Help, Can You Recommend Any Resource Websites??!!

[eslteacher007]

Hey All, I’m pretty new to China and new to teaching. And the problems don’t stop there. My school has practically no resources and I am expected to teach with what they give me. I’ve found a few great free sites for kids: http://www.eslkingdom.com, bogglesworldesl.com and www.eslhq.com. But all the sites with adult related material (especially for business English) I’ve found are not great, any recommendations??? Thanks.

[Senzhi]

I used the "Business Explorer" series from Cambridge University Press: http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/searchResult.asp

They do not only focus on (American) English, but also on international business culture.

Useful free online resources are rare for this specific kind of education, as many people seem to understand that "business English" is only about English business terminology.

If you have international business experience, you could focus on teaching your own experiences (cultural differences in doing business). Adult students are usually not only interested in the language, but more in the "how" of conducting business with foreigners ... as most of them do find this a real challenge. Focus on things like business calls (think call centre), marketing, sales, conducting meetings, negotiations, negations, setting up contracts, e-business, etc.

So expect to do some facilitation instead of purely teaching, by presenting them some study cases, based on your real life international business experience.

At least ... that's what I did, and it proved extremely succesful.

[eslteacher007]

Thanks. Very useful indeed.

[PhilipLean]

English Pod - online and downloadable http://englishpod.com/ even the basic subscription provides a lot

Plus if you use a podcast receiver like Juice you can grab many hours of lessons during your trial period.

The sources below are for good quality free stuff.

The BBC language site has some great stuff for people learning English. many levels.

From China - China Daily, Special Speed news, text and audio - mainly VOA articles read slowly

For pronunciation of English words - Dict.CN (American accent) and howjsay.com UK accent - these are very useful for convincing people how words are spoken in English - such as "usually" actually sounds like "uzhually" not "urrally" as often taught in China.

Absolute Beginner English - 20 Point Program

Learn English online - lots of good stuff for beginners

This one looks useful but I have not explored properly English Club : Learn English : Business English

Actually the whole site looks interesting.

[rlibbey]

http://middlekingdomlife.com/guide/teaching-english-in-china-guide.htm, may help, check out school sites in the USA for ESL-Colorado hs some information, you may have to clip and paste. I would love to hear more about what your upagnist, and where your teaching.

Kindest, Russell:wink: