Regional English Language Office, Beijing

Office of English Language Programs (OELP)

Overview

The Office of English Language Programs provides a variety of online resources for English language teachers and program administrators to support the teaching of English, American studies, civic education, and democratic classroom practices.These resources can be used for both research and classroom teaching.

Office of English Language Programs
englishprograms.state.gov

Forum

English Teaching Forum
exchanges.state.gov/forum

English Teaching Forum (FORUM) is a quarterly journal published by the U.S. Department of State for teachers of English as a foreign or second language. Most of the authors published in FORUM are classroom teachers. FORUM is distributed in over 100 countries.

FORUM feature articles and lesson plans
exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/LPA/index.htm

Feature articles from FORUM focus on an aspect of American culture. The accompanying lesson plan is available for instructors to bring the topic into the classroom.

FORUM Electronic Journals
These journals offer teachers of English as a foreign language background reading, classroom-ready activities, and related resources and references.

Language and Civil Society
exchanges.state.gov/forum/journal/intro.htm

Contains chapters on Civic Education, Business Ethics, Environmental Education, and Peace Education.

Language and Life Sciences: Advances in Biotechnology
exchanges.state.gov/forum/journal/llsintro.htm

Contains chapters on Mapping the Human Genome, Controversial Issues in Gene Research, Cloning, Biotechnology and Crop Engineering, and Drugs of the future.

Publications

Teaching Pragmatics
exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics.htm

Teaching Pragmatics is a collection of 25 lessons to instruct English language students on the use of socially appropriate language in a variety of informal and formal situations.

Functional Approaches to Written Text
exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pubs/br/5111toc_nof.htm

This book addresses the gap between theory and practice in applying discourse analysis in the classroom.

Basic Readings in U.S. Democracy
exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pubs/amlnc/brtoc_nof.htm

This volume is a collection of 73 historical documents that are representative of the way been shaped throughout the centuries. A companion teacher’s guide provides a summary of major themes, discussion questions, scenarios, and exercises.

Internet for English Teaching (Chapter 7)
exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/ifet.htm

This publication addresses pedagogical applications of online resources for the language classroom.

Chapter 7 is republished with permission of the authors and TESOL.

The Great Preposition Mystery (Chapter 1)
exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pubs/gram/2287toc_nof.htm

Chapter 1 of this book provides readings and exercises on the use of prepositions.

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Guidelines for Teacher Training Workshops
exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/dictatn.htm

This handout provides materials for teacher trainers to use in conducting workshops on teaching techniques in the use of dictation.

Classroom Activities
exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/LPA/index.htm

This website provides links to worksheets and other classroom activities based on Office of English Language Programs’ titles.

Archives from Online Courses

Africa Online Home Page
aei.uoregon.edu/safrica/index.htm

This archive highlights HIV/AIDS awareness, entrepreneurship, and civics education.

Civic Education Lesson Plans
exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/civic/curric.htm

This collection of materials provides practice in using English through discussion of issues of civil society such as respecting the rights of others, the benefits and responsibilities of free speech, and values clarification.

TEFLTECH
oregonstate.edu/~healeyd/tefltech/syllabus.html

This list was used for many courses on using technology in the EFL classroom. Course participants were educators from East and Central Europe. Course Instructors: Deborah Healey, Tom Robb, and Michael Krauss.

Additional Online Resources

exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/eal-res.htm

Contains links to online resources for TEFL professionals. Selected online lesson plans, games, and activities as well as teachers associations around the world and English language programs outside the United States are listed.

Titles

Office of English Language Programs

Publications Catalog
exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pubs/

This link contains a current list of Office of English Language Programs publications.

An Essential Bibliography for English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics
exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/eltbib.htm

This bibliography was compiled by faculty from the Applied Linguistics program at Northern Arizona University. The titles are ones professionals in the field have recommended for use in English language teaching programs.