Articles and Blogs for Teachers
Master Teaching is a blog for teachers who follow the Master Teacher, Jesus. Many of the contributions are written by ESOL teachers working in China with LEAPAsia, although posts are also written by others. You can subscribe for their new posts (about once a month) and read unique perspectives on how Jesus's teaching can inform our own in the way He listened, mentored, partnered, and loved. There are a number of posts about Jesus's parables, like this post about what one teacher learned when having her students act out a Reader's Theater of the parable of the Prodigal Son.
Teacher-to-Teacher: Creative Ideas for Teaching ESOL is a blog from Pearson by and for adult ESL teachers with activities, ideas, and reflections.
Cambridge World of Better Learning: blog for English teachers
Oxford University Press English Language Teaching Global blog
18 Ways to Support Your English Learners from MiddleWeb
Collecting and Preparing Realia from Intercambio (realia = real objects used in the classroom as props or teaching tools)
Connecting lessons to students' prior knowledge (also called schema) is vital to help students learn effectively! This article and this article explain some great strategies for helping students connect the lesson topic to what they already know about a topic.