Resources for English Language Teachers

Here are some links to readings, podcasts, and videos by professionals in the field to help you further expand your knowledge about TESOL.

Professional Organizations
  • TESOL This is the international organization. They have a variety of publications and they have a national conference each year. 
  • CATESOL Homepage for the state organization and includes a job listing area
  • CATESOL Bay Area Chapter 
  • IATEFL An international organization of English teachers based in the U.K. 

Books: 
Articles/Online Journals
  • Humanizing Language Teaching  has fully archived online magazine with lots of articles and practical ideas for teachers.  
  • British Council This site has a huge set of ESL-related articles organized by topic. 
  • One-stop English  This is the site for Macmillan Publishers. It has many free resources and a great collection of free articles. You can become a member and receive newsletters. Some articles require paid membership, but many are free. 
  • An A-Z of ELT  This is Scott Thornbury's old blog. He has an archive of over 150 posts with videos talking about hot topics in the field. You can also read thousands of comments to see what other professionals think about each topic. 

Videos
  • Teaching Channel  This is collection is geared toward K-12 teachers and is full of teaching tips and techniques. You can watch them for free, or sign up to be a member to participate in discussions for each video.
  • ELT Videos on Youtube   Here's a playlist of popular ELT videos available on Youtube.

Podcasts (You can subscribe to podcasts on your smart phones to get regular updates!)
  • Lexicon Valley  A podcast dedicated to language. The two hosts provide a variety of dynamic topics. Each episode is about 22 minutes.
  • Grammar Girl  Each episode is under 10 minutes and focuses on a specific grammar point full of examples and easy to understand explanations. 

Grammar
  • Grammar Quizzes: Huge free collection of exercises and explanations organized by grammar point.
  • English Grammar Profile. Lists all of the grammar points with examples of actual student speech, corrections, and links to the CEFR levels. You look up different grammar points by selecting the 'Supercategory' or 'Subcategory.'
  • Grammaring  A site for reading about, learning, and practicing grammar
  • One Stop Grammar Reference  This is another free reference with explanations of grammar points and teaching suggestions.

Vocabulary
  • Longman Dictionary This is a free online learner dictionary. That means that the defining vocabulary is limited to about 2000 words. 
  • Cambridge Dictionary Another free online learner dictionary. 
  • English Vocabulary Profile. You must create an account to access the tools on this site. You can look up words by level and topic. For example, you can select the topic 'education' and then select the level to see words that might be appropriate to teach at that level. You can then click on the word for definitions and example sentences.
  • Vocabulary Size. Offers a free test to determine approximately how many words your students know.
  • Academic Word List. Has free exercises for students using the 570 most common words in academic English across disciplines.
  • Corpus of American English. (COCA) Lets you search words and collocates to see how they are actually used.

Reading
  • Newsela. Has newspaper articles that can be adapted to different levels by choosing the lexile level on the right. Hint: Sign up as a parent to get access to the articles and you have minimal information that you need to put in.
  • News in Levels. This website is updated regularly and has short articles at 3 different levels.
  • Breaking News English has short articles at different levels. The articles tend to be a bit more 'timeless.'

Listening
Pronunciation
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