Mediating ELT through Useful Web Resources for EFL Teachers

By Dr. Gilberto Hernández Quirós

www.gilbertohernandez.blogspot.com

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INTRODUCTION

Mediating ELT through Useful Web Resources for EFL Teachers has been put together specifically for educational purposes in views of helping fellow language professionals facilitate the learning and teaching process while making it both meaningful and memorable.

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The Joy of Learning Meaningfully

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“Cyberspace is humanity’s new habitat.” Dr. Gilberto Hernández Quirós

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PODCASTS

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DESCRIPTION WEBSITETOP 10 Language Teaching Blogs http://en.bab.la/news/top-10-language-teaching-blogs-

2009.html BBC Podcasts http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts

BBC Learning English http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ Voice of America http://www.voanews.com/english/podcasts/ National Geographic, podcasts on travel, nature, science, animals, etc.

http://nationalgeographic.com/podcasts English Through Soccer, podcasts, vocabulary, etc, for learning English

http://languagecaster.com Real English Conversations, podcasts for intermediate, upper intermediate, advanced learners

http://www.betterenglish.com

Pod Cards, short podcasts about English speaking countries with worksheets

http://www.eslpodcards.com/index.php

The Education Podcast Network http://www.epnweb.org/index.php?openpod=10#13

SHORT STORIES AND BOOKS

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DESCRIPTION WEBSITEClassic short stories by U.S. authors, text and audio

http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/amer-stories-page.cfm

Short stories with audio and exercises

http://www.rong-chang.com/

Ghost stories from Southern U.S., text, high intermediate

http://www.themoonlitroad.com/welcome001.html

Reader’s Theater Scripts http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html

http://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm

BLOGS

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Create a blog for classroom use http://blogger.com

Create a blog for a closed community of people

http://livejournal.com

Create a blog where adding photos is easy

http://www.flickr.com

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

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McGraw-Hill GRAMMAR FORM AND FUNCTION

http://www.elt.mcgraw-hill.com/a/Grammar/g_gffolc.shtml

Online Grammar and Vocabulary Quizzes

http://a4esl.org

Reference Site for Grammar http://www.zozanga.com To Learn English http://www.tolearnenglish.com/free/news/pdfg.php EFL net, good resource for online practice with grammar and phrasal verbs

http://eflnet.com/index.htm

Azar Grammar http://azargrammar.com Agenda Web, excellent grammar and listening activities for all levels.

http://agendaweb.org

Grammar exercises, podcasts http://bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish

PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

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Sounds of English from the University of Iowa

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/

Minimal Pair Practice & Quizzes, Songs & Poems, Tongue Twisters

http://manythings.org/pp/

Word Stress http://individual.utoronto.ca/English/PWordstress.htm A Board for IPA Phonetic Transcription

http://ipa.typeit.org/

CURRENT EVENTS and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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BBC site with articles for English language learners (ELLs)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish

The Tico Times http://ticotimes.net TESOL: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

http://tesol.org/s_tesol/index.asp

News articles with thorough lesson plans for high beginners

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com

RUBRICS: make your own rubrics http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index EDUCATICO: Red Costarricense del Saber

http://www.educatico.ed.cr/default.aspx

GAMING

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Free downloadable JAZZ CHANTS with photocopiable lyrics

http://onestopenglish.com/section.asp?docid=146250

Make your own CROSSWORD PUZZLES

http://puzzle-maker.com

Online SCRABBLE game for solo players

http://www.games.com/game/scrabble-blast

Online CROSSWORD PUZZLES http://a4esl.org Online HANGMAN, Jumbled Words, Matching Games and Crossword Puzzles

http://englishclub.com/esl-games/index.htm

Created a COMIC STRIP http://www.makebeliefcomix.com/comix .php

THANK YOU!

E-MAIL: gilhernan@costarricense.crghernandezq@gmail.com

BLOGS:www.gilbertohernandez.wordpress.com www.gilbertohernandez.blogspot.com

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