Communication Workshop
Building speaking skills
Speaking lesson plans (teacher resource)
- One Stop English
http://www.onestopenglish.com/section.asp?sectionType=listsummary&catid=59414 - Conversation lesson plans at esl.about.com
http://esl.about.com/od/conversationlessonplans/Conversation_Lesson_Plans_for_English_Learners_at_All_Levels.htm - Communicative lesson plans at esl-galaxy.com
http://www.esl-galaxy.com/speaking.html
- Best Sites to Practice Speaking English (Larry Ferlazzo) - high use of technology, but very interesting
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/the-best-sites-to-practice-speaking-english/ - Pronunciation links (student and teacher resources)
http://www.uoregon.edu/~dhealey/138/pronlinks.html - Pronunciation Tips from the BBC - exercises, videos, quizzes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/ - Pronunciation Thought groups (video)
http://nadeen-grammar.blogspot.com/2009/04/thought-groups-part-1.html
- Audacity - download this handy audio tool: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
- Pod-o-matic - sign in to create your own podcast and store it on their site: http://www.podomatic.com/
- Creating your own podcast - includes sites that use phone technology: http://radio.about.com/od/podcastingandpodcasters/a/aa050105a.htm
- How to Podcast (includes video tutorials): http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/
Building listening skills
Randall's Cyber Listening Lab: http://www.esl-lab.com/
This is one of the few websites that includes pre-, during, and post- activities. It's organized by topic and level.
Listening RealEnglish video - advanced; multiple dialects
http://www.real-english.com/reo/1/unit1.html
NPR podcasts: http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php
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