Jack C. Richards on Professional Development for ESL/ELT Professionals
TeachersSelfTeacher CafeEducation...In this video, Jack discusses professional development for ELT/ESL professionals.
The Everyday Language Learner Interview Series: Stephen Krashen
TeachersTeacher CafeEducationLanguageDr. Krashen is perhaps best know for the general theory of second language acquisition.
ABC of SLA
TeachersHistoryTeacher CafeEducation...Scott Thornbury's history of second language acquisition (SLA) in a nutshell. A lot of great ideas.
Steven Pinker on Language Pragmatics
TeachersTeacher CafeLanguageEducationSteven Pinker talks about Language Pragmatics and how language is learned through context.
Learn English Apps
TeachersTeacher CafeTechnologyEducation...Check out these excellent apps for your mobile device of choice!
Louis Rogers - Academic Vocabulary
TeachersTeacher CafeLanguageEducation...The four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking have dominated the EAP classroom for many years; however in the last decade academic word lists has given much greater prominence to vocabulary teaching. This talk will give an overview of some of the main studies into creating Academic Word Lists and look at the impact of vocabulary knowledge of skills such as reading.
The benefits of Extensive Reading
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeEducation...Professor Richard Day, Chair and Co-founder of the Extensive Reading Foundation, explains the benefits to language learners of extensive reading.
Use Technology to Help Students Learn
TeachersTeacher CafeTechnologyEducation...There are a lot of ways technology can help ESL students learn. Here you will discover ways to use technology in your classroom to help students further their language learning.
Inspiring students with learning disabilities to take up a language
TeachersDisabilityTeacher CafeEducation...With a different approach, language lessons for students with special education can be inclusive, exciting and relevant. Adapting lessons so they include more visual and audio aspects could help when teaching languages to young people with learning difficulties.
Vocabulary
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeEducation...A vocabulary learning platform with images, games and activities for all types of classrooms. A resources for teachers and students to practice vocabulary.
Ship or Sheep?
TeachersSpeakingTeacher CafeEducation...Pronunciation practice with minimal pairs. This website has the image, phonetic symbol and pronunciation for each word. Great practice for students of all ages.
"Vape" Word of the year 2014
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeLanguage...Last year it was "selfie" and in 2012 it was "GIF". Oxford University Press have chosen "vape" as this years winner. The word, which the dictionaries's blog defines as both a verb and a noun for the whole category of popular tobacco atomizing devices.
National Geographic "Listen & Read" Resources
TeachersListeningReadingTeacher Cafe...National Geographic has several simple non-fiction "Listen & Read" stories, great for language learners to use in class or at home.
How To Create Alphabet Books
TeachersTeacher CafeEducationLanguage...A quick tool that teachers can show students how to use so they can practice new vocabulary words with this alphabet organizer.
Top 7 Board Games to Learn English While Having Fun
TeachersGamingTeacher CafeEducation...Learning English in fun ways can be a challenge for teachers, using board games can create a fun and positive learning environment while increasing vocabulary and other skills. Remember to choose a game that is right for your students.
Grow ELL Vocabulary
TeachersTeacher CafeEducationLanguageIf you teach English-language learners, you know what a challenge it an be to keep vocabulary instruction fresh and engaging. The link will take you a list of shared teacher favourites for growing ELL vocabulary.
Creating Materials For ELL's and ESL
TeachersCreativityTeacher CafeEducation...The article, "Technologically and linguistically adventurous EFL teacher" written by Sandy Millin shares ideas on how to create material for your students. She offers tips and techniques to building your own resources along with extra tools to experiment with.