This is just part of the resources I hope to provide for teachers in the future.
As well as the resources for students at the bottom of this page, I have collected a number of resources for teachers that can be used in class and for homework activities.
I have also included Teacher Professional Development sites and training, together with specialised information regarding English for Academic Purposes, interactive and classroom technology as well as teacher development and well-being as listed below
- My Favourites
- Pronunciation
- IELTS
- Cambridge Exams
- Business English
- Teacher Development
- University English
- News
- Text Books for English
- Listening Videos and Podcasts
- Other Study Resources
- TV and Video
- Vocabulary
- Grammar
- YouTube Channels
- Music
- Games
- Reference
- Creative Projects
- Blogs
- Teacher Training Videos
- Screen Capture Tools
- Popplet
- Sketchboard
- Polling Tools
- Presentation Tools
- Quizlet
- Corpora and Concordance
- Mental Health and ELT
My Favourites
- Film English contains ready-made lessons for all levels based on short films that can be shown in class and discussed.
- Conversation Question Generator is a great tool for Communication classes.
- Classroom.google.com is a great tool for forming online classrooms, where information can be shared played and tasks set, submitted and graded and returned.
- Prezi is a piece of presentation software, good for Business classes or General English. Here is an example of a Future Tense Prezi.
- ThingLink is a platform where you can take pictures and videos and present them. Here is an example. Also, you can see an example by a student here.
- Mindmup is a platform where you can create spider diagrams.
- Kahoot (Class quiz app which is good for Formative Assessment. Better for young learners. Easier to set up that Socrative, less data available on students’ strengths and weaknesses).
- Socrative is a quiz app for effective formative assessment that enables you to quickly engage and assess students on electronic device. Instructions on how to use it can be found here. Here is a screenshot of the report that you can pull up for the students.
Further Resources
Pronunciation
- Phonemic Chart British Council
- Phonemic Chart
- Pronunciation Tips and Quizzes
- Dictation to Text
- Teaching Pronunciation Workshop – Adrian Underhill (COMPLETE) – YouTube
- Laura Patsko – Everything you always wanted to know about teaching pronunciation* (*but were afraid to ask)”
- Teaching diphthongs – Adrian Underhill –
- Laura Patsko Creating pronunciation materials
- How to pronounce verbs that end in -ed
- English Pronunciation Skills – Teaching Tips and Resources
- Phonemic chart | TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBC
- PronPack – Pronunciation made practical
IELTS
- IELTS Official Site
- IELTS-JONATHAN
- IELTS Buddy
- IELTS Advantage
- Good Luck IELTS
- IELTS exam.net(Free Practice Tests) *NEW
- IELTS Simon
- Write Fix
- Exam English
- IELTS British Council
- IELTS British Council(Free Mock Listening Tests) *NEW
- IELTS On-line practice material(Free Practice Tests) *NEW
- IELTS Practice and Advice
- Writing Practice
- Academic Word List
- AWL Exercises
- iDebate ideas on discussion topics
Cambridge Exams (FCE, CAE, etc.)
- Official Cambridge ESOL site
- PET Practice Tests*NEW
- FCE Practice Tests
- CAE Practice Tests*NEW
- CPE Practice Tests*NEW
- Exam English
- Cambridge English Assessment
Business
Teacher Development
- Phil Longwell (@teacherphili)
- Sandy Millin
- Tyson Seburn
- English Language Gazette
- EAP BALEAP ACCREDITATION PADLET
- Baleap for Teachers of EAP
- CELTA Certificate Teacher Qualification
- DELTA Diploma Teacher Qualification
- British Council Knowing your Subject Booklet
- TESOL
- Distance DELTA
- Dip TESOL
- MA EAP
- MA TESOL
- MA Education
- BRITISH COUNCIL TEACHER Development
English for University
- Landers Hawes – Study Advice for International students
- Eapfoundation.com
- Uefap.net
- writeandimprove.com
- University of Leicester Teaching Unit
- StudyInternational.com
EAP Teacher Resources
- Integrating global issues in the creative English language classroom: – resource book by the British Council
- Answergarden – online brainstorming/feedback tool
- Stormboard – online stickynote whiteboard
- Kahoot – a game based learning system
- PBWorks – an online collaboration tool
- Quip – collaborative document tool
- Socrative – online classroom question tool
- Quizlet – online flashcards
- Dropbox Paper – collaborative documents
- Claned – cloud-based learning platform
- Websites to develop your academic English skills
- Prepare for Success – learning activities to prepare for study in the UK from University of Southampton
- OWL – the online writing lab from Purdue
- Learning Commons Toolkits – from University of British Columbia
- EAP Foundation – a site for teachers and students of EAP
- Academic Phrasebank – from University of Manchester
- LearnEnglish – from the British Council
- Improve your writing – from University of Bristol
- Guides & Tutorials – from University of Reading
- UEFAP – Andy Gillett’s site for developing EAP skills
- English for Uni – from University of Adelaide
News Sites
- Breaking News English *NEW
- Student News Daily * NEW – News posts for American students and historical items
Text Book Extras
- English File – Beginners
- English File – Elementary
- English File – Pre-Intermediate
- English File – Intermediate
- English File – Intermediate Plus
- English File – Upper-Intermediate
- English File – Advanced
- Face2Face – Starter*NEW
- Face2Face – Elementary*NEW
- Face2Face – Pre-Intermediate*NEW
- Face2Face – Intermediate*NEW
- Face2Face – Upper-Intermediate*NEW
- Face2Face – Advanced*NEW
Listening, Videos & Podcasts
- BBC Learn English
- Elllo (Listening Practice)
- British Council – Elementary Podcasts
- British Council – Big City, Small World
- British Council – Word on the Street
- British Council – Britain is Great
- Brtish Council – Premier Skills (Football video series)
- British Council – Magazine (podcast)
- British Council – Overcooked
- British Council – Stories and Poems
- British Council – Talk About
- British Council – How to…
- British Council – UK Culture
- English Club Videos
- Many Things
- Podcasts for Listening Practice
- English Central Videos (Registration necessary)
Other Study Resources
TV and Radio
Vocabulary
- World Wide Words #NEW
- MirriamWebster Word of the Day*NEW
- Dictionary.com Word of the Day*NEW
- The Idiom of the Week*NEW
- Bloomsbury Idiom of the Week*NEW
Grammar
- http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl*NEW
- http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar.html*NEW
- http://englishpage.com*NEW
- https://www.englishclub.com/grammar *NEW
Writing
YouTube Channels
- Anglophenia(All about English Culture) British English
- ASAP Science(Science Animations)
- BrainCraft(General Knowledge) *NEW
- Cold Fusion(Technology) Australian English
- Crash Course(History, Science, Politics)
- Every Frame A Painting(Film and Cinematography) US English
- Now You See It(Film and Cinematography) *NEW
- Criswell (Film and Cinematography) *NEW British English
- In a Nutshell (Science and Technology Animations) British English
- How It’s Made(Processes)
- Life Noggin(Science and History Animations)
- Many Things (Grammar, Vocabulary) *NEW
- Minute Earth(Geology and Science)
- Sci Show(Science)
- Teacher in Your Pocket(English Grammar)
- TED-Ed(Science, Technology, History, Current Affairs) US English
- School of Life(Philosophy and Sociology) British English
- Vox(Science, Politics, Culture)
Music
Games
Reference
- Dictionary.com
- Thesaurus.com
- Oxford English Dictionary
- MacMillan Dictionary
- Oxford Collocations Dictioanry*NEW
- Ozdic Collocations
- Google NGram Viewer (Corpus for collocations)*RECOMMENDED
- Corpus Search
Creative Projects
- Create a Comic Strip (MakeBeliefComix)*NEW BACKGROUNDS
- Create a Film (Dvolver)
- Create a Film (Zimmertwins)
- Create a Poster
- Record Yourself
- Record Your Voice
Blogs
- TeacherPhilli
- Bloomsbury Blog
- Ste’s blog for English learners
- Jamie Keddie *NEW
- The English Blog*NEW
- Separated by a Common Language *NEW
- Readable Blog*NEW
- boredteachers.com
Teacher Training Videos
- Camtasia Freelancers – Guru
- Russell recording of Email Marketing Webinar
- Russell Stannard, Author at Teacher´s Corner
- TEACHER TRAINING VIDEOS – Russell Stannard
- Teacher Training Videos (Russell Stannard) – YouTube
- What is social media marketing? (Lynda.com)
Screen Capture Tools
- Camtasia Big Announcement – YouTube
- Screencast-O-Matic – Free online screen recorder for instant screen capture video sharing.
- Screenr – Record
- Snagit 13.1/4.1 What’s New – YouTube
- Snagit Introduction
- TechSmith | Camtasia Screen Recorder Software, Home
- Why SnagIt is the ideal tool for the flipped classroom – YouTube
- Nik’s QuickShout: Get Students Creating Their Own Video Reviews and Resource Library
- Loom – Quick Videos, Faster than Typing
- Camtasia 9/3: Getting Crisp, Clear Screen Video – YouTube
- Camtasia 9- Most common mistake-Screen Size and Canvas Size – YouTube
Popplet
- Popplet
- Popplet Ideas for ESL Teaching | Poppletrocks!
- Using Copyrighted Images on Popplet ( Q via getsatisfaction)
- How to Safely Source and Republish Images in Popplet | Poppletrocks!
Sketchboard io
- io: Online Sketch Diagramming Whiteboard for Teams
- Getting Started – Sketchboard io Help
- Sketch Gallery – Share how you solve problems by sketching
- io Blog
- Sketchboard Tips
- 8 Free Mind Map Tools & How to Best Use Them (Make Use Of)
- Blog | Mind Map Art – Part 69
- ExamTime | GoConqr | Transform Your Learning Potential
- Free Mind (Premier mind mapping software)
- Mind Maps®: Learning Skills from MindTools.com
- Mindmapping on Pinterest • 2D
- Ron Morrain / BESIG webinar – Using mind maps in the English classroom
- Text 2 Mind Map – Simple mind mapping online
- com
- XMind: The Most Popular Mind Mapping Software on The Planet.
Polling Tools + Quizzes
- 10 Excellent Web Tools for Creating Digital Quizzes ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
- Kahoot Versus Quizizz – Infogram, charts & infographics
- Kahoot! Experimenting with Answer Streaks to Help Make Learning Awesome – Inside Kahoot! – Medium
- Kahoot! Masterclass – YouTube
- Kahoot! Plus: how to add your logo and brand games – YouTube
- Meetoo For Education
- Quizalize – Pinpoint classroom progress in real-time
- Quizizz: Fun Multiplayer Classroom Quizzes
- Socrative-Set up quizzes and polls in class | Teacher Tools online
- Tilly Webinar on Polling Tools 8 Dec 2016
- Quiz your English | Cambridge English
Presentation Tools and Document Sharing
- How to Teach Learners Good Oral Presentation Skills – an #ELTchat summary
- ISSUU – You Publish
- Knovio | Online Video Presentations Made Easy | PowerPoint + Webcam
- Mashable – Excellent iPad Apps for Meetings & Presentations
- myBrainshark
- Present me
- Presentation tools and free presentation software
- Prezi – The Zooming Presentation Editor
- Scribd
- Slideshare
Quizlet
- Quizlet – Simple free learning tools
- Teacher Training Videos | How to use Quizlet | Language Learning Content Sites
- Teacher Training Videos | Teacher Training Videos – Advanced Features in Quizlet
- Quizlet | Independent English
- Free Technology for Teachers: Quizlet Live Offers an Easy Way to Turn Vocabulary Lists Into Team Games
- Quizlet Live 101 – YouTube
- Quizlet 101-Complete introduction to using Quizlet – YouTube
- Teacher resources & professional development | Quizlet
Corpora and Concordance
- “Phrases in English” Concordances
- Corpus | An A-Z of ELT
- COCA – Teacher training videos.com
- COCA | EFL Notes
- Concordle – Not so pretty cousin of Wordle
- Corpus BYU CORPORA
- Corpus linguistics WordPress Site
- Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA)
- Corpus of Contemporary American English Guide/Tutorial: An ECI video – YouTube
- ETP Chia Suan Chong post on using corpora
- IntelliText Corpus Queries
- Is Intuition as Good as Corpus Frequency for Selecting Vocabulary? – ELT Research Bites
- JustTheWord
- Mike McCarthy | Cambridge English Teacher
- Netspeak – Search for Words
- Phrases in English – Search for Concordances
- Sketch Engine: SketchEngine
- syntax | Corpus linguistics
- Who Said It? ‘Harry Potter’ Quiz | HowStuffWorks
- Word and Phrase Info
- WordSmith Tools
Mental Health & ELT
- A-Z of Self Care for Teachers | The Best Teacher (Elly Setterfield)
- Agi Enyedi – How to avoid teacher burnout (BC webinar)
- BAAL Recommendations for Good Practice – full.pdf
- Be kind to yourself! | Neil Millington – TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBC
- Beating Burnout & Avoiding Stress: Top Tips from/for Teachers – Clare’s ELT Compendium
- Beneath the surface – EL Gazette
- Self-talk and teacher confidence (ELT Playbook 1) | Sandy Millin
- Bullying, harassment and workplace abuses: Kieran’s story | ELT Advocacy Ireland
- Burnout in ELT | iTDi Blog
- EFive Great ways to boost Language Trainer wellbeing – by Phil Nash – BESIG Blog
- FreeBook: Flipping the System – Routledge
- How can teachers avoid burnout? | British Council
- How to deal with it impostor syndrome | ETp
- IATEFL webinar recording – Mental Health Awareness for Employers within ELT
- Impostor (A Gringa in Saint Joseph of the Fields)
- Interview for Teachers as Workers SIG by Phil Longwell
- It’s Time to Talk about mental health in ELT – Emma’s Language Journey
- Language Teacher Psychology – Achilleas Kostoulas
- Mental Health – There’s a lot you can do. And you should. – iTDi Blog
- Mental Health in ELT – Lizzie Pinard
- Mind Wide Open | Feet firmly on the ground
- Minds Matter: Psychology of language learning | Q&A – Oxford University Press
- Not surviving but thriving: Teacher psychology and professional wellbeing: A conversation with Sarah Mercer | ETAS
- PERMA for Teachers: Preventing Burnout with Positive Psychology – Christina Jones ELT Blog
- Plenary session by Sarah Mercer | IATEFL Online
- Sarah Mercer Macmillan Webinar -Strategies to promote and protect language teacher well-being Advancing Learning (Dec 2018)
- Teacher or Therapist – TEFL COMMUTE with Ceri Jones and Sarah Mercer
- Secret Teacher: Class, I wish I’d told you the truth about my mental health | Teacher Network | The Guardian
- Stress Awareness Discussion Points #teacher5aday – Clare’s ELT Compendium
- Supporting workplaces to be mentally healthy | Mind, the mental health charity – help for mental health problems
- The Elephant In The (Staff) Room – Why We Need To Talk About Teacher Wellbeing | The Huffington Post
- Time to talk about … mental health: Interview with Phil Longwell – Teachers as Workers Special Interest Group
- Useful links on Mental Health in ELT | Sandy Millin
- What I learned from burning-out as a teacher
- Why mental health matters | ELTjam
- Wrestling with the darkness | BrELT – A Global ELT Community Made by Brazilians
- You don’t have to be mad to work here « The Secret DOS
- BBC Radio 4 – You and Yours, Mental Illness at Work
- Man Stress – Time To Talk
If you have any suggestions that you’d like to add, please get in touch!
