Learn how to make the most of your Ellii subscription with tips from our publishing team.

Teaching with Ellii

<p>This quick intro offers a comprehensive overview of the main features you get with your ESL&nbsp;Library subscription. This tour is for new ESL&nbsp;Library members as well as teachers and administrators who are interested in learning more about what we&nbsp;offer.</p>

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<p>For short videos on individual features of the site, please choose from our&nbsp;<a href="https://help.ellii.com/">Help Docs</a>. If your school or organization is interested in a live demo (in‑house or as a webinar), please <a href="https://ellii.com/contact">contact us</a> for details. To view our different subscription plans, please visit our <a href="https://ellii.com/pricing">pricing</a>&nbsp;page.</p>


Intro to ESL Library

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

Announcements

<p>We&rsquo;ve launched a new reading section for low-level readers! <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/129/lessons">True Grammar Stories</a> is a blended-learning section with extra digital-only activities that you can assign for homework and online class work. The first five low-intermediate lessons (15&nbsp;stories) are now available, and some beginner-level lessons are coming soon. Most of these stories are suitable for all ages, but please preview the stories to make sure the content is suitable for the age group and level you&nbsp;teach.</p>

<h2>Printable Lessons</h2>

<p>The printable versions of these lessons&nbsp;include:</p>

<ul>
	<li>3 illustrated theme-based stories (e.g., friendship) per lesson focusing on a simple grammar tense or target (e.g., simple past&nbsp;tense)</li>
	<li>3 downloadable audio recordings of the&nbsp;stories</li>
	<li>3 comprehension question&nbsp;sets</li>
</ul>

<p><img alt="Screenshot of 2 pages from Simple Past – Friendship (Dan and Norah)" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/832/content_Tara_Introducing-True-Grammar-Stories_Friendship.png" /></p>

<h2>Digital Lessons</h2>

<p>The digital versions of these lessons (requires Plus plan)&nbsp;include:</p>

<ul>
	<li>warm-up questions that cover the related theme of the&nbsp;stories</li>
	<li>vocabulary preview and review tasks for each story (Vocabulary Preview&nbsp;A goes with Story&nbsp;A,&nbsp;etc.)</li>
	<li>grammar preview and/or review tasks for each&nbsp;story</li>
	<li>a read and listen task for each story (free for Standard plan&nbsp;users)</li>
	<li>a comprehension task for each&nbsp;story</li>
	<li>discussion questions that cover the&nbsp;theme</li>
</ul>

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<h5>Note:</h5>

<p>You do not need to assign all of the stories and tasks in a lesson. Only the final Discussion set in each digital lesson requires knowledge of all three stories. The suggested teaching order follows the same order as the digital&nbsp;tasks.</p>
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<p><img alt="Screenshot of a digital task from Simple Past – Friendship" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/824/content_Screen_Shot_2020-07-30_at_3.37.18_PM.png" /></p>

<p><img alt="Screenshot of a digital task from Simple Present – Indigenous People" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/825/content_Screen_Shot_2020-07-30_at_3.38.26_PM.png" /></p>

<h2>Grammar Review Videos</h2>

<p>For your convenience, we&rsquo;ve added some grammar videos to this section to help you review or introduce the grammar target. We&rsquo;ll be adding more videos as we add more stories on new&nbsp;targets.</p>

<p><img alt="Screenshot of a grammar video task" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/826/content_Screen_Shot_2020-07-30_at_3.36.25_PM.png" /></p>

<h2>Teaching Tips</h2>

<p>We recognize that every teaching scenario is different, especially during a pandemic! Here are some tips for using True Grammar Stories in different teaching&nbsp;scenarios.</p>

<h3>Blended Learning Classes (requires Plus subscription)</h3>

<ol>
	<li>Choose a target or theme that you want to cover with your class (e.g., Simple Past). Introduce the target by broadcasting or assigning&nbsp;a <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/129/lessons">grammar review video</a> to your students. You can also use a lesson from our <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/88/lessons">Grammar Practice Worksheets</a> or <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/116/lessons">Fun Grammar Lessons</a> to introduce and practice the target. If you prefer to introduce the target by having your students read it in context, you can also teach or review the target later with a related grammar video or&nbsp;lesson.</li>
	<li>Choose the <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/129/lessons">True Grammar Stories</a> lesson you want to try. You can begin your live (online or traditional) class with the <strong>Warm-Up</strong> questions from the digital&nbsp;task.</li>
	<li>Next, have your students preview the vocabulary from the reading. You can do the&nbsp;digital <strong>Vocabulary Preview</strong> task together as a live class or you can assign it for&nbsp;homework.</li>
	<li>Some lessons also have a <strong>Grammar Preview</strong> task. Your students can demonstrate their knowledge of the target at this&nbsp;point.</li>
	<li>Many students will enjoy having a paper version of the actual stories. You can print the story and comprehension set and hand it out (or email it if you&rsquo;re teaching online and your students want to print it out). You can also download or stream the audio. After you read the story out loud (or play the recording), have your students take turns reading it. Challenge them to spot the target in the reading. You may want to assign <strong>Story A</strong>, <strong>B</strong>, and <strong>C</strong> for homework so that your students have a digital reference&nbsp;too.</li>
	<li>You can assign the <strong>Comprehension</strong> questions for homework. Some students will prefer to do these questions on paper. You can also put students in groups for this task or do it orally if your students need more spoken practice than written practice. You can type digital feedback and ratings or ask students to submit their paper versions for marking. Take note of common errors your students are making so that you can go over them in your live class. You can also take these questions up in a live class together to give your students more practice using the&nbsp;target.</li>
	<li>The digital <strong>Grammar Practice</strong> tasks can also be assigned for homework or individual class work. You may want to use these follow-up tasks for assessment&nbsp;purposes.</li>
	<li>After reading all three stories and doing all of the tasks, have a class discussion using the digital <strong>Discussion</strong> task. Alternatively, use this task for additional written practice. This task can be used for assessment as&nbsp;well.</li>
</ol>

<h3>One-to-One Classes</h3>

<p>If you&rsquo;re teaching one-to-one, you can teach in a similar way as you would for a blended-learning class. The one-on-one attention will help your student master the target and learn a lot of new&nbsp;words.</p>

<ol>
	<li>When you see your student face-to-face, give your student a chance to read the stories out loud. Focus on any pronunciation problems your student&nbsp;has.</li>
	<li>If your student shows an interest in one of the themes, look for other readings and lessons that you can work on together using the same&nbsp;topic.</li>
	<li>You may want to assign the <strong>Vocabulary Preview</strong> and <strong>Grammar Preview/Practice</strong> tasks for homework. Encourage your student to keep a <a href="https://ellii.com/resource_categories/104/resources/2173">word bank</a> of new&nbsp;words.</li>
	<li>The <strong>Comprehension</strong> sets can be worked on orally and/or in written form together using the digital or printable versions. Help your student find his/her written errors, but focus mainly on the grammar target from the&nbsp;story.</li>
	<li>Challenge your student to make and share personal connections with the&nbsp;stories.</li>
	<li>Search for related ESL Library lessons on the same grammar target if your student needs more practice. Consult our <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/88/lessons/2565">Teaching Order</a> reference to find out which targets to focus on&nbsp;next.</li>
</ol>

<h3>Traditional Paper-Based Classes</h3>

<p>The meat of our True Grammar Stories lessons is available in the print-only&nbsp;versions.</p>

<ol>
	<li>Read the stories together one by one and make sure your students understand the key (<strong>bold</strong>) vocabulary from each story. Students can also take turns reading the stories out loud in small groups or as a&nbsp;class.</li>
	<li>While reading, have your students circle the grammar target every time they see it in&nbsp;context.</li>
	<li>For grammar review, your students can use the target orally and in written form by answering the comprehension&nbsp;questions.</li>
	<li>If you want to practice listening comprehension, play the audio (download or stream in class) and give your students the question sets only. You can also wait a few days after doing the reading and then play the audio and hand out the&nbsp;questions.</li>
	<li>If you want to extend the learning without the digital tasks, you can create your own vocabulary review, warm-up, and review tasks to do with your class (preview our digital tasks for inspiration). You can also challenge your students to write their own stories using the same theme and&nbsp;target.</li>
</ol>


True Grammar Stories: Designed for Blended Learning

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Learn tips on how to teach grammar and usage from our editors and grammar experts. 

Grammar & Usage

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

EdTech

<p><strong>Update 09/2023: Please note that our company name and platform has changed a lot since 2020. You will find all our video content in Ellii&#39;s <a href="https://ellii.com/media/videos">Media Gallery</a>.</strong><br />
&nbsp;</p>

<p>ESL Library now has video content! Videos provide English language learners with many benefits, and they are a great way to increase student engagement and comprehension.</p>

<p>You can watch our Simple Present video here on the blog. Read on to learn more about the videos we currently offer and the ways they can enhance your&nbsp;class!</p>

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<h1>Grammar Videos</h1>

<p>Our Simple Present video is available to watch above, but you will also find it in the Video Intro task for the&nbsp;<a href="https://ellii.com/courses/88/lessons/2403">Simple Present</a> lesson in our&nbsp;<a href="https://ellii.com/courses/88/lessons">Grammar Practice Worksheets</a> section.</p>

<p>Take a look at the&nbsp;<a href="https://ellii.com/folders/published/69792">ESL Library Videos Folder</a> for a complete list of the grammar videos we currently have available. We&#39;re adding more every&nbsp;month!</p>

<p><a href="https://ellii.com/pricing">Plus</a> members&nbsp;can play our videos in a live class or an online class using a shared screen. Our videos are also&nbsp;assignable as homework tasks.</p>

<p>To play a video in a live or online class, click on the Task Player on the grammar lesson landing page. Within the Task Player,&nbsp;start the Video Intro task. For more info, see <a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/200-how-to-broadcast-tasks">How to Broadcast Tasks</a>.</p>

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<p>To assign a video as homework or to send it to students&rsquo; own devices in class, click on the Assignment Manager&nbsp;on the grammar lesson landing page and choose who to assign it to. For more info, see <a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/122-how-to-assign-digital-homework">How to Assign Digital Homework</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://ellii.com/blog/how-to-assign-grammar-tasks-online">How to Assign Grammar Tasks&nbsp;Online</a>.</p>

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<h1>Benefits of Grammar Videos</h1>

<p>Our grammar videos:</p>

<ul>
	<li>make learning grammar fun (which is often a&nbsp;challenge!)</li>
	<li>offer a condensed version of our comprehensive grammar&nbsp;notes</li>
	<li>can be used for multiple levels and&nbsp;ages</li>
	<li>appeal to all types of learners (especially visual and auditory&nbsp;learners)</li>
	<li>provide the opportunity for students to strengthen multiple skill sets (grammar, listening, reading, and pronunciation in some cases)</li>
	<li>offer a more engaging way to present the grammar notes/explanation of a&nbsp;target</li>
	<li>show grammatical forms, functions, and patterns visually to aid&nbsp;comprehension</li>
	<li>show animated images of examples to really drive a target&nbsp;home</li>
	<li>help learners comprehend and retain info better than a text-only presentation</li>
</ul>

<h1>More Video Content</h1>

<p>Videos can do a lot more than clarify&nbsp;a grammar target! Videos can bring a dialogue to life or shed light on difficult concepts and vocabulary. They also make tasks more engaging and can facilitate conversation. Our video development team is busy creating videos for&nbsp;the following sections:</p>

<ul>
	<li><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/76/lessons">Everyday Dialogues</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/72/lessons">Discussion Starters</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/131/lessons">Phonics Stories</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/93/lessons">Holidays &amp; Events</a></li>
</ul>

<p>For a complete list of the videos we currenly have on our site, see the&nbsp;<a href="https://ellii.com/folders/published/69792">ESL Library Videos Folder</a>.</p>

<h1>Feedback &amp; Requests</h1>

<p>We have so many ideas for future videos, but we&rsquo;d also love to hear yours! Teacher feedback and requests have always guided what we do at ESL&nbsp;Library, and our videos will be no&nbsp;exception.</p>

<p>What would you like to see in terms of video content on our site? Drop us a line or leave a comment below. We&rsquo;d love to hear from&nbsp;you!</p>

<p><em>PS. Did you know that we have many teacher-training videos already available? Check out our <a href="https://help.ellii.com/collection/1-how-to-videos">Help Docs video section</a> for demos and guidance on the content and features of our&nbsp;site.</em></p>


Introducing Videos on ESL Library

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<p>In the wake of protests sparked by George Floyd&rsquo;s killing, monuments to Confederate leaders are being toppled and removed across the southern United States. In my hometown of Richmond, Virginia, the massive General Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue has become the center of ongoing demonstrations. The site is now adorned with tributes to people of color who have lost their lives at the hands of police. At the base of the statue, someone has posted a sign with the following anonymous&nbsp;poem:</p>

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<p style="text-align: center;">Dream like Martin</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Lead like Harriet</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Fight like Malcom</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Think like Garvey</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Write like Maya</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Build like Madam C. J.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Speak like Frederick</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Educate like W. E. B.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Believe like Thurgood</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Challenge like Rosa</p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Inspire like Obama</p>
</div>

<p>Perhaps you too have seen this poem on T-shirts, bumper stickers, journal covers, or social media&nbsp;posts.</p>

<p>Though the names of the Black activists mentioned in the poem are familiar to many Americans, they may not be as well known to English language learners. In this time of heightened awareness of <a href="https://ellii.com/collections/70/lessons">social justice</a> issues, students may value learning more about historical Black leaders who have made a difference in the fight for equality. This poem provides an ideal approach to this&nbsp;subject.</p>

<p>After sharing the poem with your students, in groups or individually, have them choose an activist to learn more about by going online and conducting a search. You can guide their research with the following&nbsp;questions:</p>

<ol>
	<li>When did this person live?</li>
	<li>What is he/she famous for?</li>
	<li>What do you think is his/her greatest accomplishment?</li>
	<li>What do you think is the most interesting fact about this person?</li>
	<li>What character traits did/does this person have?</li>
	<li>Find one quote by this person and share it with the class.</li>
</ol>

<p>If you would like to ease into the project as a class, ESL&nbsp;Library features lessons on several of the figures noted in the poem. In our <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/80/lessons">Famous People</a> section, you will find lessons on Martin Luther King Jr. (<a href="https://ellii.com/courses/80/lessons/2566">Low‑Intermediate</a> and <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/80/lessons/1324">Intermediate</a>), <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/80/lessons/3185">Harriet Tubman</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://ellii.com/courses/80/lessons/1375">Maya Angelou</a>. In <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/83/lessons">Easy Readers</a>, we have a lesson&nbsp;about&nbsp;<a href="https://ellii.com/courses/83/lessons/1490">Rosa Parks</a>, and in our <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/84/lessons">American Presidents</a> category, we have three lessons about Barack Obama (<a href="https://ellii.com/courses/84/lessons/1969">Beginner</a>, <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/84/lessons/1967">Low&nbsp;Intermediate</a>, and <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/84/lessons/1504">High&nbsp;Intermediate &ndash;&nbsp;Advanced</a>).</p>

<p>After students have had time to complete their research, give them the opportunity to present their findings. They can give a short <a href="https://ellii.com/resource_categories/124/resources/3029">oral presentation</a> or write up their research in essay&nbsp;form.</p>


Black Lives Matter Mini-Research Project

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<h1>Google Classroom Integration</h1>

<p>Are you using Google Classroom to communicate with your students? We&rsquo;ve launched the first phase of our Google Classroom integration. You can now post ESL&nbsp;Library assignments directly to Google Classroom so that your students can access all of your assignments in one place. Here&rsquo;s a quick&nbsp;demo.</p>

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<p>Watch for further integrations coming soon, including the ability to import your Google Classroom classes and students directly to the ESL&nbsp;Library platform.</p>


How to Post ESL Library Assignments on Google Classroom

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<h1>Improved Teacher-Student Communication</h1>

<p>Did you know that you can now leave comments for your students at the end of all single&#8209;answer, scorable <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/digital-task-type-demos">task types</a> (e.g., Matching, Multiple-Choice, True or&nbsp;False)?</p>

<p>The general comments area is visible after viewing your students&rsquo; results. You can also edit your comment if your student makes an additional attempt. If you have a comment relating to a specific attempt, it is a good idea to reference this in your comment. For example: <em>Your second attempt was much better. Great&nbsp;work!</em></p>

<p>Your students will see a speech bubble notification on a task if you have left a new comment or edited a comment for a new&nbsp;attempt.</p>

<h1>Demo of Comments Feature</h1>

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<div class="whiteBox"><h5>Note:</h5><p>For <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/open-ended-questions">Open-Ended Question</a>&nbsp;tasks, you can leave ratings and&nbsp;feedback.</p></div>


How to Leave Comments on Student Homework

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<h1>11 Digital&nbsp;Task Types</h1>

<p>To digitize our 1,000+ <a href="https://ellii.com/lessons">lessons and resources</a>, the publishing team is currently using 11 different task types. The task types and corresponding results are designed specifically for English learners and teachers and built by ESL&nbsp;Library&rsquo;s talented designers and engineers. All digital tasks and features are mobile friendly for you and your&nbsp;students.</p>

<p>The task type name is now available for teachers to see underneath the title of each digital task when a lesson or resource is open on a digital&nbsp;tab.</p>

<p><img alt="Screenshot showing a list of tasks and their task types" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/291/content_Screen_Shot_2020-05-13_at_9.08.24_AM.png" /></p>

<h1>Demos of Digital Task&nbsp;Types</h1>

<p>Here are video demos for teachers that show how each of our existing task types looks for you and your&nbsp;students:</p>

<ol>
	<li><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/229-read-listen">Reference</a>: a multipurpose, non-scoreable instructional task type (Read &amp; Listen, Grammar Notes, Warm-Up/Discussion Questions,&nbsp;etc.)</li>
	<li><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/230-dialogue">Dialogue</a>: a non-scorable task type for reading and listening to&nbsp;dialogues</li>
	<li><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/238-image-match">Image Match</a>: a vocabulary preview or review task with&nbsp;visuals</li>
	<li><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/239-matching">Matching</a>: a text-only vocabulary preview or review&nbsp;task</li>
	<li><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/235-see-spell">See &amp; Spell</a>: a low-level, vocabulary-building task that is not case sensitive and often includes&nbsp;audio</li>
	<li><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/237-open-ended-questions">Open-Ended Questions</a>: a written response task or assessment with optional feedback and ratings (suggested answers available where&nbsp;applicable)</li>
	<li><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/231-listen-type">Type in the Blanks</a>: a case-sensitive task used for listening practice (Listen &amp; Type), sentence completion, grammar/vocabulary practice, and&nbsp;assessment</li>
	<li><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/240-true-or-false">True or False</a>: a reading comprehension&nbsp;task</li>
	<li><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/232-multiple-choice">Multiple-Choice</a>: a reading or vocabulary comprehension task, also used in grammar lessons, may include images or audio (Listen &amp;&nbsp;Respond)</li>
	<li><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/234-story-scramble">Put in Order</a>: a follow-up&nbsp;reading comprehension task for dialogues (Story&nbsp;Scramble)</li>
	<li><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/233-timeline">Sequencing</a>: a reading comprehension task for historic events and biographies&nbsp;(Timeline)</li>
	<li><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/236-picture-dictionary">Picture Dictionary</a>: a vocabulary slideshow with audio</li>
</ol>

<h2>Additional Notes</h2>

<ul>
	<li>Teachers can now leave comments after viewing results for all scorable task&nbsp;types.</li>
	<li>Time spent on each task is available on the results&nbsp;table.</li>
	<li>A digital&nbsp;<a href="https://ellii.com/blog/flashcard-player">Flashcard Player</a> is also available as a presentation&nbsp;tool.</li>
	<li>All ESL&nbsp;Library subscribers receive 100 free student accounts and can broadcast all digital task types on a shared&nbsp;screen.</li>
	<li>Standard subscribers can assign limited task types for homework (Read &amp; Listen or&nbsp;Dialogue).</li>
	<li>Plus subscribers can assign all digital task types, view class and students results, and leave feedback. See our <a href="https://ellii.com/pricing">Pricing</a> page for plan&nbsp;details.</li>
</ul>


Digital Task Type Demos

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<h1>Automated Assessment</h1>

<p>One thing students need to get used to when it comes to&nbsp;digital learning&nbsp;is that a computer often marks their work. This can be a blessing for busy teachers, especially when students are able to make&nbsp;multiple attempts for each task. However, you probably make a lot more exceptions for your students than a programmer does!</p>

<p>While <em>you</em> might consider an answer to be acceptable, the system will mark it as either <strong>correct</strong> or <strong>incorrect </strong>unless it&#39;s an <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/open-ended-questions">open-ended question</a> type.</p>

<p>Some digital platforms allow teachers to go in and change a result&nbsp;depending on their expectations. Other platforms, including ESL Library,&nbsp;do not yet have this feature, and you and your students are stuck with the score that the system assigns unless you contact someone.</p>

<h1>ESL Library&#39;s Digital Tasks</h1>

<p>With each ESL Library task type, the publishing team (made up of teachers and former teachers) has had to make some decisions about what type of responses will be accepted or not. In our <strong>Type in the Blanks</strong> tasks, we decided that proper capitalization should be required. This means that in&nbsp;a task titled&nbsp;<a href="https://ellii.com/blog/blended-learning-listening">Listen &amp; Type</a>, students have to type a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence. Students also have to type proper nouns with initial capital letters.</p>

<p>For example, if your student types <strong>CAT</strong> instead of <strong>cat,</strong>&nbsp;the system will mark the answer&nbsp;wrong. Likewise, if your student types <strong>english</strong> instead of <strong>English </strong>or <strong>it&#39;s</strong> instead of <strong>its</strong>,&nbsp;the answer will be marked as incorrect. This can become a big problem if your students are used to using a backquote&nbsp;(`) instead of a proper&nbsp;apostrophe (&#39;) or, more commonly, have a bad habit of typing&nbsp;with the caps lock on.&nbsp;</p>

<p>What we hoped would happen is that students would quickly learn that typing with the caps lock on is a mistake, as is leaving out an apostrophe (or using the wrong one). After all, ALL CAPS&nbsp;is not an acceptable style of writing in academic or business writing (except in rare situations, such as&nbsp;on envelopes). In fact, in English, using ALL CAPS&nbsp;can be seen as rude. <a href="https://ellii.com/resource_categories/107/resources/3292">Digital literacy</a> is an important skill to learn and can be taught along with language learning.</p>

<h1>Teacher Feedback</h1>

<p>Since making this decision, a number of teachers have written in to let us know their thoughts. Some&nbsp;think their students&#39; answers should be marked as correct&nbsp;regardless of case, especially in grammar exercises that are not full sentences. Others have let us know where instructions need to be more clear about how an answer should be styled to ensure students have a good model to follow&nbsp;(very helpful, thank you!).&nbsp;</p>

<p>For our <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/see-and-spell">See &amp; Spell</a><strong> </strong>task type, which is mainly&nbsp;used in beginner-level lessons, we do allow for mixed-case responses&nbsp;due to feedback from literacy and low-level teachers. However, some teachers may prefer that all typing tasks have the same requirements so that students know what not to do for other tasks.</p>

<h1>Survey Question</h1>

<p>We&#39;d love to know what you think about this question:</p>

<p><em>On an educational&nbsp;platform or app such as ESL Library, should the system accept all&nbsp;correctly spelled answers regardless of case?&nbsp;</em></p>

<p>Please respond in the comments!</p>


Join the Great CAPS LOCK Debate

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<p>Update: Already familiar with our Flashcard Player? See v.2 updates in the second demo below.</p>

<h1>Broadcast Digital Flashcards&nbsp;</h1>

<p>We&rsquo;re thrilled to announce the arrival of our new Flashcard Player. This digital tool allows teachers to present their own custom-made flashcard sets on a shared screen in a live class. Whether you&rsquo;re teaching online or heading back to the classroom, we know you&rsquo;re going to love ESL&nbsp;Library&rsquo;s new addition (<a href="https://ellii.com/pricing">available for Standard and Plus plan members</a>).</p>

<div class="videoWrapper"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YTs7AUzDZPU" width="560"></iframe></div>

<h1>Flashcard Player Features (v.2)</h1>

<p>The updated version (v.2) of our Flashcard Player allows teachers&nbsp;to:</p>

<ul>
	<li>launch a saved/edited flashcard set from My Folders (go to: Class Prep &rarr; My Folders &rarr; Flashcard&nbsp;Folders)</li>
	<li>show each image from the set to elicit vocabulary (image&nbsp;only)</li>
	<li>click on an image to reveal the text (image +&nbsp;text)</li>
	<li>click on the text to hide the image (text&nbsp;only)</li>
	<li>advance to the next image or go&nbsp;back</li>
	<li>launch from Manage flashcards page after saving a&nbsp;set</li>
	<li>view a sidebar menu</li>
	<li>skip to a flashcard from sidebar&nbsp;menu</li>
	<li>rename a flashcard from sidebar&nbsp;menu</li>
	<li>remove a flashcard from sidebar menu (for the presentation&nbsp;only)</li>
	<li>choose the default presentation&nbsp;style</li>
	<li>choose the presentation font style (Standard or&nbsp;Literacy)</li>
</ul>

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<h1>Coming Soon</h1>

<p>Our designers and engineers are currently working on a few more advanced features for our Flashcard Player. In upcoming versions, you will be able&nbsp;to:</p>

<ul>
	<li>search for and add flashcards from a presentation&nbsp;menu</li>
	<li>play audio for each&nbsp;word (see our new<a href="https://ellii.com/blog/picture-dictionary"> Picture Dictionary</a> task)</li>
</ul>

<p>Stay tuned!</p>


Introducing ESL Library's Flashcard Player 

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<h1>About Open-Ended Questions</h1>

<p>There are several <a href="https://help.ellii.com/category/119-digital-tools">task types</a> available on our digital platform. Many are multiple‑choice, matching, or fill-in-the-blank types that have a single answer. Students can view their own results in real time for these types. Other types, such as those titled Read &amp; Listen and Dialogue, do not have results for students because there is nothing to show. However, they do track how long a student spent reading or&nbsp;listening.</p>

<p>Our open-ended question (OEQ) tasks are unique in that they allow students to type short or long responses to questions and prompts. Teachers can view these responses and leave a rating and/or written feedback. Students view the feedback on their own dashboards. (Scroll down for video&nbsp;demo.)</p>

<p>Here are just a few of the question types you&rsquo;ll see in digital lessons that use the OEQ task&nbsp;type:</p>

<ol>
	<li>Comprehension</li>
	<li>Grammar Practice</li>
	<li>Writing Practice</li>
	<li>Summarizing</li>
	<li>Question Time</li>
	<li>Research</li>
	<li>Quiz</li>
	<li>Assessment</li>
</ol>

<p>With your <a href="https://ellii.com/pricing">Plus</a> subscription (and in the free upgrade for all until June&nbsp;2020), you can assign digital OEQ tasks to your students for homework. Your students can do these task types on any mobile device or&nbsp;computer.</p>

<h1>Open-Ended Questions: Demo</h1>

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<h1>Step-by-Step with Screenshots</h1>

<p>If you don&rsquo;t have time to watch the demo, here are some screenshots of the teacher and student views for each&nbsp;feature.</p>

<h2>Completing an OEQ Task (Student&nbsp;View)</h2>

<p>Students start by reading the instructions. Unlike some of our other task types, the&nbsp;instructions will vary based on the&nbsp;activity.</p>

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<p>Where applicable, there may also be a View Reference button. Students can type an answer or leave the question blank and advance to the next&nbsp;question.</p>

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<h2>Reviewing/Editing OEQ Answers (Student&nbsp;View)</h2>

<p>After students complete all of the questions, they get a chance to review and edit their answers. When they are happy with their answers, students hit Submit Answers&mdash;they can no longer edit their answers. Students now wait for feedback from a&nbsp;teacher. They can also retry the task. This will appear as a second attempt.</p>

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<p>This is the notification your students see&nbsp;to tell them that they can no longer edit an OEQ task. The student will see n/a instead of a score. If they click on this, they will see their own answers and ESL&nbsp;Library&amp;rsquos Suggested Answers (if&nbsp;applicable).</p>

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<hr />
<h2>Viewing OEQ Results and Leaving Feedback/Ratings (Teacher&nbsp;View)</h2>

<p>As a teacher, you can see your students&rsquo; results immediately after they complete an OEQ task set. Make sure you are logged in. Then go to Class Prep and navigate to&nbsp;<a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/129-how-to-access-digital-homework-teachers">Results</a>.</p>

<p>For this task type, you can also leave feedback and ratings. You will see the word &ldquo;Assess&rdquo; if a task has an option to leave feedback and ratings&nbsp;(currently only available on OEQ&nbsp;tasks).</p>

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<p>You can choose Rate Answer (see below for the four proficiency statements) for each question. This is optional. You can also leave optional written feedback for each question. In addition, you will see Suggested Answers if answers are available in the text. (Think of this as the digital Answer&nbsp;Key.)</p>

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<hr />
<h2>Viewing OEQ Feedback &amp; Suggested Answers (Student&nbsp;View)</h2>

<p>After you leave ratings/feedback, your students will see a notification (pen) on their dashboards. Since there is no numerical score, they will see &ldquo;n/a&rdquo; in the Score field along with a pen that shows there is feedback to&nbsp;review.</p>

<p>(Note the video demo does not show the notification of feedback on the Student Dashboard. In the video, the student had previously viewed the assessment so the pen was gone and the assignment had moved to&nbsp;Past.)</p>

<p><img alt="" class="hasBorder" src="https://esllibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/272/content_Screen_Shot_2020-04-09_at_12.13.02_PM.png" /></p>

<p>This is the feedback/rating your student sees after you&rsquo;ve left&nbsp;feedback.</p>

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<p>Our LMS team is also working on other areas where teachers can add more comments for students on the platform. We&rsquo;d love to hear your feedback and thoughts in the comments&nbsp;below!</p>

<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>
	<li class="question"><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/181-video-read-listen-task-demo">Read &amp; Listen: Demo</a></li>
	<li class="question"><a href="https://help.ellii.com/article/184-video-dialogue-task-demo">Dialogue: Demo</a></li>
</ul>


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<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. We&#39;re here for you!</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>How to Assign Grammar Tasks Online (this post)</li>
	<li><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/how-to-assess-grammar-online">How to Assess Grammar Online</a></li>
</ul>

<h1>How to Assign Grammar Tasks 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.</p>

<p>Once you&#39;ve chosen a target and clicked on the Digital tab, you will see all the digital tasks that are available to our subscribers. 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>

<h2>1. Order of Tasks</h2>

<p>The digital tasks in every <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/88/lessons">Grammar Practice Worksheets</a>&nbsp;lesson follow a logical, progressive order (with the easiest tasks at the beginning and the more difficult ones at the end). All these&nbsp;lessons begin with the grammar notes&nbsp;and most end with a quiz (see <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/how-to-assess-grammar-online">How to Assess Grammar Online</a>).</p>

<p>For example, our <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/88/lessons/1594">Simple Past</a> lesson includes&nbsp;the grammar notes followed by two easy multiple-choice exercises to practice positive and negative sentences in the simple past. After that, there are two tasks to practice regular verbs. Next comes an irregular verb list and two practice exercises. The remaining four tasks include a mix of regular and irregular verbs and cover time markers, question formation, and opposites. The lesson concludes with a quiz&mdash;a quick assessment task so you can check your students&#39; comprehension of everything they learned in this lesson.</p>

<p>Keep in mind that the task order is only a general guideline. Feel free to vary the order of the tasks you assign according to&nbsp;the needs of your students.</p>

<h2>2. Launching Tasks</h2>

<p>You can <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/launch-or-preview-digital-tasks">preview each task</a> before you assign it by clicking the task title. This is also how you would <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/launch-or-preview-digital-tasks">launch the task</a>&nbsp;if you were screensharing it. Under Task Info, you will find the answer key and the task at a glance all on one page.</p>

<p>How many tasks should you do at one time? This depends on the time of your session and the needs of your learners.&nbsp;</p>

<p>If you only have an hour, try going through two or three tasks plus correction and discussion. If you are teaching the same learners all week, you could break up the lesson and do two or three tasks a day from the lesson along with other related material (see the Related section of any lesson page). If your students appear to know the grammar target quite well, you could do a couple of tasks and then move on to another target. However, if you have a long class, you could definitely cover the whole lesson (all the tasks for one target) since they are progressive in difficulty and not repetitive in nature.</p>

<p>You could always assign one or two tasks (or all of them!) for homework. See the next section for more information on assigning tasks for homework.</p>

<h2>3. Assigning Tasks</h2>

<p>To assign a task for homework, use&nbsp;the Assignment Manager button from a lesson page (see our <a href="https://help.ellii.com/category/110-digital-tools">Help Docs</a> and <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>

<p>The beauty of assigning homework tasks is that you could always choose to assign more to students who are struggling and fewer to students who aren&#39;t. You can also assign a random, one-off task on a certain target from any lesson to a student who had a question about it or wanted extra practice.</p>

<h1>Teaching Order</h1>

<p>When should you teach articles? How about prepositions of place? Should you teach imperative verbs before the present progressive? Many teachers wonder which order of grammar targets is best. We have a <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/88/lessons/2565">Teaching Order</a> chart for our <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/88/lessons">Grammar Practice Worksheets</a> section that you can apply to all our grammar materials.</p>

<p>Please keep in mind that this is a general guideline and is absolutely not set in stone! The order can vary according to your students&#39; needs. It may also vary if you&#39;re following a certain curriculum.</p>

<p><a href="https://ellii.com/courses/88/lessons/2565">This resource</a> is mainly for teachers, and as such&nbsp;it is not available as an assignable digital resource, but feel free to share this order with your students using a screensharing platform. You could also download the PDF and email it to your students if you want them to see it.</p>

<p>If you&#39;re an online tutor, you can customize your teaching order much more easily. Try giving&nbsp;your student(s) a list of grammar targets and ask which ones they struggle with the most. Assign writing and/or speaking tasks to discover which targets your student&nbsp;struggles with. You could also use the four assessment/placement tests mentioned above. Any of these methods will also work with a big class, but it might be a bit more difficult to establish a teaching order if your students&#39; needs vary widely.</p>

<p>We hope you found this second post in our three-part series about teaching grammar online useful!</p>

<ul>
	<li>Here is the next post in the series: <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/how-to-assess-grammar-online">How to Assess Grammar Online</a></li>
	<li>If you missed our first post in the series, find it here: <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/teaching-grammar-online-with-esl-library">How to Teach Grammar Online</a></li>
</ul>

<h1>&nbsp;</h1>


How to Assign Grammar Tasks Online

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<h1>Teaching Grammar Online with ESL Library</h1>

<p>With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic came many, many changes for people all over the world.&nbsp;We&#39;ve all had to adapt to numerous disruptions to our lives&mdash;socially, physically, emotionally, and financially, to name a few.</p>

<p>For teachers, the abrupt switch (in many cases)&nbsp;to online teaching has been especially challenging. At ESL Library, we&#39;ve been helping our overwhelmed ESL/ELT community as best we can with <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/teaching-with-digital-resources-during-the-covid-19-pandemic">free upgrades</a>, <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/teaching-online-webinars">webinars</a>, <a href="https://ellii.com/blog/faq-teachers">FAQs</a>, and <a href="https://ellii.com/collections/69/lessons">new materials</a>.</p>

<p>Teaching grammar can be a challenge at the best of times, and having to suddenly manage it digitally was certainly&nbsp;a frightening prospect for some of us.&nbsp;We hope the following blog post on how to teach grammar online will be helpful!&nbsp;Please feel free to leave comments and questions below. We&#39;re here for you&mdash;you&#39;re not alone.</p>

<p>This three-part grammar series will cover:</p>

<ul>
	<li>How to Teach Grammar Online (this post)</li>
	<li><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/how-to-assign-grammar-tasks-online">How to Assign Grammar Tasks Online</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/how-to-assess-grammar-online">How to Assess Grammar Online</a></li>
</ul>

<h1>Grammar Notes</h1>

<p>All of our 60 digital&nbsp;<a href="https://ellii.com/courses/88/lessons">Grammar Practice Worksheets</a> lessons have <strong>Grammar Notes</strong> as the first assignable online task. These notes contain helpful explanations, examples, rules, and exceptions for each grammar target. Read on for four different ways to present these notes to your students!</p>

<p>To present these grammar notes using our online platform,&nbsp;click on the Digital tab for any grammar lesson. You can now&nbsp;click on Assign Tasks to share the grammar notes on your students&#39; own devices, or you can click on the first title to launch the task (if using a screensharing&nbsp;program). See our <a href="https://help.ellii.com/category/110-digital-tools">Help Docs</a> and <a href="https://help.ellii.com/category/119-digital-tools">How-To Videos</a> for step-by-step guidance&nbsp;or attend one of our free&nbsp;<a href="http://ellii.com/blog/teaching-online-webinars">webinars</a>.</p>

<p>Note that some grammar lessons contain more comprehensive grammar notes in the PDF (printable) version, including charts, more examples, and extra exceptions to a rule. Remember that you have the option of&nbsp;using&nbsp;a screensharing platform to display the PDF during your live class. You could also download the PDF and email it to your students.</p>

<h1>How to Teach Grammar Online</h1>

<p>There are different&nbsp;ways to introduce a grammar target to your learners. Choose one of the following methods based on your personal preference. You could also try each method and see which is best for your learners, or you could try different methods for different targets for variety.</p>

<h2>1. Read through the grammar notes together</h2>

<p>If you like explicit grammar instruction, this method is for you.</p>

<p>Before you begin the grammar practice tasks, walk your students through the grammar presentation notes while screensharing the notes or while they follow along on their own devices. There are plenty of ways to make this more interactive!</p>

<ul>
	<li>Have students take turns reading the examples out loud so you can also work on their pronunciation (and so they&#39;re not only listening to your voice&nbsp;the whole time).</li>
	<li>Elicit as you go. For example, before reading about the form or function&nbsp;of a target, ask &quot;Does anyone know the two ways we can contract &#39;He is not&#39;?&quot; or &quot;Does anyone know when&nbsp;we use the present perfect tense?&quot;</li>
	<li>Have students come up with their own example sentences. After reading the examples from the grammar notes, have students think of more and share them.</li>
	<li>Follow up with a discussion. Do your students now understand the form and function of a target? Are they clear on&nbsp;the exceptions to the general rules? Do they need more examples from you? Do they have any further questions about the target?</li>
</ul>

<h2>2. Assign the grammar notes for homework</h2>

<p>If you like explicit instruction but want your learners to take charge of their own learning, give this method a try.</p>

<p>The day&nbsp;before you start a new grammar lesson, assign the grammar notes task as homework. Have students read through them and write down any questions they have to ask you the next day.</p>

<ul>
	<li>To make it more interactive, you could tell students to be prepared to answer your questions about the notes the next day.</li>
	<li>You could also ask them comprehension-check questions about the basics of form and function of the target.</li>
	<li>You may want to ask about the exceptions as well since those are trickier to learn and remember.</li>
</ul>

<h2>3. Assign grammar practice tasks before reviewing the grammar notes</h2>

<p>If you prefer&nbsp;implicit grammar acquisition, give this method a try.</p>

<p>This method involves skipping&nbsp;the grammar notes at first.</p>

<ul>
	<li>Assign one or more of the grammar tasks&nbsp;and see if your students can tell&nbsp;<em>you</em>&nbsp;the grammar rules the next day. By doing a bit of practice, can they figure out the rules and patterns of the target you&#39;re studying?</li>
	<li>Next, go through the grammar notes together or assign them for homework. If you&#39;re doing them together, you can refer to examples from the tasks they&#39;ve already done.</li>
	<li>After covering the notes, assign the rest of the tasks in the lesson.</li>
</ul>

<h2>4. Assign a non-grammar lesson that uses the grammar target in context</h2>

<p>If you like the communicative approach to teaching, try this method.</p>

<p>In the top right-hand corner of <a href="https://ellii.com">ESL&nbsp;Library&#39;s website</a>, you&#39;ll find the search icon (the magnifying glass). After clicking on it, type in the grammar target in the search field and choose a non-grammar lesson from the list (if applicable). Students will be able to see the target in context.</p>

<p>For example, <a href="https://ellii.com/courses?query=imperative">search for &quot;imperative.&quot;</a> You will be able to assign a <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/92/lessons">Functional English</a> lesson on <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/92/lessons/2119">Following Instructions</a> or <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/92/lessons/1755">Following Procedures</a>, a <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/74/lessons">Writing in English</a> lesson on <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/74/lessons/1991">How to Write a Recipe</a>, or a <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/93/lessons">Holiday &amp; Events</a> lesson on <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/93/lessons/2199">Earth Day</a>. Our <a href="https://ellii.com/courses/90/lessons">Grammar Stories</a> section also has plenty of targets in context.</p>

<ul>
	<li>Have students underline examples of the target that they see in context.</li>
	<li>From there, you can try to elicit the basic form and function of the target.</li>
	<li>Then you can try the rest of the grammar practice tasks.</li>
	<li>Afterward, you can decide to use the grammar notes to review tricky exceptions to a rule, skip the notes entirely, or assign the notes only to students who are struggling with the target.</li>
	<li>As a follow-up, you can have your intermediate to advanced students find other examples online (news articles, blog posts, etc.) that use the target and share them together the next day.</li>
</ul>

<p>We hope you found this first post in our three-part series about teaching grammar online useful!</p>

<p>Here are the next two posts in the series:</p>

<ul>
	<li><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/how-to-assign-grammar-tasks-online">How to Assign Grammar Tasks Online</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://ellii.com/blog/how-to-assess-grammar-online">How to Assess Grammar Online</a></li>
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