each need their own invitation.</p>

<h2>Can my students do their ESL Library homework on their mobile phones?</h2>

<p>Yes. All of ESL Library&#39;s digital tasks were designed to work on mobile devices or desktop. The Student Dashboard is also mobile-friendly.</p>

<h2>Does ESL Library integrate with Google Classroom?</h2>

<p>Yes. You can now share an assignment on Google Classroom. Simply choose a class and assign some digital tasks. Then click the Share on Google Classroom icon. When your students are logged into Google Classroom they&nbsp;will see a link that takes them to their ESL Library assigment. We are currently working on more integration features.&nbsp;</p>

<h2>Can I upload ESL Library content to Google Classroom?</h2>

<p>No. Our terms do not allow you to take our content and move it to another platform. If your students don&#39;t have their own devices to do the digital tasks, you can screenshare the content in a live class. You can also email the PDFs to your students if digital content does not exist.</p>

<h2>How can I use the audio component during live lessons?</h2>

<p>When you are teaching a live lesson and screensharing an ESL Library digital lesson, you can play the audio from your own computer or device and your students will be able to hear it as long as you don&#39;t have your headphones plugged in.&nbsp;You may want to mute&nbsp;yourself (and students) while audio is playing to reduce any echo or sound problems.</p>

<h2>Can I use ESL Library flashcards in a live class?</h2>

<p>Yes! We have a Flashcard Player that allows you to broadcast a flashcard set. <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/flashcard-player">Learn more here.</a></p>

<h2>Can I make the font size larger?</h2>

<p>We don&#39;t currently offer any features for increasing the font size of our digital materials.&nbsp;However, you can zoom in on your own screensharing program if you need to increase the text (especially useful for a formatted Reference task; please share this tip with your students). Our Flashcard Player also has two different font styles to choose from (Standard or Literacy).</p>

<h2>How can I see my students&#39; results?</h2>

<p>Go to My Classes in the top navigation and find the results for the class or student you want to see. (See&nbsp;<a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/122-how-to-assign-digital-homework">Step 10</a>.) When you click on a student&#39;s name you can see their individual student results. The results you see are in reverse order of completion within one due date. Please tell your students to complete the&nbsp;tasks in the order that you assign them.</p>

<h2>How can I give students feedback about their digital homework?</h2>

<p>A feedback and rating tool for open-ended questions is available now. You can also leave a general comment after viewing the results of each scoreable task type. On the Student Dashboard, you&nbsp;students will see a pen icon if there is feedback and ratings to view or a speech bubble icon if there is a comment to view.</p>

<h2>How can I cancel an assignment or edit the due date?</h2>

<p>Click on Class Prep in your top navigation and choose&nbsp;My Classes. Choose the class or student you want to cancel or edit an assignment for. Click on the lesson you want to edit or cancel. Click on the due date&nbsp;link on any of the assignments in that lesson. This&nbsp;will bring you back to the edit assignment page.&nbsp;Edit the due date and/or time for any task you want to change, or cancel the lesson. <a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/122-how-to-assign-digital-homework">View Step 8&ndash;9 in this Help Doc</a>.</p>

<h2>How can I get back to the lesson itself when I&#39;m viewing results?</h2>

<p>Click on Results for any task. You will now see a link at the top of the page that says View Lesson. This will take you back to the digital tab&nbsp;on the lesson description page. If you are starting on the Digital tab and you click on a due date of a task, you will see the View Lesson link at the top of the Results table that will&nbsp;easily take you back.</p>

<h2>Can I remove students to make room for new students?</h2>

<p>Yes. Simply go to Class Prep in the top navigation bar when you are logged in at&nbsp;ellii.com. Choose My Classes. Choose a class that has students that you no longer need. From the Class List, you will see a list of students. Remove any students that are no longer in your class.</p>

<h2>Can I screenshare the PDFs during a live class?</h2>

<p>Yes. If a lesson has not yet been digitized&nbsp;or if there is a task or reference page that you prefer in the PDF version, you can simply open it on your own screen for your students to view.</p>

<h2>Can I assign the PDFs to my students?</h2>

<p>We recommend using the digital versions where available. Not&nbsp;all of our lessons and resources have been digitized and it may be necessary to email the Student PDF in this case. Our digital assignment feature currently only works with digital tasks.</p>

<h2>Can I edit the PDFs?</h2>

<p>No. We do not allow editing of the PDFs for copyright reasons.</p>

<h2>Do you collect any private information from my students?</h2>

<p>No. We don&#39;t collect or share any private information about your students. Also, it&nbsp;is not necessary for a student to use a real name or even an email address to receive ESL Library homework.</p>

<h2>Where can I learn about digital feature updates?</h2>

<p>We will post monthly <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/product-updates-for-march-2020">product updates</a>&nbsp;on our <a href="https://ellii.com/blog">blog</a>.</p>

<h2>Do you offer any help for students?</h2>

<p>Yes. We have an <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/student-faq">FAQ</a> for students who are new to ESL Library. We will also be working on some videos and a lesson. Here is some <a href="https://ellii.com/flashcard_genres/11/flashcard_categories/24">digital literacy vocabulary</a> for your students.</p>

<h1>Related</h1>

<ul class="resources">
	<li class="question"><a href="https://help.ellii.com/category/110-digital-tools">Digital Tools: Help Docs</a></li>
	<li class="question"><a href="https://help.ellii.com/category/119-digital-tools">Digital Tools: Help Videos</a></li>
	<li class="question"><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/191-video-how-to-create-classes-and-invite-students">How-To Video: How to Create Classes and Invite Students</a></li>
	<li class="blog-post"><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/student-faq">FAQs for Students Using ESL Library</a></li>
	<li class="blog-post"><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/coronavirus-support">Standard Members Upgraded to Plus During COVID-19 Pandemic</a></li>
	<li class="blog-post"><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/teaching-online-webinars">Teaching Online with ESL Library (Webinars)</a></li>
</ul>


FAQs about Teaching with ESL Library's Digital Tools 

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<h2>We will be regularly hosting free webinars to help you teach&nbsp;online.</h2>

<p>Hello, Teachers. Hello, Admins.</p>

<p>We know that for so many of you, your schools have suddenly closed. Many of you are now moving your programs online. For those who are only familiar with our printable content and have not used our digital tools before, we are holding a series of free webinars to help you get&nbsp;started.</p>

<p>If you did not hear our previous <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/teaching-with-digital-resources-during-the-covid-19-pandemic">announcement</a>, we have temporarily upgraded all our Standard plan users to have full access to the digital tools from the Plus plan. This means you can now broadcast interactive tasks on screen-sharing platforms such as Google Hangouts, and you can assign digital homework tasks to all of your students as&nbsp;well.</p>

<p>We want to help you make the best of these&nbsp;tools.</p>

<h2>How to Register</h2>

<p><a href="https://app.livestorm.co/esllibrary/">Visit our registration page here.</a> Select a date and time, and then enter your email address to reserve a spot. We are accepting 100 attendees per&nbsp;session.</p>

<h2>What to Do If All the Sessions Are&nbsp;Full</h2>

<p>If all the sessions are full or you are not able to attend the times that we have posted, you will be able to watch a recording of the sessions on our blog. You can also reach out to us to request a private webinar. We are able to do private webinars (for free) provided there are more than 10 teachers in attendance and a convenient time can be agreed&nbsp;upon.</p>

<h2>Frequently Asked Questions</h2>

<p>Do you have a question that didn&#39;t get answered at the webinar? Please check our <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/faq-teachers">FAQs about Teaching with ESL Library&#39;s Digital Tools</a>. You can also browse our <a href="https://help.ellii.com/">Help</a> section.</p>

<h1>Thinking of Leaving a Comment?</h1>

<p>This post about ESL Library Webinars has a record number of comments and questions about our digital tools! If you already left a comment or question, you&nbsp;may need to <strong>Load Replies</strong> for several pages to see a reply from an ESL Library staff member. We recommend searching for detailed answers to your questions in our&nbsp;<a href="https://ellii.com/blog/faq-teachers">Frequently Asked Questions</a> post. If you can&#39;t find the answer, you can also look in our <a href="https://help.ellii.com/">Help</a> section. Please&nbsp;<a href="https://ellii.com/contact">contact our customer care team</a>&nbsp;for more help.&nbsp;</p>


Teaching Online with ESL Library (Webinars)

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Discover what's new or coming soon, including upcoming lessons and resources and product feature updates. 

Announcements

<h2>Temporary Upgrade to Our Plus Plan Features During the COVID‑19&nbsp;Pandemic</h2>

<p>Understanding that many schools have had to suddenly close and shift to online teaching, we are making our Plus plan features available to all of our Standard plan users at no additional cost&nbsp;during the COVID‑19 crisis. Our <strong>Broadcast</strong> tool will remain a permanent part of the Standard plan moving forward, and our <strong>Digital Homework </strong>tools and <strong>Results </strong>tools will be included in the Standard plan until at least June&nbsp;30th,&nbsp;2020.</p>

<h2>Video Tutorials to Help You Teach English During&nbsp;COVID‑19</h2>

<p>For those of you on our Standard plan who are not familiar with how to use the digital tools from the Plus plan, we&rsquo;ve posted these videos below. Please reach out if you need&nbsp;help.</p>

<h3>How to Broadcast Interactive&nbsp;Tasks</h3>

<div class="videoWrapper"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iKHsUNPIZAM" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>

<h3>How to Assign Digital&nbsp;Homework</h3>

<div class="video-container">
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FOTYfLWedpU" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>

<h2>COVID‑19 Teaching&nbsp;Resources</h2>

<p>We have also been developing several resources specific to teaching about COVID‑19. All of the PDF versions of our COVID‑19 resources are temporarily free for all teachers whether you have a subscription plan or not. Simply sign up for a free account and download the PDFs. The digital lessons are currently available for Standard and Plus plan&nbsp;members.</p>

<h2>Related</h2>

<ul class="resources">
	<li class="lesson"><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/95/lessons/3247">Health Matters: The Coronavirus (Low Int)</a></li>
	<li class="lesson"><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/95/lessons/3244">Health Matters: The Coronavirus (Int &ndash; High Int)</a></li>
	<li class="lesson"><a href="https://www.ellii.com/courses/72/lessons/3238">Discussion Starters: Pandemics (Int)</a></li>
	<li class="lesson"><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/113/lessons/3249">Word Bank (Lit &ndash; Pre Beg): COVID‑19</a></li>
	<li class="resource"><a href="https://ellii.com/resource_categories/103/resources/3248">Grammar &amp; Usage: COVID‑19 Vocabulary (Low Int)</a></li>
	<li class="resource"><a href="https://ellii.com/resource_categories/103/resources/3246">Grammar &amp; Usage: COVID‑19 Vocabulary (Int &ndash; Adv)</a></li>
	<li class="flashcards"><a href="https://www.ellii.com/flashcard_genres/6/flashcard_categories/208">COVID‑19 Flashcard Set</a></li>
</ul>


 Teaching with Digital Resources During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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<h1>Language Fossilization and Why It&nbsp;Matters</h1>

<p>The term <em>fossilization</em> in language learning refers to errors that a non-native speaker makes so often in the target language they become ingrained over time. There are many reasons why fossilization occurs, most notably first language interference (which includes the use of false cognates) and the overgeneralization of&nbsp;rules.</p>

<p>Here are some common examples of fossilized&nbsp;speech:</p>

<ul>
	<li>My sister has 15&nbsp;years.</li>
	<li>He study English at&nbsp;school.</li>
	<li>I am work at Walmart.</li>
	<li>The apple are on the table.</li>
	<li>Ben play computer games&nbsp;yesterday.</li>
</ul>

<p>Because the speaker has repeated the same mistakes again and again, the inaccuracies may sound correct to his or her own ears. Furthermore, the speaker often isn&rsquo;t aware that he or she is making the errors since they rarely hinder communication or impede meaning; the speaker&rsquo;s interlocutors aren&rsquo;t inclined to stop a conversation to point out a grammatical blunder or a pronunciation misstep when doing so would risk a break in the flow of the&nbsp;interaction.</p>

<p>Despite the fact that fossilization doesn&rsquo;t prevent learners from being understood, it can have some very real negative consequences. Perhaps most importantly, fossilization can make non-native speakers seem less educated and/or less fluent than they actually are.</p>

<p>Of course, the best way to ensure that fossilization doesn&rsquo;t take hold in your students&rsquo; language use is prevention. If you teach beginners, you can stress accuracy from Day&nbsp;1 and nip any potential problems in the bud. But, as we all know, you aren&rsquo;t always going to be your students&rsquo; first exposure to&nbsp;English.</p>

<p>However, there are strategies that you can use to help your students overcome fossilized speech patterns by raising their awareness of frequent&nbsp;errors.</p>

<h2>Strategy #1</h2>

<p>Record students&rsquo; speech. Have students listen to a short clip of themselves speaking and see if they can detect their errors. If they are unable to hear their errors, ask them to transcribe their speech as they listen and then make corrections. <a href="https://soundcloud.com" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> and <a href="https://voicethread.com" target="_blank">VoiceThread</a> are excellent online tools for this&nbsp;exercise.</p>

<h2>Strategy #2</h2>

<p>Encourage students to peer edit. Put students into pairs. Give one student in each pair a set of open-ended questions to ask their partner. (Try <a href="https://ellii.com/resource_categories/105/resources/3089">Conversation Questions</a> in our Resources section.) As the interviewee answers each question, have the interviewer jot down errors. Before the next question is asked, have the interviewer share what he or she&nbsp;noticed.</p>

<h2>Strategy #3</h2>

<p>Write five correct and five incorrect sentences in random order on the board. Have students divide the sentences into two groups (<em>Correct</em> and&nbsp;<em>Incorrect</em>).</p>

<h2>Strategy #4</h2>

<p>Point out errors that you have noticed students make repeatedly. Then ask them to keep a journal of instances when they notice themselves making those errors that you have&nbsp;identified.</p>

<h2>Strategy #5</h2>

<p>Feign incomprehension. When students make a fossilized error, pretend that you don&rsquo;t understand what they are saying. Ask them to rephrase it using the correct word or&nbsp;structure.</p>

<h2>Strategy #6</h2>

<p>Have students analyze why they are making the mistake. (E.g., can they figure out why they use &ldquo;say&rdquo; in a sentence when &ldquo;tell&rdquo; is called&nbsp;for?)</p>


6 Strategies to Help Students Overcome Fossilized Speech Patterns

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<blockquote>
<p>If you can&rsquo;t explain it simply, you don&rsquo;t understand it well&nbsp;enough.</p>

<p class="attribution">&mdash;Albert Einstein</p>
</blockquote>

<h1>Multiple-Choice Digital&nbsp;Tasks</h1>

<p>Throughout their schooling, students of any discipline will come across multiple-choice tasks in practice exercises, quizzes, and tests. Whether you like using multiple-choice tasks or not, it&rsquo;s useful for English learners to practice sharing their knowledge this way. Practice will help them succeed on exams that may be heavily or entirely based on multiple-choice items, which are more and more common with standardized, computer based&nbsp;testing.</p>

<p>Similar to our printable materials, ESL&nbsp;Library&rsquo;s digital platform offers a few different types of multiple-choice&nbsp;tasks:</p>

<ol>
	<li><strong>Multiple-Choice with Audio</strong>: questions or statements are an audio recording; answer choices are text-based responses (for listening&nbsp;comprehension)</li>
	<li><strong>Multiple-Choice with Text</strong>: questions or statements are text-based; answer choices are also text-based (for reading comprehension, vocabulary review, or grammar&nbsp;practice)</li>
	<li><strong>Multiple-Choice with Images</strong>: questions are flashcard images; answer choices are&nbsp;3&ndash;4 word choices (for beginner vocabulary&nbsp;review)</li>
</ol>

<p>With your <a href="https://ellii.com/pricing">Plus</a> subscription, you can now assign digital multiple-choice tasks to your students for homework or in‑class work. Your students can do these task types on any mobile device or computer. You can also do the tasks together as a class by using the <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/launch-or-preview-digital-tasks">Launch</a> feature. The <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/launch-or-preview-digital-tasks">Task Info</a> feature gives you, the teacher, easy access to the answers. (Scroll to bottom for video&nbsp;demo.)</p>

<div class="whiteBox">
<h5>Note</h5>

<p>In a digital lesson on ESL&nbsp;Library, the multiple-choice task may be called <strong>Comprehension</strong>, <strong>Listen &amp; Respond</strong>, or <strong>Vocabulary Review</strong>. As a grammar practice task, it will have another task&nbsp;name.</p>
</div>

<h1>1. Multiple-Choice With&nbsp;Audio</h1>

<p>After beginning this type of multiple-choice task, students will see an audio player with three text‑based responses. Students listen to the question or statement and choose the best&nbsp;response.</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/195/content_Screen_Shot_2020-02-18_at_10.55.31_AM.png" width="400" /></p>

<h2>Review</h2>

<p>After students complete the Listen &amp; Respond task, they submit their answers and review their&nbsp;results.</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/196/content_Screen_Shot_2020-02-18_at_10.56.02_AM.png" width="400" /></p>

<p>If they are happy with their results, they can move on to a different task that you, the teacher, have assigned by choosing <strong>Back to the Lesson</strong>. If they want to try the task again to achieve better results, they can choose <strong>Try&nbsp;Again</strong>.</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/151/content_Screen_Shot_2020-01-21_at_8.51.01_AM.png" width="400" /></p>

<h2>Viewing Results as a&nbsp;Teacher</h2>

<p>As a teacher, you can see your students&rsquo; results after they complete the multiple-choice task. Make sure you are logged in. Then go to Class Prep and navigate to&nbsp;Results.</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/129-how-to-access-digital-homework-teachers">How to View Digital Homework Results</a></p>
</blockquote>

<h1>2. Multiple-Choice with&nbsp;Text</h1>

<p>The multiple-choice task is often used for reading comprehension. A <strong>View Reference</strong> button that allows students to review the reading in a pop‑up modal is often&nbsp;available.</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/198/content_Screen_Shot_2020-02-18_at_11.06.34_AM.png" width="400" /></p>

<p>The text-based task is sometimes used for <strong>Complete the Sentence</strong> (vocabulary review) or <strong>Odd One Out</strong>&nbsp;tasks.</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/201/content_Screen_Shot_2020-02-18_at_12.28.30_PM.png" width="400" /></p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/202/content_Screen_Shot_2020-02-18_at_12.32.30_PM.png" width="400" /></p>

<p>This task type is also commonly used to check a student&rsquo;s comprehension of a grammar target as in this resource on <a href="https://ellii.com/resource_categories/103/resources/2158">Adverbs with Two&nbsp;Forms</a>.</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/203/content_Screen_Shot_2020-02-19_at_9.24.15_AM.png" width="400" /></p>

<h1>3. Multiple-Choice with&nbsp;Images</h1>

<p>The multiple-choice task is sometimes used for low‑level vocabulary&nbsp;review.</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/199/content_Screen_Shot_2020-02-18_at_11.03.48_AM.png" width="400" /></p>

<h1>Lesson Sections</h1>

<p>The multiple-choice tasks are unlocked for ESL&nbsp;Library members who have a <a href="https://ellii.com/pricing">Plus</a> account. MC with audio is currently being used in our <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/92/lessons">Functional English</a> section as a listening comprehension task. The text-based MC tasks are currently used in most of our reading sections. Our <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/introducing-our-new-grammar-tests">placement tests</a> (Grammar Test 1&ndash;4) and many of our grammar lessons also feature&nbsp;this task type. For lower‑level learners, we have started using the MC task with images to check vocabulary in our beginner <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/93/lessons">Holidays &amp; Events</a>&nbsp;lessons.</p>

<p>Look for the computer screen icon to check if a lesson has digital&nbsp;tasks.</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/197/content_Screen_Shot_2020-02-18_at_11.21.09_AM.png" width="400" /></p>

<h1>Multiple-Choice: Demo</h1>

<div class="videoWrapper"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G5oRQ3RzJ5E?si=U7RLgTRmlxV90D55" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>

<h1>Related</h1>

<ul class="resources">
	<li class="blog-post"><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/product-feature-update-matching-vocabulary-preview">Matching: Demo</a></li>
	<li class="blog-post"><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/image-match-interactive-vocabulary-building-for-beginner-english-learners">Image Match: Demo</a></li>
	<li class="blog-post"><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/see-and-spell">See &amp; Spell: Demo</a></li>
	<li class="blog-post"><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/blended-learning-listening">Listen &amp; Type: Demo</a></li>
</ul>


Multiple-Choice: Interactive Tasks for Reading & Listening Comprehension 

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<blockquote>
<p>ESL&nbsp;Library has a growing bank of well-researched, well-prepared teaching and learning materials covering all four skills as well as grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary. I can always find resources on any theme that I&rsquo;m teaching. Some of my favourites are the lessons for holidays and special&nbsp;days.</p>

<p class="attribution">&mdash;Bonnie Nicholas, NorQuest College&nbsp;(Edmonton)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>We hope you&rsquo;re loving ESL&nbsp;Library&rsquo;s new digital platform! As of this February, we&rsquo;ve added 850+ digital lessons to our library. Each digital lesson has a variety of task types that you can either assign to your English learners for homework or <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/launch-or-preview-digital-tasks">do together in&nbsp;class</a>.</p>

<p>A <a href="https://ellii.com/pricing">Standard</a> subscription gives you and 30 students access to 3 digital task types (Read &amp; Listen, Dialogue, and Listen &amp; Type) as well as unlimited access to all of our printable lessons, resources, and flashcards. A <a href="https://ellii.com/pricing">Plus</a> subscription gives you and 100 students access to all of our digital task types (Vocabulary Preview &amp; Review, Comprehension, Grammar Notes, Grammar Practice, and more) in addition to unlimited access to all of our&nbsp;printables.</p>

<h1>Valentine&rsquo;s Day Lessons with Digital&nbsp;Tasks</h1>

<p>If you teach multilevel classes, you&rsquo;re going to love our Valentine&rsquo;s Day selection. We have ready‑made digital tasks from four different Valentine&rsquo;s Day lessons that you can assign or work on together in class. Simply set up your classes by level, e.g., Class A (Beg) and Class&nbsp;A (Low&nbsp;Int), and assign the tasks you want to each&nbsp;group.</p>

<ul class="resources">
	<li class="lesson"><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/113/lessons/2616" target="_blank">Valentine&rsquo;s Day</a>: Word Bank (Pre‑Beginner)</li>
	<li class="lesson"><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/93/lessons/1959" target="_blank">Valentine&rsquo;s Day</a>: Holidays &amp; Events (Beginner)</li>
	<li class="lesson"><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/93/lessons/1863" target="_blank">Valentine&rsquo;s Day</a>: Holidays &amp; Events (Low&nbsp;Int)</li>
	<li class="lesson"><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/93/lessons/1862" target="_blank">Valentine&rsquo;s Day</a>: Holidays &amp; Events (High&nbsp;Int)</li>
</ul>

<div class="whiteBox">
<h5>Note</h5>

<p>Our LMS team will be working on a new feature in 2020 so that you can assign different tasks to individual students, which will be ideal for your multilevel&nbsp;classes.</p>
</div>

<h1>Demo</h1>

<p>Here is a video demo that highlights 8 of the different tasks you&rsquo;ll find in our Valentine&rsquo;s Day lessons, including <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/image-match-interactive-vocabulary-building-for-beginner-english-learners">Image Match</a>, <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/product-feature-update-matching-vocabulary-preview">Matching</a>, <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/see-and-spell">See &amp; Spell</a>, <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/blended-learning-listening">Listen &amp; Type</a>, and many more! (See below for video time markers if you are only interested in one level or digital task type. Note that most of our task types are used in lessons of many&nbsp;different levels. This demo is meant to show you the variety we&nbsp;offer.)</p>

<div class="videoWrapper"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/409rY0zhHdE" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>

<h2>Video Time Markers</h2>

<table>
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th colspan="2">Pre-Beginner</th>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<th>Task</th>
			<th>Time Markers</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<th>Image Match</th>
			<td>00:00&ndash;2:00</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<th>See &amp; Spell</th>
			<td>2:00&ndash;3:00</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

<table>
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th colspan="2">Beginner</th>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<th>Task</th>
			<th>Time Markers</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<th>Read &amp; Listen</th>
			<td>3:09&ndash;4:23</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<th>True &amp; False</th>
			<td>4:24&ndash;5:25</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

<table>
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th colspan="2">Low Intermediate</th>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<th>Task</th>
			<th>Time Markers</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<th>Vocabulary Preview</th>
			<td>5:26&ndash;6:40</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<th>Comprehension</th>
			<td>6:44&ndash;8:06</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

<table>
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th colspan="2">High Intermediate</th>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<th>Task</th>
			<th>Time Markers</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<th>Discussion</th>
			<td>8:09&ndash;9:07</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<th>Listen &amp; Type</th>
			<td>9:08&ndash;10:16</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

<div class="whiteBox">
<h5>Other Topics</h5>

<p>There is a note about English serials from 10:17 to&nbsp;10:44.</p>
</div>

<h1>Related</h1>

<ul class="resources">
	<li class="collection"><a href="https://ellii.com/collections/4/lessons">Love &amp; Relationships Lesson&nbsp;Collection</a></li>
	<li class="question"><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/122-how-to-assign-digital-homework">How to Assign Tasks (Digital&nbsp;Homework)</a></li>
	<li class="question"><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/128-how-to-invite-students-to-esl-library-digital-without-an-email-address">How to Invite Students to ESL&nbsp;Library Digital (without an email&nbsp;address)</a></li>
	<li class="question"><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/69-how-to-sign-up-as-a-new-member">How to Sign Up as a New&nbsp;Member</a></li>
</ul>


Multilevel Digital Tasks for Valentine's Day

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<blockquote>
<p>Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about&nbsp;things.</p>

<p class="attribution">&mdash;Flora Lewis</p>
</blockquote>

<h1>Vocabulary Preview &amp; Review</h1>

<p>Have your students tried ESL&nbsp;Library&rsquo;s <strong>Image Match</strong> tasks on our digital platform? These visual matching tasks are similar to ones you would find on paper, where students need to draw a line between a word and a picture to demonstrate their knowledge. On our updated digital tasks, students will now tap on a picture and then tap on a matching&nbsp;word.</p>

<p>While our printable beginner lessons feature this preview task with <span class="inlineBlock">8&ndash;10 images</span> and definitions to match, our digital matching tasks typically split the word list into two tasks (e.g., Image Match A&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;B).</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/156/content_Screen_Shot_2020-01-28_at_10.43.27_AM.png" /></p>

<h1>Updated Functionality</h1>

<p>Have you already been assigning this task type to your students? The updated version of this matching task has a new functionality that your students will need to learn if they are already familiar with this digital&nbsp;task.</p>

<p>Instead of <em>dragging and dropping</em> (which was glitchy on some devices), your students will now <em>tap</em> (or <em>click</em> if using a laptop or desktop computer) on an image and then <em>tap</em> (or <em>click</em>) on the word. The word and image will then&nbsp;connect.</p>

<p>Your students can change their answers by tapping again to pop the image back out to the top and then tapping a&nbsp;new word. When they are finished, they will click the <strong>I&rsquo;m Finished</strong> button as they did in the previous version. (Scroll down for video&nbsp;demo.)</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/157/content_Screen_Shot_2020-01-28_at_10.37.25_AM.png" /></p>

<p>With your <a href="https://ellii.com/pricing">Plus</a> subscription, you can now assign this digital task to your students for homework or in‑class work. Your students can do the task on any mobile device or computer. You can also do this task together as a class by using the <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/launch-or-preview-digital-tasks">Launch</a> feature. The <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/launch-or-preview-digital-tasks">Task Info</a> feature gives you, the teacher, easy access to the&nbsp;answers.</p>

<div class="whiteBox">
<h5>Note</h5>

<p>This digital task type is usually called <strong>Image Match</strong> in the digital task list. It is sometimes used in other task types such as grammar&nbsp;preview.</p>
</div>

<h1>Assign Tasks</h1>

<p>Go to a Word Bank or beginner Holidays &amp; Events lesson and toggle to <strong>Digital</strong>. Then choose <strong>Assign Tasks</strong> and assign the Image Match task(s) with the due date of your choice to the class of your&nbsp;choice.</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/122-how-to-assign-digital-homework">How to Assign Tasks (Digital Homework)</a></p>
</blockquote>

<h1>Task Features</h1>

<p>After launching the task, students will see a row of images at the top with question boxes and words below. Students try to match the images to the words by tapping on the image (which will then become highlighted) and then tapping on the word in the box below (which will turn yellow and then fill with the&nbsp;image).</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/158/content_Screen_Shot_2020-01-28_at_10.37.46_AM.png" /></p>

<p>To change an answer, students tap on the word to pop the picture back out to the top of the list. They then choose a different match in the same way. Students can keep rearranging the images and words until they think everything is&nbsp;correct.</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/159/content_Screen_Shot_2020-01-28_at_10.37.57_AM.png" /></p>

<h1>Review</h1>

<p>After students complete the Image Match task, they click on <strong>I&rsquo;m Finished</strong> to submit their answers and review their&nbsp;results.</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/160/content_Screen_Shot_2020-01-28_at_10.38.12_AM.png" width="400" /></p>

<p>If they are happy with their results, they can move on to a different task that you, the teacher, have assigned (e.g., Image Match&nbsp;B) by choosing&nbsp;<strong>Back to the Lesson</strong>. If they want to try the task again to achieve better results, they can choose <strong>Try&nbsp;Again</strong>.</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/162/content_Screen_Shot_2020-01-29_at_9.04.37_AM.png" /></p>

<h1>Viewing Results as a&nbsp;Teacher</h1>

<p>As a teacher, you can see your students&rsquo; Image Match results after they complete the task. Make sure you are logged in. Then go to Class Prep and navigate to&nbsp;Results.</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/129-how-to-access-digital-homework-teachers">How to View Digital Homework Results</a></p>
</blockquote>

<h1>Lesson Sections</h1>

<p>The image matching task is currently available in our low-level sections for ESL&nbsp;Library members who have a <a href="https://ellii.com/pricing">Plus</a> account, such as Word Bank, Holidays &amp; Events (Beg), Simple Sentences, Super Simple Grammar, and Phonics &amp; Pronunciation. For intermediate learners, we have a similar task type called <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/product-feature-update-matching-vocabulary-preview">Matching</a> where students match words with definitions.</p>

<p>Look for the computer screen icon to check if a lesson has digital&nbsp;tasks.</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/161/content_Screen_Shot_2020-01-29_at_8.52.57_AM.png" /></p>

<h1>Image Match: Demo</h1>

<div class="videoWrapper"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9r6uE9Bhk0I" width="560"></iframe></div>

<h1>Related</h1>

<ul class="resources">
	<li class="blog-post"><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/product-feature-update-matching-vocabulary-preview">Matching: Interactive Vocabulary Preview Task for English&nbsp;Learners</a></li>
	<li class="blog-post"><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/see-and-spell">See &amp; Spell: Interactive Spelling &amp; Listening Practice for Beginner English&nbsp;Learners</a></li>
	<li class="blog-post"><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/blended-learning-listening">Listen &amp;&nbsp;Type: Blended Learning</a></li>
	<li class="blog-post"><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/launch-or-preview-digital-tasks">Launch or Preview Digital&nbsp;Tasks</a></li>
</ul>


Image Match: Interactive Vocabulary Building for Beginner English Learners

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<blockquote>
<p>You can&rsquo;t build up a new vocabulary if you never meet any words. And to meet them you must&nbsp;read.</p>

<p class="attribution">&mdash;Rudolf Flesch</p>
</blockquote>

<h1>Vocabulary Preview</h1>

<p>Have you tried ESL&nbsp;Library&rsquo;s <strong>Vocabulary Preview</strong> tasks on digital? These digital matching tasks are similar to the Vocabulary Preview tasks in most of our printable lessons that contain a&nbsp;reading.</p>

<p>Before reading and listening to an article or dialogue, students try to match the keywords to the correct definitions. Just like in the printable version, students can try the vocabulary task again after they&rsquo;ve read the article in the digital&nbsp;version.</p>

<p>While our printable lessons feature this preview task with <span class="inlineBlock">8&ndash;12 words</span> and definitions to match, our digital matching tasks typically splita longer word list into two tasks (e.g., Vocabulary Preview A&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;B).</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/149/content_Screen_Shot_2020-01-20_at_4.21.09_PM.png" width="400" /></p>

<h1>Updated Functionality</h1>

<p>The updated version of this matching task has a new functionality that you can tell your students about if they are already familiar with this digital&nbsp;task.</p>

<p>Instead of <em>dragging and dropping</em> (which was glitchy on some devices), your students will now <em>tap</em> (or <em>click</em> if using a laptop or desktop computer) on a word and then <em>tap</em> (or <em>click</em>) on the definition. The word and definition will then&nbsp;connect.</p>

<p>Your students can change their answers by tapping again to pop the word back out to the top and then tap to a new definition. When they are finished, they click the <strong>I&rsquo;m Finished</strong> button. (Scroll down for video&nbsp;demo.)</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/150/content_Screen_Shot_2020-01-20_at_4.24.40_PM.png" width="400" /></p>

<p>With your <a href="https://ellii.com/pricing">Plus</a> subscription, you can now assign this digital task to your students for homework or in‑class work. Your students can do the task on any mobile device or computer. You can also do this task together as a class by using the <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/launch-or-preview-digital-tasks">Launch</a> feature. The <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/launch-or-preview-digital-tasks">Task Info</a> feature gives you, the teacher, easy access to the&nbsp;answers.</p>

<div class="whiteBox">
<h5>Note</h5>

<p>This matching task is usually called <strong>Vocabulary Preview</strong> or <strong>Vocabulary Preview&nbsp;A</strong> and <strong>Vocabulary Preview&nbsp;B</strong>. It is sometimes called <strong>Phrase&nbsp;Match</strong>.</p>
</div>

<h1>Assign Tasks</h1>

<p>Go to a reading lesson (e.g., Famous People, Places, or Things) and toggle to <strong>Digital</strong>. Then choose <strong>Assign Tasks</strong> and assign the Vocabulary Preview task(s) with the due date of your choice to the class of your&nbsp;choice.</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/122-how-to-assign-digital-homework">How to Assign Tasks (Digital Homework)</a></p>
</blockquote>

<h1>Task Features</h1>

<p>After beginning the task, students will see words or phrases at the top with definitions below. Students try to match the words to the definitions by tapping on the word (which will then become highlighted) and then tapping on the question mark in front of the definition (which will turn yellow and fill with the&nbsp;word).</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/143/content_Screen_Shot_2020-01-20_at_3.53.16_PM.png" width="400" /></p>

<h3><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/144/content_Screen_Shot_2020-01-20_at_3.53.29_PM.png" width="400" /></h3>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/146/content_Screen_Shot_2020-01-20_at_3.54.08_PM.png" width="400" /></p>

<p>To change an answer, students tap on the word to pop it back out to the top of the list. They then choose a different definition in the same way. They can keep rearranging the words and definitions until they think everything is&nbsp;correct.</p>

<h1>Review</h1>

<p>After students complete the Vocabulary Preview task, they click on <strong>I&rsquo;m Finished</strong> to submit their answers and review their&nbsp;results.</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/147/content_Screen_Shot_2020-01-20_at_3.54.27_PM.png" width="400" /></p>

<p>If they are happy with their results, they can move on to a different task that you, the teacher, have assigned (e.g., Vocabulary Preview&nbsp;B) by choosing&nbsp;<strong>Back to the Lesson</strong>. If they want to try the task again to achieve better results, they can choose <strong>Try&nbsp;Again</strong>.</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/151/content_Screen_Shot_2020-01-21_at_8.51.01_AM.png" width="400" /></p>

<h1>Viewing Results as a&nbsp;Teacher</h1>

<p>As a teacher, you can see your students&rsquo; Vocabulary Preview results after they complete the task. Make sure you are logged in. Then go to Class Prep and navigate to&nbsp;Results.</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/129-how-to-access-digital-homework-teachers">How to View Digital Homework Results</a></p>
</blockquote>

<h1>Lesson Sections</h1>

<p>The matching task is currently available in our reading sections for ESL&nbsp;Library members who have a <a href="https://ellii.com/pricing">Plus</a> account. You&rsquo;ll find it in other sections too, such as <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/72/lessons">Discussion Starters</a> and <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/73/lessons">Mini-Debates</a>. For lower‑level learners, we have a similar task type called <strong>Image&nbsp;Match</strong>.</p>

<p>Look for the computer screen icon <span class="inlineBlock">()</span> to check if a lesson has digital&nbsp;tasks.</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/148/content_Screen_Shot_2020-01-20_at_4.10.20_PM.png" width="400" /></p>

<h1>Matching: Demo</h1>

<div class="videoWrapper"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/odET9OqL6KI" width="560"></iframe></div>

<h1>Related</h1>

<ul class="resources">
	<li class="blog-post"><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/when-should-you-teach-vocabulary">When Should You Teach Vocabulary?</a></li>
	<li class="blog-post"><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/see-and-spell">See &amp; Spell: Interactive Spelling &amp; Listening Practice for Beginner ELLs</a></li>
	<li class="blog-post"><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/blended-learning-listening">Blended Learning: Listen &amp; Type</a></li>
</ul>


Matching: Interactive Vocabulary Preview Task for English Learners

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<p>My spelling is wobbly. It&rsquo;s good spelling but it wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong&nbsp;places.</p>

<p class="attribution">&mdash;Winnie the Pooh</p>
</blockquote>

<h1>Spelling Practice</h1>

<p>Are you working on spelling with your beginners or young learners? Try ESL&nbsp;Library&rsquo;s new digital&nbsp;<strong>See &amp; Spell</strong> task. (Scroll down for video demo.) With your <a href="https://ellii.com/pricing">Plus</a> subscription, you can now assign this digital task to your students for homework or in-class work. Your students can do the&nbsp;task on any mobile device or&nbsp;computer.</p>

<div class="whiteBox">
<h5>Note</h5>

<p>The See &amp; Spell task type is called Listen &amp; Spell in some&nbsp;sections.</p>
</div>

<h1>Assign Tasks</h1>

<p>Go to a Word Bank or Phonics Stories lesson and toggle to <strong>Digital</strong>. Then choose <strong>Assign Tasks</strong> and assign the See &amp; Spell or Listen &amp; Spell task with the due date of your choice to the class of your&nbsp;choice.</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/122-how-to-assign-digital-homework">How to Assign Tasks (Digital Homework)</a></p>
</blockquote>

<h1>Task Features</h1>

<p>The See &amp; Spell task features the key vocabulary from the lesson and is used as a vocabulary review task in many low‑level lessons. Students listen to and/or see an image of the vocabulary they have already been introduced to. They then have to type the word&nbsp;correctly.</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/140/content_tuxedo.png" width="320" /></p>

<h1>Review</h1>

<p>After students complete the See &amp; Spell task, they can submit their answers and view their results. If there is an audio hint, the audio player is also available as they check their results. If they are happy with their results, they can move on to a different task that you have assigned. If they want to try the task again to achieve better results, they can do that&nbsp;too.<br />
<br />
Note: Unlike our other Type in the Blanks tasks, the See &amp; Spell task is mainly used in literacy and beginner materials and is not case sensitive.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/141/content_See-Spell-Results.png" width="320" /></p>

<h1>View Results</h1>

<p>As a teacher, you can see your students&rsquo; See &amp; Spell results after they complete the task. Make sure you are logged in. Then go to Class Prep and navigate to&nbsp;Results.</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/129-how-to-access-digital-homework-teachers">How to View Digital Homework Results</a></p>
</blockquote>

<h2>Lesson Sections</h2>

<p>The See &amp; Spell Type task is currently available in the following sections for ESL&nbsp;Library members who have a <a href="https://ellii.com/pricing">Plus</a>&nbsp;account:</p>

<ul class="resources">
	<li class="lesson"><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/113/lessons">Word Bank</a> (More coming soon.)</li>
	<li class="lesson"><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/118/lessons">Phonics Stories</a> (Scroll to the bottom of the Phonics &amp; Pronunciation section to see these stories. This task type is called Listen &amp; Spell in this section.)</li>
	<li class="lesson"><a href="https://ellii.com/resource_categories/107/resources">Visual Learning </a> (See Idioms. More coming soon.)</li>
</ul>

<p>We will be adding this task type to other beginner and young learner lessons as we add them to our&nbsp;library.</p>

<p>Look for the computer screen icon to check if a lesson has digital&nbsp;tasks.</p>

<p><img class="hasBorder" height="auto" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/142/content_Screen_Shot_2020-01-15_at_9.47.26_AM.png" width="400" /></p>

<h1>&nbsp;</h1>

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See & Spell: Interactive Spelling and Listening Practice for Beginner English Learners

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<blockquote>
<p>Update: Oct 22, 2021</p>

<p>We now have <a href="https://ellii.com/collections/casas-competencies">CASAS Competencies Collections</a>!</p>
</blockquote>

<h1>Locating CASAS Materials</h1>

<p>Does your program use CASAS (Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System) to measure student achievement? Do your students&rsquo; pretest scores drive your curriculum? Is your class struggling with a particular CASAS competency? If so, Ellii (formerly ESL Library) is here to&nbsp;help!</p>

<p>We have recently introduced tagging for materials that match up to CASAS competencies so that you can easily find them. Using our new filter, simply type in the specific competency that your students need work on in the Search bar and a list of related lessons and resources will pop up. For example, if the&nbsp;majority of your students missed test items pertaining to CASAS Competency&nbsp;0.1.4 (greetings, introductions, thanking, and apologizing), you can type in that tag number and your search will currently produce 12 results. (We are always adding new material, so continue checking back.) It&rsquo;s that&nbsp;easy!</p>

<p><img alt="Screenshot of search results on ESL Library for CASAS Competency 0.1.4" class="hasBorder" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/139/content_Screenshot_CASAS.png" /></p>

<h1>Background on CASAS</h1>

<p>For teachers unfamiliar with <a href="https://www.casas.org/" target="_blank">CASAS</a>, this assessment system is widely used in adult ESL programs in the United States. Schools can choose to administer a reading test, a listening test, or both for placement purposes and for measuring student progress. Because post‑test results are often a factor in determining program funding, the stakes can be quite high for all involved&mdash;administrators, instructors, and test‑takers. Fortunately, Ellii&nbsp;can help prepare students for the post‑test and alleviate some of the stress related to the&nbsp;process.</p>


How to Find Content Aligned with CASAS Competencies on Ellii

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<blockquote>
<p>A naturally curious mind takes interest in a wide range of subjects to find connections to help solve everyday problems&nbsp;better.</p>

<p class="attribution">&mdash;Thomas Oppong</p>
</blockquote>

<p>We often hear the saying that <a href="https://medium.com/swlh/all-knowledge-starts-with-curiosity-422f70170a95">all knowledge starts with curiosity</a>. This week, while listening to a podcast, I heard something that made even more sense than that. Bren&eacute; Brown, a social scientist, suggests that we need to know <strong>at least a little bit</strong> about something in order to become curious about&nbsp;it.</p>

<p>You can use current events and trends to spark your students&rsquo; curiosity. Once they know a little bit (and show interest in learning more), follow up with one or more of our topical lesson&nbsp;plans.</p>

<h1>Trending This Week: The Bay of&nbsp;Fundy</h1>

<p>If your students have never been to the east coast of Canada, they may have no knowledge, and likewise no curiosity, about the Bay of Fundy, one of North America&rsquo;s natural wonders. A <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X19308781#t0005">report</a> that came out this week had #BayofFundy trending on Twitter and inspired this&nbsp;post.</p>

<p>Researchers have just finished surveying the seafloor of the Bay of Fundy and reported finding 1.8 million items of trash. Plastic bags made up approximately half of the litter that was&nbsp;found.</p>

<h1>Pairing Trends with Topical Lessons</h1>

<p>Now that you have this little bit of knowledge, are you curious to <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ocean-pollution-seafloor-junk-bay-of-fundy-study-1.5360145">learn more</a>? This is where ESL&nbsp;Library comes&nbsp;in.</p>

<p>After finding an interesting news item that sparks your students&rsquo; interest,&nbsp;visit ESL Library and search for related lessons. For this week&rsquo;s trend, you would find a Famous Places lesson on the <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/81/lessons/1433">Bay of Fundy</a>. In our Discussion Starters section, you would also find related lessons on <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/72/lessons/1285">Ocean Garbage</a> and <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/72/lessons/1257">Banning Plastic&nbsp;Bags</a>.</p>

<p>If you&rsquo;re interested in the flipped classroom approach, you could assign some digital tasks to your students from The Bay of Fundy lesson.* In addition to learning about the world, your students can increase their vocabulary, improve their reading and listening comprehension, and practice speaking about relevant topics that people in their communities are also discussing. They&rsquo;ll also improve their digital&nbsp;literacy.</p>

<p>As your students learn a bit about this natural wonder of the world, you may notice their curiosity heading down another path. They might show interest in learning about other <a href="https://ellii.com/collections/1/lessons">environmental issues</a> or other famous Canadian places. They may even show interest in researching other natural wonders of the world, such as <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/81/lessons/1412">Mount Everest</a> or <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/81/lessons/2401">The Great Barrier&nbsp;Reef</a>.</p>

<div class="whiteBox">
<h5>*Note</h5>

<p>As an ESL&nbsp;Library subscriber on&nbsp;a <a href="https://ellii.com/pricing">Standard</a> plan, the&nbsp;Read &amp; Listen digital task is available for you to assign to your students. As a Plus user, all of the interactive tasks are available to assign for homework or in‑class&nbsp;use.</p>
</div>

<h1>Related</h1>

<ul class="resources">
	<li class="lesson"><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/81/lessons/1433">Bay of Fundy</a></li>
	<li class="lesson"><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/72/lessons/1285">Ocean Garbage</a></li>
	<li class="lesson"><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/72/lessons/1257">Banning Plastic Bags</a></li>
	<li class="lesson"><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/111/lessons/2214">Earth Summit Project</a></li>
	<li class="lesson"><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/111/lessons/2233">Canada Project</a></li>
	<li class="lesson"><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/72/lessons/2919">Wonder</a></li>
	<li class="blog-post"><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/standing-up-for-climate-change-and-the-present-progressive-tense">Standing Up for Climate Change (and the Present Progressive&nbsp;Tense)</a></li>
</ul>
