Resources
Listen and Speak
This website contains lessons that give special attention to English pronunciation of everyday language. With over 100 lessons, organized by level, Englishspeak.com provides a large amount of audio content. Users have access to two different speeds of playback for each item. There are over 2500 common vocabulary and phrase items. http://englishspeak.com/
Many Ways to Practise English
This site offers lessons, practice and activities in every aspect and level of English, from Beginners to Advanced: speaking, listening, reading, writing, spelling, grammar, vocabulary, slang, and idioms. www.manythings.org
CLEO
CLEO's latest publication, "Barriers to Citizenship: How ESL teachers can help" has been developed to make ESL professionals aware of what they can do to help learners who may have difficulty with the citizenship test. You may download the PDF version free of charge, at CLEO's website: www.cleo.on.ca/english/projects/eslindex.htm
CBC's Cultural Learning Tool: "News in Review"
News in Review has been designed by teachers for an integrated curriculum and is an effective learning tool for topics including Canadian studies, world studies, history, social science and media literacy. You will find articles about Toronto's Mayor Rob Ford, Superstorm Sandy and more, along with downloadable lesson plans for each topic. http://newsinreview.cbclearning.ca/bestof/
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants, (OCASI)-Resources
In case you haven't explored it yet, the settlement.org website, run by the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants, (OCASI), has a wealth of resources for ESL teachers. http://settlement.org/path.html
The Canadian Immigrant
The Canadian Immigrant is an online magazine full of information, resources, success stories, thought-provoking articles and pictures. www.canadianimmigrant.ca/
English with Jennifer
This blog for teachers is sponsored by Pearson Longman and is a veritable font of great tips.
http://englishwithjennifer.wordpress.com/tag/english-with-jennifer/
The Historica-Dominion Institute
This is the largest, independent organization dedicated to Canadian history, identity and citizenship. It's a rich resource, with more than 40 000 fascinating articles, 6,000 interactive maps, graphs, oral interviews, photographs, animations and all sorts of projects involving Canada's parks, veterans, aboriginal peoples, black history in Canada and more. A terrific resource for information on Canadian history. www.historica-dominion.ca/en/
Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC)
As an endless source of discoveries, this is a unique interactive space that brings together Canadian museum collections and riches in a variety of thought-provoking and instructive contents. It's your window on current museum news and your reference guide to plan your next outing. It also has a Teachers' Centre, as well as all sorts of special in-depth sections.This is a wonderful resource for teaching about Canadian culture and history. www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/index-eng.jsp
Tutela.ca
When you join Tutela you get FREE access to Canada's largest collection of ESL/FSL resources and peer community. Tutela.ca is a national online repository and community for Canadian English as a Second Language (ESL) and French as a Second Language (FSL) professionals. This Federal-Provincial joint initiative is funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. It's a great platform for sharing resources, discussing issues, networking and accessing webinars.
As a repository, Tutela contains learning activities, worksheets, templates, teacher training resources, curriculum guidelines, policy and management documents, research papers and more.
As a community, it offers interactive technologies to support ongoing collaboration and sharing among ESL/FSL professionals and builds community through special interest groups, a calendar of events, survey tools, postings of training/job opportunities, wikis and news feeds.
And if you have trouble meeting the Professional Development requirements for your TESL certification, be aware that TESL Ontario now accepts participating in LIVE Tutela Webinars through http://tutela.ca/Tutela. You'll need to submit a certificate of participation, available through the site.
Listen and Speak
This website contains lessons that give special attention to English pronunciation of everyday language. With over 100 lessons, organized by level, Englishspeak.com provides a large amount of audio content. Users have access to two different speeds of playback for each item. There are over 2500 common vocabulary and phrase items. http://englishspeak.com/
Many Ways to Practise English
This site offers lessons, practice and activities in every aspect and level of English, from Beginners to Advanced: speaking, listening, reading, writing, spelling, grammar, vocabulary, slang, and idioms. www.manythings.org
CLEO
CLEO's latest publication, "Barriers to Citizenship: How ESL teachers can help" has been developed to make ESL professionals aware of what they can do to help learners who may have difficulty with the citizenship test. You may download the PDF version free of charge, at CLEO's website: www.cleo.on.ca/english/projects/eslindex.htm
CBC's Cultural Learning Tool: "News in Review"
News in Review has been designed by teachers for an integrated curriculum and is an effective learning tool for topics including Canadian studies, world studies, history, social science and media literacy. You will find articles about Toronto's Mayor Rob Ford, Superstorm Sandy and more, along with downloadable lesson plans for each topic. http://newsinreview.cbclearning.ca/bestof/
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants, (OCASI)-Resources
In case you haven't explored it yet, the settlement.org website, run by the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants, (OCASI), has a wealth of resources for ESL teachers. http://settlement.org/path.html
The Canadian Immigrant
The Canadian Immigrant is an online magazine full of information, resources, success stories, thought-provoking articles and pictures. www.canadianimmigrant.ca/
English with Jennifer
This blog for teachers is sponsored by Pearson Longman and is a veritable font of great tips.
http://englishwithjennifer.wordpress.com/tag/english-with-jennifer/
The Historica-Dominion Institute
This is the largest, independent organization dedicated to Canadian history, identity and citizenship. It's a rich resource, with more than 40 000 fascinating articles, 6,000 interactive maps, graphs, oral interviews, photographs, animations and all sorts of projects involving Canada's parks, veterans, aboriginal peoples, black history in Canada and more. A terrific resource for information on Canadian history. www.historica-dominion.ca/en/
Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC)
As an endless source of discoveries, this is a unique interactive space that brings together Canadian museum collections and riches in a variety of thought-provoking and instructive contents. It's your window on current museum news and your reference guide to plan your next outing. It also has a Teachers' Centre, as well as all sorts of special in-depth sections.This is a wonderful resource for teaching about Canadian culture and history. www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/index-eng.jsp
Tutela.ca
When you join Tutela you get FREE access to Canada's largest collection of ESL/FSL resources and peer community. Tutela.ca is a national online repository and community for Canadian English as a Second Language (ESL) and French as a Second Language (FSL) professionals. This Federal-Provincial joint initiative is funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. It's a great platform for sharing resources, discussing issues, networking and accessing webinars.
As a repository, Tutela contains learning activities, worksheets, templates, teacher training resources, curriculum guidelines, policy and management documents, research papers and more.
As a community, it offers interactive technologies to support ongoing collaboration and sharing among ESL/FSL professionals and builds community through special interest groups, a calendar of events, survey tools, postings of training/job opportunities, wikis and news feeds.
And if you have trouble meeting the Professional Development requirements for your TESL certification, be aware that TESL Ontario now accepts participating in LIVE Tutela Webinars through http://tutela.ca/Tutela. You'll need to submit a certificate of participation, available through the site.
