Materials, Practical Resources & Tools for Teachers BB Cards - cards for learning and practising English Ideas and activities for teaching Grammar David English House - supporting teachers in Japan Genki English - games for jhs and (sometimes) shs TEFL games - list of materials for teachers BBC Learning English British Council - English teaching resources Teaching Debate to ESL students Self-Study Idiom Quizzes (& links to other ESL quizzes) ESL Library - paying resource site for ESL teachers Breaking News English - topical EFL reading-based lessons Mrs.Dowling's Fun and Games page Free English conversation lesson plans for beginning, intermediate and advanced level of English learning in ESL EFL classes as well as business English classes. Each lesson provides an introduction, step by step teaching guidelines and printable student worksheets. Business English teaching resource (not EFL, native-speaker targetted) Web 2.0 Tool for Podcasting as a Teaching/Learning method Site giving tips and practical info on using Video/Films in classes Site with a range of Warm-Up activities with possible application in EFL classes NY Times Learning Network page for teachers/ss of journalism Teaching Social Responsibility - an example approach to lessons on the issue of Nuclear Weapons

Articles with Advice or Important Info for Teachers Article on teaching global issues in High school EFL classes Noticing : Developing Grammar Awareness in the teaching of English at Japanese HS - pdf Second Language Vocabulary Resources page.Last updated Nov 2002.This page contains some resources for those interested in second language vocabulary acquisition. Primarily it is a site focused on second language vocabulary. - Rob Waring's site ELT News - Think Tank archive - advice and ideas on a range of teaching topics Internet TESL journal - Teaching Techniques - a collection of articles Tips for teachers (not specifically ESL/EFL-targetted Article on Multiple Intelligences in the classroom Introduction to Tribes Learning method Advice and Tips for new Middle School teachers Advice from first-year Teachers A Prototype for Teaching the English Alphabet Code - Reading Reform Foundation article

Web 2.0 type 'on-line classroom' tools Talkshoe - site for creation of and participation in interactive on-line presentations. Cool Blog with perspectives on Using Blogging in Teaching (not EFL-specific) Nicenet - on-line classroom site for interactive web education WordChamp - vocab learning tool for teachers and ss WordCount - artistic representation of 86800 english words listed by frequency of use

Journalism-related sites Web English Teacher - journalism resources JPROF - the website for teaching journalism 1st in series of 3 articles from Radio Free Asia about press freedoms in East Asia Covering North Korea - recent changes in NK TV news shows