o share my experience in handling a helpless student. She was in grade ten. She was very nervous when I approached her for the first time. Without being asked, she told me directly, “Sir, I can’t speak English at all. My English is very bad.” I, then, responded, “No problems. I’ll teach you.” The second time I approached her, she said the same thing, ““Sir, I can’t speak English at all. My English is very bad.” Based on the theory that I have just read this week, she was in a learned helplessness at that time. Knowing her condition, I had to help her as hard as I could. First, I gave her a special attention to know her personality. I had a simple conversation in English so that she could understand me. I kept trying hard to make English much easier for her. I motivated and helped her build up her self-confidence so that she could learn and speak by practicing from the simple to difficult sessions. I kept supporting her and gave her a kind of progress reports which could motivate her more to practice and practice. When she graduated, she said, “Thank you very much, Sir. You’ve made English easy to learn.”
Friday, April 4, 2008
How to Motivate a Helpless Student
First of all, I usually teach my students equally in the first three meetings. From the first three meeting I can find and recognize types of students in the class. In this section, I would like t
o share my experience in handling a helpless student. She was in grade ten. She was very nervous when I approached her for the first time. Without being asked, she told me directly, “Sir, I can’t speak English at all. My English is very bad.” I, then, responded, “No problems. I’ll teach you.” The second time I approached her, she said the same thing, ““Sir, I can’t speak English at all. My English is very bad.” Based on the theory that I have just read this week, she was in a learned helplessness at that time. Knowing her condition, I had to help her as hard as I could. First, I gave her a special attention to know her personality. I had a simple conversation in English so that she could understand me. I kept trying hard to make English much easier for her. I motivated and helped her build up her self-confidence so that she could learn and speak by practicing from the simple to difficult sessions. I kept supporting her and gave her a kind of progress reports which could motivate her more to practice and practice. When she graduated, she said, “Thank you very much, Sir. You’ve made English easy to learn.”
o share my experience in handling a helpless student. She was in grade ten. She was very nervous when I approached her for the first time. Without being asked, she told me directly, “Sir, I can’t speak English at all. My English is very bad.” I, then, responded, “No problems. I’ll teach you.” The second time I approached her, she said the same thing, ““Sir, I can’t speak English at all. My English is very bad.” Based on the theory that I have just read this week, she was in a learned helplessness at that time. Knowing her condition, I had to help her as hard as I could. First, I gave her a special attention to know her personality. I had a simple conversation in English so that she could understand me. I kept trying hard to make English much easier for her. I motivated and helped her build up her self-confidence so that she could learn and speak by practicing from the simple to difficult sessions. I kept supporting her and gave her a kind of progress reports which could motivate her more to practice and practice. When she graduated, she said, “Thank you very much, Sir. You’ve made English easy to learn.”
How to Motivate a Reticent Student
As a teacher, I have to be able to recognize characteristics of my students. Different students have different characteristics. They have different ways of learning, different speeds of learning, different skills of learning, etc. After having been teaching for more than 10 years in my school, I have a lot of students facing some problems in learning. Actually, I have applied some psychological concepts indirectly to my students although I didn’t know the terms of the concepts.
I ever had a student who had a problem. He seemed to be very quiet in the class. Actually I know that his English is very good. He could write English well, and he also got at least 90 for all of his English tests. However, he had no courage to speak English in front of the class. If I asked him to do a speech in front of the class, he used to refuse it. I wondered what happened to him. I asked him to meet me after school so that I could know what had exactly happened to him, but he ran away from me. I got more curious to know him. I, then, invited his parents and discussed about him. Their parents told me much about him that he was very shy to talk in the class or even with his friends. He found that speaking in front of the class was as difficult as mathematic. But, I didn’t give up motivating him to speak. Through some discussions, I finally gave wonderful tricks to let him talk to his partner, groups and a whole class. Thank God. He has courage to talk in front of the class in English.
I ever had a student who had a problem. He seemed to be very quiet in the class. Actually I know that his English is very good. He could write English well, and he also got at least 90 for all of his English tests. However, he had no courage to speak English in front of the class. If I asked him to do a speech in front of the class, he used to refuse it. I wondered what happened to him. I asked him to meet me after school so that I could know what had exactly happened to him, but he ran away from me. I got more curious to know him. I, then, invited his parents and discussed about him. Their parents told me much about him that he was very shy to talk in the class or even with his friends. He found that speaking in front of the class was as difficult as mathematic. But, I didn’t give up motivating him to speak. Through some discussions, I finally gave wonderful tricks to let him talk to his partner, groups and a whole class. Thank God. He has courage to talk in front of the class in English.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Useful websites for English teachers compiled by Mohamad El Naggar from Egypt
1) http://quizzes.englishclub.com/ it has different ways to improve your English . It also has work sheets about grammar, that can support teachers of English " Alia Omar"
2) http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/ Lots of games and activities for language students*
3) http://english-zone.com/ this site has fantastic items which are useful 4 both teachers & students but the membership is with payment. If anyone knows how to use it without payment, Please write down
4) http://a4esl.org/q/f/
5) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslstudent.html
6) http://www.kids.net.au/ useful 4 kids to look up words & senging e-mails
7) http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/
You can improve your English and maths with Skillswise. It's a site for learning english and Math . It's full of exercises that are appropriate for all ages. Soher Mostafa
8) http://www.manythings.org/hm/ This is a nice site 4 playing games " Hangman Games" For ESL Students. This site involves many areas to play games which can improve your quick way of thinking. It has got Hangman games in grammar, Vocabularies, relatives, Jobs ETC It has special features . Alia Omar
9) http://www.ecambridgeschool.com/anglesonline/index.html
10) http://www.english-forum.com/00/interactive/
11) http://www.wordplays.com/
12) http://www.miguelmllop.com/index.php
13) http://www.tolearnenglish.com/index.php
14) http://www.eleaston.com/
15) http://www.hotenglishmagazine.com/hem/default.asp
16) http://www.cbc.ca/kids/
17) http://www.english-online.org.uk/ useful 4 English learners &all levels
This site is fantastic as it involves Prnunciation skill, Exam practice...etc.
18) http://www.eslgold.com/site.jsp
19) http://www.churchillhouse.com/english/index.html
20) http://www.smic.be/smic5022/index.htm
21) http://drive.to/autoenglish
22http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/music/singersong/
23) http://www.musicalenglishlessons.com/index-ex.htm
24) http://members.tripod.com/~ESL4Kids/songs.html
25) http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org/activity.htm
26) http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/
27) http://www.edhelper.com/
28) http://www.epals.com/
This site is a forum for teachers from all over the world where you can exchange ideas in the learning process . Thank you Soher Mostafa Ahmed
29 ) http://www.penguinreaders.com/
It provides teachers with lots of summaries for readers,stories,and novels with factsheets and tips for use in the classroom
30 ) http://www.kevinsplayroom.co.uk/
it is a huge website for so many other websites for teachers of different subjects and interests . it also provides webquest in different subjects
31 ) http://www.mes-english.com/
it helps primary teachers to download highly colourful flash cards , powerpoint show for different subjects in teaching english
32 ) http://www.onestopenglish.com/
asite for the english teachers to view lesson plans ,materials for different courses { wayahead - moveahead ........
33 ) http://www.agendaweb.org/
a useful site for the webquest in the classroom
34 )http://www.sitesforteachers.com
a group of sites of so great value
35) http://www.gsh.org/
a worldide website for the international education awards and technological awards for teachers
36) http://www.teachnet.com/
asite for teachers { lesson plans - classroom activities ....
37 )http://powerbacks.net/business.html
Useful site for the ICT teachers about microsoft powrpoint.
38) http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/
useful site for grammar rules and how to teach in the class
Visit us in Hasan Abu Bakr school.
39) http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/OER/
This site provides Online Educational Resources, which is a collection of links to sites that promote or provide information about computers and network technologies used to enhance learning at schools.
40) http://www.kidlink.org/
KIDLINK serves to link kids age 15 from around the world online dialogue. Communication is facilitated through mail lists, chats, and art exibition sites.
41) http://www.go4english.com/
This site is a very good one for all people whether they are teachers or parents or kids . There are a lot of areas in this site like games for kids ' quizes ,vocabulary exercises , grammar exercises and listening exercises that can be used by teachers or to improve your language. This site can be used alone without teacher's help. Soher Mostafa Ahmed
42) http://www.englishlearner.com/
Learners of English will find all types of interactive tests and exercises here: grammar vocabulary reading crosswords hangman and more.
43) http://memebers.home.net/englishzone/
44) http://www.aitech.ac.com/
45) http://www.eltnews.com/
This site provides you with teaching ideas.
46) http://members.home.net/englishzone
This site will help you a lot with phrasal verbs
47) Here are some useful sites that help teachers teaching story through cartoons. BY NASR
http://www.bluemountain.com/
http://www.ohmygoodness.com/
http://www.bemine.com/
http://www.cartoonery.com/
48) http://www.webquest.sdsu.edu/
This is a simple way to help in a good webquest as I found different themes for wbquests.Soher Mostafa
49) http://www.bestwebquest.com/
50) http://www.quiz-tree.com/
Welcome to Quiz-Tree.com, the place where you will find fun quizzes on many subjects, including Elementary Math, Fractions, Spanish, Geography, SAT Verbal and Spelling. All quizzes feature animated interface, feedback sounds and other enhancements that make learning more enjoyable.
51) http://www.bakloria.com/
52) http://www.c4arab.com/
53) http://www.daralfair.20fr.com/
54) www.moe-edc.org/tec/s1
The above sites are websites in arabic and They might be useful for Arab teachers
Web sites to improve your iCt skills
55) http://office.microsoft.com/
56) http://www.internet4classrooms.com/
This site is fantastic to those who would like to use the different areas of the net It helps students perform the tasks or webquests it also teaches us how to use the net profitably Soher Mostafa elrayes
57) http://www.ukindia.com/
58 ) http://www.globalgateway.org.uk/
This site is a great one as you can get a good chance for partenerships with students or schools or teachers in the U.K
59 ) http://www.iearn.org/
This site includes the different projects that might be exchanged among students from different countries
60) http://english-trailers.com/index.php”
In this site students can watch movie trailers and complete listening comprehension and vocabulary exercises based on the previews.
61)http://www.esl-lab.com/
This site provides listening activities for self-study. http://english-trailers.com/index.php
62- http://www.cartoonstock.com/
In this site you can find lots of cartoons and you can search by words or categories.
63 ) http://www.bigoo.ws/
This site is a nice one for animation, cartoons and different other areas it helps in forming lessons as the images and and the animated pictures
64)http://www.tesol.org
this website is the formal website for teachers teaching english as a second language it has many resources and also many opportunities for teachers to develop their career .
65}Here is an important site which may help us in getting more information about the use of ICT.(http://www.ioe.ac.uk/lie/ict)
66) Another site which provides us with information about the use ICT in the primary stage.(http://www.learningmatters.co.uk/)
67 ) This site is mainly for shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet .Soher Mostafa http://henry.sandi.net/staff/cpauchni
68 )http://www.edunet.com/
This site provides you with lesson plan and English grammatical items that can be used as sheets for the class. (MOHAMED ABDELHAMID)
69) http://geocities.com/
This site provides you with English activites and exercises especially for the grammatical items. (MOHAMED ABDELHAMID)
70)http://niobrara.unl.edu/users/lana/ent/ppt/
This site will help you a lot brush up your ppt skills. Mohamed Abdelhamid
71 )http://www.englishlanguage.pro.br/. It is about developing materials. 72 ) htt://exercicios-ingles.4shared.com ( Password : englishlanguage)
73 ) The iTEACH this is the guide for teachers for using the internet in teaching On http://www.onestopenglish.com/
74 ) Adult/Young adult
Inside Out http://www.insideout.net/
Reward http://www.reward-english.net/
Skyline http://www.skyline-english.com/
Get Real! http://www.getrealenglish.com/
Prospects http://www.prospects-macmillan/
English Upgrade http://www.englishupgrade.com/
75 )Teenage learners
Shine www.shine-english.com
Smart http://www.smart-macmillan.com/
Move Ahead http://www.moveahead-english.com/
76) Young learners
Super Bus and Minibus http://www.the-bus-stop.net/
Way Ahead http://www.wayahead-english./
77 )Exams
Ready for First Certificate http://www.readyforfc.com/
78 ) References : Macmillan English Dictionary http://www.macmillandictionary.com/
79 )Business English Macmillan Business English http://www.businessenglishonline.net/
80 )professional Teacher Development http://www.teacherdevelopment.net/
81 ) Cultural Websiteshttp://www.al-hakawati.net/Sakyet El Sawyhttp://www.culturewheel.com/Cairo Opera Househttp://www.operahouse.gov.eg/Al Manasterly Palace according to announced schedulehttp://www.manasterly.com/Cultural Development Center, Ministry of Culturehttp://www.cdf-eg.org/Egyptian Center for Culture and Artshttp://www.egyptmusic.org/The Cultural Development Fundhttp://www.cdf-eg.org/82 ) General WebsitesEgypt WWW Indexhttp://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/Egypt photography http://groups.yahoo.com/group/egyptphotography/Pen Temple Pilots Literary Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pen_Temple_Pilots/Sahara Safaris Desert Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saharasafaris/
83 )LibrariesAmerican University in Cairo: http://lib.aucegypt.edu/Egyptian libraries network:http://www.library.idsc.gov.eg/Egyptian National Scientific and Technical Information Network:http://www.sti.sci.eg/Goethe Institute:http://wwwgoethe.de/na/kaiNetherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo:http://www.leidenuniv.nl/interuniv.uvicThe Alexandria library http://www.bibalex.gov.eg/
wesites related to topics
84 )Numbershttp://www.esl-lab.com/phone.htmA listening exercise from the esl-lab with telephone numbers.
85 )Familieshttp://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/family.htmlThis click and drag activity from the British Council gives your students practice of family vocabulary within the context of a family tree. http://a4esl.org/q/h/ck/sw-family.htmlhttp://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz85bem.htm86 )Flagshttp://www.flags.ndirect.co.uk/http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/Here are two comprehensive sites that contain hundreds of national flags. Use these to create a quiz for your classes
87 )Nationalitieshttp://vocabulary.englishclub.com/nat-countries.htmThis web page gives you a basic list of countries and nationalities. http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz53bds.htmhttp://a4esl.org/q/h/9704/ow-nationalty.htmlhttp://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/fb2-nationalities.htmlThree online quizzes that focus on nationalities and languages. 88 )Daily routineshttp://www.esl-lab.com/schedule/schedrd1.htmThis activity requires the students to listen to a short extract and answer five multiple choice questions.
89 )Furniturehttp://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/v/ei/furniture.htmlUse this quiz, which focuses on furniture itemsfound
90 )Horoscopeshttp://www.astrology.com/it is a horoscope that focuses on where people would like to live depending on their star sign.http://www.astrology.com/quizzes/
91 )Foodhttp://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0882305.htmlTwelve interesting articles about food .
92 )Grammar: quantitycountable and uncountable nouns and words that are used to talk about quantities in English? http://www.better-english.com/easier/counta.htmhttp://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/count.htmhttp://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.count.p.htm
93 )Workhttp://stats.bls.gov/k12/html/edu_over.htmThis site also looks at the jobs people choose, based on what they like. http://www.whatdotheydo.com/
94 )Describing people: characterhttp://www.talkeasy.co.uk/link/materials/esl11.htmlThe second exercise on this webpage has a list of adjectives used to describe peoples’ character.
95 )sea animals http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/sharks/index.htmlthere is more to sharks than teeth and Jaws.
96 )'ICT online courses ' (see http://tinyurl.com/3e2c54http://www.theconsultants-e.com/courses/trinityict/http://www.theconsultants-e.com/courses/clientmaps/http://www.theconsultants-e.com/courses/trinityict/feedback.asp%20)97 ) American Sign LanguageHere are a variety of sites http://www.bconnex.net/~randys/index_nf.html http://www.pyram.com/ http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html http://www.bu.edu/asllrp/
98 ) resources for integrating technology into the curriculum. Study guides and activities incorporate video and the technology of the Internet http: //drb.lifestreamcenter.net/Lessons/#top
99 ) a website for The technology integration module in curriculum completion of the project-based learning http://edutopia.org/teachingmodules/TI/index.php
100 ) the international websitefor the webquests http://webquest.org/search/
101 )Here is a site for writing http://newwriting.britishcouncil.org/
102 )A good communicator need not to be a good grammarian http://www.iatefl-ylsig.org/ (resources) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/younglearners/join (discussions) http://del.icio.us/ylearn (useful links) http://www.elearningdesigners.nl/iatefl/ (classroom research)
Soher Mostafa Ahmed
103 ) EU and young learners
http://www.languagemagazine.com/internetedition/nd98/fow40.html
104 ) Two sites to visit for UNESCO and teaching and teacher training. The second one looks especially interesting http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/
http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=32260&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Here are some educational sites from Aberdeen conference
105 ) http://www.alphabet-soup.net/
http://bogglesworldesl.com/
106 ) Hot Potatoes (freeware - hotpot)
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbak
Mohamed Abdelhamid
107 ) a web site for english power points made by teachers
http://www.worldofteaching.com/
108 ) a web site for ict games
http://www.ictgames.com/
109 ) thousands of power point peresentations
http://languagearts.pppst.com/partsofspeech.html
110)This is a paletenian site was done by English teachers
http://pelta-palestine.blogspot.com/
111) http://www.freeducation.co.uk/
It is A WEBSITE WHICH is full of all the free materials,articles and esl activities
112) http://a4esl.org/
Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL)
113) http://www.educationworld.com/ a huge wesite for the integration of technology into the classroom ,how to teach using tech in the classroom
114) http://www.iste.org/ the international wesite for teachers using technology in teaching
115) http://www.englishpage.com/
This site offers weekly English Lessons including grammar and
vocabulary. Mohamed Abdelhamid
116) http://www.chompchomp.com/
This site provides quizes and exerises on English Grammar and
vocabulary. Mohamed Abdelhamid
117) http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar
Mohamed Abdelhamid
118) www.cambridge.org/elt/englishinmind
This site is full of exercises and materioals suitable for
preparatory and secondary stages.
Mohamed Abdelhamid
119) http://www.quia.com/
one of the most popular websites that allows educators to create activites and quizzes over the Internet and share them with others, to give online quizzes and track students' scores and to create their own web pages for posting assignmentsand class schedules.
Mohamed Abdelhamid
120 ) THIS IS A WEBSITE FOR THE WHOLE ABOUT HOT POTATOES
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/eurocall2001/HotPotPastFuture/PastFutureHome.htm
121 ) http://www.googlefight.com/http://www.googlefight.com/http://www.googlefight.com/http://www.googlefight.com/
Google fight This site allows you to pair up words or phrases and let them contend against each other for Google hits
122) http://www.teach-ict.com/
This site provides you with lots of skills that you need to back up you ICT skills. It will help you with Word, PowerPoint, Excel, publishe, Dreamwaver and Photoshop. (Mohamed Abdelhamid)
123) http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/
Online Resources for TEFL Professionals
124) http://realbooks.blogspot.com/
It is a blog by teachert containing teaching ideas.
Mohamed Abdelhamid
125) http://www.ncte.org/
The National Council of Teachers of English is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education
126) http://www.tes.co.uk/resources/Resource.aspx?resourceId=1252 FREE DISPLAY of RESOURCES
127) http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/ all grades wesites for al subjects
2) http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/ Lots of games and activities for language students*
3) http://english-zone.com/ this site has fantastic items which are useful 4 both teachers & students but the membership is with payment. If anyone knows how to use it without payment, Please write down
4) http://a4esl.org/q/f/
5) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslstudent.html
6) http://www.kids.net.au/ useful 4 kids to look up words & senging e-mails
7) http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/
You can improve your English and maths with Skillswise. It's a site for learning english and Math . It's full of exercises that are appropriate for all ages. Soher Mostafa
8) http://www.manythings.org/hm/ This is a nice site 4 playing games " Hangman Games" For ESL Students. This site involves many areas to play games which can improve your quick way of thinking. It has got Hangman games in grammar, Vocabularies, relatives, Jobs ETC It has special features . Alia Omar
9) http://www.ecambridgeschool.com/anglesonline/index.html
10) http://www.english-forum.com/00/interactive/
11) http://www.wordplays.com/
12) http://www.miguelmllop.com/index.php
13) http://www.tolearnenglish.com/index.php
14) http://www.eleaston.com/
15) http://www.hotenglishmagazine.com/hem/default.asp
16) http://www.cbc.ca/kids/
17) http://www.english-online.org.uk/ useful 4 English learners &all levels
This site is fantastic as it involves Prnunciation skill, Exam practice...etc.
18) http://www.eslgold.com/site.jsp
19) http://www.churchillhouse.com/english/index.html
20) http://www.smic.be/smic5022/index.htm
21) http://drive.to/autoenglish
22http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/music/singersong/
23) http://www.musicalenglishlessons.com/index-ex.htm
24) http://members.tripod.com/~ESL4Kids/songs.html
25) http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org/activity.htm
26) http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/
27) http://www.edhelper.com/
28) http://www.epals.com/
This site is a forum for teachers from all over the world where you can exchange ideas in the learning process . Thank you Soher Mostafa Ahmed
29 ) http://www.penguinreaders.com/
It provides teachers with lots of summaries for readers,stories,and novels with factsheets and tips for use in the classroom
30 ) http://www.kevinsplayroom.co.uk/
it is a huge website for so many other websites for teachers of different subjects and interests . it also provides webquest in different subjects
31 ) http://www.mes-english.com/
it helps primary teachers to download highly colourful flash cards , powerpoint show for different subjects in teaching english
32 ) http://www.onestopenglish.com/
asite for the english teachers to view lesson plans ,materials for different courses { wayahead - moveahead ........
33 ) http://www.agendaweb.org/
a useful site for the webquest in the classroom
34 )http://www.sitesforteachers.com
a group of sites of so great value
35) http://www.gsh.org/
a worldide website for the international education awards and technological awards for teachers
36) http://www.teachnet.com/
asite for teachers { lesson plans - classroom activities ....
37 )http://powerbacks.net/business.html
Useful site for the ICT teachers about microsoft powrpoint.
38) http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/
useful site for grammar rules and how to teach in the class
Visit us in Hasan Abu Bakr school.
39) http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/OER/
This site provides Online Educational Resources, which is a collection of links to sites that promote or provide information about computers and network technologies used to enhance learning at schools.
40) http://www.kidlink.org/
KIDLINK serves to link kids age 15 from around the world online dialogue. Communication is facilitated through mail lists, chats, and art exibition sites.
41) http://www.go4english.com/
This site is a very good one for all people whether they are teachers or parents or kids . There are a lot of areas in this site like games for kids ' quizes ,vocabulary exercises , grammar exercises and listening exercises that can be used by teachers or to improve your language. This site can be used alone without teacher's help. Soher Mostafa Ahmed
42) http://www.englishlearner.com/
Learners of English will find all types of interactive tests and exercises here: grammar vocabulary reading crosswords hangman and more.
43) http://memebers.home.net/englishzone/
44) http://www.aitech.ac.com/
45) http://www.eltnews.com/
This site provides you with teaching ideas.
46) http://members.home.net/englishzone
This site will help you a lot with phrasal verbs
47) Here are some useful sites that help teachers teaching story through cartoons. BY NASR
http://www.bluemountain.com/
http://www.ohmygoodness.com/
http://www.bemine.com/
http://www.cartoonery.com/
48) http://www.webquest.sdsu.edu/
This is a simple way to help in a good webquest as I found different themes for wbquests.Soher Mostafa
49) http://www.bestwebquest.com/
50) http://www.quiz-tree.com/
Welcome to Quiz-Tree.com, the place where you will find fun quizzes on many subjects, including Elementary Math, Fractions, Spanish, Geography, SAT Verbal and Spelling. All quizzes feature animated interface, feedback sounds and other enhancements that make learning more enjoyable.
51) http://www.bakloria.com/
52) http://www.c4arab.com/
53) http://www.daralfair.20fr.com/
54) www.moe-edc.org/tec/s1
The above sites are websites in arabic and They might be useful for Arab teachers
Web sites to improve your iCt skills
55) http://office.microsoft.com/
56) http://www.internet4classrooms.com/
This site is fantastic to those who would like to use the different areas of the net It helps students perform the tasks or webquests it also teaches us how to use the net profitably Soher Mostafa elrayes
57) http://www.ukindia.com/
58 ) http://www.globalgateway.org.uk/
This site is a great one as you can get a good chance for partenerships with students or schools or teachers in the U.K
59 ) http://www.iearn.org/
This site includes the different projects that might be exchanged among students from different countries
60) http://english-trailers.com/index.php”
In this site students can watch movie trailers and complete listening comprehension and vocabulary exercises based on the previews.
61)http://www.esl-lab.com/
This site provides listening activities for self-study. http://english-trailers.com/index.php
62- http://www.cartoonstock.com/
In this site you can find lots of cartoons and you can search by words or categories.
63 ) http://www.bigoo.ws/
This site is a nice one for animation, cartoons and different other areas it helps in forming lessons as the images and and the animated pictures
64)http://www.tesol.org
this website is the formal website for teachers teaching english as a second language it has many resources and also many opportunities for teachers to develop their career .
65}Here is an important site which may help us in getting more information about the use of ICT.(http://www.ioe.ac.uk/lie/ict)
66) Another site which provides us with information about the use ICT in the primary stage.(http://www.learningmatters.co.uk/)
67 ) This site is mainly for shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet .Soher Mostafa http://henry.sandi.net/staff/cpauchni
68 )http://www.edunet.com/
This site provides you with lesson plan and English grammatical items that can be used as sheets for the class. (MOHAMED ABDELHAMID)
69) http://geocities.com/
This site provides you with English activites and exercises especially for the grammatical items. (MOHAMED ABDELHAMID)
70)http://niobrara.unl.edu/users/lana/ent/ppt/
This site will help you a lot brush up your ppt skills. Mohamed Abdelhamid
71 )http://www.englishlanguage.pro.br/. It is about developing materials. 72 ) htt://exercicios-ingles.4shared.com ( Password : englishlanguage)
73 ) The iTEACH this is the guide for teachers for using the internet in teaching On http://www.onestopenglish.com/
74 ) Adult/Young adult
Inside Out http://www.insideout.net/
Reward http://www.reward-english.net/
Skyline http://www.skyline-english.com/
Get Real! http://www.getrealenglish.com/
Prospects http://www.prospects-macmillan/
English Upgrade http://www.englishupgrade.com/
75 )Teenage learners
Shine www.shine-english.com
Smart http://www.smart-macmillan.com/
Move Ahead http://www.moveahead-english.com/
76) Young learners
Super Bus and Minibus http://www.the-bus-stop.net/
Way Ahead http://www.wayahead-english./
77 )Exams
Ready for First Certificate http://www.readyforfc.com/
78 ) References : Macmillan English Dictionary http://www.macmillandictionary.com/
79 )Business English Macmillan Business English http://www.businessenglishonline.net/
80 )professional Teacher Development http://www.teacherdevelopment.net/
81 ) Cultural Websiteshttp://www.al-hakawati.net/Sakyet El Sawyhttp://www.culturewheel.com/Cairo Opera Househttp://www.operahouse.gov.eg/Al Manasterly Palace according to announced schedulehttp://www.manasterly.com/Cultural Development Center, Ministry of Culturehttp://www.cdf-eg.org/Egyptian Center for Culture and Artshttp://www.egyptmusic.org/The Cultural Development Fundhttp://www.cdf-eg.org/82 ) General WebsitesEgypt WWW Indexhttp://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/Egypt photography http://groups.yahoo.com/group/egyptphotography/Pen Temple Pilots Literary Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pen_Temple_Pilots/Sahara Safaris Desert Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saharasafaris/
83 )LibrariesAmerican University in Cairo: http://lib.aucegypt.edu/Egyptian libraries network:http://www.library.idsc.gov.eg/Egyptian National Scientific and Technical Information Network:http://www.sti.sci.eg/Goethe Institute:http://wwwgoethe.de/na/kaiNetherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo:http://www.leidenuniv.nl/interuniv.uvicThe Alexandria library http://www.bibalex.gov.eg/
wesites related to topics
84 )Numbershttp://www.esl-lab.com/phone.htmA listening exercise from the esl-lab with telephone numbers.
85 )Familieshttp://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/family.htmlThis click and drag activity from the British Council gives your students practice of family vocabulary within the context of a family tree. http://a4esl.org/q/h/ck/sw-family.htmlhttp://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz85bem.htm86 )Flagshttp://www.flags.ndirect.co.uk/http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/Here are two comprehensive sites that contain hundreds of national flags. Use these to create a quiz for your classes
87 )Nationalitieshttp://vocabulary.englishclub.com/nat-countries.htmThis web page gives you a basic list of countries and nationalities. http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz53bds.htmhttp://a4esl.org/q/h/9704/ow-nationalty.htmlhttp://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/fb2-nationalities.htmlThree online quizzes that focus on nationalities and languages. 88 )Daily routineshttp://www.esl-lab.com/schedule/schedrd1.htmThis activity requires the students to listen to a short extract and answer five multiple choice questions.
89 )Furniturehttp://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/v/ei/furniture.htmlUse this quiz, which focuses on furniture itemsfound
90 )Horoscopeshttp://www.astrology.com/it is a horoscope that focuses on where people would like to live depending on their star sign.http://www.astrology.com/quizzes/
91 )Foodhttp://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0882305.htmlTwelve interesting articles about food .
92 )Grammar: quantitycountable and uncountable nouns and words that are used to talk about quantities in English? http://www.better-english.com/easier/counta.htmhttp://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/count.htmhttp://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.count.p.htm
93 )Workhttp://stats.bls.gov/k12/html/edu_over.htmThis site also looks at the jobs people choose, based on what they like. http://www.whatdotheydo.com/
94 )Describing people: characterhttp://www.talkeasy.co.uk/link/materials/esl11.htmlThe second exercise on this webpage has a list of adjectives used to describe peoples’ character.
95 )sea animals http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/sharks/index.htmlthere is more to sharks than teeth and Jaws.
96 )'ICT online courses ' (see http://tinyurl.com/3e2c54http://www.theconsultants-e.com/courses/trinityict/http://www.theconsultants-e.com/courses/clientmaps/http://www.theconsultants-e.com/courses/trinityict/feedback.asp%20)97 ) American Sign LanguageHere are a variety of sites http://www.bconnex.net/~randys/index_nf.html http://www.pyram.com/ http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html http://www.bu.edu/asllrp/
98 ) resources for integrating technology into the curriculum. Study guides and activities incorporate video and the technology of the Internet http: //drb.lifestreamcenter.net/Lessons/#top
99 ) a website for The technology integration module in curriculum completion of the project-based learning http://edutopia.org/teachingmodules/TI/index.php
100 ) the international websitefor the webquests http://webquest.org/search/
101 )Here is a site for writing http://newwriting.britishcouncil.org/
102 )A good communicator need not to be a good grammarian http://www.iatefl-ylsig.org/ (resources) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/younglearners/join (discussions) http://del.icio.us/ylearn (useful links) http://www.elearningdesigners.nl/iatefl/ (classroom research)
Soher Mostafa Ahmed
103 ) EU and young learners
http://www.languagemagazine.com/internetedition/nd98/fow40.html
104 ) Two sites to visit for UNESCO and teaching and teacher training. The second one looks especially interesting http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/
http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=32260&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Here are some educational sites from Aberdeen conference
105 ) http://www.alphabet-soup.net/
http://bogglesworldesl.com/
106 ) Hot Potatoes (freeware - hotpot)
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbak
Mohamed Abdelhamid
107 ) a web site for english power points made by teachers
http://www.worldofteaching.com/
108 ) a web site for ict games
http://www.ictgames.com/
109 ) thousands of power point peresentations
http://languagearts.pppst.com/partsofspeech.html
110)This is a paletenian site was done by English teachers
http://pelta-palestine.blogspot.com/
111) http://www.freeducation.co.uk/
It is A WEBSITE WHICH is full of all the free materials,articles and esl activities
112) http://a4esl.org/
Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL)
113) http://www.educationworld.com/ a huge wesite for the integration of technology into the classroom ,how to teach using tech in the classroom
114) http://www.iste.org/ the international wesite for teachers using technology in teaching
115) http://www.englishpage.com/
This site offers weekly English Lessons including grammar and
vocabulary. Mohamed Abdelhamid
116) http://www.chompchomp.com/
This site provides quizes and exerises on English Grammar and
vocabulary. Mohamed Abdelhamid
117) http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar
Mohamed Abdelhamid
118) www.cambridge.org/elt/englishinmind
This site is full of exercises and materioals suitable for
preparatory and secondary stages.
Mohamed Abdelhamid
119) http://www.quia.com/
one of the most popular websites that allows educators to create activites and quizzes over the Internet and share them with others, to give online quizzes and track students' scores and to create their own web pages for posting assignmentsand class schedules.
Mohamed Abdelhamid
120 ) THIS IS A WEBSITE FOR THE WHOLE ABOUT HOT POTATOES
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/eurocall2001/HotPotPastFuture/PastFutureHome.htm
121 ) http://www.googlefight.com/http://www.googlefight.com/http://www.googlefight.com/http://www.googlefight.com/
Google fight This site allows you to pair up words or phrases and let them contend against each other for Google hits
122) http://www.teach-ict.com/
This site provides you with lots of skills that you need to back up you ICT skills. It will help you with Word, PowerPoint, Excel, publishe, Dreamwaver and Photoshop. (Mohamed Abdelhamid)
123) http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/
Online Resources for TEFL Professionals
124) http://realbooks.blogspot.com/
It is a blog by teachert containing teaching ideas.
Mohamed Abdelhamid
125) http://www.ncte.org/
The National Council of Teachers of English is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education
126) http://www.tes.co.uk/resources/Resource.aspx?resourceId=1252 FREE DISPLAY of RESOURCES
127) http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/ all grades wesites for al subjects
Sunday, March 30, 2008
A View of Teaching and My Intership at Screven County High School, Sylvania
Talking about teaching, someone will say ‘I am a good teacher as I have been teaching for years’. Then, a question will be ‘Is it the requirement to be a good teacher after having taught for years?’ You would say NO! There are many young teachers (Ron Clark, Andrea Peterson) who can teach and motivate the students well. What is the standard to motivate the students in the classroom? Some teachers will answer simply by saying that you are a good teacher if there is no student sleeping in the class during your teaching. During my observation in SCHS, I found one or two students sleeping in the classroom while the teacher was teaching. The teacher sometimes lets them sleep during the class because they know the consequences of losing parts of the lesson. The teacher told me that the students felt sleepy because they worked in the evening after school. 
Another reason to prove that you are a good teacher is that all the students are active to give their answers to your questions or their opinions to respond your topics. The class becomes very boring if you teach monotonously from one part to another part or from one day to another day. There is a good point from my partner teacher that she can make her students pay attention fully to her that no one talks to his/her friends when she is giving an explanation. In other words, students shut up their mouths during her class except they are asked to give their opinion. Ron Clark has shared his way of teaching and motivating his students through songs and dances. He can make his class fun so that the students really enjoy and learn the lessons well. Even we enjoyed almost two hours of his presentation at Youth-Risk Seminar. Andrea Peterson also shared her ideas of motivating her students in her class. With her caring and loving, she can understand her students (their needs and characters).
To motivate our students, we don’t need to change to be someone else like Ron Clark or Andrea Peterson. What we have to do is do the best thing we can do for the students as our motivation to teach. We have to keep motivating our students extrinsically and intrinsically. The students got bored because the teacher was boring in the classroom. We can not blame on the students that they did not pay attention or even slept in the class. We believe if we create various plans, design challenging materials, and teach them interestingly every single minute, our students will enjoy our class. We will also feel that teaching in 55 minutes seems to be a very short period. On this occasion, I would like to share my experience how to motivate my students when I taught them how to read and paraphrase a poem last week. Actually, I don not teach literature much in Indonesia but my partner teacher, Ms. Sherry Taylor asked me to teach her students. Then, I decided to try to teach them. To teach a poem is usually boring for some teachers and also for the students to learn. I kept thinking how to teach a poem interestingly in 55 minutes. Can you imagine? What I was worried before teaching is that the students might get bored and sleepy after the first few minutes in the classroom.
I designed the first five minutes for questions and answers. The students responded their ideas curiously but some students said that literature was boring to discuss and learn. They seemed to start finding a good position to sleep. I kept trying my best. Then, I taught them a poem entitled “Feelings” by Yvonne Lowe. Here is the poem:
Feelings
Yvonne Lowe - Age 8
I was angry and mad.
And it seemed that there was hot water inside me.
And as I got madder and madder,
The water got hotter and hotter all the time.
I was in a rage.
Then I began to see colors.
Like black and red.
Then as I got madder and madder,
My eyes began to pop out of my head.
They were popping up and down.
It was horrible.
And it would not stop.
I was steaming with anger.
Nobody could stop me.
My mother could not stop me.
Then it was gone.
And I was all right.
Horrible, black, madness.
The students read and paraphrased the poem in another 10 minutes. I asked them to visualize the poem. I chose the best visualization and gave a present (origami of a rose bud) as an extrinsic motivation. They asked me, “Sir, did you make the flower?” The class was getting more interesting as I noticed that nobody tried to sleep. Then, I asked them to work in a group of three and make a new poem by changing some opposite words from the poem. For example, they could start ‘I was happy and glad’ for the first line. After that, each group represented one narrator to read their new poem. With the help of my partner teacher as a jury, I created a poetry reading competition in the class. The students felt challenged to win the competition. The class was great although I taught in the 7th period.
Last but not least, as long as you are willing to create something interesting, they will enjoy your class every single minute.
Concept for a Teacher's Life
I have been teaching English for more than 15 years. Now, I am a teacher of Al Azhar Islamic Senior High School 1. I like teaching in Al Azhar because they have given me a wonderful concept of life for a teacher.I believe that a good teacher does not work for money but students are the most important target to teach. You are probably not rich in terms of economy but you have a lot of students who will never stop using your precious ideas in their lives. In other words, teaching is a good deed as an extrinsic motivation to get the most sanctified blessing from Allah. And, What you have to do to be a good teacher is do your best as perfectly as you can. You will never know and judge yourself but your students will tell you that you are the best teacher they have ever had. Insya Allah....amien.
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