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Useful
Links for teachers of English as a Foreign Language
Materials
& Downloads
The internet is full
of places where you can find activities, games and downloadable software to make
your life easier, your classroom use of computers more fun, ... and life more
exciting. If you hear of any more useful links, please drop us a line by
going here.
The British Council and
the BBC collaboration have produced this excellent site with many useful
articles, teaching tips and downloads of ready made worksheets and materials.
The next link on teaching short stories is from the same site.
BritLit in teachingenglish.org.uk
'BritLit' is a British Council project, in conjunction with the Portuguese
Association of English Teachers (APPI), designed to work with secondary school
teachers using British literature in the classroom.
Here you can download the complete text of many books and many classroom
resources.
 Your
guide to the best ELT resources in the internet: activities, printables, games,
lesson-plans, worksheets, songs, ideas, articles, books, videos, etc.
CELIA EDUCATIONAL DOWNLOADS
Look for past issues of TESL Electronic Journal as well as some
really good language games - e.g. SCRABBLE, Hangman and Hangwin as well as
BOGGLE!
TRANSITIONS ABROAD
For over 29 years, "the single most useful and important" guide to work abroad,
study abroad, cultural travel overseas and international living
 TOP 100 TEACHER SITES
A site which lists and gives
you entry into many other useful sites for teachers and learners of English
HOW STUFF WORKS - Source for texts & pictures
Have you ever wondered how the engine in your car works or what
makes your refrigerator cold? Then How Stuff Works is the place for you! Click
on the categories below to see hundreds of cool articles.
COMMON ERRORS
An unbelievably thorough listing - you MUST have a look - even
every time you are about to prepare something you are not fully sure of
Dave's ESL cafe
A very good site for EFL/ ESL teachers! Job recruitment pages as
well. Think beyond Greece!
ESL Lounge
A great site with many free downloadable worksheets for games and
many more ideas and materials
English to Go
A wealth of lessons plans which you can download. if you have
Acrobat Reader, choose to download the PDF format as this is the one that
supports nicer fonts and visuals that go with the lessons.
One Stop English - the Heinemann Site
Lots of free resources, worksheets and even whole books you can
download into your computer. You have to sign up and become a list member, a
small price to pay for some of the goodies you can find here
LESSON PLAN ON COLLAGES
Just one of many lesson plans on the Pilgrims site - good for
ideas and inspiration if you are not quite sure what to do on a rainy day!
Developing Teachers
A web site for the developing language teacher where you can find lots
of useful articles and practical tips.
The
Virtual Classroom - A Very interesting website supporting English
Language Learning created by colleague teacher Damianos Damianopoulos working
in the State Sector (2nd Junior High School Corfu-Greece).
ESL Cafe's Quiz Page
A great collection of quizzes on a wide variety of subjects.
Topics include; Idioms and Slang, History, Grammar, Science and World
Culture.
Free English Quizzes and Games
Fun and interactive quizzes and games provided by freeENGLISH.com.
They teach English and they are free!
English
Materials for Learning & Teaching English
Best on the Web for Teachers
A collection of what this site considers to be the top 200 sites for
educators
GUARDIAN Unlimited - TEFL News Publishes useful articles and includes links to other interesting destinations.
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