Documentation:ESLforPrimaryTeachers

Resources for Primary English Teachers

Resource created for TRU World's Beijing Teacher Education Program - July 2015

Integrated / All Skills

About ESL: http://esl.about.com/

ESL Cafe: http://www.eslcafe.com/

ESL Flow: http://www.eslflow.com/

MES: http://www.mes-english.com/

Busy Teacher: http://busyteacher.org/

Using English: http://www.usingenglish.com/

BBC English: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/

A4 ESL: http://a4esl.org/

ESL Gold: http://www.eslgold.com

EduScapes: http://eduscapes.com/tap/tapenglish.html#5

Explore English: http://42explore.com/42exploreenglish.htm

Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html

• Literacy Center Education Network

• Collective

Reading & Writing

Alphabet & Animals: http://www.bemboszoo.com/

Scholastic: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/index.htm

Mad Libs: http://www.madlibs.com/

Kid's Click: http://www.kidsclick.org/

Picture Dictionary: http://www.pdictionary.com/

Poetry

Giggle Poetry: http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

Poem Hunter: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-months/ (from: http://www.poemhunter.com/)

Fun Brain: http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html (see examples of comics to use for creative writing).

Journal Writing: See Diary of a Wimpy Kid at http://www.funbrain.com/journal/Journal.html?ThisJournalDay=1&ThisPage=1

Read Write Think: http://www.readwritethink.org/

Guide to Grammar and Writing: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/

Spelling City: http://www.spellingcity.com

Slideshows: http://photopeach.com/

Listening & Speaking

Listening & Speaking: http://www.rong-chang.com/listen.htm

ESL Lab: http://www.esl-lab.com/cgi-bin/mail.cgi/list/esllab/

Digital Dialects: http://www.digitaldialects.com/

About ESL: http://esl.about.com/od/englishlistening/

Many Things: http://www.manythings.org/

Songs

Freddie's Ville: http://www.freddiesville.com/songs/

Many Things: http://www.manythings.org/songs/

ESL Galaxy: http://www.esl-galaxy.com/music.htm

Busy Teacher: http://busyteacher.org/classroom_activities-listening/songs_and_lyrics/

English 4 Kids: http://www.english-4kids.com/lessons.html

English Learning: http://www.englishelearning.com/en/index.html

Train Your Accent: Accent reduction exercises. http://www.trainyouraccent.com/

• The Big Numbers Song

• Wheels on the Bus

Games

• Puzzle Maker

• Word Search

• Puzzles

• Games for the Brain

• Jeopardy

• Pictionary

Videos

Teacher Tube: http://www.teachertube.com/videos/

Thematic Lessons

Numbers

• Saying Large Numbers Lesson

• Pronouncing Numbers in English

Canada

• Provinces and Territories of Canada

• Stompin Tom - Capitals Song

• The Hockey Song - Stompin Tom Connors

Grammar Lessons

Figures of Speech

• The art of the metaphor Animated video explanation by Jane Hirshfield

• Similes and Metaphors: Cartoon video by The Bazillions

• Explanation of Metaphors

• List of Metaphors

• Metaphor Examples for Kids

• 200 Short and Sweet Metaphor Examples

Assessment

http://www.quia.com/

Classroom Management

Online Stopwatch: http://www.online-stopwatch.com/

Instructional Pedagogy

Learning Outcomes

• https://esl-literacy.com/outcomes-landing

Theories of Teaching and Learning

Total Physical Response (TPR)

• TPR: Article from BBC's Teaching English website.
• TPR Video: Video demonstration of TPR

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)

• The Advantages of Communicative Language Teaching: Article on CLT
• CLT Video: Five Communicative Language Teaching Methods.

Bloom's Taxonomy

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
• http://www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching-resources/effective-practice/revised-blooms-taxonomy/
• http://ww2.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm
• http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/bloomtax.htm
• BLOOM’S TAXONOMY and Costa’s Levels of Questioning
• Bloom's Taxonomy: Video from LSU Center for Academic Success
• Bloom's Taxonomy: Finding Nemo
• Bloom's Taxonomy
• Blooms Taxonomy According to Seinfeld

Gardner's Multiple Intelligences

• http://www.multipleintelligences.org/
• http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_62026ee70100gu20.html
• http://esl.about.com/od/teachingenglish/a/l_multiple.htm
• http://msetramapo.org/edtc631/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/GardnerLectureNotes.pdf
• http://www.education.com/reference/article/Gardners-multiple-intelligences/

Learning Styles

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_styles
• https://www.personalitymax.com/learning-styles

Assessment

• http://longmanhomeusa.com/blog/tag/summative-assessments/
• http://www.docin.com/p-88917378.html
• http://profeherrera.com/formative/strategies.html

Educational Technology

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-learning

Resources

• The Internet TESL Journal
• http://www.mastersinesl.org/blog/instructional-technology-tools-in-the-esl-classroom/
• http://eslteachingandtechnology.com/index.html