SATEFL: Newsletters: Language Links Autumn 03

Language Links, Autumn 2003

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In each newsletter there is a page of internet links of interest to EFL practitioners. We hope you try them and find them useful.

In a recent posting to the IATEFL Comp Sig mailing list, Nik Peachey, the British Council Teaching Websites Manager, highlighted the websites featured below and asked recipients to share them with colleagues.

I hope you find them useful, and likewise pass them on. Also, if you have other websites you’d like to recommend, please feel free to get in touch.

Anne Stokes (a.stokes@strath.ac.uk) (Page Editor)

Nik's recommendations are:

Teaching English: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/

This site provides a range of services including weekly updated articles on methodology, activities to try out and lesson plans complete with materials. There is also a community of language teachers who use the 'Talk' section to exchange ideas and opinions on ELT. Additionally, you can download quizzes and a variety of reference materials from the site, or you can submit articles or lesson plans of your own.

Search English: http://searchenglish.britishcouncil.org/

Search English is a powerful search engine and community building tool that draws on databases of ELT news related articles and ELT journals which have been specifically selected. The site enables registered users to set up ongoing search queries and receive updates by email. As well as this, the site offers a number of community building features including forums and
groups which can be used create special interest communities to store and exchange documents as well as ideas and opinions.

Language Assistants: http://www.britishcouncil.org/languageassistant/

The language assistants' site was designed specifically to support English native speakers going abroad to work as language assistants, but it is also of use to those working in the field of EFL. The site has regularly updated teaching tips, links and materials that focus on developing understanding of UK culture. There is also a free downloadable teaching manual which would be ideal for novice teachers.

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