Here are links to lots of other blogs and sites that I like. I’ll try to organise them a bit for you…
ELT-related (mostly teachers’) blogs:
- Willy Cardoso’s blog – entertaining and thought-provoking posts on learning, teaching, chaos and complexity
- Chris Ożóg’s blog – yet more witty, gritty reflections on learning, teaching and training
- Sandy Millin’s blog – loads of great ideas for teaching English from a linguistically and technologically adventurous EFL teacher!
- James Taylor’s blog – all sorts of stuff, all entertaining and thought-provoking, from a very international EFL teacher
- Katy Simpson’s blog – what one teacher in Dubai/Thailand has learned about teaching from her own students
- Chia Suan Chong’s blog – yet more entertaining and insightful posts from a well-known conference virtuoso!
- Steve Brown’s blog – in his own words, “(usually) weekly musings and rants, mostly about English teaching”
- Scott Thornbury’s ‘An A-Z of ELT’ – complements the book of the same name, with posts on wide-ranging topics and often interesting discussions in the comments section!
- Hancock McDonald – free materials, reviews, resources, etc. related to pronunciation and listening
- Adrian Underhill’s pronunciation blog – great info & tips on teaching pronunciation from one of the masters
- Luiz Otávio’s ELT page – all kinds of thoughts and tips on teaching, including some great stuff on noticing lexis
- EduQuotes – a collection of great soundbites on education by the aforementioned Mr Cardoso
- SGI CPD blog – discussion and lesson plans on all sorts of topics
- Take a Photo and… – practical ideas for what to do with eltpics, a free (crowdsourced) resource of images for teachers
- Dale Coulter’s blog – lots of excellent reflection and practical tips for ELTs
- Vicki Hollett’s blog – a myriad of posts, ideas and discussion about ELT, Business English, sociolinguistics…
- IATEFL BESIG website – great resources & community, for those interested in teaching business English
Sociolinguistics – how/when/where/why language is used in various ways:
- Language: A Feminist Guide – an articulate and thoughtful perspective on how language is used (or not) by people of different genders
- Language Log – many and various enjoyable posts on many and various aspects of language
- Separated by a Common Language – observations on British and American English by an American linguist in the UK
- Not one-off Britishisms – amusing blog recording instances of Britishisms appearing in American English
- Strong Language – a sweary blog about swearing
- A short, free, interactive, self-guided online course about how the English language is changing (and the implications for teaching and learning it) – plus a related seminar for the British Council by the course creators
All about English as a lingua franca:
- ELF Pronunciation – my other blog, about teaching pronunciation and listening for English as a Lingua Franca, co-authored with Katy Simpson
- A very good introduction to the concept of English as a Lingua Franca featuring short extracts from an interview with Jennifer Jenkins, pioneer of (and still prominent and active in) research in the field of ELF, along with some little ‘tasks’ to guide you through the key points
- Slightly shorter video introduction to the concept of English as a Lingua Franca, made by Vicki Hollett
- Or if you prefer reading (and maybe want a little more detail), here’s another brief introduction to the concept of ELF.
- Journal of English as a Lingua Franca, “the first to be devoted to the rapidly-growing phenomenon of ELF”
- Videos from the 7th annual ELF conference in Athens (Sept 2014)
- An interview with 4 prominent ELF researchers and writers about how they became interested and active in the field
- An episode about ELF from 2011 on BBC Radio 4’s Word of Mouth programme
Academia- and research-related (useful for those doing MAs and PhDs!):
- The Thesis Whisperer – various thoughts, conversations & inspiration for those involved in thesis/dissertation writing
- The Research Whisperer – dedicated to the topic of doing research in academia
Pronunciation-related sites:
- IATEFL PronSIG website – info and links from the Pronunciation Special Interest Group of IATEFL.
- IATEFL PronSIG Facebook page – just what you would think it would be.
- ELF Pronunciation – my other blog, about teaching pronunciation and listening for English as a Lingua Franca, co-authored with Katy Simpson
- A World of Englishes – various interesting and entertaining posts on pronunciation, by my former phonetics tutor
- Clickable phonemic chart from the British Council
- Another clickable phonemic chart – this one’s part of the New English File coursebook series, with mnemonic illustrations
- Adrian Underhill’s pronunciation blog – lots of help with using the phonemic chart
