List of TESOL Publications

Here's a nice list of official TESOL publications.

The C Group

"The C Group is not so much an organization with a dogma but a collection of individuals and a cluster of ideas – many of which the members hold in common. The initial point of contact is our shared conviction that creativity can be reinforced in ELT through collective action."

Some of the projects these professionals have created or led are very interesting:

• BritLit was originally established in Portugal to help teachers in secondary schools to work effectively with the extended reading texts (short stories) in the national curriculum. Since then it has become a global resource and offers access to texts and supporting material for the whole school range of English language teaching.
• The ELT Online Reading Group is an electronic version of a face-to-face reading group. The Group was created in 2007, with the support of the British Council, to encourage ELT professionals and TESOL students to read literature in English,  as well as promote professional development and intercultural competence through the discussion of works literature. 
• The Easier English wiki New Internationalist was started in 2012 as a free collection of simplified articles about global justice, from the co-operative New Internationalist. It now has hundreds of articles, which are added to every month; and, for teachers, over fifty Ready  Lessons, and many quizzes, infographics and  other  teaching ideas.

English Language as the Great Inoculator

I like the idea that the peculiarity and strangeness of the English language likely inoculates many of us from falling victim to phishing attempts.

Imagine if more phishing emails were actually sent by people that were native English speakers and didn't have glaring grammatical errors, misspelled words, and broken English?

Hurray for English!

How to End a Phone Call in English

Learning English as a Second Language is about a lot more than just verb tenses, idioms, and adjectives. It's also about how to navigate the cultural norms in an English-speaking society. Specifically, conversations on the phone can sometimes be difficult because the English learner does not have the cues (some of which are universal) from body language and facial expressions to rely on to help them end a conversation. In this video, a prospective ESL teacher offers instructions for how to tactfully end a phone conversation in English.

TESOL Feeds

Here is a list of resources I use to find articles and blog posts about TESOL and ESL:

• TESOL tag at WordPress sites
• TESOL tag at Pinboard.in
• TESOL tag at Pinterest
• TESOL tag at Tumblr

 And some subreddits that I've found useful:

• /r/tesol
• /r/ESLTeachersCommunity
• /r/TeachEnglishAbroad

There are numerous TESL and ESL blogs. I've linked to a fair number of them in my blogroll to the right. Hope all this helps you.

Linguistic Xenophobia and why it should be resisted

TLANG Blog: Linguistic Xenophobia and why it should be resisted.

An interesting collective letter from UK university professors and educators showing alarm about a rise in hate crimes and bias crimes after the Brexit vote last year.

It is a basic human right that people feel free to express themselves in their own language without exposing themselves to abuse. Instances of such abuse should be documented and recorded, and reported to the police.

Five EdTech Tools to Try in 2017

TESOL Connections: 5 EdTech Tools to Try in 2017