The Internet has made teachers' development much easier. Wide net of resources, blogs, recommendations, masterclasses, webinars - you may find here everything. The best part is that you can get in touch with authors of course books and methodologists of major publishments, stay in contact with teachers from all over the world. There are websites which don't need introduction, like Longman, Macmillan, British Council, iTDi. There are some which you suddenly discover. Here I'll share some which I visit at least once a week - for materials, ideas or just to read some news about the profession.
Scott Thornbury's blog is one of my favourites. Posts are organised alphabetically as it is an A-Z of ELT. There are fresh ideas, opinions on existing principles. The most valuable thing is that the author keeps up the conversation in the comments with other teachers, so each article becomes a discussion, where everyone can find answers or just useful information.
Great webpage. The author collects interesting posts on teachers' development, so, if you don't feel like following several pages or searching the net every evening, just follow Shanthi, she'll keep you informed. And the resource Scoop.it itself is a good idea for teachers - haven't come across it before. She also has a blog which you will definitely like.
For teachers who love including movies into their lessons and for those who are willing to, but don't know how to do it. Here you'll find fragments and if necessary you may extend them into a whole class. And there's a good variety of films for different ages and topics, I personally found some just to watch (the one about Wikileaks, for example).
Apart from articles you'll find short stories and how to work with them. Interesting, engaging. Pay special attention to the article Even a Native Speaker Stops Sometimes about listening.
David Spencer is a great lecturer, those who visited events where he has made a speech will confirm it. Here's a video blog which, as I got it, promotes his course book. But even if you work with other books, his suggestions on activities for classes with teens are useful. They may work well with the adults.
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