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Sarah and John's TEFL Pitstop

Sarah and John's TEFL Pitstop

At the TEFL Pitstop,language teachers can print ready-to-use games and learning materials, perfect for ESL and adaptable for other languages. A wide variety of materials here. Part of the ESL loop.
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Material Type:
Tutorial
Date Added to MERLOT:
January 25, 2001
Date Modified in MERLOT:
April 14, 2022
Authors:
 
Submitter:
Laura Franklin
Primary Audience:
College General Ed
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Website
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English
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Martha Salazar
Martha Salazar (Faculty)
21 years ago
As a future elementary school teacher and as a second language learner myself I
looked at this website from both a teacher?s and student?s point of view. The
website is kind of like a one stop for ESL/ EFL teachers (hence the name EFL Pit
stop) it has a automatic translation link, tips on how to get your own EFL book
published, a bookstore, free sample materials, games, discussion forums, etc.
For students there are links to free e-mail, pen pals, English language schools,
etc. These sites are sometimes in Japanese and Spanish.
Many of the games are fun and do not involve many materials. Some do have
directions that are a bit unclear. The game battle spaceships, as noted by it?s
author, is difficult to explain to students. Many games use idioms or other such
phrases that would not be appropriate for ESL/EFL teachers teaching Australian,
Canadian or American English as idioms differ from region to region. Slight
revision of these materials would be necessary.A very big plus for the
activities and games is that they have graphics that are of immense help in
understanding exactly what the activity entails.
The various links to other ESL/EFL sites are great! Overall this is a very
useful site and definitely worth a look.

Technical Remarks:

The site is generally very well run and well organized. I was disappointed that
the automatic translation service was no longer available. Although as one of
the coauthors Sarah stated, the quality of these translation services is
sometimes not the best (hmm, would that have anything to do with the service no
longer being offered) it is very convenient and useful.
Another disappointment was the link to the free e-mail. I was sent to
cataloguelink.com, which although highly unlikely could be the correct URL as I
am not a computer genius.