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115 Leading Sources for Teaching & Learning ESL – Masters in ESL

115 Leading Sources for Teaching & Learning ESL – Masters in ESL
English is one of the most widely spoken languages on Earth, and is widely considered the international language of business. Knowing at least some English is essential for success in many careers, and it is estimated that nearly 400 million people have learned English as their second language. Learning English opens up opportunities in a way unrivaled by other languages, and people who choose to teach English as a second language (ESL) are providing a great service to their students. Learning and teaching ESL cannot be confined to a classroom. Immersion is the best way to truly absorb any second language. The sites compiled here offer free tools and paid lessons, general tips and specific exercises, and much more information to make teaching and learning ESL as fun and easy as possible, inside and outside the classroom. These sites covering all angles of ESL teaching and learning are a good place to start for anyone who is interested in ESL, but not sure how to begin. Back to Top

Teacher’s Area « Tune Into English Worksheets - over 300 downloadable lesson plans using pop songs Newsletter - sign up for Tune’s monthly update Our Theory - an extensive collection of articles Team Up in English - the ideal course for the lower secondary school Teacher Training - in conference Phonetic Chart - with online font Links - more resources autoenglish.org ESL Kids World - Printable Worksheets, Flashcards & Resources for Kids ESL Activities A good choice of ESL activities can turn an average class into a good one, and a good class into a great one. Here is a list of articles - each one full of useful EFL activities, each one focussing on a different area of teaching English. Below the list of links are brief introductions to each area: listening, speaking etc... More pages of ESL activities are constantly added, and categorized according to the type of language points you want to teach. Subscribe to the RSS feed to keep up to date on the latest articles. ESL Activities for ESL Listening ESL Listening is one of the keys to successful language learning. By listening a lot, your students will learn pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary. Any skill is best practiced by doing it, and listening is no exception. The lower the level of the students, the shorter the chunks of language they listen to should be. The most basic esl activity for listening, is listen and repeat. ESL Speaking Activities ESL Activities for Reading

A Hive of Activities | Tried and tested ELT ideas abcteach: Printable Worksheets for Teachers, Common Core, Smart Board The best place online to learn English for free ESL Teacher Handouts, Grammar Worksheets and Printables Free English grammar and vocabulary worksheets and printable handouts, for English language and English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers and instructors to use in the classroom or other teaching environment. Get our ESL handouts newsfeed: Beginner English Handouts Adjectives and Adverbs Articles Comparatives & Superlatives Conjunctions Determiners A, An, Some or One (8) General Modals Must & Can (10) Nouns Parts of Speech Prepositions Present Simple Pronouns Pronunciation Pronunciation of 'th' (10) Questions Relative Pronouns Relative pronouns- Which & Where (10) Since and For Some & Any Spelling and Punctuation Syllables How many syllables? Verbs and Tenses Vocabulary Intermediate English Handouts Conditionals Direct & Indirect Speech Indirect speech (15) Future Forms Gap Filling Gerunds and Infinitives Idioms Singular & Plural- Noun + Noun (10) Passive Past Simple Phrasal Verbs Prefixes & Suffixes Suffixes: -dom, -hood, & -ship (10) Present Perfect Question Tags Indirect Questions (10) Which syllable is stressed? Collocation

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