Christian ESL resources

Edwards, D. Window to the World (http://www.jesusfilm.org/wttw/contents.html)
This curriculum has been created to accompany Campus Crusade's Jesus Film about the Gospel of Luke.  

Foreign Language Christian Resources.  http://www.multilanguage.com/ 
Offers Scriptures - Books - Videos - Cross-Cultural  Resources in many different languages.

Faith Alive Christian Resources Open Door Ministries. http://shop5.gospelcom.net/epages/FaithAlive.storefront/EN/Catalog/1052 
Open Door offers programs, books, and other resources to help teach ESL.

Faith Encounters Series (http://prov.ca/bookstore/tesol.aspx).
Volume 1, "Living by Faith", is 21 units and volume two, "Believing in Jesus" is 24 units.

Literacy and Evangelism International http://www.literacyevangelism.org
Passport series curriculum.

Meads, J. (2001). Joannes Page for ESL Teachers Using Christian Materials.  http://members.tripod.com/jrmeads_515
The author is affiliated with an ESL ministry at Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church.  She has made several international trips to teach English and she uses the Passport series, written by Martha Lane and Meads has a page called Ask
Marti where you can ask Lane questions and the answers are posted, under four categories.

Saito-Stehberger, D.  Danas ESL Page http://www.danasaito.de
The author is a TESOL professor at UCI and Allian International University in Irvine, she is a member of Saddle Back
Community Church.  The website offers a lessons page, a teachers page of links, a students page of links, an about me page,
 and a ministry page. 

Teaching the Bible to New English Speakers http://www.eslbible.com/ 
Offers a unique hands-on Bible study approach, coupled with research-based reading lessons with activities.

Computers

ACT360 Media (2005) PowerPoint in the Classroom.  Retrieved on 3/23/06 from http://www.actden.com/pp/
You can use this site to teach students how to make PowerPoint presentations.  They also offer tutorials for other Microsoft Office
products and other teaching pages, including TOEFL preparation.

Culture

Common Ground http://www.commongrounded.com
Provides a cultural perspective that values what human beings hold in common and aims
to improve language skills as well as character.

Oberg, L.   Culture Shock & The Problem Of Adjustment To New Cultural Environments Worldwide Classroom Consortium for International
Education & Multicultural Studies http://www.worldwide.edu/planning_guide/Culture_Re-entry_Shock
An educational website to help students learn about culture and studying abroad.

General ESL and teaching resources

 ABC Teach.com http://abcteach.com/
The abc teach member site is home to several thousand documents that are instantly available to their members for downloading and printing. Membership is $35 a year.

AtoZteacherstuff.com http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/ 
A to Z Teacher Stuff is teacher-created, and designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. They offer lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forums for teachers, downloadable teaching materials, eBooks, and printable worksheets

Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA).  ESL resources.  http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/publishers.html

            Annotated list of publishers of books and other materials related to ESL.

Engish-to-go.com http://www.english-to-go.com Excellent English language photocopiable lesson plans based on current news events from Reuters, new stories for English teachers, EFL teachers, home schoolers and K12 teachers. Just print and teach.

ESL City Teachers helping teachers. http://eslcity.com/english/index.php

ESL Cyberlinks http://www.james.rtsq.qc.ca/index2.html

ESL Lounge  http://www.esl-lounge.com
Alongside the printable grammar worksheets, surveys, flashcards, reading comprehension and
communication activities for each level, there are also board games and song lyrics for teachers.
There is also a section devoted to phonetics and the improvement of student pronunciation of English. 

ESL Resource Center http://www.eslsite.com 
Provides a wealth of free top quality ESL/EFL materials and resources.

            Learn English: http://www.learnenglishguide.com  how to learn English and how to speak English.

            Puzzlemaker Discovery School  www.puzzlemaker.com 
A puzzle generation tool for teachers. Create and print customized word search, puzzles using your word
lists.

Schoolexpress.com http://www.schoolexpress.com// 
Free worksheets, activity pages weekly, download 4 free units and 4 free eWorkbooks, software programs, and games.

Teach English overseas. Paid placements available in China, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam & Greece

Tolearnenglish.com http://www.tolearnenglish.com/ 
For ESL/EFL learners and teachers: Courses, documents, games, exercises, tests, interactive pages, plays, fonts, clip art, photos, jokes, cartoons, chat rooms, forums.

Usingenglish.com http://www.usingenglish.com/teachers.phpp
Free grammar and vocabulary handouts, and a selection of printable PDF lesson plans for English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers and instructors to use in the classroom or other teaching environment

Grammar 

            Fun Brain on the Rocks  www.funbrain.com
Jam packed with fun activities your younger students learning grammar.

 Ohio University.  Ohio ESL Grammar resources for teachers.  http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/teacher/grammar.html
Resources, pedagogy, research, teaching materials and plans for teaching grammar.

Internet activities for students

            ColorQuiz  http://www.colorquiz.com
A free five minute personality test based on research by psychologists.  There are no complicated questions to answer, you simply choose colors.

            EarthTrends http://www.earthtrends.wri.org/
A database that is helpful for researching trends in the environment, as well as social and    economic.

Yahooligans the Web Guide for Kids.  www.yahooligans.com
Lots of teaching and learning resources here.  Safe learning exploration for young and old.  Tons of cool stuff and it's easy to navigate through too.

Journals and research

            American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages http://www.actfl.org

            Their download library provides ACTFL documents free of charge.  Good for SLA research and to see U.S. ESL standards

Citeseer.ist http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/cs
Scientific literature some related to linguistics and language acquisition.

            ERIC http://ericir.syr.edu/
Portal to Educational Resource Information Clearinghouse (ERIC), which maintains statistics and data on
education.

JALT Journal http://jalt-publications.org/jj/
The research journal of the Japan Association for Language Teaching.

Journal of Second Language Writing.   http://www.jslw.org
An international journal focusing on second- and foreign-language writing and writing instruction.

Oxford ELT Journal http://eltj.oxfordjournals.org
ELT Journal is a quarterly publication for all those involved in the field of teaching English as a second or foreign language.

PAC Journal http://www.pac-teach.org/jrnl-v1/
Forum for presenting research on language teaching in Asia  A journal for language teachers in Asia, who are members of the Pan Asia Consortium.

USC Linguistics http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~ionin/SLAgroup/527readings_list.htm 
Links to research articles for a second language acquisition class at USC. 

Listening

ESL Through Music http://www.casit.org/research/music.htm

Ohio University.  Ohio ESL Listening resources for teachers. http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/teacher/listening.htm
Resources, pedagogy, research, teaching materials and plans for teaching listening.

Pollock, E. (2003) Using Mystery Stories in the Language Classroom.  Asian EFL Journal   (December).  http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/sept_03_sub5.php
This journal article explores ways that mystery stories can be successfully used to improve language proficiency and linguistic ability, enhancing critical thinking and deductive reasoning.  Mystery can make our teaching more interesting.

Rainville, J. Lets Go to the Movies.  http://www.james.rtsq.qc.ca/rreals03.htm
Listening activities.

Metaphors

Nichols, D. (2003).  What we talk about when we talk about love
MED Magazine http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med-magazine/November2003/13-Metaphor-Love.htm  The monthly webzine of the Macmillan English Dictionaries.  This article was on metaphors used to describe love.

Nichols, D. (2003).  A Tough Nut to Crack Figures of speech and the language learner.  MED Magazine  http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med-magazine/November2003/13-Feature-figures-of-speech.htm  Some help understanding and using figures of speech.

Mixed Metaphors...to delight and amaze you   Calving College English Department http://www.calvin.edu/academic/engl/lang/mixmet.htm  A collection of mixed metaphors by the Calvin College English Department

Metaphor A Language of Metaphors  http://knowgramming.com/metaphors/index.htm   Teacher and student resources to aid in learning, understanding and effective use of metaphors.  Many pages of specific information here.

Pictures

Coolclips.com  http://www.coolclips.com
A vast array of cartoon type clip art in multiple categories.

Pics4Learning http://pics.tech4learning.com/
A large selection of pictures for teachers organized by topic and also lesson plans.

PicturesFree.org http://www.picturesfree.org/
They claim to offer 100,000 free pictures for teachers, plus slide shows, domestic and international. 

Reading

            Book Adventure www.bookadventure.com 
A free reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books     they've read offline, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by the Sylvan Learning Foundation.

Houghton-Mifflin Education Place Reading and Writing Activities.   http://www.eduplace.com/activity/index.html  Activities related to 60 different topics,      intended to supplement standard textbooks for native English speaking children but can be adapted for ESL and EFL.

Ohio University.  Ohio ESL Reading resources for teachers.  http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/teacher/reading.html
Resources, pedagogy, research, teaching materials and plans for teaching reading

Speaking

Ohio University.  Ohio ESL Speakng resources for teachers. http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/teacher/speaking.html
Resources, pedagogy, research, teaching materials and plans for teaching speaking

Teaching Methods

Best Practice Best Language Teaching Methods http://www.languages.dk/methods/methods.html 
This page contains links to the different teaching methods with videos and pdf documents.  Describing computer assisted language learning, task based teaching, simulations, the physical-emotional and cultural approach, and tandem learning.  Good for SLA research.

Ellis, Rod (2005) Principles of Instructed Language Learning. Asian EFL Journal Volume 7 (September)  http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/September_05_re.php
A good journal article for SLA research, discussing rule based instruction versus meaning based.  He gives 10 principles of SLA theory. 

Jarvis, Huw and Atsilarat, Sinn (2004). Shifting Paradigms: From a Communicative to a Context-Based Approach.  Asian EFL Journal Volume 6 (December) http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/december_04_HJ&SA.php
This journal article offers a critical examination of the communicative approach with specific reference to a study of the teaching and learning experiences of a group of Thai university teachers and students

Maleki, Ataillah (2005).  A New Approach to Teaching English as a Foreign Language: The Bottom-Up Approach. Asian EFL Journal Volume 3 (April)  http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/pta_april_05_am.php
This is a good journal article giving an overview of approaches to language teaching.   After review earlier approaches the author focuses on the Bottom-Up approach.

Robertson, Paul (2002).  Asian EFL Research Protocols.  Asian EFL Journal (December) http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/december_02_pr.php
This journal article describes research in SLA, acknowledging a teacher may become confused as to what approach or theory is going to benefit his/her students.

Textbook evaluation and supplements

            Longman NorthStar. http://www.longman.com/ae/northstar2e/northstar2e/ 
Has a course planner, sample materials, scope and sequence, companion websites with materials for students and teachers.  

Pazvant, Ozlem. 
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/academic/tesol/Han/SLACLASS/Ozlem's%20survey%20report.doc  A students evaluation form for textbooks.  Comparing a number of popular EFL textbooks, a detailed analysis, with a narrow grammatical focus.           

Virtual field trips

            Hawaii http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/space/hawaii/virtual.field.trips.htm

            Iditarod 2000 Sled Dog Race http://www.iditarod.com/

            Jason Project http://www.jason.org/

            Library of Congress Exhibitions http://www.loc.gov/exhibits

            National Geographic Underground Railroad
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/j1.html

            Odyssey in Egypt http://www.website1.com/odyssey

            Oregon Trail http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html

            Volcano World    http://volcano.und.nodak.ed             

            White House for Kids http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids

            Windows into Wonderland (National Park Service) www.windowsintowonderland.org
Take a field trip to Yellowstone National Park and other virtual field trips. 

Vocabulary

Ohio University.  Ohio ESL Vocabulary resources for teachers.  http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/teacher/vocabulary.html
Resources, pedagogy, research, teaching materials and plans for teaching vocabulary.

Writing

University of California Writing Institute.  Textbooks and other materials for ESL instructors.  http://www.ucwrite.org/esl/content/esltexts.html  Annotated materials for instructors to use in designing and teaching ESL Courses on writing.

University of California Writing Institute.  Professional resources for teaching writing in multilingual environments.  http://www.ucwrite.org/esl/literature.html   An annotated list of resources on multilingual pedagogy for writers.

Ohio University.  Ohio ESL Writing resources for teachers. http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/teacher/writing.htm
Resources, pedagogy, research, teaching materials and plans for teaching writing.

 Great deals on ESL and EFL textbooks from Amazon.com.  Some core texts that I recommend are Gateways, New Interchange, and True Colors