TEFL Resources and Lesson Ideas

Welcome to this new TEFL ideas-sharing website. Please help yourselves to the ideas herein, and check out the posting rules below - please also register a user account via the sidebar on the left so you can add your own ideas, as well: this site will be as useful as you make it! 

ABOUT THIS SITE:

Navigating via the sidebar on your left

Lesson ideas are grouped into two broad categories: Using Coursebooks Creatively; and Creating Lessons from Scratch. There is a Miscellaneous category for anything that doesn’t fit into either of the above; at the moment, everything does, so it’s empty! You can also search for keywords using the search box (next to the "Archives" panel), or click on a word or phrase in the sidebar’s tag cloud.

What I’d like from you

All I ask is that, for every three lesson ideas you use, you upload one of your own. That should help to keep this site ticking over with new ideas. Please check out the rules below for further guidelines - there are only six rules, but they are important!

I hope you enjoy using this new EFL resource, and that you find it easy to use and to navigate.

With best wishes,

Simon Thomas,
September 2008

POSTING RULES:

Don’t worry - there are only six:

In general:

1. Anyone can comment, but you have to register and log in to be able to post a lesson idea (registration is really easy, and can be done via the sidebar on the left).
2. By posting a lesson idea or plan, you agree that other teachers can use it and share it freely, that this site’s admin can choose whether or not to host it, and that you won’t charge royalties for it being used.
3. In order to post, you should be a practicing EFL teacher, or at least have experience of teaching EFL.
4. Please contribute one lesson idea for every three that you use from this site. This helps to keep this site a community ideas pool.

When writing ideas and lesson plans:

1. If appropriate, please write your contributions in the following format: materials needed first; then any pre-lesson preparation; then the lesson itself. This will help keep everything organised. An example lesson plan is here.
2. Please choose an appropriate category for your lesson idea (just scroll down below the writing panel to see these, and check whichever seems most appropriate - N.B., please only check one category) and add any "tag" words you think will help users find your plan. Many useful tag words have already been added - please use these, if they’re appropriate.
    

P.S.: If you get stuck or have a problem…

The program I use on this blog is called WordPress; I chose it because it’s well-regarded and documented, and you should find it very easy to use. However, if you have any problems saving or publishing your ideas, please either try their support page, or email me.

Thanks and best wishes,

Simon
September 2008