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BOOKS/ WEBSITES

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Hi

I was wondering if anyone knew of any great websites and books that new tefl teachers could use for lesson plans, game ideas, and grammar.

Im looking at teaching a mixture of groups and one-to-one so any books that can show the various.

Any ideas that any of u might have please feel free to comment as the prospect of going out there in a real life teaching situation is daunting so any kind help would be appreciated.

Peace to all

Marg
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For books, my favourites are the Focus on Grammar series. They have reading, writing, and listening exercises that follow along with the main grammar topics. If a student can use the skills in those books, they are going to be successful. I really feel they do a great job of covering everything necessary to be fluent in English.

For websites, I think mine are pretty good, so check them out.

For teaching ideas: www.eslteachingideas.blogspot.com/

For general English skills: www.learnenglish-online.com/

I also really like englishpage.com and eslgold.com, which are both good for grammar.

Good luck!
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Hi there,
For one to one here is a great book of games for children and there is video demo to go with it, ideal for new teachers to see one way that things can be done:

www.homeenglishteacher.com

And then for groups and classes there are books of games, a preschool curriculum of games, songs and stories, and role-plays and skits - all on this site:

www.teachingenglishgames.com

All the best
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Hi,

Thank you. I will take a look at it over the weekend :-)
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i think students need the better habits of reading..because it will develop the students thinking capacity and also they can improve their creativity through better reading, and also each reading they will get more and more new informations, so the teachers always try to improve the reading habit of students...:)
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Two websites that I have found useful are the following;

tmenglish.org

and

lessonstream.org

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A little self promotion... But I've been working on a site that contains lots of great free information on improving english skills. I'm adding more content all of the time... And if anybody takes a look at it, I'd love to hear some feedback! PM me with any comments...

how-to-improve-english.net
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Here's a couple pages with some good websites.

www.eflsensei.com/EFL--ESL-Websites-/?tip&tipNum=5

blogs.eciad.ca/wc/?p=21#comments

All the best!

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Hi there,

Here is my suggestion for a website you might find useful.
http://teachers.onlineenglishexpert.com

On this website you will find lesson plans, which follow the CEFR guideline, meaning that the lesson plans are prepared for levels A1, A2, B1, B2 etc. The plans have Presentation, Practice, Grammar and Production stages. The also include Answer Sheets for download.
Some ideas about games and class activities can also be found there.

Hope this helps! :)
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Try this website for ESL games and lesson plans in Power Point format:

https://www.dangerouslyeasyesl.com/
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Thanks For the information.
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Thanks
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Check out Matt's ESL Games and Quizzes (ebook) at EnglishClub, by the inventor of the Word Up ESL board game.
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Some interesting ideas here for higher-level learners. In class activities as well as some materials for using real board games in class. TEFLGamer.com
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Good evening all.

I have created digital pdf lesson plans that can be purchased individually or as a whole coursebook. Every lesson plan includes warmers, activities and conversation as well as rules and exercises. You can browse my store here:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Team-Tefl
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