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Professional Organizations

• BC TEAL - Association of B.C. Teachers of English as an Additional Language
• TESL Canada - Federation of English as a Second Language teachers, learners and learner advocates.
• Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks
• ELSA Net - Society of ESLA (English Language Services for Adults) Providers
• BC Ministry of Advanced Education- ESL

Professional Development

• The Internet TESL Journal
• BC Provincial Instructor Diploma & Adult Education Diploma
• CELTA - Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults
• CERTESL - Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language
• More info on teacher training

Dictionary

For our ESL Program, we strongly recommend students use the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (2003) from Pearson Education Ltd.

• Longman Teachers' Resources page.

Teaching Resources

• Online Crossword Puzzlemaker
• Board Games from ESL Lounge.com
• Discovery School.com - puzzlemaker, lesson planner, quiz center and worksheet generator.
• ESL Teachers Board
• English as a 2nd Language from About.com
• One Stop English.com
• English Exercises Online by Leo Jansegers (Belgium).
• Everything ESL. net - thematic lessons, graphic organizers etc.
• English Page.com - grammar exercises for advanced learners and dictionaries.
• Online Writing Lab (OWL) from Purdue University - excellent teaching resource

Vocabulary & Reading

• Most Common 1000 Words in English
• BBC webpage with Scanning activities

Grammar

• English Grammar on the Web
• EduFind Grammar
• Animated grammar lessons and exercises by by Julie Sevastopoulos
  ESL Department - College of San Mateo

Phonology

• Common Mistakes in English + other phonological info
• Sounds of English

English for Academic Purposes

• Using English for Academic Purposes from Andy Gillett

TOEFL

• Test Magic- a helpful site for preparing for the TOEFL test