रेसौर्सस फॉर स्पेअकिंग इंग्लिश Class

Resources For Speaking English Class
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Dear Ms. Ranganayaki,
We met once during a text-book review meeting.
I am Principal of a Gujarati-medium college in Ahmedabad. We plan to start some short-term courses in English for our students. Could you please advise me on possible sites for course-material etc. The course hopes to focus on Speaking.
Regards,
Indira
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Nice to hear from you Ms.Indira. I am sharing with you a few resources. Let me know if you have more questions.

To be able to speak in English, students need a lot of exposure to English. So a lot of listening comprehension exercises might help in getting them started.

For example, you can ask them to listen to the following audio and ask questions based on the audio.

Memory Exercises MP3

For more audios on a similar topic visit

Memory Tips

You can use audios on topics that interest students. If they are interested in iPod and music for example, you can make them listen to the audios on this site

iPod Zone

You can find some teaching tasks such as teaching through authentic materials, teaching multilingual tasks (integrating Gujarati and English)and teaching through technology at

Teaching Styles Online

I think it would be better to teach a course that would later be useful for the students to get through IELTS or TOEFL tests. In this way you would also be able to assess the quality of your course through an external evaluation. The additional advantage is the free materials available online that you can use in your classroom.

For example, if you do a Google Search for this purpose you might find the following results:

Google Search Result for IELTs Speaking Test

The students and teachers can learn to search better on Google using the resources available at Google For Educators.

How to Search Better Using Google - Posters

There are many sites online which offer free resources for teaching English as well as other subjects.

You can watch this video tour of one such site:

A high-level overview of edu 2.0, a next-generation education web site.



You can sign up for a free account on edu2.0 site and use their resources. You can also share your resources with them. The same goes for Google For Educators

Let me know if this answer is helpful to you. If you need more information do not hesitate to contact me at Ask Rangoo or send me an email.

How can I be with the world teacher community? Is there anyway I can teach on net n earn from home?

There are many ways for you to keep in touch with the teacher community.

Please visit Free Resources For Teachers. We will be adding more there.

Google for Educators is a good way of keeping in touch with the teachers community, sharing your plans, etc. - Read about it here - Google For Educators Post

You can also become a member of ELTechs Association - you can share ideas with other teachers and get answers for your questions.

There is a site for teachers which may be of interest to you.

If you look at this Squidoo Lens Free Online Courses you will find other sites where teachers can submit their teaching courses.

There are places where you can submit PowerPoint Presentations and videos.

To answer the second part of your question -

Is there anyway I can teach on net n earn from home?

Yes there are many ways you can earn from home.

You can prepare your own course and sell them online.

You can offer coaching programs for students.

You can work on projects with other online marketers.

For creating your own website and earning online please visit Ask Rangoo FAQ.

UGC NET SLET CSIR examinations are very popular with teachers and students. Similarly there are a number of other examinations students need materials for. You could choose a particular area to focus on and produce something useful for that community of learners.