English methodology and classroom management

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KPH Studieninformation

    Primarstufe
    Bachelorarbeit
Blogs
Corpora
Dictionaries
Didactics
E-learning
Encyclopedias
Europe
Games
How to improve your English
Interesting articles/texts
Lecture notes - Download
Materials
    Miscellaneous
    Grammar
    Reading

Newspapers and magazines

    United Kingdom
    United States of America
Planning
    Lesson planning
    National curriculum
    Bildungsstandards
    Jahresplanung

Publications
Radio and TV Stations
Teacher education
Tools
Videos

 

KPH Studieninformation

Primarstufe

Lehramt Primarstufe: Curriculum
http://www.kphvie.ac.at/fileadmin/Dateien_KPH/Ausbildung_Allgemein/curricula/_Primarstufe_Curriculum_15_04_21.pdf

Lehramt Primarstufe: Infoblatt
http://www.kphvie.ac.at/fileadmin/Dateien_KPH/Ausbildung_Allgemein/Docs/info-blatt-primarstufe-2017-druck.pdf

Lehramt Primarstufe: Schwerpunkt Englisch
http://www.kphvie.ac.at/fileadmin/Dateien_KPH/Ausbildung_Allgemein/Schwerpunkte/Infoblatt_Englisch_20150602.pdf

Lehramt Primarstufe: Schwerpunkt Englisch Zugangsinformation
http://www.kphvie.ac.at/fileadmin/Dateien_KPH/Ausbildung_Allgemein/Schwerpunkte/Schwerpunkt_Englisch_sprachliche_Eignung.pdf

Lehramt Primarstufe: STEOP
http://www.kphvie.ac.at/studieren/weg-durch-das-studium/steop-primarstufe.html

Lehramt Primarstufe: Studienangebot
http://www.kphvie.ac.at/studieren/studienangebot/lehramt-primarstufe.html

Lehramt Primarstufe: Studienfuehrer
http://www.kphvie.ac.at/fileadmin/Dateien_KPH/Ausbildung_Wien/PDFs_DOCs/Studienfuehrer/SoSe2017/VL_SoSe_2017.pdf

 

Bachelorarbeit

Bachelorarbeit: Allgemeine Information
http://www.kphvie.ac.at/studieren/weg-durch-das-studium/bachelorarbeit.html

 

Blogs

Blog of the International Teacher Development Institute
http://itdi.pro/blog/category/topics/

Cambridge Conversations
http://www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/

Jeremy Harmer's Blog
http://jeremyharmer.wordpress.com/

Jeremy Harmer: To teach English is human, to teach CLIL is divine?
http://jeremyharmer.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/to-teach-english-is-human-to-teach-clil-is-divine/

Marjorie Rosenberg: Learner as Teacher
https://learnerasteacher.wordpress.com

Scott Thornbury: An A-Z of ELT
http://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/

 

Corpora

British National Corpus
http://sara.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/

COCA Corpus of Contemporary American English
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/

Corpus Concordance English - Lextutor
https://lextutor.ca/conc/eng/

Corpuseye
http://corp.hum.sdu.dk/cqp.en.html

New General Service List
http://www.newgeneralservicelist.org

NOW Corpus
http://corpus.byu.edu/now/

 

Dictionaries

AskOxford.com
http://www.askoxford.com/results/?view=dict&namesearch

Enchanted Learning Picture Dictionary
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html

English profile: Determine the CEFR level of vocabulary
http://vocabulary.englishprofile.org/dictionary/search/uk/

Forum Word Reference
http://forum.wordreference.com

Leo English-German German-English Dictionary
http://dict.leo.org/

Little Explorers(TM) Picture Dictionary with Links
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html

OneLook Dictionary Search
http://onelook.com/

Oxford Dictionaries
http://oxforddictionaries.com/?attempted=true

Oxford Dictionary Activities for pupils 10+
http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/school-dictionary-activities

Pons English German - German English Dictionary
http://de.pons.eu/

The Internet Picture Dictionary
http://www.pdictionary.com/

Ultalingua Online Dictionary
http://www.ultralingua.com/onlinedictionary/

Urban Dictionary
http://www.urbandictionary.com

WorldReference.com: English-German-Dictionary
http://www.wordreference.com/de/

 

Didactics

Center for Research on Learning and Teaching - University of Michigan
http://www.crlt.umich.edu

Fachdidaktik: Unterrichtsmethoden (G. Einecke)
http://www.fachdidaktik-einecke.de/7_Unterrichtsmethoden/hauptseite_unterrichtsmethoden.htm

learn:line - Die Bildungssuchmaschine des Landes NRW
http://www.learnline.schulministerium.nrw.de/ueberlearnlinenrw/

 

E-learning

 

Encyclopedias

Bartleby.com: Encyclopedia
http://www.bartleby.com/

Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/

Simple English Wikipedia
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Texts on American History provided by the US Embassy
https://usa.usembassy.de

Wikipedia English
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

 

Europe

47 states, one organisation ... The Council of Europe - Teaching resource for young learners
https://edoc.coe.int/en/11-18-years/5422-47-member-states-and-one-organisation-the-council-of-europe.html

EU ABC EU Dictionary
http://en.euabc.com

EU Slides for presentation
http://europa.eu/publications/slide-presentations/slides/pdf/eu_in_slides_en.pdf

Europe in twelve lessons
http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/europe-in-12-lessons-pbNA0213714/

European Union: Topics for teachers
http://europa.eu/publications/resources-teachers/index_en.htm

Interactive Map of Europe
http://europa.eu/about-eu/countries/index_en.htm

Legislative procedure in the EU
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/external/appendix/legislativeprocedure/europarl_ordinarylegislativeprocedure_howitworks_en.pdf

Map of supranational bodies in Europe
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Supranational_European_Bodies-en.svg

Maps of the European Union - European Commission
https://ec.europa.eu/avservices/photo/photoByMediaGroup.cfm?sitelang=en&mgid=38

Official website of the European Union
http://europa.eu/index_en.htm

Quotes on Europe
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/europe.html

The Council of Europe
http://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/home

The Council of Europe - Values
http://www.coe.int/en/web/about-us/values

The Council of Europe in brief
http://www.coe.int/en/web/about-us/who-we-are

Topics of the European Union
http://europa.eu/pol/index_en.htm

 

Games

BBC Games for language assistants
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/language-assistant/games

British Council Teaching English: Activities
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/activities

ESL Fun Games Online
http://www.eslgamesworld.com/Games.html

Happy families
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Families

Internet TESL: Games and Activities for the ESL/EFL Classroom
http://iteslj.org/c/games.html

One Stop English: Teenagers: Games
http://www.onestopenglish.com/teenagers/skills/games/

Oxford Dictionaries Word Games
http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/word-games

 

How to improve your English

Grammar Monster
http://www.grammar-monster.com

International Teacher Development Institute
http://itdi.pro/itdihome/index.php

TED Lectures
http://www.ted.com/talks

The Monthly: Slow video
http://www.themonthly.com.au/video

 

Interesting articles/texts

British Council/BBC Teaching English: A task-based approach
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/a-task-based-approach

British Council/BBC Teaching English: Content-based instruction
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/content-based-instruction

Lexical Approach 1 - What does the lexical approach look like?
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/lexical-approach-1-what-does-lexical-approach-look

Lexical Approach 2: What does the lexical approach look like?
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/lexical-approach-2-what-does-lexical-approach-look

Thornbury, Scott: Keeping words on the tip of your...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2003/jul/24/tefl2

Ur, Penny: The Communicative Approach Revisited
https://kupdf.net/download/penny-ur-communicative-approach-revisited_58f4700ddc0d60584cda985b_pdf

 

Lecture notes - Download

EAQUALS British Council Core Curriculum.pdf
EAQUALS_British_Council_Core_Curriculum_April2011.pdf

Exercise_types.pdf
Exercise_types.pdf

Learning_activities_list.doc
Learning_activities_list.doc

 

Materials

 

Miscellaneous

A to Z Teacher Stuff
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Printables/

British Council - BBC: Teaching English
http://www.britishcouncil.org/

British vs American English
http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blbritam.htm

British vs. American English: 63 Differences (Infographic)
https://www.grammarcheck.net/british-vs-american-english/

CLIL Teacher Magazine from onestopenglish
http://www.onestopenglish.com/clil/clil-teacher-magazine/

Common Core Standards Initiative (US)
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/2/#CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.2

Compleat (sic!) lexical tutor
http://www.lextutor.ca

Comprehension strategies
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/literacy/comprehension_strategies.html

Edufind Learn English
http://www.edufind.com

Englisch Hilfen Vokabeln
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words_list/vokabeln.htm

English 4 U: Online worksheets
http://www.english-4u.de

English Forum: Interactive language exercises
http://www.englishforums.com/

English Language Tools
https://www.online-utility.org/english/

English4U English language learning
http://www.english-4u.de/

ESL Holiday lessons
http://www.eslholidaylessons.com

ESL Kids - Worksheets, flashcards etc.
http://www.esl-kids.com/

ESL Printables - Materials for ESL
http://www.eslprintables.com/

ESL Tower: Online materials for EFL
http://www.esltower.com/

ESL Word searches
https://bogglesworldesl.com/wordsearches.htm

Famous people lessons
http://www.famouspeoplelessons.com

Free ESL Flashcards & Printables
http://www.eslflashcards.com/

Free materials
http://www.freeeslmaterials.com/sean_banville_lessons.html

Giving a presentation
http://speakspeak.com/resources/general-english-vocabulary/presentation-language-phrases

Kurt Sester: Internet links for English teachers
http://www.sester-online.de/index.htm

Lapbook resources from homeschoolshare
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/lapbooking_resources.php

Lapbooks Overview schule.at
https://www.schule.at/startseite/detail/lapbooks.html

Library of Congress: Teacher Resources
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/index.html

Link list: Sites for teachers
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/index.html?id=poehland

Materials for English and other subjects
http://www.unterrichtsmaterial-schule.de/unterrichtsmateriale.shtml

Pixabay Free Picture Library
https://pixabay.com

Southeastern Writing Center
https://www.southeastern.edu/acad_research/programs/writing_center/

The English Page
http://www.englishpage.com/index.html

The English Project
http://www.englishproject.org

The ESL Links Site - Learning English.
http://www.esldesk.com/esl-links/

Useful Phrases for Writing a Statement of Purpose
https://www.eduers.com/graduate/useful_phrases/

Vocabulary Games Sheppard Software
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_vocab.htm

 

Grammar

Englische Grammatik Online
https://www.ego4u.de/de/cram-up/daily-english

English grammar quizzes (ESL)
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/

Grammarly - Online grammar tool for writing
https://www.grammarly.com/

Self Study Grammar Quizzes
http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.html

The Internet Grammar of English
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/home.htm

 

Reading

Black Cat Guide to Graded Readers
http://www.blackcat-cideb.com/media/catalog/BlackCatGuide2009/BlackCatGuide2009.pdf

Books for classroom use
https://www.oebv.at/search/bundle/commerce_product%3Aproduct/productcategory/lektuere-12785?global-query=Englisch%29

Breaking News English
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com

Busy Teacher Website: Materials and Articles
http://busyteacher.org

Comprehension and Reading Strategies collated by Gayle Pinn
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/298293175294298576/

ESL Flow
http://www.eslflow.com/readinglessonplans.html

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music and Wayback machine
https://www.archive.org/

Kate Chopin: Short stories
http://www.katechopin.org/short-stories/

Klett Books for classroom use
https://www.klett-sprachen.de/schule/englisch/sekundarstufe-i/lektueren/c-193

Readability Test Tool: WebpageFX
https://www.webpagefx.com/tools/read-able/check.php

Readable: Readability Test Tool
https://readable.io/text/

Reading comprehension - Teacher resources by Sheena Cameron
https://sheenacameron.com/resources/reading-comprehension-downloads/

Reading quest: A-Z List of strategies
http://www.readingquest.org/a-z-strategies.html

Reading Strategies from JochenEnglish (D)
http://www.jochenenglish.de/?page_id=5697

Reading Strategies from the Journey North Teacher
https://www.learner.org/?s=Reading+strategies

Text Inspector: Helps to evaluate CERF level
http://www.textinspector.com/

The Best Classroom Book List Ever
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/blog-posts/meghan-everette/best-classroom-book-list-ever/

 

Newspapers and magazines

Newspaper portal: onlinenewspapers.com
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/

 

United Kingdom

Electronic Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Express
http://www.express.co.uk/

Financial Times
http://news.ft.com/home/rw/

First News - the weekly newspaper for young people
http://www.firstnews.co.uk

London Evening Standard
http://www.standard.co.uk

The Economist
http://www.economist.com/

The Guardian, London
http://www.guardian.co.uk/

The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Mirror
http://www.mirror.co.uk/

The Observer
http://observer.theguardian.com

The Sunday Times
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/

The Times
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/

 

United States of America

International Herald Tribune
https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/international-herald-tribune-magazine

The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/

The New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/

The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/

The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/

The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Time Magazine
http://www.time.com/time/

US News and World Report
http://www.usnews.com/

USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/

 

Planning

 

Lesson planning

British Council: Lesson plans for Primary Education
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/resources/primary/lesson-plans

Guidelines for teaching
http://tll.mit.edu/help/guidelines-teaching

 

National curriculum

Lehrplan NMS 2012
https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/Bundesnormen/NOR40207228/NOR40207228.pdf

 

Jahresplanung

"MORE!" - PLEASE NOTE: You have to register to access the site.
http://www.more-online.at/?pagename=resources

"Red Line"
http://www.oebv.at/sixcms/list.php?page=titelfamilie&titelfamilie=Red+Line

 

Bildungsstandards

Aufgabenpool des Oesterreichischen Sprachenzentrums
http://www.oesz.at/OESZNEU/main_01.php?page=0112&open=7&open2=8

Checklisten Bildungsstandards Englisch 8
http://www.oesz.at/sprachenportfolio/lehrkraefte.php?page=L2138&submit.x=13&submit.y=12

EAQUALS Descriptors vs CEFR Descriptors
https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680492ff1

Handbuch zu den Standards-Tests
https://www.bifie.at/node/1892

Informelle Kompetenzmessung
https://www.bifie.at/ikm

Testing Writing E8
https://www.bifie.at/system/files/dl/bist_Technical-Report2-E8_2011-09-26.pdf

 

Publications

English Teaching Forum
http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/forum-journal.html

English Teaching Professional
http://www.etprofessional.com/

Modern English Teacher
http://www.onlinemet.com

Rethinking Schools
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/index.shtml

The Internet TESL Journal
http://iteslj.org

 

Radio and TV Stations

ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com

BBC Homepage
http://www.bbc.co.uk/

BBC Radio
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/

CNN-Homepage
http://www.cnn.com/

ITV News
http://www.itv.com/news/

NBC Homepage
http://www.nbc.com/

 

Teacher education

ECML glossary: Empowering language professionals
http://www.ecml.at/Portals/1/20140130_Glossary_ECML%20MTP3_EmpoweringLanguageProfessionals_with%20index_FINAL.pdf?ver=2014-01-30-173828-613

European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages
http://epostl2.ecml.at/EPOSTL/tabid/2324/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

European Profile for Language Teacher Education
http://www.lang.soton.ac.uk/profile/report/MainReport.pdf

Profile of inclusive teachers
https://www.european-agency.org/sites/default/files/Profile-of-Inclusive-Teachers.pdf

Teacher education test
teacher_educaton.com

Teacher training videos by Russell Stannard - University of Warwick, UK
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com

Teaching the language of schooling in the context of diversity
http://www.ecml.at/Resources/ECMLPublications/tabid/277/Default.aspx

Using the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL)
http://www.ecml.at/tabid/277/PublicationID/70/Default.aspx

 

Tools

CEFR Text analyser: Roadtogrammar
http://www.roadtogrammar.com/textanalysis/

Doodle Terminvereinbarung
http://doodle.com

e-learning industry: Free online tools
http://elearningindustry.com/321-free-tools-for-teachers-free-educational-technology

English profile: Text inspector
http://www.englishprofile.org/wordlists/text-inspector

English Vocabulary Profile
http://vocabulary.englishprofile.org/staticfiles/about.html

Learnclick: Gap-fill creator
https://www.learnclick.com/cloze/create

Mentimeter Voting Tool
https://www.mentimeter.com/?utm_campaign=powered%20by%20mentimeter%20button&utm_medium=web-link&utm_source=govote

Text Inspector
http://www.textinspector.com/

Wordle - Word Cloud Creator
http://www.wordle.net

 

Videos

Communicative Language Teaching: What We Have Gained (And What We Might Have Lost)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoUx036IN9Q

David Crystal: Which English?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XT04EO5RSU

Jeff Stranks: Teaching teenagers - Learning lexis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoSzByQPsuU

Sir Ken Robinson: Changing Education Paradigms - RSA Animate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deYjatIfWVU

Teacher training videos - Russell Stannard, University of Warwick, UK
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com

Teacher training videos - Short tutorials - Russell Stannard, University of Warwick, UK
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/short_tutorials.html

TED Lecture: Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html