Oxford English Dictionary (OED

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a dictionary version created by Oxford University Press to describe all the components of the language as long as its usages and many variations throughtout the world. So this important resources shows us not only the usage of the English language but its historical changes throughtout time providing an important tool for scholars and academic researchers as well.
In Oxford English Dictionary we not only find concepts and examples, but we can complement them with ilustrations, synonyms, homonyms and litle bit of history in  case that the concept needs it.

Ilustration of the different type of English vocabulary that can be found in Oxford English Dictionary

 

 As teachers,the implementation of this type of resources in the classroom will be an important aid for students finding meaningful and reliable concepts or any kind of information regarding to English Language. Promoving always the use of references that can be supported by reliable sources.

Encyclopædia Britannica

     The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English knowledge language encyclopedia where we can find any information regarding with the English Language. This important british encyclopedia is the oldest English language encyclopedia still being produced. It is important to knowthat this pretigious encyclopedia has been written and edited by more that 400,000 contributors since the time ofits creation, adding Nobel Prize winners and also American presidents, for these reasons is one of the most scholarly English language encyclopedias. Something to add it is that theinformation from this encyclopedia can be found an online version and also a printed version.

Teachers and students of English find a lot of advantages and help in looking for information, exemplification, articles, interviews, investigations among other, all rerdinbg to the English language.

Rubistar

   Rubistar is a page where teachers can create their own evaluation resources such as rubrics for oral presentations, readings, work skills, writing, multimedia among others. People can sign in on rubistar and become a member of the page to have access to more facilities and download their own personalized rubrics or just use the aspects that the page provide you there. In Rubistar teachers are able to create rubrics to evaluate all type of topics and activitie, so make use of this useful resourceand improve your evaluation process. For more information visit rubistar.4teachers.org

Discovery Education

   Discovery education is another online educational utility that provides people with lots of multifunctional tools and materials speacially for teaching. This page contains different sections where teachers and students can find materials to use in the classroom such as puzzles, games, lesson plans among other resources. The page also offers the opportunity for teachers to print the resourses or to simply copy them, and also you can be a member of the page by signing in so yoy can have more access to its products.
Discovery education is a page that teachers should visit to discover new strategies and resources that will help them out in the classroom to improve the  teaching-learning process.
For more information visit the page at discoveryeducation.com

islcollective.com

            As teachers it is our commitment to provide students with the best resources according to their level, backround and the skills we want  them to develop in order to make the learning process in an second language significant. islcollective.com is an educational page where teachers can find any type of resources to teach the English language according to topic, skills and level to develop with the students. In there you can find from worksheets, handouts, tests of listening activities, writing activities, grammatical explanations, puzzles, games among other wide variety of dynamic resources for teaching English.
To get any material in islcollective.com is totally free, either to only check out the material or to print it the only thing one should do is to register and become a member of the page and then provide with any new resource that can be downloaded from the page and be useful for other teachers. So whenever you want use one from there you also provide anything. The page works as a resource to exchange information regarding to English, where teachers can obtain any materials and also share theirs.
Summing up, I strongly recommend you to try islcollective.com to discovery new resources that y ou can use in your ISL/IFL classroom and be innovative, dynamic and well-organized and have better results with your students, also to share with other teachers resources that are suitable for your students and that you think can be helpful to other teachers too.