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I hope you will explore the different options of this area.  I am very pleased that you have chosen to visit this site and I hope you'll come back often..!   I take great pleasure in knowing that some instructors and teachers have found something here of interest and/or of use for their own efforts and educational purposes.  Keep coming back, because I keep adding to and improving the content and links…

 

     ... Why God Made Teachers ...

 

- DICTIONARY I (M-W Dictionary)

- DICTIONARY II (Cambridge Dictionary)

- YOUR DICTIONARY

- FREE TRANSLATION

- DICTIONARY III (Spanish Dictionary)

- REAL ACADEMIA ESPANOLA

- THESAURUS

 

- Some Æsop's Fables

 

- ESL ABOUT

- ENGLISH ZONE

- ENGLISH CLUB

- ENGLISH PAGE

- ESL-LOUNGE

- WEB ENGLISH TEACHER

- DEVELOPING TEACHERS

- FORUM MAGAZINE

- ENCHANTED LEARNING

- ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING WEB

- SHORT STORIES FOR CHILDREN

- ESL CAFE

- GARDEN DIGEST (poetry and more...)

- ESL SITE (lots of ideas & materials)

- TECH-NOLOGY

- PRINTABLE CARDS FOR KIDS

- ENGLISH-TO-GO

- WEB ENGLISH TEACHER

- ITESLJ

- BRITISH STUDIES WEB PAGES

- RESOURCES FOR ENGLISH /   

  LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHERS

- SITES FOR TEACHERS

- SCHOLASTIC

- ACTIVITIES FOR ESL STUDENTS

- GRAMMAR (ideas-exercises)

- THE GLOBE THEATER

- "THE GLOBE" An insider's view

- COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

- NASA: KIDS' CLUB

 

- SPARKNOTES (LITERATURE)

- ALLREADERS (LITERATURE)

- THE LITERATURE NETWORK

- AMERICAN WRITERS

- AMERICAN LITERATURE ANTHOLOGY

- CLASSIC SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH I

 

- TIME MAGAZINE

- NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

- WORLD TEACH

- ENGLISH IN BRITAIN

- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS

- BBC (London-England)

- CNN (USA)

- THE VANCOUVER SUN (Canada)

- THE NATIONAL GALLERY (London England)

- HISTORIC FIGURES (biographies)

- National Conference for Teachers of English

- PROYECTO CIBERAPRENDIZ

 

- BIBLEGATEWAY

 

- YAHOO

. GOOGLE

. ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)

. WIKIPEDIA

. AMAZON (get books, CDs, movies and more)

- WELCOME TO COSTA RICA

 

- ARE YOU INTERESTED IN DRUMMING?

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- DRUMMER WORLD

- DRUM SOLO ARTIST

 

English Teachers in Costa Rica

 
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Teacher: Gilberto Hernández

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Teacher: Minor Segura

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These are just some of my favorite books in English:

Gabriel García Márquez (Spanish - English Version)

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No One Writes to the Colonel

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The General in His Labyrinth

 

Rómulo Gallegos (Spanish - English Version)

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Doña Bárbara

 

Miguel de Cervantes (Spanish - English Version)

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Don Quixote (Part I)

                                                                                                                            

-Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll     

-Teacher Man - Frank McCourt                            

-The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain                       

-Lord of the Flies - William Golding 

-Vanity Fair - William M. Thackeray

-The Ballad of the Sad Cafe - Carson McCullers

-Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Jules Verne

-Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton                                                          

-The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 

-The Catcher In The Rye - J.D. Salinger                                                             

-Hamlet - W. Shakespeare

-To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

-Pygmalion - Bernard Shaw        

-The Giver - Lois Lowry

-The Spirit to Serve - J.W Marriot

-Intelligence Reframed - Howard Gardner

-The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens - Sean Covey

-The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey

-Who Moved My Cheese? - Spencer Johnson

-The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (some)

-The Fables of Æsop - edited by Joseph Jacobs

Some of my Favorite Christian Books

-Straight Talk to Men - James Dobson

-Love for a Lifetime - James Dobson

-Peace with God - Billy Graham

-The Secret of Happiness - Billy Graham

-Answer’s to Life Problems - Billy Graham

-Good Morning Holy Spirit - Benny Hinn

-Communication - Norman Wright

-He Chose the Nails - Max Lucado

-No Wonder They Call Him The Savior - Max Lucado

-When God Whispers Your Name - Max Lucado

-Six Hours One Friday - Max Lucado

-The Purpose Driven Life - Rick Warren

-The Grace Awakening - Charles R. Swindoll

Some of my Favorite Books in Spanish (Costa Rican Literature)

-Cuentos de Angustias y Paisajes - Carlos Salazar Herrera

-Mi Madrina - Carlos Luis Fallas

-Mamita Yunai - Carlos Luis Fallas

-Historias de Tata Mundo - Fabián Dobles (Spanish - English Version)

-La Isla de los Hombres Solos - José León Sánchez (Spanish-English Version)

 

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"Wonderful!" his master replied. "You are a good and faithful servant. I left you in charge of only a little, but now I will put you in charge of much more. Come and share in my happiness!"   Matthew 25: 21

 

"A teacher affects eternity:
he can never tell
where his influence stops."
~Henry Adams~