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primarily for ABE/GED/ESOL teachers, but useful for anyone wanting to integrate technology
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Business English Materials.com - Free Business English Lessons

Business English Materials.com. ESL lesson plans. Complete with 20-page printable handout, 8 online quizzes and mp3.
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Rewordify.com: Understand what you read

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Rewordify.com helps you understand more of what you read, faster. It translates hard English into easier English.
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helpful for adult literacy, esl classes - simplify words

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Free online Dictionary of English Pronunciation - How to Pronounce English words

A free online Talking English Pronunciation Dictionary - simply mouse over your entry to hear it pronounced. American and British spellings, with alternative pronunciations.
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talking pronunciation dictionary

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LingleOnline English Lesson Plans from Real News

Automatically create Lesson Plans using todays news. Uses Authentic English text graded by level, identifies grammar patterns and vocabulary usage.
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award-winning innovative technology service for both English language teachers and English language learners. It helps motivate learners, facilitates real world language learning and dramatically reduces class preparation time for teachers.

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Learn English at GCFLearnFree.org

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esl activities to practice English and master common English vocabulary

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English Language Learner (ELL) Resources - UEN

English Language Learner (ELL) Resources - UEN | EdTech Tools | Scoop.it
Resources for educators that teach English Language Learners.
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50 Incredibly Useful Links For Learning & Teaching The English Language

50 Incredibly Useful Links For Learning & Teaching The English Language | EdTech Tools | Scoop.it
Teaching a new language to non-native speakers may be one of the most challenging educational jobs out there, so ELL teachers can use all of…...
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Teaching with the Web

Language Links - esl, esol - is a compilation of ideas for using WWW resources as a language teaching tool. It also offers links to sites that have pedagogical information.

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Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab - For English as a Second Language

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This ESL listening Web site created by Randall Davis helps ESL/EFL students improve their listening comprehension skills through practice with self-grading quiz pages.
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7 Terrific Telephone English Activities for Adult ESL Learners

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For those who speak English as a second language, speaking English on the telephone can be one of the most challenging and frustrating tasks.
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ESL Song Lessons - tefltunes.com - Songs For Teaching Grammar

Song-based Lessons and Teaching Resources for EFL Teachers
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Search results: ell | OER Commons

Search results: ell | OER Commons | EdTech Tools | Scoop.it
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Common Core for ESL learners

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Phonetics: The Sounds of English and Spanish - The University of Iowa

This site contains FLASH animated libraries of the phonetic sounds of Spanish and English. Available for each consonant and vowel is an animated articulatory diagram, a step-by-step description, and video-audio of the sound spoken in context.
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animated phonetics

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50 ways to use video in the classroom - EFL CLASSROOM 2.0

50 ways to use video in the classroom - EFL CLASSROOM 2.0 | EdTech Tools | Scoop.it
I will be travelling quite a bit this year to conferences and schools, speaking about a teaching lifelong passion - the use of video as an educational material…
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ideas for using video in the EFL Classroom

Ellen Graber's curator insight, March 6, 2013 9:27 AM

Wow, only 50..how many more applications for video can you think of? What have you done?

Alysse Martin's curator insight, March 6, 2013 10:03 PM

Now to give an example of how these ideas can align with the new technology curriculum (ACARA). Let's take Point 9...

Foundation to year 2 technology curriculum: 

2.1 Recognise and play with patterns in data and represent data as pictures, symbols and diagrams.

Learning Activity:

Get students to watch a "how to" video or a clip of a technological process (e.g. milking cows) then ask student to draw pictures to sequence the steps.

Another example, Point 22...

Foundation to year 2 technology curriculum: 

2.2 Describe how people use different information systems safely to meet personal and family communication and recreation needs.

Learning Activity:

Have students conduct a skype interview of a person of an older generation to gain insight into what information systems they used for communication and recreation when they were the age of the students. Compare this to the students experience.  

 

References:

 

ACARA. (2013). Draft Technology Curriculum F-2. Retrieved March 7, 2013, from http://usqstudydesk.usq.edu.au/m2/mod/folder/view.php?id=105116

 

Ddeubel. (2013). 50 ways to use video in the classroom. Retrieved March 7, 2013, from http://community.eflclassroom.com/profiles/blogs/50-ways-to-use-video-in-the-classroom?xg_source=msg_mes_network#

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EFL Portfolios

This is the power point presentation I used in one of my trainings for the ALC/Moldova staff in July 2009. For more information, contact me at danielamunca@gmai

Via Inna Piankovska, Juergen Wagner
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integrating student portfolios in ESL instruction - a Slidecast presentation

Sandra V. Barbosa's comment, February 1, 2013 2:54 AM
Thank you for following me, Juergen Wagner.
Kaithie Ramirez's curator insight, July 8, 2015 5:18 PM

there's always something to learn from students' portfolios. Always try to adapt it within the classes.

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ESOL extra

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This whole section is devoted to teaching ESOL students and it is certainly the place to start when looking for ideas and materials.
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ESOL ideas and resources

Sarah Kosloski's curator insight, September 23, 2013 11:34 PM

ESOL resources with an older focus.

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Onestopenglish: Number one for English language teachers

Onestopenglish: Number one for English language teachers | EdTech Tools | Scoop.it
With over 8,000 resources, including lesson plans, worksheets, audio, video and flashcards, onestopenglish is the world’s number one resource site for English Language teachers.
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everythingESL: The K-12 ESL Resource from Judie Haynes

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25 Online Games for English Language Learners

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by Angelita Williams, OnlineCollegeCourses.com GameZone: Dozens of simple, straightforward games about grammar, spelling, and vocabulary reach out to English language learners at all levels. Keep i...
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Education World: ESL | EFL | ELL Resources

Education World: ESL | EFL | ELL Resources | EdTech Tools | Scoop.it
Explore this resource guide for English Language Learners.
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Reading Comprehension Worksheets

Reading Comprehension Worksheets | EdTech Tools | Scoop.it
High quality reading comprehension worksheets for all ages and ability levels. Teachers in the classroom and at home will find our materials to be very beneficial.
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