Useful websites and online resources for English teachers A word of warning: these sites and links were

all functional at the time of posting, but it cannot be guaranteed that web addresses will not change. Sites and resources rarely disappear entirely; if a link does not work, try a Google search. www.thepaperboy.com - This is a gateway to thousands of newspapers around the world. www.themaga ineboy.com - Sister site to paperboy but allowing access to international maga ines. www.guardiancentury.co.uk - This is The Guardian!s archi"e and contains a wealth of articles from #$%%-#%%%.Type in key dates &or the day after' for useful resources. www.pbs.org(greatspeeches - A speech archi"e plus ideas for teachers. www.education.bl.uk - This )ritish library site gi"es access to pictures, biographies, te*t and spoken records of historical e"ents. www.englishonline.co.uk - Try going online to the fruit machine on this site www.learn.co.uk - This site has a whole "ariety of resources to support the +nglish ,ational -urriculum. .edia analysis is a strong strand of the /S0 curriculum so this site contains useful resources and lesson ideas. The site contains some on-line lessons which students will en1oy. www.teachit.co.uk - This site contains acti"ities designed to help students engage with the media. Sections on in"estigating maga ines, newspapers etc are useful and offer resources as well as teaching ideas. www.englishbi .co.uk - Aimed at 2/ G-S+ students. http:((grammar.ccc.commnet.edu - 3undreds of language- based 4how to! guides and 5ui es based on higher le"el te*ts. http:((literature.britishcouncil.org - is the )ritish -ouncil!s sub1ect gateway for literature www.bibliomania.com - A collection of online te*ts www.bbc.co.uk("ideonation - A collection of "ideo e*tracts www.englishonline.co.uk(freesite6tour(resource(wordlab(collapser.html - -ollapser is a utility to turn any te*t into a sorted list at the click of the Go! button. 7ou can use any te*t, including material from a web page or a word processed document, to produce acti"ities that gi"e fascinating insights into "ocabulary and grammar. http:((hotpot.u"ic.ca( - 3ot 8otatoes is a utility which enables you to author 9 different types of interacti"e acti"ity: :ui ; .atch; .i*; -lo e; -rossword; Se5uence http:((www.inspiration.com(productinfo(inspiration(inde*.cfm - ;nspiration is a concept mapping tool which enables you to set up frameworks such as brainstorms, storyboards, mind maps for students to complete &or they can create them from scratch themsel"es'.

<ther sites: www.eduseek.com www.english-to-go.com www.webenglishteacher.com www.newi.ac.uk(englishresources www.english-teaching.co.uk www.onestopenglish.com www.bbc.co.uk(schools(gcsebitesi e(english(