A list of quick links to various topics about teaching from the University of Hawaii.
A one stop education reference site to enhance your skills.
This site is from the Discovery Channel. It includes free tools like Puzzlemaker and a library of lesson plans.
There are thousands and thousands of sites out there, here are just a few.
Formerly called Bogglesworld, this site has lesson plans, printables, and other activities for both young and adult learners.
MES-English.com - ESL Resources / EFL Resources for Teachers of Young Learners. FREE flash cards, handouts to match, phonics cards, ESL games, worksheets, an international projects Xchange library and activities all ready for printing.
This site includes collections of games, songs, fingerplays, action rhymes, craft ideas, printable materials and more.
A site with materials for TPR and TPR Storytelling.
A storyteller's site that includes lesson plans, activities and a bank of tales from around the world.
This site is from the National Council on Teaching English and the International Reading Association. It has a wealth of material primarily for American classrooms. But, much of it can be adapted for the ESL classroom.
Find articles, activities, methods, lessons, etc. and browse a massive list of links.
This is a website all about classroom management. There are materials to buy but also some useful free resources and materials.
Here are some top TEFL blogs to get a taste of what other TEFL teachers are teaching, eating, seeing, dealing with and generally doing out in the world.
Top 10 TEFL Blogs from TEFLogue
Radio clips about teaching and learning language:
A talk with a first-year teacher about his most nervous moment, tricks for controlling a classroom full of high-schoolers, and the teacher who inspired him.
Learning A Language: Inventing A Future
A Vietnamese immigrant explains how learning a new language was connected to creating a new identity.
A conversation with the editor of How I Learned English, a collection of essays by prominent Hispanic Americans about how they learned English.
Looking online for more materials you can use in your classroom? Try these search words or a combination of them for a variety of sources that you can use and/or adapt.
ESL EFL ELD (English Language Development)
language arts
literacy
phonics
teacher resources TPR/TPRS rhymes
teaching tips stories to solve poems
teaching materials storytelling riddles
classroom management story stretchers tongue twisters
activities fingerplays
lessons children’s songs
idioms student portfolios team building
scouting activities warm ups public speaking
games icebreakers
puzzle maker time fillers
arts and crafts back pocket activities
comic strips