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The following are links to online teaching resources that we hope will be useful to your career:
www.everythingesl.net
This website offers lesson plans, teaching tips and resources for the classroom.
www.tesol.org
This website can be used to find out the newest and hottest information about English language learners. This global association boasts two publications, “Essential Teacher” and “TESOL Quarterly.” You are able to preview these magazines online without becoming a member or ordering them. This website has an abundance of information! It helps emerging teachers by listing jobs. It also has news about the association and the bilingual education profession. This site offers resources for the emerging teacher and researcher.
www.isbe.state.il.us/bilingual
The State of Illinois uses this website to educate the public about their programs and address the progress that is being made in schools. The Illinois State Board of Education website offers resources for those who would like to become bilingual educators and the steps they must go through to become certified. This site also keeps you up to date with meetings about bilingual education throughout the state. State standards are important to teachers and students; you are able to easily browse them on this website. Also, the rights of immigrant students are posted.
www.eslcafe.com
This website was created by Dave Sperling in 1995. This site boasts a chat area, teacher discussion boards, hints of the day, and a place for teachers to ask questions and post resumes. It also offers a job board where employers recruit teachers. The website has games, lessons, and strategies for ELLs. This amazing resource is free to teachers and students!
www.eslmag.com
Although this magazine is something that you need to subscribe to in order to receive it fully, this website is still very useful. The website features full articles online. This magazine is for teachers of English and ESL/EFL worldwide. It is interesting because it puts a different perspective on bilingual education. It also keeps you updated with the latest news in the profession.
www.a4esl.org
Within this site you will find an abundance of online interactive vocabulary quizzes for students free of charge. This site offers quizzes on different vocabulary topics and different components of a language.
www.eslkidsstuff.com
This website displays many different bilingual education websites. It offers a lot of useful links that can help in planning lessons. Eslkidstuff.com is dedicated to helping parents, students and teachers.
www.manythings.org
Inside this site you can find “many things” to help the ESL learner in an engaging manner.
www.eslpartyland.com
This site is for students and teachers. In the student section, students can talk with other students who are learning English through discussion boards and learning centers. There are grammar quizzes to help students learn English. There are also quizzes that relate to idioms, slang, useful expressions and vocabulary. In the teacher section you can find lots of lesson plans and ideas for teaching vocabulary. This site also helps teachers learn to incorporate music, the internet, film and video into their classes.
www.ncela.gwu.edu
The office of English Language Acquisition funds this website for the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs or NCELA. It gives teachers a wider array of knowledge about ELLs and the standards. It has a special section on NCLB that can be useful to new teachers as well as a “Classroom Toolkit” (in the practice section) which is broken down into different grade levels.
www.miguelmllop.com
This site has lots of resources for the ESL teacher and student. The activities are creative and engaging.
www.eduhound.com/espanol/bilingual_links.cfm
T.H.E Magazine created eduhound, a site that is centered on teaching. There is a special section of eduhound that is dedicated to the education of Hispanic students. This website offers a lot of links that are useful for students and teachers. The eduhound page is also available in Spanish! It is a diverse site.
www.englishspace.ort.org
You must join this website either as a teacher or a student. The best part is that it is free. As a student you create your own profile and participate in fun ESL activities that relate to space. Kids will love it!
www.englishclub.com
Inside this website you will find things that will cater to an ESL or bilingual classroom. In the “ESL Teachers Lounge,” you will find lesson plans and other resources just for teachers! The “ESL Clubhouse” is just the spot for games and quizzes that learners will have fun using. In “ESL World” you can find basic information about the demographics in the country as well as the types of ESL programs that are offered.
www.lingolex.com/jstefl.htm
This website is meant to be an “informational highway” that caters to teachers. It is a one stop shop for ESL help. This site offers many games, book samples and activities for teachers.