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Online resources for TEFL
Eric Baber
Educational Technologist
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• Introduction
• Where to look
• www.onestopenglish.com
• Oxford Teachers’ Club
• Cambridge University Press
• BBC Learning English
• …. and more
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Overview
I’m a...
• TEFL teacher, primarily involved in Business English teaching• teacher-trainer, with focus on the use of IT in learning & teaching• author – Teaching English with IT; 50 Ways to Improve your Business English Using the Internet • Consultant on use of IT in Education
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Introduction
• www.eleaston.com – excellent index of websites dealing with ELT
• Google – try searching for “ELT lesson plans” or “ELT activities”
• Websites of publishers of your coursebooks
• The following sites…
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Where to look
• www.onestopenglish.com• Website by Macmillan• Wide range of lesson plans, activities, support mechanisms & forums• A lot of free material, even more material & interaction on payment of £30 per year (individual membership)
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onestopenglish
• http://www.oup.com/elt/teachersclub • Website by Oxford University Press• Good range of “activities, ideas and information”• Largely materials that supplement coursebooks, but can be used on their own
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Oxford Teachers’ Club
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Cambridge University Press
•www.cambridge.org/elt/resources • Good range of worksheets, infoquests, articles, podcasts, wordlists and activities• Largely materials that supplement coursebooks, but can be used on their own• New website specifically for professional English: www.cambridge.org/elt/pro
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BBC Learning English
• For learners: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish • For teachers: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/teachingenglish • Lesson plans, quizzes, peer-to-peer discussions• The Flatmates soap-opera. Audio files, text, worksheets for use in class
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… and more!
• British Council teaching English: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk
Methodology articles, lesson plans, activities, discussions
• Dave & Jane Willis: www.willis-elt.co.ukLesson plans based on task-based approach
• www.quia.com – Platform for teachers to make own activities & exercises. Hundreds of activities already there to choose from
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