Want to learn phrasal verbs once and for all?
Then go to Phrasal Verbs Demon (recommended for intermediate level students and above.) Phrasal Verbs is one of those topics that are hard to teach and often hard to learn. What to do? Get a list and memorize? Learn naturally as they show up in your life?
The debate is still alive within the English-teaching community, but 
in any case teacher Juan Herrera offers his experience in this website entirely dedicated to phrasal verbs. There’s no doubt that a foreigner that knows how to use phrasal verbs has great advantage when it comes to communicating with native speakers - so here are a few highlights of Phrasal Verb Demon:
- Listening: selection of actual news reports that, of course, include several phrasal verbs. Each listening piece comes with explanation and examples. The great thing here is, you can set the player to play the audio slowly to make comprehension easier. There’s also the option of saving the mp3 file to your computer so you can practice offline.
- Corpus: nearly 5 thousand examples of how to use phrasal verbs, with several search options - by verb, noun, topic or any other word.
- Quizzes: exercises for several levels.
- Reading: notes on news pieces (no audio.)
- Grammar: grammar aspects of phrasal verbs - can you separate the verb from the particle or not, etc.
?and there’s a lot more. Really worth visiting…
For English teachers, there are great tips on how to teach Phrasal verbs to beginners, and Juan says that video materials will be available soon.
Dave´s ESL Cafe: ideas and tips for English teachers
At David Sperling’s ESL Cafe, English teachers will find the Idea Cookbook, a 
topical index that takes visitors to hundreds of classroom ideas. All the activity plans are sent by other English teachers, and you can submit yours too.
Click on Grammar or Listening, for example, to check out the great amount of activities available. Worth taking a look if you’re feeling uninspired… topics range from how to teach Business English or use the Internet in the classroom to tips for private teachers.
From the British Council to English teachers: Language Assistant
Language Assistant
is basically a website full of tips and tricks for English teachers: in Teaching Tips you’ll find a ton of articles on topics like Getting Students Speaking and Working in the Classroom; in Essential UK, stuff you can use in the classroom (advanced level) with a focus on the United Kingdom lifestyle - topics range from videogames to the reality of ethnic minorities - each topic comes with a PDF worksheet ready for download; and there’s even a Teaching Manual with a detailed discussion of several aspects of English teaching.
Highly recommended, especially for teachers who are interested in including British English in their classes.
Teaching English: how-to tips and lesson plans
Teaching English, a website made by the British Council, not only has class materials for English teachers but also offers help with teaching methodology. Go to Think and check out several articles with how-to tips on planning a grammar class, dealing with discipline issues, motivating teenagers and making corrections, just to name a few. 
At Talk, teachers from all over the world send comments and exchange ideas. Try is where you’ll find English lesson plans and activities. In the Downloads area there’s a pronunciation chart - take a look at the articles and activities related to teaching pronunciation.
Lesson plans and tips for English teachers at One Stop English
One Stop English is a portal for English teachers created and maintained by MacMillan publishing - it’s one of those websites with so much information that it’s easy to get lost. You won’t find a ton of lesson plans but it’s still worth checking out for the diversity of materials available.
A good place to start is Lesson Share, which includes lesson plans prepared by other teachers (to have your lesson plan included, you’ve got to win the 
Lesson Share Competition of the month.)
Also worth looking at are the Business and ESP, ESOL and ESL, Grammar and Vocabulary and Skills sections. There you’ll find additional lesson plans as well as suggestions for how to approach specific topics in the classroom - it’s always useful to find new ways of teaching Perfect Tenses, for example.
Use the Worksheet Search to find lessons specific to a certain level or focus. A few will be free, but to use all of them you need to buy a subscription (currently around US$ 50.)
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