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This is a resource site for fellow English as a Second Language (ESL, EFL, ELL) teachers. As well as my students. Welcome.

Please make yourself at home. The following link includes resources I have found helpful in planning my classes for my students, be them full classes in person, or one-on-one tutoring sessions online. Be advised that most, if not all, images that I use can be found on the website freepik.com, most slide templates I use are from slidesgo.com, and icons are from flaticon.com.

All Lesson Planning Resources

Blog

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Vocabulary terms and resources for the lessons I teach with my University classes. Primarily I focus on American terms, collocations and spelling, however I try to incorporate British terms as well.

Blog Home Page

MACMILLAN Straightforward Series

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A list of the lessons from the Straightforward series by MacMillan Publishing Company, with links to the blog posts I have made for the corresponding lessons. Focused on the lessons with audio recordings as opposed to reading materials.

Straightforward List of Posts

CEFR Information

List of CEFR levels and what their common names

CEFR stands for the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, which is an international standard for describing language ability. This page gives further information on this standard.

About CEFR