Tuesday, May 26, 2009

International House Journal

This is a link to the in-house journal of the International House affiliation of language and teacher training programs.

Some great stuff here for teachers and teacher educators alike. Practical short articles.

http://www.ihworld.com/ihjournal/backissues.asp

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Teaching Large Multi-Level classes

Two great online resources

The first is Natalie Hess' excellent book - a limited preview is available at Google Books

http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=kEyHZ_DiVVkC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0

The second, on the same subject, but somewhat older is available on ERIC in its entirety. It was originally designed for Peace Corps volunteers.

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/29/a7/06.pdf

Reading for Young Learners

Here is a great site with lots of really fun reading activities for young learners.

http://younglearners.eslreading.org/index.html

Monday, May 18, 2009

Online teacher development videos

Here is a series of videos produced by the BBC and the British Council

Useful for teachers and teacher educators alike

http://teachingenglish.org.uk/transform/teachers/training/training-videos

Friday, May 15, 2009

A really great site for practicing English sounds and phonemic script

This site is a lot of fun. It would be great for kids, but is also sufficiently engaging for adults. A great way for teachers and students alike to improve their understanding of English phonology.

http://cambridgeenglishonline.com/Phonetics_Focus/

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Mindmap Software

Here is a link to a website that lets you make mindmaps online. Useful once in a while, and free.

http://www.bubbl.us/

Good for teacher educators but also for ESOL students who can make their own lexical mindmaps or collocation webs, etc.

Monday, May 4, 2009

Teaching and Learning English Spelling

Here is a link to a blog about teaching and learning English spelling... As it says,
How it works, how to learn it, how to teach it, and how to love it!

http://thespellingblog.blogspot.com/