COOL SITES!!!
TEACHING RESOURCES
Internet proves to be an invaluable source of teaching aids for those innovative teachers who wish to offer their students enriching learning experiences. Lots and lots of websites provide educators with wonderful resources that can be easily adapted to suit students’ levels, needs, and interests.
1. BUSINESS
Are you having problems with your business students? Is it difficult to find material that corresponds to their expectations? Click on the link below. Watch the video and do the activities. Check by yourself how it can make your life easier and your students happier.
http://www.businessenglishsite.com/business_video6.html
Did you like it? Have you figured out how you can use it in your classes? If you want more, browse the «business english site» below and enjoy it.
http://www.businessenglishsite.com/index.html
On this site you will find different categories to work on your Business classes: Accounting, Banking and Finances, Sales and Marketing, Information Technology, Business English grammar and vocabulary issues; and, you can also find lots of listening activities to challenge your students.
If you want more about business, just check some of the suggestions below.
If your students need help with business abbreviations and language for business letters, you have to prepare a meeting using charts and finding the correct expressions used to present them, and lots of other activities that will ease students’ lives, just click below.
http://www.learn-english-today.com/business-english/A-business-english-contents.html
This site will help students face the real business world. They will keep up to date with everyday business issues all around the world; and, they will also learn from lots of specialists making forecasts on the world economy.
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html
2. YOUNG LEARNERS
Are you having problems with keeping your students entertained and motivated? Do you want your students to feel excited to come to class? Then click on the links below and you will have your students asking for MORE hours of English classes!
These wonderful sites will give you a great deal of free teaching materials that will make your life easier… motivating ideas, free printables, visual aids, great worksheet makers, stickers, games, rhymes, stories, ready-made lessons, listening activities and much, much more.
Fantastic inspiring resources just at a click of the mouse!!! You cannot miss them!!!
Children enjoy new things. The site below brings lots of different activities. You will find coloring pages, craft ideas, games and fun. It also gives support for you as an educator with lots of ideas on how to make your classes more attractive and motivating. It brings aids for parents as well.
If you need flashcards, worksheets, crafts, lesson plan helpers, ESL games, songs worksheets, tips on how to work during holidays, teaching tips and other features, have a look at the link below. You will find really useful ideas!
http://www.eslkidstuff.com/MembersMenu.htm
The next site has great ideas to work with kids from kindergarten to sixth grade. It brings interesting videos, ideas to work with phonics, projects, and much more in a very interactive way. Make your classes more attractive. Get the new ideas, modify, adapt, and use them to enrich your classes.
http://www.mes-english.com/games.php
3. ADOLESCENTS/ADULTS
(all levels from beginners to advanced)
Is it very time-consuming for you to prepare captivating materials for all your classes?
Forget about time pressure!!!
The sites below offer terrific teaching ideas and extremely useful ready-made lesson plans and worksheets!!!
Visit them! You won’t believe your eyes!!!
Here you will find all types of language aids for you and your students. It brings activities for all language level students, from grammar to pronunciation, from general vocabulary to business, and it also explains some differences between American and British English.
http://www.usingenglish.com/teachers/lesson-plans/
Are you running short of ideas on how to improve your class plan and need to offer something more motivating to your students? Have a look below and get nice ideas for your teaching, read some nice articles and keep in touch with the outer teaching world.
http://www.onestopenglish.com/index.asp?catid=59495
Sometimes we need to get out of our classrooms and fill our brains with innovative ideas or
http://www.usingenglish.com/teachers.html
4. CONVERSATION
Are you looking for enlightening resources for your conversation classes? Have a look!
The following EFL conversation questions can be used in a variety of ways to aid you in the classroom. They are helpful for conversation classes. If you are looking for ESL conversation ideas, you will discover cool resources here:
http://www.esljunction.com/conversation_questions/
The main aim of these worksheets is to promote fluency by presenting students with stimulating discussion questions. All the conversation suggestions are designed for use with students who have reached a pre-intermediate level, although they can be easily adapted for intermediate and more advanced students.
http://www.tefl.net/esl-lesson-plans/esl-worksheets-tp.htm
5. SELF-ACCESS
Fostering Second Language Learner Autonomy? Trying to Increase your Students’ Motivation?
The links below will engage your students in their learning process even more!!! And… they will be able to continue learning at home!!!
So… What are you waiting for? Send these great links to your students right now!!!
Lots and lots of exercises, explanations, quizzes, tests, puzzles, games, songs and stories at their disposal!!!Young Learners:
Adolescents & Adults:
If you are teaching children and you think culture should be tackled in class, you can take advantage of the many opportunities to teach culture through the use of classic fairy tales and stories, chants, songs, and more.
http://www.kindersite.org/Directory/DirectoryFrame.htm
This website has interactive activities for young children with two different levels. Practice is organized around topics and the material is presented and then recycled through different games.
http://web.educastur.princast.es/proyectos/nea/nea_english/
Maisy, a classic, guides children through a variety of activities such as games, reading practice, learning points. Not only do children get attention, but also teachers and parents can benefit from the information contained.
http://www.maisyfun.com/forchildren/
The University of Victoria offers a wide array of activities mainly focusing on grammar and developing reading skills. There are a number of graded grammar exercises aimed at different levels of language proficiency, as well as reading passages followed by comprehension questions.
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/
This page is provided by the American Embassy and it contains many different activities both for students and teachers. Students can work on different tasks to develop structure, vocabulary, and cultural awareness. Teachers can find a variety of resources and lesson plans for their classes.
http://www.englishpage.com/index.html
If you are a student who needs to develop listening skills, this website is for you! You will find lots of videos, games, songs, and news filmed by speakers from all over the world, followed by quizzes to check your understanding. And if you have trouble understanding what is being said, you can always read the script!!! These activities are also helpful in developing skills for exams such as TOEFL,TOEIC or IELTS.
http://www.elllo.org/
Authors: Hubner Itaniel Claudio, Klassen Emily, Neve Brito María Guadalupe, Sánchez Mercedes María de Lourdes, and Schmidt Micaela.