Resources for teaching English
With over 6,500 resources, including lesson plans, worksheets, audio, video and flashcards, onestopenglish is the world’s number one resource site for English language teachers.
Your time is precious so onestopenglish is packed with resources to make life easier. All materials are written and edited by our expert team of teachers and authors and are organized into core subject areas such as Skills, Grammar and Vocabulary, Business, Exams and Young Learners, so you’ll always find what you’re looking for.
| |||||||||
New for May 2009
Onestopenglish user survey
Onestopenglish needs you! We’re constantly looking for ways to improve onestopenglish but to do this we really need your help.
Methodology: Proficiency students
Lindsay Clandfield offers some advice to a teacher in Poland whose Proficiency-level students are no longer challenged by their coursebook.
Assessment matters: What is assessment?
The first in a new series of articles that deal with assessment. In this article Adrian Tennant takes a look at what is meant by assessment. Many people assume that assessment is simply another word for testing but this article outlines its role as an important aspect of teaching and learning.
Dictionary skills: Travel
A dictionary skills lesson plan by Tim Bowen on the theme of travel, to give learners practice in using the dictionary to check meaning and for vocabulary development.
New this month: Smoothie makers tread familiar path to lucrative deal
Innocent, the ethically-aware smoothie business, has sold part of its company to the US drinks group Coca-Cola for £30m. Like other niche brands, Innocent must convince customers it hasn’t sold out.
Nursing English Part 6: Moving and handling
Part six of a new series of English-language worksheets for nurses. In this set of reading and listening activities, students learn about safe and appropriate moving and handling strategies.
Macmillan webinars
The Macmillan Webinars are a series of talks from some of the biggest names in ELT. You can watch these directly in your web browser, right here on onestopenglish.
Pronunciation skills: How many syllables?
This lesson by Jonathan Marks focuses on plural nouns and 3rd person singular verbs which are spelt with the ending -es. It helps students to develop an awareness of when this ending represents an additional syllable (e.g. age / ages) and when it doesn't (e.g. behave / behaves).
The Road Less Travelled Season Two: Episode 13: A shoulder to cry on: Audio and activities
Michael is trying to give Katie some advice when Sal phones. Katie is nervous about answering the call - will Sal forgive her?
In closing ...
This month, Shiriin Barakzai signs off from the beautiful Kingdom of Bhutan - she is off to explore new horizons. Her diary entries will be sorely missed here on onestopenglish, but she leaves us with some charming anecdotes to keep us going!
Business tasks: Changes
A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise talking about how things have changed or been altered.
Spot on news lessons for teens: Challenge yourself
This month's Spot on news lesson is about some inspiring young people: they have learnt new skills and challenged themselves by working for bronze, silver or gold medals.
The Road Less Travelled Season Two: Episode 14: The morning: Audio and activities
Katie is helping Sal get ready on the morning of the wedding. Sal is having last-minute doubts and Katie gives her some advice ...
New this week: Weekly news lesson 137: 14th May 2009: Web providers must limit Internet’s carbon footprint, say experts
Scientists estimate that the energy footprint of the Internet is growing by more than 10% each year. As a result, many Internet companies are faced with a problem: their energy costs are escalating as their popularity increases, while at the same time their advertising revenues are falling because of the recession.
Lesson Share competition poster
Download and print this Lesson Share poster to put up in your staff room!
Weekly news lesson 136: 7th May 2009: Swine flu outbreak brings Mexico City to a near halt
To avoid the spread of swine flu, most of Mexico City’s restaurants have closed. The former metropolitan hub has been reduced to a ghost town, with people feeling rather bitter about these closures.
Every Day
A song video and interactive games on the topic of daily activities.
Onestopblogs: a new service for the English language teaching community
Onestopblogs brings together blogs from throughout the English language teaching community. Featuring blogs from the best teachers, trainers and linguists on the web, onestopblogs is the portal for news, views, tips and trends in the world of ELT.
Selections level 3: Picture perfect
A story by Helen Douglas about art, with a complete lesson plan and worksheets by Adrian Tennant.
Macmillan webinars: New technology - new pedagogies
The first Macmillan webinar by Pete Sharma, available to watch at your convenience, directly in your browser. This video is 45 minutes long.
I'm Ready to Play!
A song video and interactive games on the topic of sports.
Onestopenglish Video Dictionary Competition
Bring words and phrases alive by making videos of them in class! Enter the Onestopenglish Video Dictionary Competition for the chance to win a Flip Video Camcorder.
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar