Online Resources

1. AMES Business Listening Media sites Pronunciation & Phonics Reports Oral presentations Professional Links Online Resources

2. AMEScomplete lessons with downloads www.virtualilc.com • EasynewsYmag • Watch This • Listen to this • Wikis http://edc.amesvic.wikispaces.net/ A storehouse of all good things

3. Business • Lessons • http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general • http://www.businessenglishstudy.com • http://www.onestopenglish.com/section.asp?sectionType=listsummary&catid=58015 • Professional information • http://executivespeechcoach.blogspot.com/?expref=next-blog • http://www.commbank.com.au/business/betterbusiness/work-smarter/default.aspx

4. Interviews • http://www.videojug.com/tag/job-interviews • http://www.interviewquestions.biz/interview-preparation-tips.htm • http://www.interviewquestions.biz/interview-preparation-tips.htm • http://www.myambition.com/category/podcasts/ • http://www.myambition.com/2008/11/the-insiders-guide-interview-questions/ • http://www.myambition.com/2008/12/behavioural-based-interviewing/ • http://jobsearchtech.about.com/lr/behavior_based_interviewing/44028/2/

5. Listening • http://www.esl-aloud.com/Lesson_List.html • Listening podcasts US • http://www.englishstudydirect.com/OSAC/langacls.htm • http://www.elllo.org/ • Interviews with level ratings (pop culture/topical • http://www.esl-lab.com/ • Lots of accompanying activities

6. Media sitesAll have downloads and scripts • http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/programs.html • Behind the News • Our animals • www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish • Pronunciation • Grammar • News • http://australianetwork.com • IELTS • English Bites • News • http://www.21stcentury.com.cn/ • news

7. Oral Presentations • http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/nationalconf/2005/handouts/S184H1.PPT • Body Language • http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jpark/presentations.ppt • Oral Presentations • http://www.canberra.edu.au/studyskills/oralpresX.htm •  Oral Presentations • http://www.4teachers.org/projectbased/912pre.shtml • Oral presentations: checklists • http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusiness/unit3presentations/1opening.shtml • Oral presentations: business

8. Professional Development • www.ameprc.mq.edu.au • Webinar Archive MacMillan • Pete Sharma author, teacher and teacher trainerNew Technologies, new pedagogiesThis webinar looks at some of the key new technologies in English language teaching, then provides an overview of some of the emerging ‘new pedagogies’. Takes 30 minutes and covers all our new technologies plus the pedagogy behind this.Visit he IATEFL Conference in Cardiff this April forthe new technologies andCLIL: The new directions in the teaching of English; all the world seems to be travelling the DIAC Pilot models • http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=103 • Site with “How Tos” for applications such as Wordle, Interactive Whiteboard etc with lesson ideas. • http://www.macmillanenglish.com • http://www.elgazette.com/download.cfm • http://www.tln.org.au/store.php?parent=1&item=217 • www.teachingenglish.org.uk

9. Pronunciation & Phonics • www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Phonemes/games/minimal pairs • www.happychild.org.uk/wks/english/ssm/ay • Phonics for those who don’t know the IPA • http://www.beenleigss.eq.edu.au/requested_sites/sounds/index.html#CVC • May be of some use for the same reason as above

10. Reports • http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php • Stats on everything. Make your own charts and use for comparatives and reports on trends etc. Great!!! • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm • Countries • http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcindex.htm • Countries • http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/animals/default.htm • Our animals