This document discusses resources for teaching English as a second language (ESL). It identifies several free online resources for teachers, including websites that provide lesson plans, grammar exercises, and other materials. It specifically examines resources for teaching early learners, noting printable worksheets and activities on sites like mes-english.com and kizclub.com addressing topics like letters, sounds, and writing for preschool through second grade levels. Classroom resources are also outlined, such as whiteboards, computers, books and other materials to support ESL instruction.

1. ACC4300-7 LEARNING UNIT:
LANGUAGE TEACHING MATERIALS AND
RESOURCES

2.  The intrinsic value to the prospective ESL teacher of the
exampled ESL resource materials seen below, and
presented here from two internet ESL resource sites, is
left to the reader.
 The highly specialized educational material that the ESL
teacher is able to derived from his/her major degree,
and the various teaching/learning/lecture methodologies
assimilated during its accomplishment are invaluable
innate resources in themselves, that have fortuitously
turned the prospective TESOL teacher into a veritable
mine of usable ESL materials. And, the greater life’s
experience has been for the prospective ESL teacher,
the broader the spectrum of innate usable ESL teaching
resources.
 Resources are prerequisite in order that the ESL teacher
maintains a constant updating of usable material for the
ESL classroom.

3.  There are literally thousands of free down-loadable
resource materials, from myriad internet sites, for both
teachers and students that fall into several categories,
e.g. at www.Macmillan.com.au ; www.British
Council.com it is possible to download lesson plans,
grammar resources, interactive testing programs for
student participation, forums about teaching Preschool,
K1- K12 and adult student levels, alongside ever
upgraded teaching resources.
 Preschool to K1-k12 Grade levels of ESL Teacher
resources can also be found on the internet at
www.google.com/“resources ESL teachers”.

4.  With the early childhood student levels ESL teachers
need to be fully prepared to take up all challenges that
early childhood teaching presents because, arguably,
preschoolers, and K1-K2 kindergarten students through
to K1-K8.are some of the most competitive and
determined L2 students they are likely to encounter. The
TESOL 111 and TESOL 1V teacher training course units
currently being offered by Australia City College (ACC)
are designed to provide student TESOL teachers with
teaching technique, classroom management skills, and
sound ESL teaching approaches for these highly
complex early L2 student levels.

5.  Here below are some of examples from two early
childhood ESL resource supply sites:
http;//www.mes-english.com; and
http;//www.kizclub.com

6. mes-english.com is an example of a well presented
ESL teacher's resource web site, with good colorful
examples of “ready to go” freely down-
loadable/printable ESL teaching resources, designed
especially for preschoolers and K1- K8 student
levels. mes-english can be found at
google/www.mes-english.com.
The mes-english.com teacher’s resource material
for Phonics 1 and Phonics 2 is sorted into Preschool,
and Kindergarten teaching levels, together with
intentional learning outcomes.

7. The mes-english.com teacher’s resource material
for Phonics 1 and Phonics 2 is sorted into Preschool,
and Kindergarten teaching levels, together with
intentional learning outcomes.
mes-english.com, Phonics worksheets ~ by level

8.  Preschool printable worksheets cover:
• print awareness,
• 26 letters of the alphabet,
• upper and lower case letters,
• beginning of phonemes,
• Hand writing
• trace letters
 First grade phonics worksheets Level 1
Reviewing short vowels
Reviewing Consonants
S Blends, SW, SP, SN, ST
Digraphs,ch,sh,wh,th,ph
Soft C & G

9.  First grade phonics worksheets, Level 2
These work sheets will develop:
R Consonant Blends
Long vs. Short a, Silent E
Vowel digraphs ay,ai,ee,ea
Long vs, Short I, Silent E
 Second grade phonics Worksheets, Level 1
These work sheets will develop:
Long vs,Short O, Silent E
Vowel digraphs oa, ow, ou, ui, ue
Special Vowels and Dipthongs, aw ew, oi, ov

10.  Other teaching resources that make MES-English a
“worth visiting site” are:
printable flash cards,
worksheet templates,
MES-games
MES-English Forums
MES-Phonics
Projects and lesson plans,
Worksheets
A Language Resource Room with a list active teacher
resource web sites

11.  The mes-english.com site has many more
discoverable teacher resources, so have a look and
bookmark this valuable ESL teacher resource site.

12.  Kizclub.com
http://www.kizclub/activities/mini/3.pdf is a down-
loadable activity sheet that will help first time ESL
teachers to get a start on searching for other usable first
class resources.
 Text books
Text books are imperative requisites as ESL teaching
resources, and over the years they increase in number
hugely. The ACC TESOL teacher training course staff
will introduce prospective TESOL teachers to the most
current and up to date text books available to ensure
that they have a solid and reliable foundation of ESL
resources.

13.  Classroom resources
Classroom resources are the entire compliment of
usable accessories available to the teacher. In the
ESL classroom available resources can vary greatly.
The imperatives are:
a chalk, or white board, for writing up notes,
vocabulary, word family games, interactive games,
(Hangman), student reading and visual effects etc..
a CD player for listening tests, stories, general
listening, topics for debate, vocabulary etc..
ESL teacher’s own laptop (a must item have for
teacher homework and reports).
A desktop computer with CD burner, DVD blue ray
play back facility, USB ports

14. Large video screen
Video projector for films, video role plays, news
programs
OHP
Soft pin boards for classroom activity displays,
(pictures and collages), homework postings and
general notices.
White board with colour pens
Chalk board with chalk supply book with answer
keys.

15. Pencils, paper, erasers, coloured crayons, paper clips
etc..
Magnetic board and magnetic buttons to pin up
graphic paper displays
Classroom resources cupboard.
Coursework classroom texts, a teacher’s text with
answer keys, and a copy of the student’s “homework
book”.

16.  A great deal of resources surround us in our
everyday lives.
Some of these are:
Books
Organizations:
Periodicals
Internet Resources:
Libraries and Archives:
Places:
People:
Computer Software:
Adapted from Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular
Classroom, by Winebrenner, S, © 2001.

17.  Unit 4300-7 Learning unit: Language teaching materials
and resources is a light overview of ESL resource sites,
but I hope the resource sites mentioned below will serve
to help newly qualified TESOL ESL teachers begin to
discover some of the most valuable L2 teaching
materials available outside of the ESL classroom.

18.  Well, that completes the penultimate introductory unit
ACC4300-7 Learning unit: Language teaching materials
and resources. Bye! see you in he next and last unit of
this introductory series, ACC4300-8 Learning unit:
Teaching English in China and Korea and placement.
 Web sites:
http://www.mes-english.com
http://www.kizclub.com
http://www.macmillam.com.au
http://www.british council.com