ESL Teacher Reference Desk

ESL Resources

Newspaper English
How to use newspapers in ESL classroom with learners at all levels? – Get free ideas, tips, and solutions.

Business English
Get everything you need for teaching Business English at various levels.

Medical English
How to help doctors, medical researchers and students of medicine to improve their fluency in medical English context? - Get ideas and resources.

CALL Software
Learn how English software can cover all the skills - reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar, vocabulary, culture, and more.

ESL Games
Find out how games can help to develop foreign language skills, create positive learning environment, and make students enjoy what they are doing. In addition, you can download games.

Books for Youth
The books that can save many lives - useful guides that can help young people to overcome crisis... Books for educators - parents and teachers, and more.

Zoo Books for Kids

Personalized children's books about reptiles, penguins, seabirds, pandas, koalas, kangaroos, gorillas, and more.

Listening
How to improve listening skills? - Get useful tips and interactive listening comprehension exercises.

Speaking
What are the essentials of teaching speaking? What are the two basic types of speaking that we need to teach?

Reading
There are two basic types of reading, intensive and extensive. How to teach them?

Writing
How to overcome ESL writing difficulties? - Get a few valuable ideas.
 
Grammar
Free English grammar resources.

Course Outlines
How to design a course outline? What functions should a course outline perform?

Lesson Plans
How to write a concise and clear lesson plan? - Get a lesson plan sample.

Quotations
Inspirational quotations can load memory with thoughts and develop language skills effectively. Find quotations and learn how to integrate them into various classroom activities.

Acronyms
Get a list of acronyms that are used in everyday ESL teaching and learning environment.

ESL Tests
Get the most popular international tests for ESL students.

ESL Textbooks
Get the answer to the following question: How to select a suitable textbook for the ESL classroom?

Books for Kids
Useful information and resources: novels, short stories, etc.

Magazines for Kids
Childrens magazines: safe, fun and informative online magazines for kids of various ages.

Movies for Kids
Top kids movies: romance, musicals, science fiction, comedy, animation, and documentaries.

Digital Libraries
Information about the largest libraries in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps, and software.

 

 

 

Job Interview Questions with Possible Answers

Find an ESL job and succeed at the job interview. Get free answers to the questions that they will most probably ask you at the interview. To get the answers, CLICK HERE...
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English Newspapers
All free English newspapers in English speaking and non-English speaking countries. To find all English newspapers, CLICK HERE.


Teacher Forums
Forums are excellent meeting points on the net to discuss international jobs, teaching and research experience, education, and other issues. To find forums, CLICK HERE.


Online Translator
Free online translator translates documents and websites from Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean and other languages -  into English, and vice versa. Find online translators HERE.


Currency Converter
Free Online Currency Converter converts all world currencies. It allows to perform foreign exchange rate calculations using up-to-the-minute currency rates. To use Online Currency Converter, CLICK HERE.


Time Difference
Free World Time Server provides time at any time in any selected country or major city 24/7/365. To find out the time in any part of the world, CLICK HERE.


Country Calling Codes
International country calling codes and local time. To get the calling codes, CLICK HERE.


World News
Links to International World News Providers ABC, CNN, BBC, CBS, NBC, Newser, Reuters, Fox, Yahoo, Google, News of the World, and MORE...


Country Facts
Countries of the world: facts, maps, population, and comparison of countries. To get the country facts, CLICK HERE!


The Internet Picture
World Internet usage statistics. World Internet usage, population statistics and Internet market research data for over 233 countries and world regions.


Statistics about the World
World population, education and media, government and economics, environment, food, water, energy, and health.


Search Engines
Search engines automatically find web pages and index their information. They use crawlers to find pages for their algorithmic search results. Get all search engines HERE...


Directories
Directories are compiled by experts in particular fields; information is usually more reliable in directories than in search engines. To find hundreds of manually compiled directories, CLICK HERE.


Convert Documents and Web Pages to PDF
ExpressPDF is free online service that lets you convert your Microsoft Office documents, Excel documents and Web pages to PDF. Click HERE and start converting to PDF now... 


Free Web Space
Get free web space. No website design experience and no HTML skills are needed. Start building your website, click HERE!


Professional Web Hosting
Get a reliable web host. A powerful tool lets you construct a professional  website, with no programming experience or HTML know-how. To build a website, CLICK HERE.


Greeting Cards
Send FREE online greeting cards to teachers, students, relatives or friends. To send a card, CLICK HERE.


ESL Jobs Worldwide
Modern online job-search tools can connect teachers with employers. There are thousands of ESL teaching positions around the world. To find ESL jobs, CLICK HERE.


Laptops
Get professional advice how to choose the best laptop computer to meet your needs. Get software and accessories. Learn MORE, Click HERE.


LOTE (Languages Other Than English) .
Learn the mother tongue of English learners and you will increase the quality of ESL teaching. To choose a language, CLICK HERE!