Effortless English Archives: May 2009

Monday, May 25, 2009

Speak English Fluently Squidoo Page

We have a new Squidoo page called Speak English Fluently. It's a brief introduction to our 7 Rules email course and includes a couple of videos.

You can link to it at: http://www.squidoo.com/speak-english-fluently

Enjoy!

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AJ Hoge Resume

Kristin Dodds Resume

Effortless Acquisition Curriculum 1.0 (Beginners)

Effortless Acquisition Curriculum 2.0 (Intermediate)

Teaching Methods and Techniques

The Effortless English Newsletter
Get Free suggestions about learning English, subscribe to the Free Effortless English Newsletter.

The Effortless English Club
Learn English with me, using the powerful Effortless English system.

Learn English With The Linguist
Learn English with The Linguist. Their system is fantastic! I heartily recommend them.

Total Physical Response
This is a fantastic tool for teaching English! Great materials for teachers.

TPR Storytelling
Take TPR to the next level. Great for intermediate and advanced students.

TPR Stories
Another good TPRS site. Has a catalogue and information about workshops.

Focal Skills Approach
Another innovative approach to teaching English (or any language).

SD Krashen
Incredible site by the expert on natural teaching approaches. More oriented towards academic research than classroom techniques.

ALG World
Automatic Language Growth. Good essays about language acquisition and the silent period!

Trelease On Reading
Promotes the power of reading... including research and specific suggestions for creating a powerful reading program for both native speakers and foreign language students.

Taeko Tomioka
A fantastic essay on the Silent Period.

Pro Linguistica
Offer TPR training workshops and a free email newsletter.

Blogs

Creating Passionate Users
More brilliance... a business oriented blog with lots of applicability to teaching. Substitute the word "students" for "users" and you get the idea!

Phrase Base
Excellent site that promotes learning a language through phrases, not individual words.

Lingual Bee
An amazing blog by a native Chinese speaker, though its hard to tell its not written by a native English speaker. Very interesting thoughts on language learning- from a learner's point of view.

Journey to Thai
The chronicles of a man who is learning Thai at AUA Bangkok, using comprehensible input based methods. A very interesting and insightful blog.

Teacher In Development
A brilliant blog concerned with teacher development (ie. teacher excellence). Read it.

AP Campbell
Great TESOL blog with a focus on Person to Person learning and the use of web technology. Excellent!

Scott Sommers' Taiwan Weblog
Great blog, from a TEFL-in-Taiwan perspective.

Dekita
Showcases classroom Web-publishing projects in EFL /ESL and introduces links relevant to personal Web-publishing in language learning contexts. Good stuff!

Marc Hogi's Blog
Marc's thoughts on foreign languages and international affairs.

Think Lab
A blog dedicated to school design! Good to know there are folks like this out there!

Jobs- International

Dave's ESL Cafe
The mother of all job sites for teaching English internationally.

TEFL Site
This is a good TESOL career site

TESALL.com
A great one stop job search portal for TESOL

Transitions Abroad
A great online magazine with tons of information about working, living, and travelling abroad.

English Job Maze
ESL/EFL jobs worldwide.

Chronicle of Higher Education
University jobs, mostly in the US.

ESL Focus
A web magazine for EFL professionals. Has a job section.

International House
A large, British based chain with schools all over the world.

Japan

Jobs In Japan
Lots of Job listings for Japan, as the name implies!

Ohayo Sensei
Another great source for jobs and information about teaching in Japan.

JALT
The Japan Association of Language Teachers. A source of higher quality jobs than Ohayo Sensei.

University Jobs In Japan
A Japanese website. Has listings for University jobs.

Thailand

Ajarn
This is the largest and most comprehensive website for English teaching in Thailand. Has an extensive job board, plus general information about living in Thailand

Stickman's Bangkok
An in-depth site with practical information about living and working in Bangkok. Cynical and negative- but the basic info is good.

Learning Thai Forums
Resources and forums for those who want to learn more about Thailand and the Thai language.

Taiwan

Tealit
Site for teaching English and living in Taiwan, including a job board.

English In Taiwan
A site for people teaching or living in Taiwan (or who want to).

Management

Tom Peters
READ THIS BLOG! Tom is the Master of passion, vision, projects and eliminating bureaucracy.

Paul Graham
Fantastic, future-forward insightful essays. A must read!

Wisdom21 Language School
An innovative school that has created a warm, elegant, inviting learning environment. An excellent alternative to the cold and sterile corporate atmosphere of most language schools.

Gore Associates
The Company that makes Gore Tex. Has a very powerful management design. Good ideas for program managers and teachers.

A Clear Eye
Tom Asacker's blog. Tom helps organizations transition from being “economically-driven” to “emotionally-driven".

Ken Blanchard Learning
The best selling management guru. Good books and good ideas for program managers and teachers.

Presentation Skills

Presentation Zen
Good advice on making powerful and effective presentations.. including advice for using powerpoint effectively.

iStockphoto
Stock photos for presentations, websites, etc. at very reasonable prices.

Teacher Resources

About.com Lesson Plans
As the title implies... lots of lesson plans ready for use by teachers!

English Learner Movie Guides
Guides for using popular movies to teach/learn English. A good resource for both teachers and students.

Thai-English Online Dictionary
A decent, and free, online dictionary for Thai and English. May also have Japanese capability.

Skype
FREE international phone calls (including conference calls of up to four people). Talk to people all over the world-- great speaking and listening practice, and fun too!

Audacity Audio Studio
FREE software for recording and editing audio, and creating MP3 files. A great tool for creating podcasts. You must also download LAME in order to create MP3 files with Audacity.

LAME for Windows
Download LAME (FREE) to create MP3 files from your Audacity recordings.

LAME for Mac
Download LAME (FREE) to create MP3 files from your Audacity recordings.

Amazon.com
THE mega online bookstore. Great place to get English books, audiobooks, CDs, and movies. International shipping is sometimes expensive, but their selection cannot be beat!

Penguin Readers
A catalogue of graded readers (ie. mini-books) ranging from low beginner (200 word vocab) to high intermediate (3000 word vocab). They also have CD/Cassette audiobook versions of many titles!

Ryota's Basic English
A blog written with only the 850 most basic words of English. A good site for reading practice.

English Learning Podcasts & Resources

The Effortless English Podcast
My English learning podcast-- with tips on how to study and learn English effortlessly

ESL Pod
Another great English podcasting site. Download recordings.. along with explanations of key vocab and idioms. For best results, listen to each one many times.

Learn English With The Linguist: The Podcast
Yep, they have a podcast too. Learn English with the Linguist podcast.

English Conversations
A resource for students. This site contains podcast (MP3) recordings of English conversations... and written transcripts for each one.

Business English Podcast
Learn Business English at your convenience with Business English Pod ~ English communication skills for professionals.

VTrain
This site offers vocabulary training software. The software helps you review new vocabulary in a scientific way that boosts retention.

Alumni (Former Students) Blogs

Gibb's Blog
Gibb's fantastic photography blog. Truly excellent. [Thai language]

Hiroshi
Hiroshi's blog

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