Please, note that this section is currently under construction.
This section, which will be constantly updated, contains online teaching materials and resources for the English (as a foreign language) classroom which I have successfully used with my students. Since I am deeply interested in current research on ELT, I will also list here any other website which may be interesting for anybody having or pursuing a career in teaching. Do you have any suggestion? Have you bumped into a broken link? Send me an e-mail!
TEACHING MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
The Guinness World Records website / beginner
This website is great for students to practice the superlative and comparative degrees of adjectives (e.g. Where does the woman with the longest documented hair come from? Learn it here!)
60-second Shakespeare / upper beginner, intermediate and advanced
Shakespeare's plays in newspaper format. Useful for introducing drama and literature in the EFL classroom. Advice on acting, film-making and film-editing.
Englishbanana.com
English and drama resources.
Englishclub.com
Lesson plans (including interesting talking points to promote communication at an intermediate level and a video project for and about learners of English around the world).
Projectbritain.com / beginner
The Woodlands Junior School (Tonbridge, UK) website contains a variety of facts and information about Britain. Suitable for developing webquests and CLIL classes. ESO level.
Randall's Daily ESL / intermediate
Short conversation starters about everyday subjects to read, listen to and talk about. Great input for students to build vocabulary.
Bloggesworldesl.com / beginner and upper beginner
Great website including a variety of worksheets and lesson plans, among other resources. Many of them are suitable for helping your students improve their oral skills.
ARTICLES AND RESEARCH ON ELT
CAELA: Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAL): old website and new website
Research output related to the acquisition of language skills by adult English learners. It includes suggestions on how to introduce cross-curricular topics (e.g. African-American history) in the classroom, regardless of the level of the students, which may prove useful for CLIL classes.
VIAS project: Vocabulary Instruction and Assessment fo Spanish Speakers (CAL)
Interesting research on the literacy and language development of Spanish-speaking English language learners in the US.
Englishclub.com
A collection of articles related to the teaching of English as a second or foreign language. Have a look at these interesting resources for teachers, too.
About.com
A brief online teaching guide by Kenneth Beare, including how to implement different teaching techniques, how to deal with different student levels or how to teach the four language skills, grammar and vocabulary. Useful for prospective English teachers aiming to take competitive exams (e.g. "oposiciones" in Spain).
Bloggesworldesl.com
Articles featuring good ideas for the EFL (and ESL) classroom.
