TEFL resources and teaching ideas

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Grammar

Homonyms

http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.html

Spelling

http://www.proteacher.com/070051.shtml

http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/ideas/subj_spelling.htm

http://www.primaryschool.com.au/english_lessonsresults.php?subject=Spelling&strand=Strategies%20and%20Skills&grade=General

http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/articles/index.pl?read=1852

http://www.cln.org/themes/spelling.html

http://www.all-about-spelling.com/ 

http://homepage.eircom.net/~seaghan/spellings/spelling.htm 

http://www.sittonspelling.com/philosophy/index.html 

Comma use

www.lycoming.edu/arc/current/COMMAS.html

www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/comma.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_comma.html   

www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/commas.html

Using apostrophes

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apost.html

http://ace.acadiau.ca/english/grammar/possess.htm

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/punct/apostrophe.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/punctuation/apostrophes/

Parts of Speech

http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/partsp.html

Gerunds

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_verbals.html#gerunds

Adverbs

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/esladjadv.html

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adverbs.htm

http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/adverbs.html

Nouns and pronouns

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronoun

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_pronuse.html

http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/pronouns.html

http://grammar.uoregon.edu/pronouns/pronouns.html

http://esl.about.com/cs/beginner/f/f_pronouns.htm

Transitive and Intransitive verbs:

http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/trnsintr.html

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/grammar/archive/(in)transitiveverbs01.html

Non-progressive verbs:

http://www.uta.fi/~kirsi.kapynen/paper.html

http://esl.about.com/library/weekly/aa031898.htm

http://esl.about.com/od/grammarintermediate/a/noncontinuous.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/types.html

Adverbial Phrases/expressions

http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blgr_adverbclauses_time.htm

http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/studyskills/wr/wr_se_pa_adv.html

http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/adverbs_lessons.htm

Active and Passive Voice

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_actpass.html

Phrasal verbs:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslphrasal.html

http://www.eslcafe.com/pv/pv-mng.html

http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/phrasaldictionary.html

Relative clauses:

http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blgr_relative_intro.htm

http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/eap/relativeclauses.htm

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/rel2.cfm

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses

Reported Speech

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/tm-reported1.html

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/reported.htm

http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/reportedspeech.htm

Good resources

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/

http://a4esl.org/

http://www.bogglesworldesl.com

http://www.eslcafe.com

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/

http://www.englishpage.com

http://www.learnenglish.de/

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/NOUNS4.cfm

http://www.ego4u.com/

http://www.daveseslcafe.com

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/

http://www.lingolex.com/jstefl.htm

www.bogglesworldesl.com

www.globalinkstutors.com

www.seriousteachers.com

www.polite-english.com
www.common-mistakes.net
www.english-daily.com
www.english-portal.com

Games in the classroom

www.bogglesworldesl.com

www.teflgames.com

www.englishclub.com

www.daveseslcafe.com

www.easlkidstuff.com

www.shambles.net/pages/learning/EnglishP/eslgames/

Learning students names

http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/names.htm   

http://www.eslcafe.com/idea/index.cg

ESP

http://www.rong-chang.com/esp.htm

http://www.eslhome.com/esl/esp/

http://iteslj.org/links/TESL/ESP/

Pronunciation

http://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/sites/pron.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/speaking/blpronounce_stress_words1.htm

http://www.eslflow.com/pronunciationlessonplans.html

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/consonant1.htm

Reading and Phonetics

http://www.plato.com/Products/PLATO-Focus-Reading-and-Language-Program.aspx 

www.jollylearning.co.uk/
http://secure.hop.com/

http://edhelper.com/phonics/Phonics.htm
http://www.wordsahead.com/frame_about.htm
http://www.readinga-z.com/newfiles/preview.html
http://www.genkienglish.net/phonics.htm
http://www.kidskonnect.com/Phonics/Phonics.html
http://www.tampareads.com/phonics/phonicsindex.htm

Articles on teaching young learners

http://www.cambridge.org/elt/elt_projectpage.asp?id=2500461

http://www.webguidesforteachers.com/Subjects/young_learners.htm

http://www.onestopenglish.com/section.asp?catid=59430&docid=146400

Placement tests for children

http://www.world-english.org/

http://www.learningallianceworld.com/english_test.html

Blank comic book strip

http://www.learninglaffs.com/free.htm

Good resources for teaching young learners

http://www.oup.com/elt/catalogue/guidance_articles/14867483?cc=gb 

http://www.learnenglish.de/Teachers/teachgrammar.html

http://www.eltnews.com/features/kids/004_gc.shtml

http://www.nclrc.org/essentials/grammar/grindex.htm

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/talk/questions/teaching_grammar.shtml 

http://www.mes-english.com

http://www.bogglesworldesl.com  

http://www.esl-kids.com

http://a4esl.org/

http://iteslj.org/

http://www.eslgo.com

http://www.kizclub.com

http://www.english-4kids.com

http://www.abcteach.com

http://www.learningpage.com

http://www.proteacher.com

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/index.shtml

http://www.teachchildrenesl.com/

http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/html/globalHome.jsp?password=pswd&id=guest

Idiomatic expressions

http://www.idiomaticexpressions.com/idiomaticexpressions/idiomaticexpressions/01.htmlhttp://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idioms_proverbs.html http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/

Accent reduction

http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/accent_mod.htm 

http://esl.about.com/od/speakingenglish/a/accent_reduce.htm

http://www.gbmc.org/voice/foreign.cfm

http://www.esl-lab.com/tips/pronunciation.htm

Teaching beginners - articles

http://esl.about.com/od/teachingbeginners/Teaching_Beginning_Level_ESL_EFL_English_Learners.htm

http://esl.about.com/od/teachingbeginners/a/ab_beg_intro.htm

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