• The Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) Video Tutorials for ESL Teachers. The video tutorials use the new interface for COCA. All of the videos are available on youtube through this link:

The Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) Video Tutorials for ESL Teachers

• Some excellent sites for help with mind mapping and brainstorming:

https://bubbl.us/mindmap

https://bubbl.us/examples

https://www.text2mindmap.com/

• A good way for students to do a quick check to see if their sentences make sense

Hemingway Editor

• An interesting link to a blog about learning English with TED Talks. There are other interesting posts as well. (The blog site is at FluentU.)

Video Wisdom: 16 Inspiring TED Talks for English Language Learners

• Podcasts:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/topics/Sibling

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jun/30/the-50-best-podcasts-of-2018

• Immigration:

The Crisis at the Border: What Educators Need to Know

Lecture comprehension

• Great website for discussion questions

Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom (I-TESL-J)

• Debate/Class materials: Should teachers carry guns?

https://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/arming-teachers.html?cmp=eml-enl-eu-news2- rm&M=58683394&U=1928668&UUID=5613d0c0b17a84295f5ac03a78da578b

• ESLgold.com

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKgEJwoRbHzpic5dY667r2w/featured

• Good less plans for pronunciation/conversation

Free ESL (English as a Second Language) Lesson Plans to Download - ielanguages.com

• Apps to recommend to students

Mobile Apps for Education (ESL) (smcvt.edu)

• Hands On Portland: Website of volunteer opportunities in our area

Hands On Greater Portland

• Websites about service learning

http://www.pcc.edu/resources/service-learning/

Servicelearning.org

• Teacher resource powerpoints on grammar

AzarGrammar.com » Classroom Materials » BEG Teacher Resource Disc PowerPoint supplements

• Podcast with informal discussions of innovative and effective practices in teaching and learning

tea for teaching – a podcast on teaching and learning

• Resource that has 20 websites where you find culturally diverse stock photos for use (both free and paid)

25 Culturally Diverse Stock Photo Websites (Free & Paid) - Lyrical Host

• The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast: a podcast for teachers covering topics such as teaching strategies, classroom management, education reform, educational technology, etc.

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/pod/

• Micro-episodes of the Cult of Pedagogy Podcast

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/edutips/