ESL Web Directory

Automatic Language Growth (ALG) applys the way children naturally learn their native language to adults who desire to learn a second language.

Learning resources for English language and literature

From a knowledge and respect of the past moving towards the Asian TEFL future.

CARLA (Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition) supports the professional development of second language teachers through an annual summer institute program and a wide array of international conferences and regional seminars.

Articles and materials for English language teaching (ELT/TESOL), applied linguistics and language teacher education/development.

This site is mainly about learning and teaching at college, university and professional levels. It concentrates on underlying principles, values and analytical tools and the synthesis of odd ideas.

Education Week News and information about issues in education for educators.

The EL Gazette is the international trade newspaper of the English Language Industry. News and great resources for ELTeachers.

This website is aimed at English language teachers. Unlike other sites, it paints an authentic picture of the profession. It provides a constant source of comfort to teachers in crap jobs throughout the world.

ESLarticle.com is an article database dedicated to teaching articles for the English language teaching community. We provide a free space for schools, teachers and students to post and share their knowledge and expertise in the area of English language.

Welcome to the Theory Into Practice (TIP) database! TIP is a tool intended to make learning and instructional theory more accessible to educators. The database contains brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts.

A resource for FL teachers, including an extensive list of links

This is a limited sampling of the resources available on gays, lesbians and bisexuals.

Whenever I am introduced to someone who then learns that I am an English teacher, the person frequently comments that English was his worst subject when he was in school. If my new acquaint­ance then learns that I spend most of my time teaching grammar, he usually remarks that he had better watch the way he talks, as if I were a “grammar cop” waiting to issue a summons to illiteracy court at the mention of a split infinitive or the drop of a dang­ling modifier.

A refereed journal for second and foreign language educators

"Nexus" is an annual, peer-reviewed, online journal for teacher educators, developers, and trainers working in the field of teaching English to speakers of other languages.

For twenty-five years, a Bulgarian doctor and psychiatrist, Georgi Lozanov, has been studying the link between perception and learning. The result is a new approach to teaching based on new insights into how the human mind really functions. The fruit of Lozanov's findings is a teaching system called Suggestopedia. After twenty years of using this approach and experimenting with its tenets, I am convinced of its effectiveness, and would like to share my enthusiasm.

A wide selection of articles and resources.

This website has articles designed primarily for ESL teachers. Specialty areas include applied phonology and cross-cultural communication for ESL instructors and their students.

Teflpedia – the wiki dedicated to everything associated with teaching English as a foreign language or second language.

Originally published by Collins, this text is available online and looks at the lexical syllabus in detail.

A practical journal for those who train, mentor and educate TESOL teachers.

Like Professor Heslep, I too am fed up with political correctness. While advocates of political correctness berate well-meaning innocents for an unfortunate use of words, matters of great importance are often overlooked. Professor Heslep reminds us that the advocates of political correctness drive people into taking themselves too seriously. We seem to have lost our collective sense of humor and modesty.

TPR is based on the premise that the human brain has a biological program for acquiring any natural language on earth - including the sign language of the deaf. The process is visible when we observe how infants internalize their first language.

This portal helps you find educational evidence from a range of reputable sources using a single search. It is designed for both professional and lay people interested in education.