Links
www.lifecycle-fundraising.org
Lifecycle fundraising have donated money to VESL to develop an English Teaching Pack for the VESL summer programmes and has pledged a donation for 2007 that will enable us to heavily subsidise placements in our teacher workshop team for qualified teachers.
Useful Resources
We are in the process of compiling a list of useful resources, on-line or otherwise. If you know of any websites you have found useful for teaching ideas or printable classroom resources, please send us an email (ian@vesl.org) and we will add them to our resource list.
www.everythingesl.net
Lesson plans and resource tips.
http://iteslj.org
International Journal for teaching English as a second language.
www.teachingenglish.org.uk
British Council website.
www.eslgold.com
See teacher's section for teaching tips and lesson plans.
www.eslcafe.com
Helpful hints on all aspects of teaching ESL.
www.esl-images.com
Subscribe and download flashcards on hundreds of subjects to use in the classroom.
www.elsmonkeys.com
Searchable database of lesson plans on a variety of topics.
www.primaryresources.co.uk
General teaching resources, free to download.
General
www.fco.gov.uk
Foreign and Commonwealth Office [FCO] for all the latest travel information and advice.
www.interhealth.org.uk
InterHealth is a medical charity providing specialist health services to aid, development, NGO and mission organisations. Great for advice on staying healthy overseas.
www.srilankatourism.org.uk
Sri Lankan Tourist Information website, packed full of useful information on visiting Sri Lanka.
www.india-tourism.com
Indian Tourist Information website, packed full of useful information on visiting India.
RSS
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