Activities, Lesson Plans, Quizes for Adults/Teens and Teachers

www.teachingenglish.org.uk 

Boggle's World

Brain Boosters

Breaking English News

British Council Teaching English

ESL Lounge

Lesson Writer (Actually writes the lessons for you, based on text of your choice)

National Council for Teachers of English

Office of English Language Programs, U.S. Department of State

Online English Language Center, Shaping the Way We Teach English

OneStopEnglish

RIF Reading Is Fundamental

www.manythings.org

TOPICS Online Magazine (written for & by ESL learners)

www.phrasalverbdemon.com A complete guide to phrasal verbs

Quia (paid service if you want to make your own activities, but you can see what others have made here)

Phrasal Verb Video Dictionary

Nik's Daily English Activities

The Best on the Web for Teachers

Sites for Teachers "The Best on the Web for Teachers" and "Sites for Teachers" both have a mind-bogglingly huge number of links to teaching resources, sorted by popularity.

Longman Teen Activities

Wordmania

Etherpad  Realtime online collaborative text editing

Activities & Lesson Plans for Children  

PBS Kids 

http://freekidsmusic.com/

123child.com/act

bogglesworldesl.com

esl-lounge.com

http://school.discovery.com/brainboosters/

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html

iteslj.org

teflgames.com

www.abcteach.com

www.dltk-kids.com

www.eslcafe.com

www.eslcity.com

www.genkienglish.net

www.kiddonet.com

www.kizclub.com

Kiddidles  Lyrics and song files for children's music

www.longman.com/young_learners/teachers/

www.onestopenglish.com

www.prongo.com

www.starfall.com

www.storyplace.org

www.tampareads.com/phonics/phonicsindex.htm

www.teach-nology.com

www.tefl.net

www.the-bus-stop.net/games.html

www.tlsbooks.com/gradelevel.htm

www.usingenglish.com/teachers.php

www.wilderdom.com/games

Scholastic.com for Teachers

Schoolhouse Rock

www.sheppardsoftware.com Games and Quizzes on all possible topics, very educational

Thinkfinity

Smithsonian Education  Resources and lesson plans based on the museum's many exhibits

www.supersimplesongs.com

www.teachthechildrenwell.com This website has got an incredible variety of topics, and activities on all of them. Tailored to kids' interests. Has activites on any topic you can imagine.

http://www.teachchildrenesl.com

Kid's Websites 

Great Web Sites for Kids

http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm

PBS Kids

http://pbskids.org/

Noodle Kidoodle

http://www.noodlekidoodle.com/

Lawrence Hall of Science

http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/kids/

Welcome to Berenstain Country!

http://www.berenstainbears.com/

Time for Kids

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK

KidSpace – The Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/

Adventure Online

http://www.adventureonline.com/login.asp

Kids’ Space

http://www.kids-space.org/

Aunt Annie’s Crafts

http://www.auntannie.com/

Cyberkids

http://www.cyberkids.com/

Latin World Kids

http://www.latinworld.com/special/kids.html

KidsCom

http://www.kidscom.com/

Monroe County Public Library Websites for Kids

http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/kidswebs.html

4Kids

http://www.4kids.org/

Yahooligans!

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/’

Homework Helper

http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/

Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

America’s Story from America’s Library

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

Education 4 Kids

http://edu4kids.com/index.php?page=11

FirstGov for Kids

http://www.kids.gov/

Autonomous Learning

Language Lab

http://www.languagelab.com/en/

Live Mocha

http://www.livemocha.com

Authentic Materials

http://capl.washjeff.edu/ Culturally Authentic Pictoral Lexicon (CAPL)

RCN in English  Colombian news in English

http://www.murray.k12.ga.us/teacher/kara%20leonard/Mini%20T's/Games/Games.htm Games and ppts templates ready to use. 

Authentic Listening Materials

National Public Radio

Voice of America

Erin's Collection of Listening Resources

Karaoke Party Online

ELT Podcasts Downloadable podcasts tailored to level. Not authentic, but useful.

Phrasalverbdemon.com Listenings Great listenings in both American and British English, on interesting topics.

Using Readers & Literature

Macmillan Reader Book Club Corner

All About Adolescent Literacy

In Character (NPR)

Ideas for Using Technology

Digital Writing Wiki

Erin's Podcasting Resources

144 Synchronous e-learning Tips

Web 2.0 Articles from ISTE's L&L

A Day in the Life of Web 2.0

Teaching & Learning with Technology (Pearson)

Reading List from TESOL EVO SMiELT (Social Media in ELT)

Video Production

Online English Language Center (U Oregon)

Workshop on using Audacity (Ohio U)

Kathy Schrocks Guide for Educators

Filamentality

BrazilBridges  Techonology ideas from binational center teachers in Brazil

EFL 2.0 Blog about using technology in EFL

http://teachingwithflickr.wikispaces.com/  Teaching with Flickr images

Nik Peachey's Technology Blog

Nik's Quick Shout Blog

Willy Figueroa's Ed Tech Blog (INSA, Cali)

AVM Lab @ Colombo Bogota

Virtual Worlds and Language Learning  

CALICO Virtual Worlds SIG

Professional Development (Courses Past & Present, etc.)

TESOL EVO Sessions (2009 and past)

Michael Krauss's Exploring Web 2.0

Michael Krauss's Integrating the Internet into the Classroom

Shaping the Way We Teach

Online Journals & Research Organizations

English Teaching Forum

Internet TESL Journal

Language Learning and Technology

TESL-EJ

Other Journals

Center for Applied Linguistics

Vance Stevens' Collection of Online Journals

Center for Adult English Language Acquisition

Innovate Journal of Online Education

Language Magazine

http://www.asian-efl-journal.com   Asian EFL Journal

http://e-flt.nus.edu.sg/main.htm   Electronic Journal for Foreign Language Teaching

http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl/    online access to Reading in a Foreign Language

http://www.langandlit.ualberta.ca/   Language and Literacy, a Canadian e-journal

Latin American Journal of Content & Language Integrated Learning

Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes

The Teacher Trainer Journal   Select "golden oldie" articles from the journal

http://alsic.revues.org/    Apprentissage des langues et systèmes d'information et de communication, Alsic

http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/seccss.asp?CID=206&DID=1676    TESOL Essential Teacher Selected Articles

http://www.hltmag.co.uk/   Humanising Language Teaching

http://journals.tc-library.org/index.php/tesol   Teachers College, Columbia University Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics

Bibliographies

Kathleen Bailey's Reference Lists

SLA Reading List

Articles & Chapters by Mark Warschauer

http://www.sdkrashen.com/Principles_and_Practice/index.html  Krashen, S. 1982. Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition.

http://www.professorjackrichards.com/work.htm   articles by Jack Richards

http://www.thornburyscott.com/   Scott Thornbury's Homepage

Professional Organizations

TESOL

ASOCOPI

IATEFL

CALICO (also have a journal)

EUROCALL (also have the ReCALL journal)

ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education)

Other Random Sites

Amazing Minds Colombia (Pearson)

InfoUSA

From Other ELFs

Allyson Kellum

Brigitte Miller

George Chinnery

J. Herrin

Helen Huntley

Jeremy Slagoski

Jennifer Uhler

Ruth Goode

Kevin McCaughey

Technology Standards for Language Teachers

ICT4LT http://www.ict4lt.org/

Research & Articles

The Committee of Inquiry into the Changing Learner Experience

http://www.clex.org.uk/ourfindings.php

Using Songs 

www.redkaraoke.com/

www.karaokeparty.com/en

http://www.isabelperez.com/songs.htm

http://www.musicalenglishlessons.org/index-ex.htm

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