Some of our favorite websites that you might like too
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ELT blogs
Barefoot TEFL Teacher – “TEFL talk for teachers, trainers and academic managers” by our friend and regular podcast guest Dave Weller (or buy Dave’s book, Lesson Planning for Language Teachers, here)
Carol Lethaby - strangely enough, podcast guest Carol Lethaby's website
Chris Roland - website for Chris Rolland, podcast guest and author of Understanding Teenagers in the ELT Classroom
Clark and Miller - tips for lagnuage learners
David Nunan - Applied linguist, educator, author and podcast guest, David Nunan’s website
Dynamite ELT - blog is for developing EFL/ESL teachers by Lindsey Clark and Kyle Dugan
Ed in the Crowd - podcast guest Ed Dudley's blog
ELT Consultants blog - blog with podcast guest Wendy Arnold
ELT Footprint blog - Environmental related projects, initiatives and materials from across the ELT World, often featuring podcast guest Ceri Hughes
ELT Materials Writer - podcast guest John Hughes' blog (his other website is www.johnhugheselt.com)
The ELT Elf - interviews, blogs and other rantings about ELT and computer games from our friend and occasional podcast guest Fifi Pyatt
Free IELTS Course - Blog for Pete Jones, IELTS test prep expert and podcast guest
From Teacher to Manager – “resources for managers of language teaching organizations” by our friend and one-time podcast guest Andy Hockley
Future Learn - learning tips and advice for students preparing for IELTS.
HancockMcDonald.com – podcast guest Mark Hancock’s website with free classroom materials and downloads on pronunciation, listening skills and other topics, blog posts and ELT articles. Also check our Mark’s Pron Pack website
Humanistic Language Teaching - a wealth of ELT articles and ELT resources, lesson ideas, voices, book reviews and articles about 21st Century Skills, NLP, CLIL, Primary, Secondary and more with many articles from podcast guest Mario Rinvolucri
Lexical Lab Blog - Opinions from podcast guest Hugh Dellar
Off2Class - “We help our colleagues do what we all do best: teach ESL.”
Online Teacher Trainer - Online teacher training ideas and suggestions, to help readers reflect and develop their own online training approach from friend of the podcast, Simon Galloway.
Russell Stannard’s blog on Teachers Corner - easy to read, down to earth information on using technology in language teaching and other topics
Scott Thorbury’s A-Z of ELT – a “dictionary-encyclopedia of English language teaching”
Teacher Training Videos - Great tips on using technology for Russell Stannard
TEFL Equity Advocates - For equal employment opportunities for 'native' and 'non-native speaker' teachers
TEFL Lemon - “everything TEFL teachers need, all in one spot”
Train the Teacher - Our friends in Hong Kong who also run Trinity CertTESOL courses (among other things)
Trinity College London TESOL Newsletters – curated by our friend and podcast guest, Ben Beaumont. Containing news and information to help support professional development.
ELT Journals
Second Language Teacher Education - a peer-reviewed international forum devoted to research on the policy and practice of second language teacher education.
ELT Podcasts
Accentricity - a podcast about people and how they talk.
The DIESOL Podcast - helping ESOL instructors find the best ways to integrate technology into the classroom.
ELT WTF - An interview based podcast that talks to teachers and researchers to find out what.
eltupgraders - “Boost up, skill up and tool up your teaching” by our podcast guest Jake Whiddon
Extensive Reading Podcast - a podcast about extensive reading
Masters of TESOL – “Advice from the biggest brains in the world of TESOL”
One Stop English Podcast - brings together editors, teachers and specialists to discuss issues in the world of ELT.
TEFLology - from our podcast guests Rob, Matt & Matt "the TEFLology Podcast aims to brighten up your commute to work or evening stroll with some interesting information about current events, history, and methods and approaches in language education."
The TEFL Show - Podcasts about teaching English and learning languages with podcast guest, Marek Kiczkowiak
The Dongxi's - If you liked the music on our podcast, listen to more from the same band (by Ross & Jake)
TEFL Recruitment
ChinaBy Teaching Your teaching job is out there. They’re here to help you get it.
ELT Resources
Alan Maley’s (podcast guest) page on the British council’s website
Andrew Artiles & Stories - from podcast guest Andrew Wright
British Council Teaching English – resources, teaching tools, articles, etc. for all age groups
David Crystal - details of books, articles, and other materials from linguist, writer, editor, lecturer (podcast guest) and broadcaster David Crystal
EDMI - from our mate, Mike Heath. Learn more, learn better.
The Fair List, UK - founded by podcast guest celebrates excellence in achievement of gender balance in plenary speakers, presenters or speaker panels at ELT events, annually, in the UK. Set up by podcast guest, Tessa Woodward.
The International Research Foundation for English Language Education - Promoting best practices that inform and enrich English language education
Jack Richards - The official website of Jack C. Richards, renowned TEFL author and podcast guest
Jason Anderson - all round TEFL guru, author and podcast guest
Letterland, phonics resources from podcast guest Lesley White
Materials Development Association (MATSDA) website - founded by podcast guest and leading experts on materials development for language learning, Professor Brian Tomlinson from Anaheim University
One Stop English – “database of over 9,000 high-quality resources”
Owl ABC - our friend and podcast guest Peter Liu's school teaching literacy and critical thinking skills for the 21st century.
Penny Ur’s (podcast guest) page on Cambridge University Press
Patsy Lightbown’s website - everything you wanted to know about podcast guest Patsy Lightbown, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Applied Linguistics, at Concordia University, Montreal
Paul Nation - vocabulary, reading and methodology legend (and podcast guest) Paul Nation's webpage at the University of Wellington where he is Emeritus Professor Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
Phonics International - loads of high quality free resources for teaching phonics written by leading synthetic phonics expert (and podcast guest), Debbie Hepplewhite
Reflective Inquiry - free articles and resources on reflective practice from Thomas Farrell
Stephen D Krashen - free books and resources from linguist and educational researcher (and podcast guest) Stephen Krashen
TEFL Equity Academy - on-line courses that equip teachers with the knowledge and tools to promote equality, tackle native speakerism and teach English for global communication.
TEFL Equity Advocates - raising awareness of native speakerism among ELT professionals and general public and providing teachers with tools and strategies to help bring about a fairer ELT for all of us.
Trinity College London TESOL newsletter - TESOL newsletters are aimed at English language teaching professionals and contain news and information to help support professional development from our friend and podcast guest, Ben Beaumont.
Vivian Cook - resources including books and papers from Professor Vivian Cook, writer, teacher (podcast guest) and SLA researcher
ELT videos
Cambridge University Press YouTube Channel – videos from “one of the world's leading publishers of English Language Teaching materials”
Macmillan Education ELT YouTube Channel – “the best of English Language Teaching from one of the world's foremost educational publishers”
British Council | EnglishAgenda – “Catch up with your professional development by watching films from recent seminars on a wide variety of teaching topics”
ELT REsearch
academia.edu - Ross' research