A professional, refereed journal, that was first published in 1967. The Quarterly encourages submission of previously unpublished articles on topics of significance to individuals concerned with English language teaching and learning and standard English as a second dialect. As a publication that represents a variety of cross-disciplinary interests, both theoretical and practical, the Quarterly invites manuscripts on a wide range of topics.
This article from About.com's ESL newsletter explains how educators can use music to as a strategy to help ESL learners pick up the language faster as well as the curriculum being taught in the classroom.
Casa Notes is designed to allow teachers to quickly make, and customize, typical notes that are sent home to parents or given to the students. This is done by using templates and allowing the teachers to customize some of the content, choose a color scheme and add a graphic. The notes can then be printed on a black-and-white or color printer to be used. Teachers can select whether the notes should be in English or in Spanish.
To help you start using PBL or Project Based Learning, the site has created age-appropriate, customizable project checklists for written reports, multimedia projects, oral presentations, and science projects. The use of these checklists keeps students on track and allows them to take responsibility for their own learning through peer- and self-evaluation.
This website has a wealth of information for both teachers of English and English Language Learners. The website also contains an on-line bookstore, a podcast and video lesson portal, an on-line chat forum where teachers can collaborate, ask questions, and share ideas and information, and 3,025 links to other ESL web resources.
For Teachers:
Idea Cookbook: Teachers can browse ideas for teaching core subject curriculum (such as Writing, Math), improving overall English language skills (such as Listening Comprehension), and incorporating other cultural aspects, resources, and technologies into learning the English language (i.e. food, music, holidays, internet, software, video, etc.).
View international job opportunities in the field by country and upload a resume to be considered for such positions
For Students:
Grammar lessons: Students can access an abundance of information explaining and exemplifying many different grammatical aspects and structures of the English language. This ranges from nouns and verbs to confusing words and adjective clauses, conditional sentences, the past and future tenses, etc.
Idiom collection: Students can research the meanings behind many English expressions that are not literal in their translation (for example, “a piece of cake” or “catch some Z’s”).
Students can also look up a variety of slang words used in English, do pronunciation exercises, and take on-line quizzes relating to grammar and language as well as content-specific material.
Features a Help Center where students can ask questions on grammar and other aspects of language and receive responses from other students and teachers who are users on the Help Center forum.
