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English news lessons: Free EFL/ESL lesson plans, handouts and podcast for teaching current events and current affairs lessons, and business English. It combines reading, writing, listening and speaking - excellent for DI/UDL teaching.This is an interesting novel approach to teaching a language through current events. It is sort of a crossover between English and Social Studies, which is great. We want to move toward interdisciplinary curriculum, as opposed to isolates and disjointed content areas.

Since 1994, the Linguistic Funland has offered extensive resources for teachers of English and ESL including links to job information, books, software, student activities, teaching materials and more.

This is a very popular destination for all things ESL (English as a Second Language).

My department is considering using this software - primarily for its ability to ensure originality in compositions, but I'm also fascinated how it can be used to track progress, supply paperless feedback, and nurture collaboration.