For Teachers
THIS PAGE HAS BECOME VERY OUT OF DATE: A GROUP OF US ARE CREATING AN AUSTRALIAN RESOURCE LIST AT ESLSPIN.COM AND THAT SHOULD BE READY TO GO SOON!
FREE STUFF
What’s The Law? (Australian law for new arrivals) is produced by AMES Victoria, but available from Legal Aid Commissions.
Beach Safety is produced by AMES NSW, with DIAC and Surf Life Saving Australia. Also from AMES NSW, Calling an Ambulance, Understanding Good Health, and Fire Safety. Go to the VETRES Learning Resources site.
A Money Management kit is available from ASIC.
Finally, my own ‘free book’ in the ESL Extras series: My Job is the Best (Beginner A). This book (with teacher notes and worksheets) is free to download from The Book Next Door website.
PUBLISHERS
ATESOL has a page listing Australian publishers of ESL materials and there’s also a link to the Community Wiki: #AusELT Resource Wiki.
IDEA AND REFLECTIONS
If you’re interested in finding out more about Extensive Reading, the place to go is the Extensive Reading Foundation. (OK, not Australian, but the place to go for ‘all about ER’.)
BECOMING AN ESOL TEACHER (adult)
Some useful information at ATESOL and VICTESOL. Courses like CELTA are terrific for teaching overseas, or for teaching international students at colleges in Australia. However, to teach migrant English in the AMEP you may well need a postgraduate TESOL qualification, as well as the Cert IV in Training and Assessment. For the latest updates from local providers, why not post a query on the Facebook pages for either the Adult Adult ESOL Interest Group or AusELT. Schools have their own requirements.
