"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." - Einstein
This page is dedicated to providing general resources for teaching that would apply to ESL students of many linguistic backgrounds.
Educational Tools & Games
*A map for students to practice telling directions and using vocabulary for places around town - click here.
Grammar Sheets
Past Tense: Irregular verbs - click here.
*Use with this list of verbs: http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/verbs.htm
Past Tense: Negatives and Questions - click here.
Helpful Websites
General Teaching Tools:
*AppleESL: TONS of great stuff! - http://www.appleESL.com
*ABCteach - http://abcteach.com
*English Club - http://www.englishclub.com
*Scholastic's BookWizard - search any book and find it's leveled reading score
- http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/homePage.do
*Also see http://home.comcast.net/~ngiansante/index.html for a leveled book index (not as concise as
Scholastic's but still helpful)
*TeachItWorld: free downloadable software and other teaching tools: http://www.teachitworld.com
*TEFL: Teachers of English as a Foreign Language: http://www.tefl.net
*Tools for Educators: make customized bingo games, crossword puzzles, etc.
- http://www.toolsforeducators.com/
Great for Beginners
*First School: we use this site to print off alphabet sheets for our early elementary and beginner's groups
- http://www.first-school.ws/theme/alphabetp8.htm
*Onset and rime activity - http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/elt/catalogue/9780194375993-c.pdf
Great for Upper Intermediate/Advanced Students
*English Page: advanced grammar lessons - http://www.englishpage.com
*Verb conjugation chart - http://www.lovetolearnplace.com/Grammar/ConjugationChart.pdf
Articles and Informational Resources:
*Language acquisition for adult ESL: http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/digests/HOLT.html
*Using children's literature in adult ESL classes: http://www.ericdigests.org/1993/adult.htm
Omniglot: information on languages throughout the world:
Information on Swahili - http://www.omniglot.com/writing/swahili.htm
Information on Kirundi - http://www.omniglot.com/writing/kirundi.php
Information on Kinyarwanda - http://www.omniglot.com/writing/kinyarwanda.htm