Another Website with Ideas for Lesson Planning

Here is another website with useful ideas for lesson planning

http://askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/Guide.shtml

The National Reading Association website

Not strictly ESOL, but lots of great stuff here.

http://www.readwritethink.org/index.asp


The lesson plan page has lots of great resources.

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp?grade=0&strand=0&engagement=0

Lesson Planning

Here are two links to a couple of pages that have ideas on lesson planning.

http://esl.about.com/library/howto/htplan.htm

http://www.onestopenglish.com/section.asp?catid=59449&docid=146578

Resources for teaching reading

This site has a wide variety of resources for teachers of reading to ESL/EFL learners

http://www.eslreading.org/

There's a companion site that deals with reading for young learners...

http://younglearners.eslreading.org/

Lots of good stuff here...

Six of the Best!

Here is a fun website for teachers with topic focused lists of six.

http://sixthings.net/

Here's a sample.

Scott Thornbury’s Six great films about teaching
Six ways to exploit the “atheist bus” in class
Six ways the American military has taught languages
Graham Stanley’s Six Web 2.0 resolutions for teachers
Six original topical teaching ideas for January 09
Six suggestions for teachers on getting through the economic crisis
Six drinks for an English teachers New Year’s Eve Party

Free online course for beginning level ESL learners

Here is a new free website produced by the Office of Vocational and Adult Education of the US Department of Education. It looks great and there is a teachers' page where you can register.

http://www.usalearns.org

A site for TESOL teachers studying for MAs or Diplomas

http://www.philseflsupport.com/index.htm