Links
These are the internet sites I find most useful. The heavyweight ones are further down the page and, for a more complete, downloadable list of English sites for teaching English, see the Student Resources section. But at the top of the list I'm simply adding miscellaneous sites of interest as a I stumble across them. Enjoy, as they say.
Latest additions
Clive James' elegant and oh-so-suave celebration of books, art and ideas, with some stunning video available.
Victoria Wood was parodying fly-on-the wall documentaries and other TV genres. In this YouTube clip she reminds us about the grim reality of university interviews.
Susan Hill remains one of my favourite authors for reading in schools. Her work can hold the attention of even the most disbuggerous group. To my mind, she remains underrated. Her blog is a fascinating, soemtimes irritable and occasionally irritating diary of her work as writer and publisher
Rob Johnson's behaviour management course: excellent practical hints for teachers
Sue Palmer's typically indefatigable site, with some brilliant examples of warped apostrophe use
Kevin Archer's lively site for students (and teachers) of English ... plus it was made on a Mac!
Education/School Leadership
Department for Education and Skills
Standards Site
Training and Development Agency
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
Times Educational Supplement
National College for School Leadership
National Education Trust
TeacherNet
English organisations
English Association
National Association for the Teaching of English
National Council of Teachers of English (USA)
National Literacy Trust
Basic Skills Agency
Resources for preparing lessons:
BBC Voices
FRET
TeachIt
Hilarious online slang dictionary
PowerPoints for Teachers
Wonderful new online dictionary of slang
Linguistics:
LAGB
University College London
Yahoo linguistics links
Resources for school students:
A/S Guru
BBC revision
Common errors in English
Behaviour Management
Rob Johnson's behaviour management course: excellent practical hints for teachers
Reading
Clive James' elegant and oh-so-suave celebration of books, art and ideas, with some stunning video available.
Susan Hill's informative and sometimes infuriating blog about writing, publishing and, er, life
Miscellaneous
Sue Palmer's typically indefatigable site, with some brilliant examples of warped apostrophe use
Victoria Wood was parodying fly-on-the wall documentaries and other TV genres. In this YouTube clip she reminds us about the grim reality of university interviews.