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For an introduction to our site, methods and open source materials, please watch this webinar by our director, Dr Sheekey: NALA Webinar




Teachers can click the buttons below for links to our worksheets, targeted English Portfolio, materials and background reading for ESOL tutors and practitioners. Anyone wishing for training in using our portfolio and materials please contact us at dublincityilc@gmail.com



 Useful Websites for our tutors - click on green/red links
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​ILS In-House teaching resources and links  

Links and resources for Online Teaching

Why Do Virtual Meetings Feel So Weird? Non-verbal Issues

Top tips for online English teaching

British Council's Remote Teaching Tips

Using Zoom for Effective Online Lessons

Zoom Tutorial For English Teachers

How to use Zoom breakout rooms

Seven Ways To Use Zoom for Remote Teaching


Ideas for teaching English with Zoom
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Practitioner experience of running Zoom classes with ESOL learners

Supporting learners with online learning 

 
Blended learning in English language teaching: Course design and implementation

Assessing learners online: assessment criteria​

Flipped Learning 
Flipping the Lesson

 
British Council R
emote Teaching Tips

Flipped Learning Approaches

Excellent independent learning project (requires login) Diglin 

Great British Council Learner Resources

Digital Pedagogy Expert Research


Loads of ICT tools and open educational resources


Methods and Approaches for working with learners:

​Jan Blommaert's (RIP) Basic language/integration concept
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Glossary of current trends in pedagogy: Innovation in Education

How to help adult migrants develop work-related language skills - a quick guide

Here is a resource bank for ELT professionals. Find webinars, videos, articles, publications and ready-made training sessions: Continuous Proferssional Development

Advice from teachers who have lengthy experience working with students of refugee backgrounds: Building Connections

Council of Europe support site with lots of resources: Linguistic Integration of Adult Migrants
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The VIME project has produced guidance and support materials, and training modules to support organisations and professional teachers to select, train and support volunteers: VIME PROJECT

Good practice for 
 low-skilled and unemployed migrants
Excellent mini-course for tutors to understand how to create more collaborative and welcoming leaning spaces: ECML Virtual Open Course
Adult training ideas which are central to our practices: meeting real needs
 
Great introduction to language theory and learning:
17 Must Watch TED Ed Talks on Language and Language Learning 
Council of Europe language and integration support website: 
www.coe.int/en/web/lang-migrants

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT):
www.esl-galaxy.com/speaking.html


iteslj.org/Techniques/Kayi-TeachingSpeaking.html
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Lots of fun activities for teaching language: Instant Activities

European Centre for Modern Languages: Languages at the heart of learning 

These Trocaire resources address a number of the 
Sustainable Development Goals
with reference to the five Ps: People, Prosperity, Planet, Peace and Partnership

Excellent resources here at Reimagining Migration

ELSTA great national school resources 


Intercultural Training links

ECML's excellent intercultural Education Page

Integrating global issues in the creative English language classroom
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General Esol Weblinks 
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Here are some very useful sites with lots of ideas and materials for teaching:
Grammar: 
Great site for tenses and form: first-english.org/index.htm

1000s of grammar worksheets: All Things Grammar

Beginners and literacy

Good beginners worksheets: Literacies

English through pictures: English Made Easy


One Stop course for absolute beginners www.onestopenglish.com/esol/absolute-beginners/
A Handbook for Tutors Working with Adult ESOL Literacy Learners: 
sites.google.com/site/margifelixlund/home/handbook
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Very useful Ipad apps arranged into the following categories: writing apps, drawing apps, music apps, coding apps, social studies, science apps, and math apps: 
www.educatorstechnology.com/2017/07/70-educational-ipad-apps-for-middle.html

Literacy Downloads: This site includes books from Literacy NOW workshops, and testing materials developed for ESL Programs:
www.tacomacommunityhouse.org/literacy-now-downloadable-materials/

ISL Beginner materials
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ESOL resources hub



Literacy
materials for low-level learners (A0-A1):
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www.esolcourses.com/content/topicsmenu/beginners.html

www.queenslibrary.org/services/adult-literacy/adult-learner-program/esol

www.esolmaterialsireland.com/literacymaterials/index1.php

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www.skillsworkshop.org/pre-entry?op=or&tid_depth%5B%5D=509

​lassn.org.uk/resources-for-tutors/


How to Teach Absolute Beginners:

busyteacher.org/12158-how-to-teach-absolute-beginners-esl-zero-to-hero.html

Adult Literacy Worksheets Recommended by NALA:
www.nala.ie/tutors/worksheets


Bilingual Teaching:

ESOL links for Arab speakers: Arab Links

ESOL resources for Chinese speakers: Chinese links


Irish Schools' materials
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​Seomra Ranga is a primary school resource but many resources can suit ESOL:

www.seomraranga.com/links/ 


Scoilnet supports Primary and Post-Primary teachers in sharing and finding useful resources for the classroom but also useful for Irish ESOL: www.scoilnet.ie/



Cultural and Intercultural sites

DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION GAMES 2020 

Free Functional Skills and Skills for Life resources
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Cultural training games/ worksheets for EFL classes: tefltastic.wordpress.com/worksheets/efl-cultural-training/
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311 FREE ESL Culture, intercultural communication: cross-cultural communication worksheets


General ESOL sites

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Hundreds of worksheets: 
https://www.skillsworkshop.org/esol

Eslflow has hundreds of worksheets at various levels: www.eslflow.com/
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34599 FREE ESL worksheets for elementary (A1) level - iSLCollective (needs a sign up): en.islcollective.com/resources/printables

Hundreds of worksheets related to everyday, social English: Busy Teacher

British Council's wide range of teaching and learning resources to help you in the ESOL classroom: esol.britishcouncil.org/content/teachers/lessons-and-activities

One Stop's resources tailored for students of ESOL aimed at students living in an English-speaking country: www.onestopenglish.com/esol/
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​TESL Journal's resources (with more on the following link*): iteslj.org/links/TESL/Lessons/  *iteslj.org/links/

The Excellence site brings together some of the most effective resources for ESOL  created as part of the Skills for Life strategies: esol.excellencegateway.org.uk/

BBC World Service Learning site: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

ESLPDF worksheets are in PDF format and are arranged by category (verb tenses, articles, prepositions, etc.): eslpdf.com/

ESL Cafe's links to many resources: www.eslcafe.com/search/index.html

​Ready lessons on news items: www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

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Select from 947 free downloadable PDF lesson plans and handouts, with answers and teachers' notes where needed, for all levels: www.usingenglish.com/teachers/lesson-plans/


​A wealth of lessons and articles on teaching (can be ordered): iteslj.org/
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Some excellent links to games and resources from the University of Maryland: Here 
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Reading for English learners:

Using Penguin Graded Readers

Learn English Magazines and Readers


Here you can find a wide range of ideas for using stories and poems from the British Council:  Stories & Poems

Many free English books especially for learners: extensivereading.net/resources

A list of sites where you can get free ELT and education related books: IMMERSIVITIES 
Lots of free Ebooks from Oxford Press: FreeEbooks

Motivational literacy ebooks: www.makebeliefscomix.com/eBooks/

NATECLA's invaluable section of must-know resources for English language teachers:
www.natecla.org.uk/content/654/ESOL-teaching-resources
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​A digital library of outstanding children's books from all over the world: ICDL

Great reading resource with audio too: Storyplace


Big collection of Ebooks here: MagicBlox

Absolutely fab resource for literacy - this site's got it all! CommonLitFree Functional Skills and Skills for Life resources

 AvatarSocial Media and e-learning:
Digital Literacy: 
Inventory of ICT tools and open educational resources
Beginner Computer Basics Vocabulary
​Computers and the Internet

Interactive ESOL links
55 ESL DIGITAL RESOURCES
Using Films for learning: Film English

Using Tablets

E-lang supports learners to become competent and autonomous language users as well as digital citizens: E-lang
Edtech and mobile learning site with many links: EdTech

Some good ideas here on Social Media learning:
www.facebook.com/groups/623307164491077/

Whatspp tech and Language learning:
Here are 25 ideas of how to make good use of WhatsApp for language learning. WhatsApp was the starting point for these ideas, but teachers will see that other applications and messaging services will work just as well.
oupeltglobalblog.com/2016/05/17/25-ideas-for-using-whatsapp-with-english-language-students/
Whatsappweb: web.whatsapp.com/
Social Media Tech for Language Learning:
www.facebook.com/groups/623307164491077/
Fun avatar for language learning:
 avatar
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Google site for teaching digital skills: applieddigital

Fabulous site for early digital literacy (need to register): 
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https://en.diglin.eu/
A very well resourced site about language and tech:
SIL
A fun and useful map translator
Teachers Are Turning to Podcasts as an Instructional Tool
Digital Storytelling Apps for Elementary Students


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