Links & Teaching Resources
- American English - a web site maintained by the US Department of State has a plethora of free resources, including downloadable e-books
- American English Mobile App - all of the above resources in application form for your tablet or smartphone
- Trace Effects - the new video game from the US Department of State that can be used for learning English and American culture
- Breaking News English - a free collection of current news events with listenings, cloze exercises, discussion ideas, and more
- The Internet TESL Journal - has a great set of conversation starter questions, games & activities, and free academic articles
- Shaping The Way We Teach English - join for free to access live webinars about teaching English and access all archived modules
- English Teaching Forum - a free quarterly publication from the US Department of State with practical teaching ideas and lesson plans
- Compleat Lexical Tutor - a great resource for vocabulary information and text analysis
- RubiStar - many pre-made grading rubrics are available here
- TeacherTube - a collection of free educational videos
- VisuWords: Online Graphical Dictionary and Thesaurus - a visual representation of vocabulary
- Son of Citation - great information and tools regarding APA and MLA
- Socrative - a fun tool for creating quizzes your students can take on their smartphones
- Spelling City - a web site that should be introduced to your students; they can hear the pronunciation of words, make flashcards, be quizzed
- Academic Vocabulary - AWL word lists can be found here and other tools to highlight AWL words in a text or make cloze exercises
- Laternfish/Bogglesworld - lots of free worksheets and game/activity ideas; geared toward beginners
- Coursesites - a free resource from Blackboard to make a web site to manage your class from
Please contact me if you have any other resources you would like to see added to this list.
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