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      Back into teaching (5): Favourite sources
      Submitted by Penny_Trigg on 6 February, 2012 - 18:00

      Although I’m prepared to put time into my lesson planning, time is always short, needless to say. So I’m always grateful for expert pointers, ideas for activities, and shortcuts.

      Here are my favourite sources so far.

      - Teachers’ grammar books: ‘Practical English Usage’ by Swan, and ‘Grammar for English Language Teachers’ by Parrott

      - Extra practice activities: ‘700 Classroom Activities’ by Seymour and Popova; ‘Teaching Unplugged’ by Meddings and Thornbury; and ‘Five-Minute Activities’ by Ur and Wright

      - Supplementary games and mingles: the Macmillan Reward Resource Pack photocopiable books

      - Extra lesson ideas: Teaching English website

      - Re-usable materials: picture flashcards (photos from magazines of people, places, food, animals, things, paintings, etc.); various question prompters and 'Find someone who ...' s.

      I have found ‘Learner English’ by Swan and Smith very useful too, for insights into some of my students’ particular difficulties with English.

      As you can see, my list is fairly brief.  What are your favourite sources of extra help? Which would you recommend to me?

      Penny

      Average: 5 (1 vote)

      Comments

      ibrahimenglish's picture
      ibrahimenglish
      Hi
      Submitted on 8 February, 2012 - 10:37

      I am in favour of doing activities rather than exploring grammer so Iam usually in search of activity books. I will try to find your books on the internet. My favourites are Reward Resource Pack, Fun Class activities, New Interchange by Jack Richards. These are in my mind. We should keep sharing...

      lemanulas's picture
      lemanulas
      Dear Penny,thanks for your
      Submitted on 9 February, 2012 - 14:41

      Dear Penny,thanks for your list and sharing..

      Mike Le Prof's picture
      Mike Le Prof
      Dear Penny!Thank you so much
      Submitted on 14 February, 2012 - 10:30

      Dear Penny!

      Thank you so much for valuable resources!

      Penny_Trigg's picture
      Penny_Trigg
      Many thanks Ibrahim (and my
      Submitted on 12 March, 2012 - 16:01

      Many thanks Ibrahim (and my apologies for being so late in replying!).

      I'm going to look out for your recommendations too -

      Penny

      Penny_Trigg's picture
      Penny_Trigg
      Hi Mike and Lemanulas -Thank
      Submitted on 12 March, 2012 - 16:02

      Hi Mike and Lemanulas -

      Thank you for your encouragement (apologies to you as well for my late reply) -

      Penny

      babakartal's picture
      babakartal
      favourite sources
      Submitted on 12 March, 2012 - 17:04

      Thanks a lot for your sharing.

       During Blogathon All colleagues shared their opinions and materials we need. Thanks them again and again. you may search the blogs, you'll find more and more useful sources...

      lemanulas's picture
      lemanulas
      @Penny
      Submitted on 14 March, 2012 - 21:06

      Dear Penny,

      thanks for your post and comments,,