Quick Links:
- Infinite Campus
- Common Core ELA/Literacy/ENL Standards- NY State
- Common Core Learning Standards for ELA & Literacy
ESL/EFL Teacher Classroom Guides:
- Strategies for English Language Learners in the Classroom
- ESL Best Practices Cheat Sheet
- ELL Proficiency Level Checklist
- ELL Expectations According to Level
- ELL List of Specific Activities & Strategies
- Word Lists- High Frequency- Grades K-5
- Word Lists- Complete- Grades K-5
- Book List- Academic Complete- Grades 1-12
- Text Lexile Level Correlation Chart- Grades K-8
- Comparison of English International Tests Against CEF Level
ESL/EFL Teacher Book Suggestions and Resources:
- “How Languages are Learned” by Patsy M. Lightbrown and Nina Spada (Oxford University Press)
- “English Learners in American Classrooms: 101 Questions, 101 Answers” by James Crawford and Stephen Krashen (Diversity Learning K12 Press)
- “Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching” by Diane Larsen-Freeman (Oxford University Press)
- “The Grammar Book: an ESL/EFL Teacher’s Course” by Marianne Celce-Murcia, Diane Larsen-Freeman, & Howard Alan Williams (Heinle & Heinle)
- “Grammar Practice Activities: A Practical Guide for Teachers” by Penny Ur
- “Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroom” by David Nunan (Cambridge Language Teaching Library)
- “Teaching American English Pronunciation” by Peter Avery and Susan Ehrlich (Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers)
- “Task-Based Language Teaching” by David Nunan (Cambridge Language Teaching Library)
- “Teaching English to Young Learners, An Illustrated Guide” (w/Audio CD) by Vinodini Murugesan & Marcia Fisk Ong (Author), Casey Malarcher (Editor)
- “Language Activities for Teenagers” by Seth Lindstromberg (Cambridge Handbooks for Langauge Teachers)
- “Teaching Large Multilevel Classes” by Natalie Hess (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers)
- “The Practice of English Language Teaching” (4th Ed. with DVD) by Jeremy Harmer (Longman Handbooks for Language Teachers)
- “Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners” (3rd Ed.) by Adrienne L. Herrell & Michael L. Jordan (50 Teaching Strategies Series)
- “Authentic Assessment for English Language Learners: Practical Approaches for Teachers” by J. Michael O’Malley & Lorraine Valdez Pierce
- “Keep Talking: Communicative Fluency Activities for Language Teaching” by Friederike Klippel (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers)
- “Lessons from Nothing: Activities for Language Teaching with Limited Time and Resources” by Bruce Marsland (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers)
- “Azar Grammar Series” by Betty Azar & Stacy Hagen
- “Discussions that Work: Task Centered Fluency Practice” by Penny Ur
- “Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching” by Richards, Jack & Rodgers
- “Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (4th Ed.)” by Celce-Murcia, Brinton, & Snow
- “Drama Techniques: A Resource Book of Communication Activities for Language Teachers” by Alan Maley & Alan Duff
- “Games for Language Learning” by A. Wright, D. Betteridge, & M. Buckby
- “In Their Own Words: Drama With English Language Learners” by Daniel Kelin III
- “Strategic Interaction: Learning Language Through Scenarios” by R. DiPietro
- “The ELT Grammar Book: A Teacher-Friendly Reference Guide” by R. Firsten
- “The Teacher’s Grammar of English w/Answers” by R. Cowan
- “Personalizing Language Learning” by Griff Griffiths & Kathy Keohane
- “Classroom Observation Tasks” by Ruth Wajnryb
- FROM THE “HOW TO TEACH” SERIES:
- “How to Teach Writing (How)” by Jeremy Harmer
- “How to Teach Speaking (How)” by Scott Thornbury
- “How to Teach Pronunciation” (Book with Audio CD) by Gerald Kelly
- “How to Teach Vocabulary” by Jeremy Harmer and Scott Thornbury
- “How to Teach Grammar” by Scott Thornbury
- FROM THE “COMMUNICATION GAMES” SERIES- by Jill Hadfield:
- “Elementary Communication Games: A Collection of Games and Activities for Elementary Students of English”
- “Intermediate Communication Games: A Collection of Games and Activities for Intermediate Students of English”
- “Advanced Communication Games: A Collection of Games and Activities for Intermediate and Advanced Students of English”
- Click here for a complete and comprehensive list of additional teacher (and some student) resources, compiled by U.S. Department of State English Language Fellows worldwide: ELF Produced ELT Resources List
- Click here for a list of activities for American Corners, compiled by volunteers and English Language Fellows in China: Activities for English Corners