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
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
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 Remote 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
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
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
Communicative Language Teaching (CLT):
www.esl-galaxy.com/speaking.html
iteslj.org/Techniques/Kayi-TeachingSpeaking.html
www.esl-galaxy.com/speaking.html
iteslj.org/Techniques/Kayi-TeachingSpeaking.html
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
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
General Esol Weblinks
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
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
ESOL resources hub
Literacy materials for low-level learners (A0-A1):
www.esolcourses.com/content/topicsmenu/beginners.html
www.queenslibrary.org/services/adult-literacy/adult-learner-program/esol
www.esolmaterialsireland.com/literacymaterials/index1.php
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
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
Cultural training games/ worksheets for EFL classes: tefltastic.wordpress.com/worksheets/efl-cultural-training/
311 FREE ESL Culture, intercultural communication: cross-cultural communication worksheets
General ESOL sites
Hundreds of worksheets: https://www.skillsworkshop.org/esol
Eslflow has hundreds of worksheets at various levels: www.eslflow.com/
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/
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/
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/
Some excellent links to games and resources from the University of Maryland: Here
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
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
General Esol Weblinks
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
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
ESOL resources hub
Literacy materials for low-level learners (A0-A1):
www.esolcourses.com/content/topicsmenu/beginners.html
www.queenslibrary.org/services/adult-literacy/adult-learner-program/esol
www.esolmaterialsireland.com/literacymaterials/index1.php
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
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
Cultural training games/ worksheets for EFL classes: tefltastic.wordpress.com/worksheets/efl-cultural-training/
311 FREE ESL Culture, intercultural communication: cross-cultural communication worksheets
General ESOL sites
Hundreds of worksheets: https://www.skillsworkshop.org/esol
Eslflow has hundreds of worksheets at various levels: www.eslflow.com/
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/
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/
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/
Some excellent links to games and resources from the University of Maryland: Here
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
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