More useful information for teachers.
Domestic Abuse or Violence/ Minnesota resources:
Sojourner Shelter: CONFIDENTAL AND SAFE
24 hour phone answered: 952-933-7422 or 1-866-331-9474
How to say "welcome" in many languages.
http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/welcome.htm
Online Pronunciation Guide with Native Speaker Accents
http://eslcafe.com/search/Pronunciation/
How and what to teach.
http://writing.colostate.edu/links/index.cfm?category=Teacher&subcategory=TeachingESLTheory
Lessons plans
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/classroom/lessons.htm
TPR Techniques
http;//tprstorytelling.com
For ESL teachers
http;//www.catesol.org
Make scrambled vocabulary worksheets
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/scramble/
definition scrambler
http://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/utt/vocabuilder.htm
Word search maker (lower level)
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/youngwordsearch
BUILD YOUR OWN INSTANT GRAMMAR WORKSHEETS
http://www.edhelper.com/language/language.html
Rusian-American cultural contrasts
http://www.goehner.com/russinfo.htm
Somali-American cultural contrasts
http://minnetesol.org/challenges1.html
Source for Asian cultural information
ww.asiasource.org/experts
Islamic culture
http://www.unesco.org/culture/aic
Hispanic culture
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5237.html
IslamiCity (from the international Islamic community)
http://www.islamicity.com/
Lesson Plans and links--for adult students
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslplans.html
How to teach pre-literate adults
http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/Teacher/sectionfour/sectionIV.html
Learn basic computer skills. Lesson modules teach mouse skills to word
processing to PowerPoint. These lessons can be downloaded. Courtesy of the
Minnesota Literacy Council.
http://www.spclc.org/curriculum
The Purdue English Owl--grammar, writing, handouts
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index.html
ESL lesson plans
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/esl/
Lesson Plan ideas for beginning English students
http://www.northcoast.com/%7Ehope/lessons.htm
TeacherPlanet (what you need for teaching)
http://www.teacherplanet.com/index2.php
Locate out-of-print or hard-to-find books and curriculum
/http://www.alibris.com/search/search.cfm
Fast Pictures!
http://webclipart.about.com/
Universities around the world
http://www.braintrack.com
Look for a job abroad.
http://www.eslcafe.com
A to Z Teacher Stuff: a comprehensive site ---downloadable flashcards,
games
for a small fee--reproducibles.
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com
Extended recording and editing software to digitally record on the hard
drive.
http://www.audacity.com
Publisher (elementary) with e-books. Good for daily language arts
activities, such as sentence correction and reading comprehension books by
grade level. Each lesson also has 3 levels.
http://www.evan-moore.com
Lesson archive: topics and grammar; all levels
http://www.onestopenglish.com/lessonshare/archivegram.htm
Flashcard games and lessons--free and downloadable.
http://www.esltapes.com/
Hyperlinks and descriptions for ESL publishers
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ihde/pappasv.html
Penguin readers for adults--also check teacher resources for Penguin books.
http://www.penguinreaders.com/pr/resources/index.html
Teachers' Guides for Penguin readers---plus other resources.
http://www.penguinreaders.com/pr/resources/teachers.html
National Public Radio: Pop culture Research trends and language.
http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1048
Webpage for critical analysis of popular culture
http://www.wsu.edu/~amerstu/pop/tvrguide.html
Pop culture by country; links, books, topics, and information
http://www.questia.com/Index.jsp?CRID=popular_culture&OFFID=se1&KEY=pop_culture
Buy used books and textbooks, comparing many vendors
http://www.bookfinder4u.com/IsbnSearch.aspx?isbn=0684801221&mode=direct
Academic Book Services
Buy used textbooks--save $$$ for your program!
http://www.academicbookservices.com/
FREE ONLINE and current newspaper articles, written at THREE language levels!
http://www.linguapress.com/
ESSENTIAL grammar online
http://efl.bravepages.com/grammar.htm
English For All--almost FREE reproducible language teaching system, including
CD ROMS; DVD's; online worksheets, and teacher's guide. Produced by a
federal
grant. Can be done as a class, or by the individual.
http://www.otan.us/login/login.cfm
NCSALL'S website: National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and
Literacy
http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=38
Subscription site for guided reading e-books (downloadable and reproducible),
by grade level.
http://www.readinga-z.com/land/guided.html
KODAK Picture of the Day and archives: use for writing and vocabulary
prompts, as a class warm-up each day...Try Photostories (digital videos with
sound and text); also Birdcam.
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=2549&pq-locale=en_US
Teachers' Guide, "Focus" available online--for the three most recent issues.
New Readers Press, News for You
http://www.news-for-you.com/teachers/index.html
Minnesota Literacy Council's Computer Basics Online Course. Files are PDF
and are also available as little "viewlets" or mini-movies.
http://www.spclc.org/curriculum/basic.htm
Sound Dogs: free use short audio clips
http://www.sounddogs.com/start.asp
United Streaming (free 30 day trial--or schools can buy a subscription)
Need a password.
http://www.unitedstreaming.com/logins/login_www.cfm?unique
INSIDE OUT/ MACMILLAN 3 level complete lessons and teacher guides--FREE!!
MY TOP site for Teachers!!!
http://www.insideout.net/e-lessons.htm#RPW
FREE e-lessons by email from Macmillan Publishing
http://www.skyline-english.com/emailservice.htm
ONE-STOP ENGLISH: FREE DOWNLOADABLE LESSONS FROM A PUBLISHER
ONE OF THE BEST SITES!
http://www.onestopenglish.com/
ESL IMAGES: FEE SITE FOR TEACHERS--COMPLETE THEMATIC LESSON PLANS FOR
MULTIPLE LEVELS; GRAMMAR LESSONS WITH PICTURE CARDS; FAMOUS PLACES AND
PEOPLE.
http://www.esl-images.com
Personality and lifestyle quizzes
http://tickle.com
Survival stories
http://www.thrivenet.com
Lifetime stories andmovie links
http://www.lifetime.com
CNN news for kids
http://www.cnn.com/kids
Free downloadable ebooks, Cd's and DVD's in the public domain.
http://www.gutenberg.org/
Cinderella stories around the world. Many texts available on the Internet.
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/cinderella/other.html
Transition to college website
http://www.collegetransition.org/
Website links for health education
http://www.mcedservices.com/online.html
Create your own comic strips!
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html
Illustrate idioms!
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/idioms/
Weather Webquests
http://www.aps.edu/aps/lavaland/weather.htm
Weather webquests
http://www.davidson.k12.nc.us/webquests/weather/weather.htm
Webquest Locator and health quests
http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/Webquest.html
Tools for teachers: many free worksheet generators
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/graphic/
Lesson Planet: search engine for teachers
http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/Geography
Conversation Questions
http://iteslj.org/questions/
Lesson Plans (K-12) and links for teachers
http://www.hotchalk.com/
Other Resources
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