Links to sites of interest to teachers in Taiwan. I am always working on this section (it seems!) but is still doesn't stay current.  If you find any broken links... please let me know at joshua@taiwan-teachers.com.  

General Interest to those coming to Taiwan

http://users2.ev1.net/~turton/teach_index.html - Mr. Turton's site is highly recommended reading for anyone coming to teach English in Taiwan.  Unlike most other sites this is not a site made up of links, but of experiences, research and first hand knowlege.

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/5657/index.html    Horizon English services is a site by Chris Murphy the author of "Four Years Without Socks." There is some very funny material at his site about the ups and downs of teaching in Taiwan. Great original content.

http://aroundkaohsiung.freeservers.com/  There is a community calendar, there are addresses of school, restaurants, pubs, list of community groups, churches, hospitals.

http://peacock.tnjc.edu.tw/ROC_info.html General info about Taiwan.  Brief history, geography, topography, climate, maps, religion, language. 

www.oriented.org    Oriented has some great resources (there is a pretty active forum for buying and selling scooters and furniture, finding roommates etc.) Unfortunately, most of the posters are in Taipei at this point.

http://www.undergroundtravel.com/  This is a neat site covering many of the ins and outs of working abroad.  You will find something interesting here!

http://www.ait.org.tw/  American Institute in Taiwan provides help and information to Americans living abroad.

http://canada.org.tw/index.shtml  Canadian Trade Office in Taipei - Canadians contact these folks for information about taxes, Canadian passports, etc.

 

General Resources for ESL teachers

http://www.eslcafe.com/  The most comprehensive resource on the web for ESL teachers.

bilingualism and biliteracy  resources and research from a former Taiwan Teacher staff member

http://members.aol.com/eslkathy/esl.htm Great collection of links here at the ESL Center.  Topics include mixed exercises, unciation and conversation, listening grammar, reading and writing etc

 

GAMES for the ESL Classroom

http://members.tripod.com/~ESL4Kids/main.html  EFL / ESL Games for Young Learners by Julie Vickery with great games for kindergarten classes.  Highly recommended for young classes.

  www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/5657/Games.htm   Chris Murphy scores again with 20 good games.

  http://eslsv001.esl.sakuragaoka.ac.jp/teachers/BR/games/Games.html    At EFL games, there are 37 good, easy to access games appropriate for a wide range of kids. By Brett Reynolds.

  http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/index.html   This is the list of hints and tips for teachers broken down into categories. There are over 120 games in the game section, however the quality of the games varies greatly and it is slow to access.

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1979/games.html Great game ideas and reflections on how to get the most learning out of ESL games.

 

 

Links for Parents: These are two schools for international kids living in Taiwan.  Also see Mr. Turton's site above (the first link).

http://www.morrison.mknet.org/ 

http://www.kas.kh.edu.tw/

 

Learning Mandarin Links:

http://ntwww.ora.nsysu.edu.tw/ensysu/ The Nation Sun Yet-Sen University has Mandarin language classes for foreigners as well as classes about Asian politics, geography, management etc.  You must apply early to take classes.  

http://www.tli.com.tw/e/ Most of the recruiters and staff at Taiwan Teachers have taken classes at TLI.  Their classes are conveniently located in downtown Kaohsiung. 

TLI Audio Files  - Download audio to support your study of Mandarin.

http://deall.ohio-state.edu/chan.9/c-links.htm Majorie Chan's site links to all the current resources about Chinese language & linguistics and more.  Excellent!

 

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