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[BrilloPad]

Hi all,

I'm looking for a site that covers the latest trends in ESL research such as "cutting edge" teaching methodology or the latest popular and effective teaching trends. I'm looking for more practical stuff than theoretical linguistics. Also, I'm an ESL teacher in the USA, not EFL, so I'm more interested in that, but am open to either.

As a teacher I find it hard to stay informed about the latest ESL research going on in universities. I feel like I have to reinvent the wheel and constantly make the same mistakes that have been made by ESL teachers in the past. Aside from using the latest textbooks, I don't know where else to look to progress my teaching.

Does such a site exist?

[dmb]

Send a pm to kent. He's the man with the teaching website lists.

[guest of Japan]

If this is important to you, wouldn't it be wise to join a professional teachers organization?

[Kent F. Kruhoeffer]

Greetings BrilloPad et al:

Of course there are many websites to choose from these days.

Here are 2 good links for starters:


http://www.gabrielatos.com/ (Costas Gabrielatos)

http://www.refdesk.com/factgram.html (refdesk.com)


And a few more ELT links that I've collected, borrowed and stolen over the years:


LESSON PLANS & CLASSROOM RESOURCES


http://bogglesworld.com/ (Boggle's World)

http://www.manythings.org/ (ManyThings.org)

http://www.1-language.com/ (1-Language.com)

http://www.nonstopenglish.com/ (Non Stop English)

http://www.usingenglish.com/ (UsingEnglish.com)

http://englishpage.com/ (Englishpage.com)

http://www.english-test.net/ (English-Test.net)

http://www.rhlschool.com/ (RHL School)

http://www.edhelper.com/ (Edhelper.com)

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ (The Lesson Plans Page)

http://www.onestopenglish.com/ (onestopenglish.com)

http://esl.about.com/bllessonplans.htm (About.com)

http://www.eltweb.com/liason/ (ELT Web.com)

http://www.englishclub.com/ (EnglishClub.com)

http://internationaleflcafe.com/index.htm (International EFL Cafe)

http://www.developingteachers.com/index.htm (Developing-Teachers.com)

http://www.eslpartyland.com/default.htm (Karin's ESL PartyLand)

http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/trouindx.htm (ESL Blues)

http://members.aol.com/eslkathy/esl.htm (The ESL Center)

http://www.handoutsonline.com/ (Handouts Online)

http://www.smic.be/smic5022/ (English Exercises Online)

http://atozteacherstuff.com/ (A to Z Teacher Stuff)

http://www.tesol.net/ (TESOL.net / Linguistic Funland)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ (Purdue University's Online Writing Lab)

http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html (Business English Exercises)

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslindex.html (Dr. Martin Levine's ESL index)

http://www.esl-lounge.com/ (ESL Lounge)

http://english-zone.com/ (English-Zone.com)

http://www.tefl.net/ (TEFL.net homepage)

http://www.easyenglish.com/ (Easy English)

http://www.eslgo.com/ (ESL go-free.com)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml (BBC Learning English homepage)

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-elt-resources (The British Council / ELT resources)

http://www.johnsesl.com/templates/teachers/ (John's ESL Community)

http://geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1979/index.html (Taiwan Teacher)

http://www.everythingesl.net/ (Everything ESL)

http://iteslj.org/ (The Internet TESL Journal)

http://abcteach.com/ (abcteach.com / stuff for kids!)

http://www.kidzone.ws/ (Kidzone)

http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/ (Awesome Clipart For Kids!)

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ (Discovery School's free puzzlemaker)

http://www.armoredpenguin.com/wordsearch/ (make-your-own Word Search puzzle)

http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/ (Dave's Idiom homepage / by Dennis Oliver)

http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/ (Dave's ESL Cafe Idea Cookbook)

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/6720/ (The Idiom Connection)

http://iteslj.org/s/ib/ (Internet Basics for ESL Students)

http://libraryspot.com/ (LibrarySpot.com / a free virtual library)

http://www.loc.gov/ (The Library of Congress homepage)

http://www.onelook.com/ (Onelook.com / the Web's most powerful English dictionary)

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php (Douglas Harper's online English etymology dictionary)

http://www.gabrielatos.com/ (C. Gabrielatos / ELT articles, methodology & teacher development)

http://www.refdesk.com/factgram.html (refdesk.com / an excellent grammar & writing resource)

http://www.itools.com/lang/ (iTools.com / a complete range of language tools on one handy page)

http://thesaurus.reference.com/ (Thesaurus.com / featuring Roget's New Millennium� Thesaurus)

http://www.edufind.com/ (EduFind.com / education resources & online grammar reference)

http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ (Capital Community College / Guide to Grammar & Writing)

http://explorers.whyte.com/34l/default.htm (McDonald's in 34 languages / test your linguistic skills!)



*reposted from The Master Index, located at the top of the Thailand Forum

[Kent F. Kruhoeffer]

Hello again BrilloPad!

Here's one more website you might want to browse through since you're teaching ESL in The States; forgot to mention this one in my reply above. If you click on the 'Ask Judie' link, you'll find an active forum where you might get closer to the kind of specific info you're looking for.

Here's the link:

http://www.everythingesl.net/ (everythingESL.net by Judie Haynes)

[AsiaTraveller]

Depending on where you are in the U.S., you must join the state or regional chapter of a major ESL professional organization. You must subscribe to the relevant journals. And you must attend some local, regional, or national conferences. That's where new ideas are first discussed and disseminated.

In California, it's CATESOL: http://www.catesol.org/

See this page for many links to state and national organizations and groups:
www.malt.cmich.edu/eslcorr_esloa.htm#National

[merlin]

If you're in the US you should probably join TESOL. It's a bit expensive IMHO, about 70 USD per year but for someone in the US well worth it.

They also have a website. tesol.org or something like that.

[merlin]

Oh, yes! I almost forgot about CALL and IT, my favorite area!

I like to browse around slashdot org, hotscripts dot com, and sourceforge dot net for the latest hot-off-the-presses programs that may be applied (with slight modification of course) to CALL.

Then there's the educational psychology part - just a passing interest for me but sometimes there's nothing better on the telly on friday night, so I pick up Rogers or Erickson and have a good read.

Last Friday it was Jung at the recommendation of a friend and I now understand a bit more why so many teachers in China develop multiple putz personalities online.