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1. PBS & PBS Teachers at institutions for: http://www.pbs.org This website belongs to the American Public Broadcasting Service which offers
Teacher free online TV programs and documentaries for young people and adults in a
- Early childhood education (0-
Resource 4 year-olds) Go to: Teachers wide variety of categories: News and public affairs, arts & entertainment,
history and more; many of the programs are available for Ecuador.
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for teachers at the school years described are available in these areas: Arts,
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Health & Fitness, Math, Reading and Language, Science & Tech, and Social
Studies

2. Discovery Teachers at institutions for: http://www.discoveryeducati It has educational programs for all ages. There are many free teachers´
Channel st th on.com/ resources to extend learning beyond the classroom. Lesson plans, worksheets,
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puzzles and many more are available for educators (K- 12 grades, i. e. 5 to 17-
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technology.
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on.com/teachers/index.cfm?c “Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators” includes a list of sites for enhancing
ampaign=flyout_teachers content-based curriculum and professional growth as well useful sites for
teaching and learning.

3. Discovery Teachers in content- based courses http://www.discoveryeducati Discovery Education produces educational materials for people of all ages on
Education at institutions for: on.com/administrators/curric a wide variety of content. Available are full curricula, assessment materials,
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plus/ link is a video library of 87,000 short (approximately 3 minute) video clips on a
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national standards in the U.S.A and which may be adapted to any kind of
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syllabi.

4. American Teachers at the following http://exchanges.state.gov/a This is a site for teachers and learners of English as a Foreign Language
 English educational levels: mericanenglishonline/index.ht developed by the American Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The
Online th th ml “Teach English” section offers the Office of English Language Program’s series
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(AEO) of English teacher training materials called “Shaping the Way We Teach
-
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English” section offers links to grammar and games, multimedia learning,
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mericanenglishonline/teach.ht and citizenship.
ml The resources offered by the site include PDF files for publications like the
English Teaching Forum, new publications (e.g. Celebrate! and Wordscapes)
and e- journals.

5. Colorín Teachers at institutions for: http://www.colorincolorado.o Teachers who work with English as a Second Language learners will find
Colorado - Early childhood education (0- rg/educators/ ESL/ESOL/ELL/EFL reading/writing skill-building activities, ideas, strategies to
4 year-olds) help PreK-3, 4-8, and 9-12 students learn to read.
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6. ETS TOEFL Teachers interested in http://www.ets.org This is the official website of Education Testing Service (ETS). ETS is a
international standard
examinations at institutions for: nonprofit institution that administers worldwide testing, for example, TOEFL,
GRE, and IELTS tests. The site contains practical information, free sample
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them. Also, it provides booklets that can be downloaded from the site, which
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includes more explanation and tips for each category.

7. Nova Teachers in content- based courses http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/no NOVA Education site is a collection of resources for bringing science,
Teachers at institutions for: va/teachers/ technology, and engineering to life in educational settings. This free digital
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topics and areas.
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8. The New ESL/EFL/EAP teachers at www.nytimes.com/learning/ The New York Times in collaboration with Bank Street College created the
York Times institutions for: lesson plans for its articles. All the unit lessons were created for learners (3rd
Learning -
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Network dated from the beginning of the New York Time’s existence. Learners can be
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Network blog provides lessons based on New York times content and teachers
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can adapt them across subject areas and levels.
9. BBC online Teachers in content- based courses http://www.bbc.co.uk/learnin It is a guide to free online English learning and teaching resources for ESL/EFL
learning and at institutions for: g/subjects/english.shtml settings. There are links to sites for primary school literacy, adult learning,
teaching -
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resources teachers and learners provide fun language practice through themes and skill-
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History, Media, etc.) is available as well.
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10. BBC Teachers at institutions for: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools

Learning - Early childhood education (0- /teachers/ Free teachers’ resources by country (within the United Kingdom), level (Early
4 year-olds)
Teachers Years Foundation, i.e. 0-3, and 4 to 16 or more) and subject: Languages,
Beta -
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11. BBC Teachers (especially in content- http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This website is fantastic for ESL/EFL students and teachers of many levels. It
Learning based courses) at institutions for: covers teaching/learning basic grammar and vocabulary skills to more

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Go to: Learning English and advanced study of worldly events and news. Audio is provided for most of the
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/worlds radio programs.
ervice/learningenglish/teach/
12. BBC Teachers for: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswi This website provides activities, games, and quizzes in a number of problem
Skillswise se/words/grammar/ areas for English language learners. The site is broken down into sections:
- Adult learners who need to
English develop literacy skills in English. spelling, grammar, reading, writing, listening, and vocabulary.
Different difficulty levels are available (Entry 1, 2 & 3 and Levels 1 & 2).

13. BBC World Teachers (especially in content- http://www.bbc.co.uk/worlds BBC broadcasts on contemporary people and issues are available as audio files
Service based courses) at institutions for: ervice/ and can be downloaded in MP3 format. Links to further information on the
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It is the British Council´s (UK´s international cultural relations body) official
page. There are links to popular pages for learning and teaching English like
http://www.britishcouncil.org/ the “Learn English Kids”, “Learn English” and “Teach English” with free
Teachers at institutions for:
14. British materials and resources for both students and teachers.
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- 1 - 3 year Bachillerato http://www.teachingenglish.org. with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). This site provides information
uk/ on a wide range of topics including reading, speaking, listening, writing,
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pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. These sections allow users to
investigate theoretical and pedagogical journal articles, to access and
contribute teaching materials such as lesson plans, quizzes, and activities, to
participate in an interactive community of blogs, discussion forums, and
interest groups, and to benefit from information on training, and professional
development.
15. CNN Teachers at institutions for: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TR This site provides transcripts for a wide variety of topics, including interviews,
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16. First Words Teachers for beginner courses and http://esl.fis.edu/vocab/index This site provides resources for beginner English speakers. The vocabulary
at institutions for: -e.htm activities on this page are based in reading and matching pictures to printed
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accessories, body parts, food, feelings, countries and languages, and more.
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advice to help learners is also provided for teachers and parents.
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17. Easy things Teachers for beginners at http://www.manythings.org/e This website is a compilation of “word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises,
for institutions for: /easy.html slang, proverbs” and other activities to support English language learning for
Beginners -
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can be used as independent practice with reading, spelling, and matching
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18. Starfall.com Teachers for kids in ESL/EFL www.starfall.com This website was designed by Starfall Education. It provides a range of
courses and at institutions for: differentiated audio-visual games and read-alongs that allow ELLs to practice
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of English print, and reading of connected texts. Additionally, the website
provides links to printable worksheets that can be used to supplement
instruction or practice that is done with the website.
19. U.S Teachers (especially in content- www.loc.gov The website of the US Library of Congress provides an immense resource for
based courses) at institutions for:
Congress teachers looking for ideas and extensive references for students. The
library -
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level and historical topic. The “Online Activities” link has word search
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and cultural debates into a historical context. The online digital collections
and services link offers access to some surprising searchable resources,
including historic newspapers, images and photographs, comic books,
recordings, sheet music, and many more.

20. Smithsonian Teachers in content- based courses www.smithsonianeducation.o This website has lesson plans for teachers grades Pre K- 3 and 4-12. The
at institutions for:
Museum rg/educators/ lessons address native speakers of English in content-based classrooms in four
and their - Early childhood education (0- domains: Art and Design, Science and Technology, History and Culture and
special site 4 year-olds) Language Arts. The resources provided can be adapted according to specific
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21. ESL/EFL Teachers at all educational levels: http://iteslj.org/Techniques/ A wide variety of good articles with guidelines on teaching techniques in 26
Teaching - Early childhood education (0-4 categories (ranging from teaching specific age groups, e.g. adults, and the four
techniques year-olds) skills to technology and humor) is offered.
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22. Conversatio ESL/EFL teachers at the following http://iteslj.org/questions/ This is a collection of over 2,000 questions on 33 topics that can be used for
educational levels:
n questions conversation practice. Some of the many topics include animals and pets,
for the -
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ESL/EFL the Internet TESL Journal.
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journal

23. One stop ESL teachers with adult learners in http://www.onestopenglish.c In the “Skills for Life” link there are lesson plans prepared for ESOL students
English for survival classrooms and
English EFL teachers at the following om/section.asp?sectionType=l and aimed at a range of different levels. They include topics like “The alphabet
ESOL lesson educational levels: istsummary&catid=58063 and telephone books”, “Driving and the highway code” or “Contract for
plans employment”.
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superlative form of adjectives or pronunciation of the –ed ending of verbs.
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24. Voice of Teachers at the following http://www.voanews.com/en News in 45 languages plus a Learning English link (didactic texts and audio)
America educational levels: glish/About/
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educational levels:
Raven html In spite of a very busy and even overwhelming appearance, this is a
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Resources and some must be purchased). Some of the links go to a different website
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on them. The site is not clearly divided into sections for teachers and students
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specific. However, the site is still a possible resource to help brainstorm ideas.

N.B: An interactive e-book may be downloaded for free to work and can be
used with high-school learners to read and talk about environmental issues in
EFL classes.

26. Story Arts Teachers at the following http://www.storyarts.org This site is specifically designed for storytelling. There are suggestions about
on line educational levels: storytelling activities and lessons. Suggestions are practical and can be used in
nd th classroom right away. The collection of activities on this site was developed by
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storyteller and author Heather Forest for her workshops with students,
teachers and librarians.

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27. dMarie Time educational levels: http://www.dmarie.com/time This is a U.S historical database of facts from the 1900´s through about 1995.
Capsule -
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824652778 date: birthdays, main events, music and even food prices. One has to only
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instantly get a page with all the information about the year one was born,
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also has an advanced template on which teachers can create their own
categories to be included into their time capsule worksheet. It can be used for
project based themes.
28. The Teachers at the following http://www.coe.uh.edu/digita This is a great tool for students to work on a long term project in creating
educational educational levels: l-storytelling/ journals and stories using technology. It contains a handful amount of useful
uses of information including descriptions, articles, examples, steps and tools that
digital -
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storytelling can serve as a good device to integrate technology with language learning in
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complicated for some students, they might get frustrated through the working
process. Also, this is totally computer-based, so, if there is any problem with
computers or the internet, students might have difficulties for processing the
project. Still, this is a useful classroom tool to deeply explore historical themes
and regarding ESL/EFL, storytelling will assist both visual and auditory
learners.

29. Strivney: Teachers whose learners are at the http://www.strivney- Strivney is a free, online program for learning to read English with phonics.
following educational levels:
where english.com/index.asp Over a thousand interactive, animated learning games, exercises and
learning to - Early childhood education (0-4 presentations provide a quality educational experience. Free ESL resources
read is fun. year-olds) are available and gifted (pre-K to 5 year-olds) and/or dyslexic children and
- 1st - 6th year EGB slower learners can benefit from it. The activities are accompanied by free
printable worksheets.
Focus: Phonics

30. Highlights Teachers whose learners are at the
following educational levels:
Kids
- Early childhood education (0-4
year-olds)
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http://www.highlightskids.co This web site is designed for younger learners (ages 5-12). The activities
m/ include animated story telling, interactive hidden pictures that are pretty
challenging, fun animated stories with subtitles that allow learners to follow
the stories as they heart them. The teachers and parents’ links provide ideas
and advice from people whose work or research has had an impact on
children and parents and a toolbox with printable puzzles, crafts, stories,
poems for fun in the classroom that educators can make use of.
31. Free Rice 2.0 Teachers at the following www.freerice.com Free Rice is a non- profit website run by the United Nations World Food
educational levels: Program. This website is geared towards building vocabulary and helping end
hunger. Students can work independently since they receive immediate
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rice to the UN program. A great way to learn while contributing to an
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32. Books http://www.booksshouldbefre This website has thousands of free audible books in mp3, iPod or iTunes
should be e.com/ format to download. Many genres (e.g. children, fiction, fantasy, romance) are
free - 1st - 10th year EGB available. The majority of the books are classics such as Peter Pan, Sherlock
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33. Voice of Teachers at the following educational http://www.voanews.com/sp This website is great for reading up on and listening to radio broadcasts of
levels:
America ecialenglish/index.cfm current events. It is an extension of the online news source and broadcast
News and - 1st - 3rd year Bachillerato system Voice of America. The link provides English Language Learners with up
Information: to date world news articles and broadcasts that they can follow along to in
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English link, word games and an online television news broadcast that has been
slowed and is accompanied by captions so that the listener can follow along
as he/she hears the story.
34. NPR Teachers (especially in content- http://www.npr.org NPR.org offers banner links including programs, transcripts, and both written
(National based courses) at institutions for: and audio archives, links to news, health and science, people and places,
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Radio) “Podcasts” for dozens of topics produced by the news network. Or click on
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recordings of the daily news. Scripts available.
35. KCRW Teachers (especially in content- http://www.kcrw.org KCRW is a public radio station that is the official public radio station of Santa
based courses) at institutions for: Monica College in Santa Monica California. It is an important cultural voice in
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called “Bookworm” featuring an in-depth, hour- long interview with a
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FOCUS: Listening practice through
authentic materials.

36. CNN Teachers (especially in content- http://www.cnn.com/services This website has both audio and video podcasts of the programs presented on
based courses) at institutions for: /podcasting/ their channel.
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37. Marketplace http://marketplace.publicradi Students can post comments on each show. There is news about current
News Teachers (especially in content- o.org/ events taking place in business, world news, technology and others, which
based courses) at institutions for: contain audio and the transcript. On the right side of the screen, you can “find
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