Intro to Linguistics

TCU Fall 2017

D. Cooke

Internet Resources for EFL/ESL Teachers

http://eslflow.com ​(Excellent resources with tons of PDF worksheets, teacher tools,

weblinks all for free. Either search by Level (Elementary, intermediate, advanced) on
top right of page or search by Topics : Culture, Grammar Points, Pronunciation Points,
dialogue practice, Business English, Environment, IELTS test vocabulary for charts and
graphs, icebreakers, role plays, and so many more. Search by topic by pressing on icon
images or in menu bar on side... (I have used this for finding worksheets so many times
since it began in 1998. It’s all free!)

http://busyteacher.org ​(Stop reinventing the wheel. This website is an excellent

resource to get you started as a teacher!) Tons of of ready-made powerpoint
presentation slides, teacher training tips, writing prompts, ice breakers, flashcards,
teaching ideas, classroom and teacher motivation infographic posters, classroom
management posters/worksheets, and lots of mini lesson plans for modules/one day
lessons, tons of free worksheets and lesson plans and quizzes, lots of coloring
worksheets for children). Look in the ​More ​section.

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk ​(teacher training courses, divided by kids, teens,

adults, ready made lesson plans, activities, classroom management/reward system
resources...

http://coerll.utexas.edu/methods/ ​(Online PHD in Foreign Language Instruction

materials from the University of Texas. Videos of teacher training and lesson plan
ideas for teaching speaking, writing, reading, culture, grammar, listening, etc.

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/badge-builders-kids ​(classroom rules and

badge system for rewarding behavior for kids, all the tools and lessons come from
contributors to the British Council....and are all free!)

http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/ ​(Dave’s ESL Café has job listings mostly for language
schools around the world. It also has as a great Idea cookbook with teacher
contributed lesson plans game activities, games for kids, pronunciation teaching
ideas, icebreaker ideas, conversation topics or grammar points and tons more all for
free!)

http://www.chompchomp.com/handouts.htm ​(grammar handouts/activities)

http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm​(main site)

https://www.eslconversationquestions.com ​(conversation questions for speaking

activities and grammar practice)

http://iteslj.org/questions/ ​(tons of questions based on topic. From Internet TESL

Journal)

https://www.eslconversationquestions.com/english-conversation-questions/topics/
(conversation topic questions for speaking activities)

https://www.eslconversationquestions.com/english-conversation-questions/gra
mmar/ ​(grammar focus questions)

https://www.eslfast.com ​(model conversations by level and for intensive reading by

level, listen to recording and read, listen and repeat along with audio recording of
someone reading the story, speed reading (easy English), read aloud activity,
dictations, cloze exercise test (exercises on bottom of each page), etc.... topics are
mostly for children, teenagers, or adult immigrants living in English speaking countries
not for EFL.

https://www.rong-chang.com ​(main page for eslfast.com with kindergarten

English, kids English, reading, scrambled sentences, stories, and more)

http://grammar-monster.com ​(explanation of grammar points and punctuation with

lots of worksheet type activities and tests (with instant feedback and answers) for
language focus practice)