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The LRC is proud to announce the release of a new video describing the advantages of learning a second language.  Funded by Alberta Education and produced by the Teaching and Learning Centre at the University of Calgary, Advantage for Life provides an accessible overview of the cognitive, economic and social advantages that come with learning another language.

The LRC is proud to announce the release of a new video describing the advantages of learning a second language.  Funded by Alberta Education and produced by the Teaching and Learning Centre at the University of Calgary, Advantage for Life provides an accessible overview of the cognitive, economic and social advantages that come with learning another language.

A comprehensive text on the main factors that affect second language acquisition. Some cues for teaching different ages are presented that are beneficial for using as a guide in the classroom setting. Good resource to have to refer to and to be more aware of what impacts on SLA.

Short article based on Gibbons (2002) on scaffolding language and classroom applications that are practical and clearly set out.

The methodological principles as detailed by Doughty and Long (2003) and that are facilitative of second language acquisition are clearly outlined in this text. Valuable information that would be beneficial for anylanguage teacher.

Good resource to highlight what communicative language teaching and learning is all about with some good suggestions as well as including an examination of text based and competency based instruction.

presents its materials mainly in British English, but nevertheless offers a broad spectrum of resources for ESL/EFL teachers in the U.S. and internationally. Features include a worksheet generator, downloadable lesson plans, a discussion board for teachers, basic information about TEFL qualifications and a job board for aspiring ESL/EFL professionals worldwide. The name of the site comes from the acronym TEFL - for Teaching English as a Foreign Language - and the site's founder has helped produce a documentary on the subject , called "Talking TEFL."

takes an innovative approach to educational technology and turns something students probably do already into an ESL/EFL learning experience. Users register for an account, choose a YouTube video and then create quizzes based on the video content, which learners can then watch, answer and rate. Quizzes are ranked by recommended level of skill at English and contain a comment section for students to practice their written English. The diverse content on the site has been created by over 1,400 registered teachers, and registration for the site is free.

This site contains hundreds of pre-recorded monologues and discussions on an enormous variety of topics, geared to English speakers at six distinct levels of skill from beginner to advanced. ELLLO recruits speakers from more than 60 countries, helping you introduce your students to a variety of different English accents, and some exercises contain comprehension games as learning aids. The lessons come in video as well as audio formats and can be sorted by topic, skill level or speaker's home country. This site provides students of English language with free listening, reading, and vocabulary practice.

Free printable worksheets and lesson plans for every busy teacher. Find printable worksheets on any topic: vocabulary, grammar, listening, reading, writing and speaking! As teachers we are really busy so these worksheets can help us when time is short. is an extensive repository of affordable e-books, downloadable classroom posters, informative education articles for ESL/EFL teachers and over 10,000 free printable worksheets in dozens of categories. You can find innovative methods for coaching grammar and punctuation, new teaching ideas, timely lessons specific to the season and more. Free online tools at BusyTeacher include applications for creating word search, jumble and letter tile puzzles as well as a daily warmer that you can slip into your curriculum or use as inspiration for fun exercises of your own.

Speaking and listening exercises and activites for ESL and TEFL. Easily create exercises online and give individualized attention. An online portal that allows ESL/EFL teachers to create interactive speaking and listening exercises for students to complete and submit remotely. Using peripheral or embedded laptop microphones, students record themselves speaking the exercises you provide, and their results are saved on the site for you to listen to and grade. Teachers have the opportunity record "solutions" to the exercise in their own voices, and a feature of the site allows you to provide personalized feedback to each student on each exercise.

Read reviews, get customer ratings, see screenshots and learn more about YAKiT Kids on the App Store. Download YAKiT Kids and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. This enables students to create stories using real life objects as the speaker ie a cup, a tree. It is a bit of fun and allows.

An interesting article that outlines the importance of the classroom environment, how to provide a supportive learning environment and how motivation s key to successful language learning.

thinkLanguage is an at-home language immersion, designed to increase language fluency while teaching you about life and culture in other countries. Join us as we explore the wonders of the Spanish, French and Italian languages and cultures. You can also buy school subscriptions. It is good because it has a glossary of the content language to the side of each article. At the end of the magazine it covers a grammar concept and also has a 'listen and repeat' section', which I haven't figured out how to use yet. Down load magazine into iBooks to keep. I like it.

Good games to create revision activities

Useful for having students record oral presentations to be reviewed / assessed

bilingualism promotes acceptance of cultural and physical diversity?

bilingualism promotes acceptance of cultural and physical diversity?

Detailed illustrative scales (descriptors) based on the CEFR, for each level, including the in-between + levels

Simple software that allows users to create fill-in-the-gap exercises to complete sentences. Clues can be text or images.

This site claims that it will gauge a students' knowledge of vocabulary and provide materials (readings, videos) at the appropriate level, to make comprehension easy enough for learning to be fun, but at the same time slightly challenging for new learning to happen (Krashen's idea of i+1). I have tried it at beginner's level for Italian and was not terribly impressed, but the idea is good. Would love to hear what other people think about this.

A L2 teacher training course by Olenka Bilash (University of Alberta, Canada)