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Top 5 Free Resources for ESL Teachers - TEFL Blog
Federico Riva
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Even experienced teachers have difficulty sometimes thinking of new ways to plan and deliver their lessons. The following list gives a set of 'go to' resources, for new and experienced teacher alike, to use for ideas and activities. These examples have been chosen on the basis that they are actually useful, saving teacher time when looking for lesson ideas and materials at all levels and in a wide variety of teaching situationsEach of the websites indicated were correct for the time of writing. You may need to find alternatives if domain names have changed. Also be aware that over time, popular free website resources are sometimes later monetized, either partly or in full.
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What are some useful ESL teaching resource books? - TEFL Blog
Federico Riva
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The market for ESL teaching books is very large and all the major publishers have some form of involvement in the production and selling of these resources. There are many different types of books and resources that are used in ESL teaching and we will consider three main categories.1) General teaching theory books2) ESL book series3) Activity resource books
General teaching theory books
ESL book series
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Do or Does ESL Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a worksheet to practice the difference between do and does in English.
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The Best Resources For Finding A TEFL/TESOL Job - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
You completed your TEFL/TESOL course - now how do you find that dream teaching job? In this live event, TEFL expert Linda goes over the best strategies and resources for finding a TEFL/TESOL job. #TEFL #BestTEFL #TeachEnglish Are you ready to teach English abroad or online? Click here and get started today: bit.ly/37gs5vO What is TEFL Certification? Where is it valid: bit.ly/36ma2Fg Check out our wide range of TEFL Courses: bit.ly/3ltqt73 Teach English online from anywhere you want: bit.ly/3ltqEPL
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Appearance Worksheet for ESL - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a fun ESL worksheet to practice talking about someone's appearance.
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ESL Breakfast Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a fun ESL worksheet to talk about breakfast. Read and draw. Use colored pencils too.
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Spring is here ESL Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a fun worksheet for younger ESL students to talk about spring.
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If I Were An Elf ESL Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Get ready for the holiday season in your ESL classroom with this fun "If I Were an Elf" ESL worksheet.
Simply print out the worksheet and hand it out to your students. Have your students come up with a name for their elf, a job for their elf, the favorite part of their elf and draw what their elf looks like.
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Make Your Own Pizza ESL Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a fun ESL worksheet where students can make their own pizza and add their favorite ingredients.
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ESL Worksheet Countries and Flags - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a fun ESL worksheet to learn about different countries and their flags. The students have to match the countries to the correct flag.
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Clothes Vocabulary - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ESL Worksheet For Beginners
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This worksheet for beginner English language students is great to teach clothes vocabulary and sentences.
There are 8 items of clothing pictures with 8 Jumbled up sentences. Students should write the correct sentence about the item of clothing in the picture.
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Christmas ESL Vocabulary Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a fun ESL printable matching exercise for ESL students to study and practice Christmas vocabulary. The students look at the list below and write the names of the Christmas vocabulary under the correct pictures.
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Tips & Resources for LGBTQIA+ English Teachers Abroad - TEFL Blog
Linda Dunsmore
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Teaching abroad is an exciting and enriching opportunity for anyone, but as an LGBT individual, there are additional challenges and considerations to keep in mind. Moving to a new country means adjusting to a different culture and navigating questions about discrimination, safety, coming out, and handling public displays of affection. While there has been significant progress in LGBT rights globally, including the legalization of same-sex marriage in more countries, there is still work to be done. Therefore, finding a place to teach abroad that is accepting and welcoming to the LGBT community becomes crucial.
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Easter Sequencing ESL Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This kindergarten Easter activity is perfect for practicing sequencing. It's a simple and fun cut and paste worksheet with Easter-related vocabulary.
Read the story together as a class. Next, discuss the images at the bottom. Then, have your students work on the correct sequence and then ccomplete the activity together as a class by glueing the images in the correct order.
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What's in My Egg ESL Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This Easter-themed ESL worksheet is interactive and helps your student with their writing skills.
Instructions for the teacher:
Prepare plastic eggs that can be opened for your students. Go thorugh the instructions with your students and also tell them to go through the instructions with their parents.
Instructions for the parents:
Your child has brought home a plastic egg. Please help your child choose something to place in the egg. Next, help your child write three clues that he or she will read to the class. The class will then have to guess what is tn your child's egg.
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Synonym and Antonym ESL Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Synonyms and antonyms worksheet for first grade and second grade. Students find a synonym and an antonym for each word.
Practice synonyms and antonyms of common adjectives with this ESL worksheet.
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English ESL Furniture Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a fun worksheet to practice home and furniture vocabulary with your ESL students.
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Christmas Definitions ESL Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This ESL worksheet with Christmas definitions is great for teaching your students more about Christmas, its customs, and how it is celebrated.
1. An imaginary creature that looks like a small person and has magical powers is a pixie.
2. A fat man with a white beard and a red suit who gives toys to children at Chriswtmas is Santa Claus.
3. Animals that are in front of Santa's sleigh are reindeer.
4. A shiny ball hung on a Christmas tree is a bable.
5. Wax formed into a stick with a string in the middle is a candle.
6. The "green" thing you decorate is called a Christmas tree.
7. Tinsel is shiny metal strips.
8. The red-nosed reindeer is called Rudolph.
9. Something you give to someone special is a present.
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Job Descriptions ESL Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a great worksheet for English lessons about jobs and occupations. This worksheet has 15 job descriptions. Students should read the job description and write the correct job/occupation in the blank space.
In this ESL worksheet, students should read a description of a job then write the correct job name in the blank space. Incorporate this worksheet in your lessons about jobs and occupations to practice and review jobs and occupations vocabulary while also practicing reading comprehension.
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Spring Counting ESL Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This worksheet is ideal for practicing numbers and spring vocabulary. Your students are going to love it!
Answer key:
There is one flower.
There are two birds.
There are four leaves.
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Spring Sequencing ESL Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This kindergarten spring activity is perfect for practicing sequencing. It's a simple and fun cut and paste worksheet with spring-related vocabulary.
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Spring Has Arrived ESL Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This worksheet is meant for very young learners. The students can practice spring vocabulary, including clothes, activities, and weather.
This worksheet is ideal for practicing spring vocabulary with your beginner EFL students. Print it out and go over the worksheet as a class, or, if your students are more advanced, you can have them fill it out on their own and then feedback later.
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What Books to Use: An Overview of The ESL Teaching Materials - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
hey everybody it's lisa here and i'm super glad to welcome you to the weekly live stream by itt um if you don't know me yet um once again my name is lisa and i'm a non-native english teacher from russia i've been working online primarily since 2020 and today um i would like to reach out to you and tell you about um some esl course books uh to pick out for your uh teaching i'm not going to dig into details i'm just going to briefly present my approach how i choose the most appropriate materials but anyways i hope that this topic um will be interesting and helpful so uh stay tuned uh and um let me know that you hear and see me clearly because uh right now i i can see that there are seven people watching but i'm not sure if my equipment works well so uh we've got this comment section uh... [Read more]
7 Great Resources for Teaching Business English - TEFL Blog
Linda Dunsmore
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Business students are most likely already familiar with using computers and particularly the Internet for learning English. The Internet can provide a teacher with an enormous array of teaching resources from non-authentic and authentic materials to lesson plans and ideas. Here are 7 great resources for teaching business English at no cost to the teacher!
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BusinessEnglishSite.com
Busy Teacher
AnnualReports
Infoplease
VOA Learning English
BBC Learning English
UsingEnglish.com
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Valentine's Day ESL Vocabulary Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a fun Valentine's Day ESL Word Search Puzzle Worksheet you can use in your ESL classroom to celebrate the romantic holiday.
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Top Online Lesson Plan Resources for New and Advanced Teachers - TEFL Blog
Mark Crocker
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For many new and experienced EFL teachers, one of the most challenging aspects of their career is coming up with lesson plans that are both engaging and effective. Even if your employer provides a specific textbook to follow as a curriculum, you will often find that this can be rather dull for the students unless you spice things up by adding in some fun and original ideas from an outside source. By searching online you will find a huge amount of sites offering all manner of resources of varying quality and relevance. To save you the hassle of searching through them all, we have listed our 5 favorite websites that you can use to find quality lesson plans free of charge.
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Rudolph Sight Word and Coloring Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This ESL worksheet is perfect for practicing sight words and sentence building. Your students can also color in Rudolph on this Christmas themed worksheet.
Have your students color the picture using the code provided. Once all colored in, the students create a sentence using the sight words.
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Top 8 Resources for Researching Teaching English Abroad - TEFL Blog
Linda Dunsmore
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So you want to move abroad to teach English and explore a new culture? That's great - but how do you get started? At first, the process of finding a teaching position abroad can seem like a daunting task. Where are the highest teacher salaries? Is it better to teach at a private or public school? Which country hires teachers in advance? China is the largest EFL market worldwide - but is it also the right choice for me?
1. ITTT Country Guides
2. ITTT FAQs
3. Your Local Library or Bookstore
4. Online Forums and Facebook Groups
5. ITTT Alumni Experiences
6. Blogs Written By Real Teachers Abroad
7. ESL Job Boards and Recruitment Agencies
8. ITTT Advisors
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Top 8 Resources for Researching Teaching English Abroad - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Present Continuous English ESL Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a helpful worksheet for ESL students to practice the present continuous tense in English.
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