Hi friends ,

Another free site with lots of materials

http://en.islcollective.com/

Good luck!

Julia

My dear Ommpavan,  I teach about 600 refugees and all I had in the beginning was a whiteboard, without the markers. I had no books, no pens or notebooks to give to my students.  Nevertheless, I managed to teach them. Now it so happens I have worked as a teacher for 30 years or so, an I did have some resources. When I came across this lovely site, I used those I had created myself to share with my new-found friends.  In no-time I had enough points to download some of the best work. I created more work, and got loads of WS in return. Enough to cover every subject of ESL.  But above all, my students noticed that I worked 12 hours a day (at least) to help them.  They appreciated my efforts, and that had an effect on their learning. When I worked with (very disadvantaged) aboriginal children, we used the desert sand to write. In short, it �s all attitude. You are privileged to do some beautiful work. Use it to your advantage. Slum kids are the same as any other kid in this world: they learn by example. Remember the old proverb: Give a man a fish, and he �ll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he �ll eat for the rest of his life. So, roll up your sleaves, and start doing some teachers work. Your kids will learn from it, too. Cheers, Peter.