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This site is extremely well organized and very easy on the eyes. While it offers many of the typical sections you will find on a TEFL site, one of the most useful resources is the Advice directory. This resource is divided geographically with dated teacher testimonials about working conditions, job placement, and cost of living in countries around the world, including remote areas you may not have considered teaching in. (more…)

Jason Renshaw’s blog could be classified as the dessert of the TEFL blogs. Not only does the English Raven share tips and musings about teaching English, he adds delicious stories that are real, and aren’t always from the classroom. As Jason recently pointed out, almost any experience in life (such as a trip to the movies or life as a new parent) can apply to teaching. (more…)

Are you using music in the classroom? Songs for Teaching offers lyrics and music to teach various grammar, spelling and usage rules. After you listen to a sample, you can download the music for a fee or purchase a CD with related songs. (more…)

Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto, an author and English teacher in Japan, has used the blog platform to develop a rich community of English teachers from around the world. The Teaching Village motto “We’re better when we work together” reflects the content you will find when you visit. As well as writing her own heartfelt posts, Barbara encourages guest authors to contribute to sections such as “Stuff all EFL Teachers should know” and “Lessons Learned from Students”. If you don’t have time to keep your own blog but like (more…)

Rob Waring is an author and speaker who works out of Japan and specializes in extensive reading and graded readers. His website provides important articles and research on the topic of extensive reading and listening, skills which are often left out in the language classroom. (more…)

The official website for Global, Macmillan’s new multimedia English learning course, is full of useful resources for modern teachers, including elessons, videos, teaching tips and international blogs. Global is an interactive course designed for adult learners interested in engaging with the English language in an authentic, often unscripted, way. (more…)

This EFL Ning, created by David Deubelbeiss in 2007, connects over 11,000 English teachers from around the world. Teachers can create their own web page and build a large online network of support. The site becomes more useful each day as new members join and add their own lessons, links, videos, and stories. As the site’s motto suggests “When one teaches, two learn.” (more…)

This resource site for teachers, developed by Sean Banville (Breaking News English), offers dozens of English lesson plans on a variety of holiday themes. Each month the featured lessons are placed at the top of the site, making it easy for teachers to plan supplementary activities ahead of time. The holiday lessons are popular with students because they extend beyond the usual Christmas and Halloween themes. (more…)

There are a lot of new ways for teachers to create personalized tests and materials for learners online. Lingt stands out for two reasons. Firstly, it is straight forward. Teachers and learners should have no problem figuring out how to use it. All you need to do is give your students the URL to your Lingt classroom (you receive this when you sign up).The activities and quizzes you create are stored on site and you can offer individual feedback quickly and easily. (more…)

If you are thinking about breaking into the TEFL industry, you may want to subscribe to this new blog by a retired TEFLler. Ted of TEFL Newbie offers the “straight scoop” on what it takes to survive what is sometimes described by veteran teachers as the TEFL trenches. While there are many TEFL bloggers with impressive archives to sort through, TEFL Newbie offers a less overwhelming starting point. (more…)

Keeping up with the times is always at the top of a teacher’s to-do list. With technology changing so quickly, however, many teachers find it difficult to stay on top of the new tools and sites designed to make teaching easier. Russell Stannard, an award winning ELT Professional, makes it simple for teachers with his free training videos. As well as offering suggestions for tools and sites for teachers, Russell uses (more…)

Some people are born to make lists. Larry Ferlazzo, a high school English language teacher in California, is one of those people. His blog is full of lists that can save teachers, bloggers, students, and website owners loads of time. (more…)

Published by Macmillan Education Group, One Stop English holds true to its name. The site offers thousands of resources including teacher support, lesson sharing, and competitions. There is a lot to discover but if you are short on time and know what you are looking for you can use the Quick (more…)

This popular blog, created by freelance TESOL teacher Karenne Sylvester, is written specifically for Teachers of English who are looking for tips on how to teach speaking. Karenne’s writing has a conversational tone and her posts offer up-to-date lessons and reflections that (more…)

Lesson Writer is a free website that allows teachers to create customized lesson plans and exercises based on text and readings from the Internet. Teachers simply copy and paste a piece of text into Lesson Writer and the program analyzes the text (more…)

This blog was developed by ELT instructor and teacher trainer, Claudio Azevedo of Brazil. Azevedo is a movie aficionado whose lessons disprove the notion that grammar is boring and difficult. Each blog entry contains a movie segment with subtitles along with a detailed lesson based on a single grammar point. The blog is (more…)

ESL Teachers Board saves TEFL teachers from combing the web. Whether you need advice about travelling or teaching or are searching for motivational techniques or lesson plans you will likely find a starting point (more…)

TEFL teacher and author Shelley Ann Vernon began creating her own materials partly in response to  using “the driest textbooks imaginable”. Throughout her site Shelley stresses the importance of fun when teaching (more…)

eslHQ offers a number of resources for English teachers, including forums, articles, flashcards, and job listings. This site is a community of teachers sharing ideas. When you join for free you can access the unique lesson plans and ideas that other teachers post. For example, a teacher posted instructions on how he had adapted the playing card game ‘Kings’ into a grammar game for ESL learners. One of the most (more…)

Lanternfish, previously known as bogglesworld, is a true teacher’s helper. This site offers fun, yet educational, activities and exercises including movie lessons, role-plays, game boards, and flashcards. This is a great site for teachers who need supplementary worksheets for beginner and intermediate learners. Lanternfish also offers plenty of holiday themed (more…)