Visite-os http://www.tesolacademic.org A new web site aimed at linking the work of TESOL-based researchers to teachers. It includes video clips of leaders in the field, authors / editors of books, and researchers with publications in journals such as ELTJ and TESOL Quarterly. http://www.britishcouncil.org.br/elt/_v2/ British Council URL http://teachingenglish.org.uk/talk/guest-contributors Mario's Blog: You can read and discuss Mario's article on comprehension questions, and also follow and comment on his blog entries on the site. http://teachingenglish.org.uk/try/uk-publishers/oup/reintroducing-grammar Link of the week - Reintroducing grammar: While students certainly benefit from the use of communicative activities and tasks in the classroom, they consistently ask for more information about the grammar of English. http://teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/how-useful-are-comprehension-questions How useful are comprehension questions? 'If it were not felt to be a sensible procedure why would course book writers supply comprehension questions in large quantities?' http://teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/mario-rinvolucri/a-simple-listening-exercise-around-animals A simple listening exercise around animals: The point of this simple exercise is for the students to realise how creative and varied their responses are to simple words. http://teachingenglish.org.uk/forum-topic/help-i-need-a-song-its-lyrics-please-help-me I need a song and its lyrics: 'I am required to find a song which teaches a grammar item. I will use it for some young learners. I couldn't find any appropriate one.' http://www.britishcouncil.org/eltecs ELTeCS website http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-podcasts.htm LearnEnglish Elementary Podcast 06. The latest elementary podcast magazine went live on Monday 13 October. It provides listening practice for learners without much English language experience. http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-themes-food.htm Learners can practise their English while they learn about food. http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-themes-united-nations.htm Learners can practise their English while learning about the United Nations. http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-themes-computers.htm . Learners can practise their English while learning about computers. http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/2008/10/text-to-speech-movies-for-efl-esl.html On this teacher development blog I've been writing about a wonderful tool that combines the power of animation with text to speech technology and enable us to create simple animated movies with our students. These are great for contextualising language a http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-dark-past.html I've also been exploring a viral video site that enables us to use a simple photograph to generate a fake celebrity movie. This is great fun and can be exploited in a variety of ways. http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/2008/10/exploiting-image-sequences.html Images can be a really powerful teaching tool, so tools like Bubbblr which enable us to combine images into sequences with text to use either offline or online can be really valuable. http://quickshout.blogspot.com/2008/10/photo-fun-with-your-students.html Creating a fictional biography seems to have been a theme the last couple of weeks, so here's another website that you can use to create a fictional biography using images. Great prompt for creative writing or speaking activities. http://quickshout.blogspot.com/2008/11/creating-word-lists.html Wordie is a really simple and user friendly tool that can help our students to develop. http://quickshout.blogspot.com/2008/10/videos-for-global-issues-lessons.html There is a huge selection of video clips available which can be used as prompts to discussion, listening or writing activities. http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/2008/10/learn-film-scripts.html If you want something less serious and your students are interested in films, then try out this activity which uses TV and film scripts to help students improve their reading speeds. http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/2008/10/word-games.html If you are more interested in fun you can find a collection of really nicely designed word games here: http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/2008/10/send-english-singing-telegram.html Or perhaps you prefer some real communication and get your students to send each other singing telegrams http://quickshout.blogspot.com/2008/10/world-languages-assessment.html Last but not least, there is a review of the World Languages Assessment website and links to lots of useful information about testing and assessment. http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/ Nik Peachey Website: http://quickshout.blogspot.com/ Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/ Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer 2004 - APIES - Associação de Professores de Inglês do Espírito Santo