Junior Cycle for Teachers (English)

Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT) is a dedicated continuing professional development (CPD) support service of the Irish Department of Education and Skills.

On this webpage you can find resources and short courses for teachers listed by subject.

https://www.jct.ie/english/english

Great speeches of the 20th century

From historic moments to the present day, the English language has given us some extraordinary examples of the spoken word. 

Key speeches of the 20th century offered by The Guardian. These famous speeches inspired, gave courage and hope, lifted hearts in dark times and changed the course of history.

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/series/greatspeeches

VocabAhead

VocabAhead is a vocabulary building website. It offers videos and flashcards that are designed to help students learn new vocabulary words. The website hosts short and simple animated videos that explain what words mean in context. It also uses a set of corresponding flashcards next to each video.

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/vocabahead?lang=es

On Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/VocabAhead/

On YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-rVszt4aYBgJb8_7HPVliA

Website:

http://vocabahead.com/Home/tabid/20/Default.aspx

Anchor.fm

Anchor.fm is a free podcasting platform. If you want to discover this easy and useful tool, watch the following video.

On App Store

https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1056182234

On GooglePlay

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.anchor.android&referrer=adjust_reftag%3DcoZD9MUKFhKju%26utm_source%3DWebsite%26utm_campaign%3DHomepage%26utm_content%3DGoogle%2BPlay%2BStore%2B%2528Footer%2B-%2Bdesktop%2529

Website

https://anchor.fm/

Improve Your Writing

Resources on English language provided by the University of Bristol. They are intended to form a comprehensive guide to using English grammar and avoiding the most common mistakes. 

Each point of grammar (punctuation marks, common confusions, quoted material, style, pitfalls and problems...) has an explanation and a related exercise or exercises.

Visit:

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/index.htm

Culture Street

CultureStreet is an educational resource which introduces young people to contemporary artists, writers, curators and performers and their amazing work. It encourages creativity in the classroom.

This website is full of interactive resources to inspire young people to get started and share their work.

Visit:

https://www.culturestreet.org.uk/

On Twitter
https://twitter.com/CultureStreetUK

On Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/culturestreetuk/

Resources for Learning English

Collection of free English learning resources by EF designed to help you study whatever aspect of conversational English. 

Grammar, vocabulary, idioms, quotes, names, tests...

https://www.ef.com/wwen/english-resources/

World Peace Song Project

World Peace Song, composed by Women of the World, is a song for connecting people from around the world with their wishes for peace. It was premiered in a concert in Nagoya in 2015 in which children with many backgrounds in World Museum contributed lyrics in their own languages and created a global chorus. Since then, the song has been sung in several concerts and workshops.

In 2018, many new partners have joined the project and have contributed their works creating lyrics in their native languages, singing, recording and videotaping.

Visit:

http://wmuseum.weebly.com/world-peace-song-2018.html

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9DOyb8EQEc7hnen-_va7YQ?fbclid=IwAR2OpZ_zEl508zY5qv5C4raaXAQ2YQ99AU2roBGN5n5TPj9SZjHUB_PlH1Y

#NASA Solar System Exploration

Launched in October 1998, the Solar System Exploration website is a real-time, living encyclopedia of the robotic exploration of our solar system. 

It provides the public with reliable, accurate, up-to-date information about the planets, moons, asteroids, comets and everything else in our solar system. It also provides a complete historical record of deep space exploration.

Visit this webpage on:

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/

WriteReader. Digital books

WriteReader was founded in 2012 by the teacher and author of children teaching materials Janus Madsen together with marketing consultant Babar Baig and investor Ulrik Jensen.

WriteReader is a unique digital learning platform where children from age 3–10 can learn to read by writing and publish small digital books. 

(Source: WriteReader)

https://www.writereader.com/en#0

Burst (Free stock photos)

Free stock photo platform that includes thousands of high-resolution royalty free images. It provides designers, developers, bloggers and entrepeneurs with access to beautiful free stock photography.

All their photos are free for commercial use with no attribution required.

Legal terms:

https://burst.shopify.com/legal/terms

Webpage:

https://burst.shopify.com/

Try This!

Try This! is a series of videos produced by National Geographic Kids. Each video presents a hands-on science lesson or experiment for elementary school and middle school students.

Visit its YouTube playlist on:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQlnTldJs0ZSmBhS3ODPCUV1N4hDJlzhG

Tabletop Whale by @eleanor_lutz

Science Illustration blog by Eleanor Lutz, a PhD candidate in the University of Whasington Biology Department. On this blog you will find charts, infographics, and animations about a list of scientific topics.

Interesting and visually amazing.

Visit:

http://tabletopwhale.com/

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/eleanor_lutz

On Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/tabletopwhale/

HathiTrust (@hathitrust) Digital Library

Interested in books and digital libraries?

HathiTrust is a partnership of more than 140 academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.

The mission of HathiTrust is to contribute to research, scholarship, and the common good by collaboratively collecting, organizing, preserving, communicating, and sharing the record of human knowledge.

Visit it on:

https://www.hathitrust.org/

On Twitter

https://twitter.com/hathitrust

Decent work for women: exploring gender and work around the world

Resources for 14-19 year olds exploring the inequalities faced by women in work following a learn-think-act approach to creating change. 

By Oxfam Education.

https://hwb.gov.wales/repository/resource/7eed93b2-c02d-426b-a20d-439c6bb0cd7c/en

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain began as a weekly series on NPR’s Morning Edition and launched as a podcast in September 2015.

Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world and themselves.

Visit Hidden Brain on:

https://www.npr.org/series/423302056/hidden-brain

On Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/HiddenBrain/

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/HiddenBrain?lang=en

Top 100 & More Free audio books and ebooks

A compilation of free public domain audio books and ebooks by Loyal Books, sorted by genre and language, with information and links about each book.

You can also search them by title, author, and keyword.

http://www.loyalbooks.com/Top_100

More audio books and ebooks on:

http://www.loyalbooks.com/

OASIS Database

OASIS summaries are one-page descriptions of research articles on language learning, language teaching, and multilingualism that have been published in peer-reviewed journals listed on the Social Science Citation Index.

https://oasis-database.org/

Rosa Parks and Emily Davison (Educational resource)

This resource supports the exploration of the lives of Rosa Parks and Emily Davison, providing a range of activities to support learning. It provides visuals, collaborative activities and writing scaffolds.

It was originally developed by D Owen and has been adapted for EAL Nexus. 

This resource pack can be downloaded as Word and PowerPoint or PDF files.

Visit:

https://ealresources.bell-foundation.org.uk/resources/rosa-parks-and-emily-davison

Historiana.eu @Historiana_EU

Historiana is an on-line educational multimedia tool that offers students multi-perspective, cross-border and comparative historical sources to supplement their national history textbooks.

The development of Historiana is coordinated by EUROCLIO, European Association of History Educators.

Historiana offers free historical content, ready to use learning activities, and innovative digital tools made by and for history educators across Europe.

(Source: Historiana)

Visit:

https://historiana.eu/#/

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Historiana_EU/

On Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/historiana/