ICCT Resources

• Techniques and Activities for Self-Directed Language Learners (PDF)
• Planning for Success in Language Learning doc. (PDF)
• Basic Assumptions of Language and Culture Learners (PDF)
• Language benchmarks to keep track of your language proficiency level
  • Canadian Language Benchmarks
  • Common European Framework of Reference
  • ACTFL Standards

Listed below are some resources to help you become a more effective teacher. If you are new to the field of ESL teaching, we suggest you begin with the first section and then move on to learn more about the wide variety of available resources for classroom teaching and professional preparation.

Essentials for New English Teachers

• Frequently Used Acronyms (Word doc.)
• Getting Started in Teaching ESL (Word doc.)
• Opportunities for English Teachers (Word doc.)

ESL and Ministry

• Preparing for an ESL/EFL-Teaching Ministry (PDF) 

• Three Important---and Often Neglected---Keys to an Effective ESL Ministry (PDF) 
• Can You Have an Effective ESL Ministry Without Using Christian Materials? (PDF)  

Teacher Preparation Resources

Teacher Education / Professional Development

• ESL Courses and Degree Programs (Word doc.)
• Annotated Bibliography of Selected Teacher Preparation Materials (Word doc.)
• Qualifications for English Teaching (Word doc.)

Journals

• The Internet TESL Journal
• TESL-EJ
• CAELA Digests

Professional organizations and conferences

• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
• International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)
• Christian English Language Educators Association (CELEA)

Classroom Teaching Resources

Choosing Materials

• Evaluating Classroom Teaching Materials (Word doc.)
• Annotated Bibliography of Selected Textbooks  (Word doc.)

Publishers and Distributors

We have listed a number of major publishers below. However, if you are based in the United States, consider making your purchase from Delta Systems. They carry a wide selection of books from a variety of publishers, often at prices below those of the publisher. Delta also provides especially speedy shipping.

• Cambridge University Press 
• Center for Applied Linguistics
• Delta Publishing Company
• Heinemann ELT
• Intercultural Press
• New Readers Press
• Oxford University Press
• Pearson Education
  • Prentice Hall Regents
  • Addison Wesley Longman
  • Longman 
• Pro Lingua
• National Geographic Learning: CENGAGE Learning

Online Resources

Dave’s ESL Café
One of the richest sources of TESOL information on the Internet. Links to teaching materials, articles, information about jobs, discussion forums, publishers, etc. (The information you find through the many hundreds of links on this site varies considerably in quality.) Visit Dave's ESL Cafe

ESLoop
A collection of sites with each one linked to the next, so that no matter where you start, you will eventually make your way around all the sites and end up back at the beginning. Teaching materials, lesson plans, methodology articles, etc. Visit ESLoop

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
A website containing hundreds of listening scripts for beginning, intermediate, and advanced English learners. Listening exercises are topical and include comprehension quizzes. Visit Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab