Online resources for TEFL Eric Baber Educational Technologist Any questions/comments?...

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

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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

This presentation available atwww.ericbaber.com/downloads/LLS07.ppt

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