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Useful EFL Resources for Teaching

(see here for links to on line self access materials for students)

Links to useful online materials

(see here for some other interesting links that might make good sources for teaching ideas)

BBC Online Songs and stuff

www.onestopenglish.com Loads and loads of good materials here, and lots of teaching ideas. You can even submit your own ideas (though please be warned that some teachers have expressed concern that they don't give you credit). We have a subscription for this service. Please speak to the senior teachers for the password.

Many Things Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more

Quizzes Quizzes (Vocabulary, Grammar, etc)

ESL Lab listening activities organized by topic and language function

On Line Conversation online conversation book compiled for intermediate ESL learners who want to improve their listening and speaking skills

For authentic English for listening, you might want to try www.podcastsinenglish.com. Which gives authentic listening tasks which can be downloaded for extra listening activities. All podcasts are free for language learners and teachers, but only members receive the learning English worksheets, vocabulary tasks, webquests and transcripts.

ESL Partyland Grammar ; Idioms, Slang & Phrasal Verbs ; Reading ; TOEFLesque ; Trivia ; Useful Expressions ; Vocabulary ; Business English

News Stories web pages focus on utilizing local, regional, and national news stories for educational purposes. Teachers can use the lessons for group activities and students can work at their own pace for individualized learning.

Grammar index to a range of materials at various levels created for students of the University of Victoria English Language Centre regular and online programs. It includes grammar presentations, interactive practice exercises, and help pages for basic writing skills

Articles (The, A, An, etc) This is a simple decision tree to help you decide which article to use. By answering a series of questions, you can find out which article to use with a particular noun

Studyzone Materials, divided by level, created for students of the University of Victoria English Language Centre

Song Lyrics: There are many different sites you could try, but here are a few (let us know if you have a better one!): LyricsWorld.com, Lyrics.com, and A-ZLyricsUniverse.

For ESL Quizzes, exercises and puzzles to help you study English as a Second Language

English Blues English Blues, Pre-intermediate to high-intermediate level English, Grammar, Reading, Vocabulary

Interactive Quizzes Interactive Quizzes, guide to Grammar and Writing

Puzzle Maker helps you to create your own crosswords, etc.

Handouts General resources ; Online courses ; Grammar and spelling ; Idioms ; Vocabulary ; Help with specific tasks ; Quizzes, tests, software and interactive sites

Grammar On line Grammar

Internet Grammar Internet Grammar of English - an online course in English grammar written primarily for university undergraduates

Let's Learn English Site with lots of tests and a link to a Grammar Doctor

Using English has a whole range of materials, lots of handouts and quizzes ready to use on all sorts of grammar points, plus links through to Amazon to purchase books and so on, plus its own links page with loads of other EFL and teacher sites listed.

Website for Materials for Juniors, all sorts of good interactive stuff, and links to other similar sites

For writing stories, you might want to try Writerscafe.co.uk, or abctales.com. Or you may want style tips, so try: Economist.com/research/StyleGuide

For examination practice, there are many preparation sites, such as www.successatielts.com, which provides practice exercises for students preparing for IELTS examinations.

If you are doing a lesson on the weather, or even on clothes, then try Weatherpixie.com. Here you can choose what Pixie type (Goth, fairy, whatever) is going to be your guide, and he or she will dress accordingly. A cat may sometimes be there, and sometimes not - according to the site simply because that's what cats are like!

If you are doing relationships, people skills, that sort of thing, then you might find these sites useful:
eharmony.com : Without a doubt, one of the keys to happiness in a relationship is knowing who you are and how you are perceived by others. You may think you know yourself well. You may think you know how others perceive you. But the truth is, few of us have ever gotten honest unbiased feedback about our personalities. Learning about yourself is a crucial first step towards a great relationship.
tickle.com/tests : Our Free Personality Profile is a powerful tool for finding out more about yourself. It includes specific information about your strengths and weaknesses and is a great way to improve your "people skills".

Finally, if you are really getting into using the internet for class based things, then you might even want to get your class to set up its own survey (or get them to survey you!). You can do a version of this for free on surveymonkey.com.

Also try:

www.eslmokeys.com

www.albrightknox.org/artstart

www.eduref.org (especially for art classes)

www.parlo.com

www.usingenglish.com

Dictionary On line Dictionary

Finally, these are the main sites by EFL publishers, with a lot of free resources and teaching ideas provided direct, either to supplement off-line (printed) materials, or just as stand alone extra lessons or lesson plans:

OUP (Oxford University Press)

CUP (Cambridge University Press)

Macmillan Heinemann (OneStopEnglish)

Longman (click on the link to Teens, and this also gives you a link to their on line dictionary)

You might also like to have a look at this part of the British Council website, which has recently been set up to provide general teaching ideas.

Please check and test these materials before you set up your class on different activities. There are particular activities suitable for all sorts of different grammar points or language levels, and a range of other skills, but you need to be sure that the one(s) you want for your class are still on the site.

If you have any comments or notes to make about the materials you have used, please pass them to Andrew Brown, and he will add them to this area, so that we can gradually build up a fuller, annotated list of sites to use.

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