Weekly topical lesson plans

This is a link to a page of resources for a textbook series I like, Inside Out. Amongst other things, you can sign up for a weekly topical lesson plan for adult and young adult ESL/EFL learners.

http://www.insideout.net/resources/index.htm

Thirty Years of TEFL

Here's a link to an article by Jack Richards summarising changes in approaches to teaching English over the last 30 years. The big picture!

http://www.professorjackrichards.com/pdfs/30-years-of-TEFL.pdf

English Next - the future of English as a world language

English Next by David Graddol is a great little book that examines the future of the English language. It's very readable and absolutely fascinating.

Here's a link to a downloadable PDF version of the book.

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-research-english-next.pdf

Here's the blurb from the website:

"English Next was commissioned by the British Council and written by researcher David Graddol – a British applied linguist, well known as a writer, broadcaster, researcher and consultant on issues relating to global English. The report draws attention to the extraordinary speed of change to issues affecting English identified in the 1997 publication: The Future of English? The new report argues that we are already in a very new kind of environment and a new phase in the global development of English. What are the new rules and who will be the winners and who will be the losers? In this new study David Graddol suggests some of the answers by analysing demographic and economic trends in the Twenty First-Century which affect Global English and language policies worldwide and will influence its future.

Read English Next (1.89MB - PDF) and find out why global English may mean the end of English as a foreign language.

Link to Links

Here's a great page put together by Professor Emeritus Marty Levine at California State University at Northridge. There are links to lesson plans and resources for TESOL and bilingual educators, both K-12 and adult, as well as resources for foreign language teachers.

It has a useful section on professional organizations, jobs, and educational standards and frameworks.

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslindex.html

Dave's ESL Cafe

Dave's ESL Cafe has been around for a long time. It's a great place to find resources, look for jobs, or discuss theory and practice. There are discussion boards for almost every possible TESOL related topic.

http://www.eslcafe.com/

Online Journal

The TESL-EJ (Teaching English as a Second Language Electronic Journal) has a wide variety of great articles. You can search the articles database from the main page.

http://tesl-ej.org/ej45/toc.html

Wiki Resources for TESOL instructors

Here's a link to a page of links to resources....

Some theory, some practice, some job-hunting and other professional resources

http://wikigogy.org/Main_page