I’m somewhat of a news junkie. I’m sure I’ll bring this hobby into the classroom and use it as a teaching tool. If you’re an ESL teacher and you like following the news too, here are some websites that might be helpful:
Breaking News English offers free lesson based on current events themes. The site also offers lessons based on other interesting themes such as Business English, environment, health, lifestyle, and gossip, and technology. He (the site’s author, a British TESFL/TESL teacher named Sean Banville) also has a link to his other websites on famous people lessons. (No, Starr King didn’t make it on the list, but neither did Ronnie. Preity Zinta, the Bollywood beauty and Ban Ki-moon are on the list, though. A wide variety of people from all over the world are there!) He also has a site with holiday lessons. Did you know June 1st is Pen Pal Day?! I’ve listed these 2 links below as well.
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/index.html
http://www.famouspeoplelessons.com/
http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/
Another site that might be useful is the New York Times Learning Network. It’s for English speakers, but for grades 3-12. It includes ideas on lesson plans. One headline that popped out at me as I looked at the site today was “Spread the Word: Ten Ways to Enrich Your Vocabulary With the New York Times.” Sounds good to me!
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/issues_in_depth/Vocabulary.html
The only drawback that I’ve found with the NY Times Learning Network is that it isn’t compatible with blerp. Oh well.
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14 years ago
Your title, ESL Sites for "New" Junkies made me think you'd found some ESL sites for people who have just become addicted to heroin.
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, to add to your list, News for You (online, but also in print) is a wonderful resource (this is "America's only newspaper for adult learners"):
http://www.newsforyouonline.com/
News Summaries from the New York Times seems like a good site to use also:
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/index.html
Thank you for all the great sites! I will visit them for sure!
ReplyDeleteThanks for that tip, Billy. If I ever modify my CBI unit on current events (it's in serious need of modification!) those sites will come in handy.
ReplyDeleteAs for the "new" junkie part, I look forward to cleaning up all my old junk(ie) piles around the house this summer and becoming a junkie on some kind of new organizational system. Gotta get a handle on my clutter!