APPENDIX B
Useful organisations and websites
Websites on the Internet are evolving all the time so this list could already be out of date. However,
the following (very small selection of) sites all offer something for teachers of English.
Note: for a more complete list of websites and other online and technical resources, see
How to
Teach English with Technology
in this series.
How to
Readers who wish to follow up issues in
How to ...
books - and find extra
methodological articles, tips and materials, should go to our methodology site (longman.com/
methodology).
Teachers’ associations - Most teachers’ associations have their own website which you can find by
searching (see below) on a search engine like Google. IATEFL in the UK (iatefl.org) and TESOL in
the US (tesol.org) are the sites for two important organisations.
Searching - Google (Google.com) is still the most complete search engine on the web. However, it
is worth remembering that there is more to Google than just searching for words (though what is
available depends on which country Google is being offered in). Click on
Images
and you will find
pictures of what you are looking for (though from a wide variety of more or less relevant sites).
Click on
Groups
and you will be directed to areas of interest. Click on
Froogle
and you can access a
smart shopping site. Clicking on
More
takes you to some extra Google sites (e.g. ‘University Search’
in the UK, for example, and ‘Scholar’ which allows you to search a vast array of academic papers
and publications).
Teachers - Teaching English (teachingenglish.org.uk) is an invaluable site which is full of articles,
teaching tips, advice on methodology, etc. It is run by the BBC and the British Council.
Another useful site is the Macmillan Heinemann One stop English site (onestopenglish.com).
The Guardian
newspaper has a lively TEFL news section with a variety of archived articles and
blogs at its Education TEFL site (http://education.guardian.co.uk/tefl/). Despite its occasional UK
bias, it is well worth visiting.
An early pioneer for ESL websites, and still well worth a visit, is Dave’s ESL Cafe (eslcafe.com).
Many of its links are ‘sponsored’, but there’s still a lot of good material for teachers and some lively
chat and debate.
Learners - a BBC site called Learning English (bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish) has the
same breadth of ideas as its equivalent teachers’ site (see ‘Teaching English’ above).
Dave’s ESL Cafe (eslcafe.com) also has a lot of material for students.
Online journals - Many journals have online presences where you can read articles, see
correspondence and join in the fun. One of the most interesting is
Humanising Language Teaching
(hltmag.co.uk) which is not only free but also has a wonderfully eclectic mix of the academic,
practical and downright opinionated. The magazine
Modern English Teacher
(onlinemet.com) and
its sister publication
English Teaching professional
(etprofessional.com) have all the articles that
grace their printed publications - that is to say, really good down-to-earth discussions of ideas and
techniques. You have to be a subscriber to these as you do to the
ELT Journal
(eltj.oxfordjournals.org), where the practical nature of the articles is augmented by their more
theoretical content. All three journals are absolutely worth their weight in gold.
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