Recommended Websites / References

Useful Websites (2014)

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BBC

http://www.bbc.com/

 

BBC China

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ukchina/simp/elt

 

CNN

http://edition.cnn.com/

 

Aljazeera

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/

 

Reading A-Z

http://www.readinga-z.com/

 

Macmillan Dictionary

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/

 

RTHK-Radio3-Backchat

http://programme.rthk.hk/channel/radio/programme.php?name=radio3/backchat&p=514

 

Famous Speeches

http://www.englishtrackers.com/english-blog/10-famous-speeches-in-english-and-what-you-can-learn-from-them/

 

Quizlet

http://quizlet.com/

 

Classical Poems for Children

http://storyit.com/Classics/JustPoems/

 

Nurturing Pupils Creative Thinking in the Upper Primary English Classroom

http://cd1.edb.hkedcity.net/cd/eng/creativethinking_pri/DOC/Booklet.pdf

 

Collaborative Research and Development (“Seed”) Projects

http://www.edb.gov.hk/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/collaborative-research-and-development-projects.html

 

Quality Education Fund Cyber Resource Centre

https://qcrc.qef.org.hk/

 

Hong Kong edCity

http://www.hkedcity.net/

Hong Kong edCity – English Campus

http://www.hkedcity.net/english/

Hong Kong Education Bureau – English Language Curriculum

http://www.edb.gov.hk/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/index.html

Hong Kong Education Bureau – teachers-related materials

http://www.edb.gov.hk/en/teacher/list-page.html#

Chief Executive’s Award for Teaching Excellence

http://www.ate.gov.hk/english/index.html

Education Bureau – Education-related Schemes and Funds

http://www.edb.gov.hk/en/public-admin/related-bodies-schemes/edu-schemes-fund/index.html

How to Teach English to Non-English Speaking Children

http://www.ehow.com/how_6905859_teach-english-non_english-speaking-children.html#ixzz34PUv6IfA

Four Tips for Teaching English to Non-Native Speakers

http://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/reference-material/4-tips-for-teaching-english-to-non-native-speakers/

What If They Don’t Speak English? (For Primary & Secondary Teachers)

http://www.misd.net/bilingual/resourcePDF/WhatIfThey.pdf

How to Teach Speaking Activities to ESL Students

http://www.ehow.com/how_4480308_teach-speaking-activities-esl-students.html

British Council – Teaching English

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-resources

British Council - Teaching Speaking Techniques

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF7zsz8fi64

British Council – Teaching English - Articles

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles

NILE ELT Glossary

https://mycourses.nile-elt.com/mod/glossary/view.php?id=580

Strategies for Teaching Writing

http://esl.about.com/cs/teachingtechnique/a/a_twrite.htm

Teaching Literacy with Jolly Phonics

http://jollylearning.co.uk/overview-about-jolly-phonics/

Teaching English the Fun Way: Beginning Class

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG2fhVhrfGY

English Class with Award Winning Teacher (Full Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNJbzv7b7D8

5 Successful ESL Speaking Activities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCWhIgKrpfM

Communicative Grammar for Multi-Level English Language Learners | The New School

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArxrGKIkM3c

Teaching Pronunciation: Seven Essential Concepts | The New School

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPmjGHdK5v8

English Conversation - Learn English Speaking - English Course [English Subtitle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeDKyKj3Puc

English Conversation - Learn English Speaking - English Course [English Subtitle] Part 9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeDKyKj3Puc

60 Tips: Best classroom techniques for teachers of English

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCI7R-96EKQ

 

 

English for Students

http://www.english-for-students.com/Frequently-Used-Words.html

TeAchnology

http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/

(For over a decade, TeAchnology has been providing free and easy to use resources for teachers dedicated to improving the education of today's generation of students. We feature 46,000+ lesson plans, 10,200 free printable worksheets, rubrics, teaching tips, worksheet makers, web quests, math worksheets, and thousands of other great teacher resources. We are the online teacher resource that is designed to help busy Kindergarten through High School teachers.)

Dictionary

http://dictionary.reference.com/

(With dictionary and thesaurus as well as grammar check to help)

Yourdictionary

http://www.yourdictionary.com/

(Goes beyond providing dictionary and thesaurus support)

Wordfind

http://www.wordfind.com/ends-with/ism/

(We refer to it as a Word Finder and Helper for Scrabble® Crossword game, and we also provide a separate Words with Friends cheat. Beat the competition with our word solver and word lists. We've put together a collection of word lists, tools, articles and a great word finder to help you win every game of scrabble® Crossword game. We have other tutorials and tools work for different online games such as Lexulous, Wordscraper, Anagrammer, Literati, Text Twist, and Jumble words. We've compiled some excellent Word Lists to help you win every game. We have lists of the two letter words, and useful words such as Q words without U.)

 Iluenglish

http://www.iluenglish.com/