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MOTION 09.4.2 (August 14th, 2009)
Moved that considering the SPEAQ website is a non-commercial educational site, it provides links to commercial sites only when they are offering substantial free material appropriate to the Quebec ESL context and/or substantial special offers appropriate to SPEAQ members as so deemed by a consultation committee.

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SPEAQ resources

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SPEAQ convention files Hand outs and files related to convention workshops  

MELS resources

Programs, Evaluation, Sec5, LESs, Resources - teachers, - students Toolkit, 1_Step, Inter-Grammar, ...
Quebec ESL Q&A discussion  eg.links, suggestions
Quebec ESL sites   Adult ESL
Teaching Tools rubrics, worksheets, puzzles, ...  Cycle 1 Elementary
Professional Development  Pedagogy - videos - Technology - Making Sense
Other sites B.C LearnEnglish, CASALT links, video/audio/written texts, grammar, activities, holidays,...free to use media
ExchangesCamps S.E.V.E.C - MELS - ...  

You may also find it helpful to use Ctrl+F (Edit-Find in menu) to find a topic on this page.
 

 

resources

Evaluation documents

 

Elementary (Ec2+)


Interacting Orally
Writing Texts
Comprehension of Oral and Written Texts

Intensive (Int)

2009 SSS files

The following documents are the activities presented by Intensig at the SSS6 in Drummondville.  They are yours to download, change, and use with your students.
Let us know how they worked out!   

Elizabeth Alloul, Intensig Chair 2009

all in one zipped file

L-Part 1-Global Warming(Word).doc
L-Part 2A-Interview.doc
L-Part 2B-Interview answer sheet.doc
L-Part 3-My Eco-Footprint.doc
L-Part 4-Extra Suggestions.doc
Lucy-Litter in our School.doc
R-Correction key Student.doc

R-Student sheet.doc
R-Teacher's notes taste test and reading.doc
R-Text and word bank.doc
R-Water taste test lab sheets.doc
W-Adult Eco Quiz.doc
W-Germination.doc
W-Ghost observation.doc
W-Grow a ghost.doc
W-Grow a Snack.doc
W-PLANTS NEED.doc
W-Run a Root Race.doc
W-Science Observation Sheet Root Race.doc

 

Purple Circle - Intensig documents

The following documents were prepared for SPEAQ’s 2007  convention. You will find many useful tools to do the "Purple Circle" in your  Intensive classroom. They have been prepared by Frédéric Bédard, Lucy Panetta, Rosemary Reader, Wynanne Watts, and myself for the INTENSIG  group, a Special Interest Group within SPEAQ.  
Enjoy!

Cindy Stern

  • Bridge Challenge sciencelab.doc

  • Computer corner-Pets.doc

  • Desert Island Newspaper in Action.doc

  • Ferrets.doc

  • Find it in the newspaper week1.doc

  • Guinea Pigs.doc

  • Hamsters.doc

  • Hurricanes.computercorner week1.doc

  • Iguanas.doc

  • Lights camera action comics in the classroom purple circle.doc

  • Listening Corner-Wacky Cat.doc

  • Making rain science corner week2.doc

  • Pet Bird.doc

  • Pets-handout.doc

  • Pets-instructions.doc

  • Photographs newspaper in action week2.doc

  • Picturesinthenews.doc

  • Purpe Circle Bicycles - The whole shebang.doc

  • Reading Club create a map.doc

  • Reading Report 5_term1.doc

  • Reading Report 5_term2.doc

  • Science lab acid rain week 4.doc

  • Science Lab-Pets.doc

  • Story narrative newspaper in action.doc

  • Tracking hurricanes computer corner week2.doc

All the above "Purple Circle" documents are included in this 2.07 mg zip file to download


Interacting Orally
Writing Texts
Comprehension of Oral and Written Texts

 Intensive documents : handed out at the Intensive Listening Centers workshop at this year's SPEAQ convention (November 2006).
intensive/ChoosingSong.doc
intensive/SongsA.doc
intensive/SongsB.doc
intensive/MableMurple.doc
intensive/MableMurpleCloze.doc
intensive/OtherSongActivity.doc
intensive/SelfevalPurpleCircle.doc
intensive/SomeHousesActivity.doc
intensive/SomeHousesAnswer.doc

a simplified version of the Purple Circle Self evaluation!
intensive/CircleSelfEvaluation.doc


Visit the SPEAQ Projects page and the LESs page for great Intensive LESs from SPEAQ.

Secondary

(Sc1)
Interacting Orally

Find Someone Who. . .
Class Talks (pdf)
Concept Map (pdf)
History-ESL (pdf)

Writing Texts
Comprehension of Oral and Written Texts

Meet Sandra Weird (pdf)
Find someone who...

(Sc2)

 


Interacting Orally
Writing Texts
Comprehension of Oral and Written Texts

Maintaining a Pronunciation Log: Primary Stress and Patterns

 

Adults


Interacting Orally
Writing Texts
Comprehension of Oral and Written Texts

 

 Quebec ESL links

Teachers Resources, Professional training, etc. from luc.lefebvre@cssamares.qc.ca 

New programme documents, etc. from the Quebec English School Network .

New Directions for Success   - Documents  in English by the MELS and others for the English sector

Many documents and bookmarks are available. From Dominique Plourde, Conseillère pédagogique d'anglais, langue seconde, Commission scolaire de Saint-Hyacinthe,  ...

Cybersite -  ESL resources and links for teachers and students. 

 

"Suzanne Guay created this tool kit for the Montérégie Mandate,
this tool kit has everything inside to help students and teachers cope with the reform (Secondary Cycle 1) " Mariève Gagné, conseillère pédagogique, CSMV via le
RÉCIT - Domaine des langues

Grilles pour soutenir les enseignants dans l'évaluation des compétences disciplinaires .

Grilles de Karen Lyons et Mariève Gagné pour l'ensemble des critères du programme régulier (TO INTERACT ORALLY, TO REINVEST UNDERSTANDING, TO WRITE AND PRODUCE TEXTS)

Grilles de Gillian Baxter pour mieux comprendre les critères d'évaluation (Core)
Grilles de Gillian Baxter pour mieux comprendre les critères d'évaluation (Enriched)

Grille pour évaluer la compétence 1 (To interact orally) élaborée par Suzanne Guay

Grille pour évaluer la compétence 2 (To reinvest understanding of texts) élaborée par Suzanne Guay

Grille pour évaluer la compétence 3 (to write and produce texts) élaborée par Suzanne Guay

Secondary Cycle 1 Evaluation tools created by Karen Lyons and Mariève Gagné that may help teachers collect information on the three Esl competencies.

The English Professor - csdraveurs.qc.ca/theenglishprofessor/

Adult ESL

My ESL pages -   by Sylvie Theriault for ESL students who are studying at an ADULT CENTER.

Cobb, T. (In review). Adapting real Web content for adult learners with real needs. Submitted to CMLR Jan 2005, for special CALL edition.

Michael’s ESL listening site.  Innovative and exhaustive use of Web media.

ESL Mania is a new ESL website for adult learners & teachers. Here's your chance to learn new idioms, practice your grammar, improve your accent, get lessons in business English, read ESL book chapters, get teaching tips, and much more!  eslmania.com/index.html

 

 

 Teaching Tools:

FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory

Scholastic provides the following tools:

      Class Homepage Builder

Graphic Organizers
Assess students' skills using one of our handy helpers.

 Rubric Maker
Adapt each one accordingly for every lesson.  (also look into edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/rubrics/weblessons.htm Rubrics for Web Lessons)

  Flash Card Maker
Create interactive cards with math problems or vocabulary words.

  Spelling Wizard
Customize two interactives for spelling and vocabulary practice.

  Calendar
Track important classroom dates from September to June!

  To-Do List
Make your list, check it twice, then start checking off completed tasks.

  Class Set-Up Tool
Rearrange your room without moving a chair!

  School Supply List Maker
Use our template to ensure you have everything you need.

  Printable Classroom Organizers
 Substitute Teacher Information Sheet (PDF)
 Student Information Sheet (PDF)
 Record Keeping Template (PDF)
 Seating Chart (PDF)

Internet 4 Teachers at  internet4classrooms.com/teachertools.htm   
 suggests lists of online resources for teachers.

Resources for Language Teaching Professionals

Discovery School's Worksheet Generator - Create or find a worksheet in the library of over 300 ready-made worksheets, created by teachers like you!

ABCteach is a place for kids, parents, student teachers, and teachers.
Free Printables:  5000+ free printable pages and worksheets.

Education World - Teacher Tools and Templates

Free tools:

 Quiz Generators| Worksheets & Flashcards | Games & Puzzles | Certificates & Charts | Forms, Surveys, & Calendars | Miscellaneous Tools | Templates for the Classroom | Places to Post Homework |WebPage Building | Bookmarks and Documents On-Line |
Free E-Mail Accounts

Educator's Reference Desk - brings you 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses

Several sites provide resources to make quizzes - For teachers or for students to use in interactive projects  ...


Here are some others:

 

 


 

 

 Professional Development

Pedagogy:

SPEAQ in collaboration with AQUOPS, ZOOM, Heritage Canada and the participating teachers and technicians present a series of videos of interest to ESL teachers. Visit ZOOM to register and obtain acces to all the insightful videos from SPEAQ!



How to Sustain Rich and Pleasant Interactions in the ESL Classroom
(N°:259 , Durée:12:25)



Structuring the ESL Classroom
(N°:258 , Durée:11:03)



Enhancing Students' Engagement in the ESL Classroom
(N°:257 , Durée:11:36)

L'anglais, un bagage pour l'avenir!  SPEAQ project on the importance of English and programs such as intensive classes.

La génération « Yes, no toaster »
Reportage - radio-canada.ca/actualite/v2/enjeux/niveau2_6777.shtml

"La plupart des jeunes Québécois savent à peine comprendre et parler l’anglais à la fin du secondaire. Ils ont pourtant étudié l’anglais pendant neuf ans. Comment expliquer cela? Une équipe d’Enjeux  s’est rendue dans plusieurs écoles du Québec pour constater que l’enseignement de l’anglais souffre de plusieurs maux. "                            © Société Radio-Canada.

 

Video: Managing an all-English Environment: Impossible, you think? 

The three competencies of the ESL program need to be developed in an all-English environment. What are the conditions required to manage such a class? How do we implement them from day one? And how can our students stay motivated to continue developing the three competencies? This video was presented as part of a workshop along with tools and ideas based on Nathalie Falardeau’s 16 years of experience.                 Elementary              NATHALIE FALARDEAU

Technology:

From our 2006 SPEAQ convention - here is the presentation of Paul Sweeney, E-Learning Manager for the British Council’s Teaching Centre Network.

Making (a little) Sense of Technology and Language Learning

Of the many aspects of teaching and learning to be covered during the SPEAQ convention, few topics cry out to be made sense of as much as the multiple issues around the role and uses of technology.
Against this background Mr. Paul Sweeney will overview the recent history and trends in technology supported language teaching, report on wider trends of educational technology in the UK educational sector such as e-portfolios and personalised learning before moving on to discussing how ESL /EFL fit into this broader context. Be warned: this will contain no answers, only frameworks which attempt
to situate language teaching and learning in a changing world! Click here to view the PowerPoint presentation.

Our Featured Site: British Council Learn English Central: britishcouncil.org/central.htm?mtklink=central-learnenglish-portal-main-promo  This week...

 Other...

CASALT

  Provides a link to a search engine focusing on
second official language teaching and learning resources maintained by CASALT .

 Holiday sites

Party Game Central is the largest party game idea web site on the internet.  Need some creative party games?  We've got hundreds of great party game ideas for kids and adults.

 Halloween Games

 Valentines Games

 Christmas Games

 St.Patricks Games

 New Years Games

 Easter Fun!!

ABC Teach holiday resources

Cybersite links

ESL KidsStuff site holiday resources

Online Christmas games

Christmas resources from TeacherFirst

Christmas resources from Activity Village

 Winter fun and games

Winter resources from Activity Village

Winter resources from Billy Bear

 

 

 

 Free Stuff 

Free Stuff for Educators! by Patti Tjomsland kalama.com/~zimba/freeforteachers.htm 

 

 Elementary:

The following are Cycle 1 suggestions,  many from the

Flashcards...with the illustrated words.

abcteach.com/directory/basics/flashcards/

bogglesworldesl.com/cardgallery.htm

Mini-books - stories

Planning_tool_MELS_story.doc

Planning_SONG_or_RHYME-Canevas_with_pictures.doc

On this website mrsjonesroom.com/teachers/minibooks.html, you can find printable mini-books for all seasons and occasions.

For authentic texts: You may also register for free and download mini books from: learningpage.com/free_pages/ewe_preview.html

Sesame Street Internet site with animated stories:

sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/?scrollerId=stories

"A word from Bonny Ann" cycle1/WordBonnyAnn.doc
Contents Page cycle1/Contentspage.doc

Many Preschool stories here:
storyplace.org/preschool/other.asp

Free finger puppets you can print for the Itsy Bitsy Spider song:

dltk-teach.com/rhymes/spider/fingerpuppets.html

 For learning colours:

dotolearn.com/games/whatcolor/pages/index.html

 

Great ideas for cycle one Elementary ESL teachers.

janbrett.com/

tcsn.net/geezer/strybook.htm


speechtx.com/language/rhymes.htm

Nursery rhymes

First school is a web site for preschoolers. There is a thematic section titled 'nursery rhymes'. It also offers printable activities for different themes that could help you. first-school.ws

alphabetical list of rhymes! smart-central.com/

dltk-kids.com/rhymes/

Songs -

Thanks to Marie-Josée Poirier from Commission Scolaire de la Vallée-des-Tisserands
for sharing her resources with us!
She has worked on posters to go along with the song "We're Going to the Zoo" on the British Council site.

You can print out the posters:
cycle1/GoingToTheZoo.doc

You can find the song at:
britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-little-kids.htm  
 

Songs and Rhymes
1. Hickory Dickory Dock
cycle1/HickoryDickory.doc
2. I'm a Little Teapot
cycle1/ImALittleTeapot.doc
3. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
cycle1/TeddyBearTeddyBear.doc
4. Five Little Monkeys
cycle1/5LittleMonkeys.doc
5. Itsy Bitsy Spider
cycle1/ItsyBitsySpider.doc
6. The Colour Song
cycle1/ColourSong.doc
7. Skidamarink
cycle1/Skidamarink.doc
8. 10 Little Fingers
cycle1/10LittleFingers.doc
9. Apples and Bananas
cycle1/ApplesBananas.doc
10. Down By the Bay
cycle1/DownByTheBay.doc

Many songs, rhymes, poems, finger plays that we can use with the younger students.

preschoolrainbow.org/family-rhymes.htm

Here are others:
pcl.lib.wa.us/fingerplays/fingerplays2.htm

thebestkidsbooksite.com/fingerplays-for-kids.cfm

Material for cycle 1 (elementary)  

Bonny-Ann Cameron from Commission Scolaire de la Capitale has created material for her first cycle classes... Here they are, for you to print and share with your colleagues!

cycle1/activity.pdf

Fairy tales.

mrspohlmeyerskinderpage.com/fairytales.htm

Themes

answerpoint.org/teachers_place/preschool/themes.asp

 

 Intensive documents : handed out at the Intensive Listening Centers workshop at this year's SPEAQ convention (November 2006).
intensive/ChoosingSong.doc
intensive/SongsA.doc
intensive/SongsB.doc
intensive/MableMurple.doc
intensive/MableMurpleCloze.doc
intensive/OtherSongActivity.doc
intensive/SelfevalPurpleCircle.doc
intensive/SomeHousesActivity.doc
intensive/SomeHousesAnswer.doc

a simplified version of the Purple Circle Self evaluation!
intensive/CircleSelfEvaluation.doc


Pre-school and Kindergarten links - Dress up, counting, alphabet, Dr. Seuss, Pooh, etc

New Teacher Online resource - New teacher and grade-specific links from K-6

reading strategies ....

StarFall Site with great animated multi-media stories and activities.  starfall.com/

Educational and interesting activities from the BBC

NIEHS Kids' Pages - songs, stories, games

Tongue Twisters for the ESL/EFL Classroom - ESL4Kids site

 Secondary:

ESL Websites compiled by Sue LeBeau - visit suelebeau.com/ for an impressive list of links:

 

ESL and FOREIGN LANGUAGE RESOURCES

Websites at ESL.Net

Activities for ESL Students

Anacleta's Links

Learn English Effectively

Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers

Dave's ESL Cafe

English Online

ESL from Teaching Tips

English as a Second Language

Bilingual Education Links

ESL Idiom Page

ESL Lounge

Languages Made Clear

ESL Partyland

ESL Resources and Handouts

ESL Worksheets and Resources

ESL Bears

ESL Resources Galore!

ESL Teacher Resources

ESL Home

Everything ESL

Interesting for ESL Students

The Internet TESL Journal

Jim Becker's Language Site

Web Site Guides for ESL Students

ESL CyberListening Lab

Modern Language Center

Online Directory of ESL Resources

World Language Center

Illustrated  Vocabulary

Online Pronunciation Guide

PEAK

Planet English

Web-Based Lesson Plans

Proyecto Ciberaprendiz

The Internet Picture Dictionary

Language Teacher Resources

Fact Book on World Countries

World Languages Links GALORE!

Foreign Language References

Foreign Language Teaching Forum

Foreign Language Ideas

Multi-Lingual E-Translation Portal

UCLA Language Materials Project

Languages of the World

Foreign Language Teaching Forum

Ciber-Lexico

Internet Activities for Foreign Language Classes

Free Translator from Dictionary.Com

Free Translation Online

Foreign Language @ Elementary Schools

Free Professional Translation

Babel Fish

Free Translator

Breaking News English

 

English Maze

Suggested sites for lessons in ESL High - updated often

ESL Flow - resource for researching ESL resources, activities and lessons.

Games: The ESL game boards found on this page are in the form of Microsoft Word documents.

Gameaquarium - links to free games

 

 

 Grammar resources

Basic grammar,

The Indiana State University OWL contains over 75 worksheets on a variety of topics designed to aid ESL students.

The Internet TESL Journal's links

The English Institute - An Elementary English Grammar Book Online book: Word Order, Indefinite Article, Definite Article, Nouns, etc.

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Notes for grammatical rules and explanations, comments on style, and usage suggestions as well as quizzes

Verb tense tutorials and exercises

Tenses explained - advanced

Lists of grammar links by parts of speech or tense

Learning English tenses with cartoons, part of VisualESL.com - a site about learning English visually.

 Video-audio-text resources

Reading / listening sites

Advanced listening practice regionalized for accents- Check out the Canadian resources! over 1,000 listening activities with downloadable MP3 audio files, transcripts and interactive quizzes.

Using Newspapers in the ESL Literacy Classroom. ERIC Digest.  eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED321619

Each story module on the site below includes the full text of each story and interactive activities to test comprehension. The learner can choose to read the text, listen to the text, or view the broadcast through streaming video.

PASSAGES WITH EXERCISES

Links to Internet audio resources that may be used by ESL students and teachers

Book list ...

To great texts for your students ...

You may download the response process handbook here ...

Watch scientific clips and develop the response process with your students.... Brain Pop MOVIES ...

 



Website were texts are simple and interesting (for secondary students):
...
     howstuffworks.com/

A digital reading portfolio from Riveside schoolboard for elementary classes. ...     qesnrecit.qc.ca/portfolio/eng/drp.htm

A site with videos for class at the high school level: some have activities ...    tolearnenglish.com/english-videos.php

Here is a media link: ...    media-awareness.ca
and this lesson plan is a good example for secondary second cycle classes.
alcoweb.pdf

Listening:

 

TV personalities ( to Student Resources)

 
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