"One Stop Shopping for all your ESL Needs"

This site 100 Best Resources and Guides for ESL Teachers is not a traditional"blog" but is actually a list of 100 links to various resources which are divided into 7 categories: Lesson Plans & Handouts; Teaching Tips; Specifically for Teachers; Activities; Specifically for Teaching Children; Specifically for Teaching Adults; Videos & Podcasts; and Newsletters & Blogs. A GREAT RESOURCE!!!

This is just Peachy . . .

Three links I found useful on Nik Peachey's website are:

1. Create Your Own Social Network 7 Steps (collaborative learning) - a tutorial for setting up and controlling your own social networking site. This was helpful because it addressed the issue of privacy and safety (who has access to your site). It also provided think abouts - things to consider before stting up the network.


2. Adventure Narratives for EFL ESL Students (games, reading) - the games are very engaging, mentally challenging, beautifully designed, and based around strong narratives.
   
3. Using Word Clouds in EFL ESL (speaking) - word clouds are created by entering into a field. The site then generates a word cloud based on the frequency of key words. Three interesting ways to use word clouds are: revision of texts (vocabulary focus); prediction (pre-reading); short poem/Haiku creation.

The Best Websites For Beginning Older Readers

The Best Websites For Beginning Older Readers is a much needed resource and was created to provide appropriate access for older students and adults who have had some formal schooling in their native countries, but who have had no prior experience with the English language. Ferlazzo ranked his top 8 picks, ranging from sight word practice sites (the best one being Basic Sight Words List One where words are taught in context) to reading skills story sites (Reading Skills Stories 1 and Reading Skills Stories 2) that provide leveled, high-interest stories with several follow-up activities for each one. Since my interest is middle school, I was excited to find this list of sites appropriate for older students.