IATEFL
The International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language.

Internet TESL Journal
This monthly online journal for teachers of English as a second laguage has all sorts of good ideas to help you teach. PODCASTS!

K-12 Literature Based Teaching Ideas
Do you need creative ideas for teaching a novel? You'll surely find some here!

ReadWriteThink
This site is full of wonderful and creative ideas for teachers. Check out the STUDENT MATERIALS INDEX for fun interactive learning tools like the Bio-Cube, Character Trading Cards, Comparison & Contrast Guide, Eye on Idioms, Fractured Fairy Tales, Drama Map, Literary Elements Map, Venn Diagrams, and more. For each interactive tool there are links to the lesson plans that use it.

Visual Thesaurus
Try this amazing interactive dictionary and thesaurus that creates word maps exploring the meaning and relationship of words.
To use Visual Thesaurus at home, CLICK HERE, but first see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

Activities for Students Learning English as a Second Language
Activities that make learning fun, plus bilingual quizzes in many languages.

Award-Winning Children's Literature
Use this database to create a tailored reading list of quality children's literature or to find out if a book has won one of the indexed awards. (Compiled by California State University Librarian Lisa Bartle).

Hamzah's Favorites

• Graphic Organizers
• ESL Gold
• Voice of America - Special English
• TESOL Arabia
• English Learner Movie Guides

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updated 03/03/2008