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Useful
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Brief Description of
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Vance
Stevens' list of web sites for ESL learning and discovery
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This website is useful because it provides links to other websites that
cover a plethora of different areas for ESL students and teachers. The author
of the page gives a brief description of the links that he has on his website. |
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Websites
for ESL Teachers and Researchers
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This
website is specifically geared to help ESL teachers and researchers. It
is divided into general sites and specific sites. The different links range
from databases, crosswords, and vocabulary to bilingualism, citizenship,
and currency converters. |
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Kentucky
Migrant Technology Project: The Educational
Source
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This
website is primarily for public school teachers. It has internet links for
high school teachers, as well as middle school and elementary. ESL links
are divided into the following categories: for students, for younger students,
for teachers, dictionaries and translators, articles of interest, and Spanish-language
cites. |
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Dave
Sperling's ESL Cafe Web Guide: Pronunciation
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Dave
Sperling's ESL Cafe is filled with different activities and resources for
ESL teachers. This is just one section on listening on his website. The
website is helpful in that it has different articles that may be helpful
to teach pronunciation and reduce accents as well as having various pronunciation
activities for teachers to give to students. Also it is helpful because
certain articles or activities focus on ESL learners of specific language
groups. |
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TESOL
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We
all, as teachers of ESL, need to find ways to enrich our teaching and corroborate
with other ESL teachers. TESOL is a worldwide organization for teachers
of english to speakers of other languages. One can find information on jobs,
resource materials, and professional developments, as well as news from
other ESL professionals and information about the TESOL organization. |
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English
Grammar (Ohio ESL)
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Ohio
University operates this website that focuses on grammar. Activities are
divided in this website according to learner levels. Levels include: all
levels, basic, intermediate, and advanced. There are also links for grammar
reference, special problems in English grammar, and other grammar resources. |
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Activities for ESL Students
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Contributions
by teachers help to contribute to this websites' over 1000 activities for
ESL students. This website is very helpful because the activities are divided
according to difficulty and quizzes about vocabulary and grammar can help
students. The quizzes require that students' have certain browser requirements
on their computer. Quizzes are divided by HTML-only, Javascript, and Flash
quizzes. Lastly, bilingual quizzes in various languages alongside English
are available. |
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Purdue
University's Online Writing Lab: ESL Resources for Students
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This
website offers specific help for ESL learners. There are various links for
online courses, vocabulary help, grammar, idioms, quizzes, academic conventions,
interactive sites, etc.... The site is very easy to navigate through because
it is well-organized. |
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The
ESL Center
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This
is a very useful website. Information is given on language and culture,
as well as having links for pronunciation and conversation, grammar, listening,
and reading and writing. Authentic materials are utilized very well in this
website. |
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Internet4Classrooms:
ESL
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This
website contains various links for ESL learners and teachers so that both
audiences can learn to utilize the internet more in the classroom and also
just at home for personal enrichment. This website tries to offer interactive
links and other fun activities for students, as well as various other links. |
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Karin's ESL Partyland: The Quiz Center
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This
is a great website for learners, teachers, and tutors. Many, many quizzes
are available on this website and the author of the website divides the
quizzes according to difficulty and topic. The topics are varied so that
anyone who comes to this site will be able to find something the piques
his/her interest. |
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Improving
ESL Learner's Listening Skills: At the Workplace and Beyond
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This
is an ERIC document authored by Carol Van Duzer relating to listening skills
for adult non-native speakers. Various questions are offered which may help
teachers understand the listening process more in depth. The site even offers
help with lesson planning with listening activities. |
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ESL
Lesson Plans and Resources
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I was hoping for more lesson plans on
this site, but I suppose that anything is helpful, though this site does
offer various links for handouts, quizzes, games, and activities that
could be very useful for the ESL teacher.
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ESL/EFL
Learner Sites
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This
is a review of different ESL/EFL websites. The author rates each site. He
makes mention if the site has interactive activities or not. He even gives
the host country of the authors' of the websites. Over 100 websites are
evaluated, but better explanations are needed for some of his ratings and
concepts on his website. |
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Vocabulary
Power
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The
audience for this website is teachers and students with the focus being
on vocabulary. According to Maria Pitsas, the author of the website, "this
collection of links is intended for Basic English Literacy students studying
at level 4, an upper-intermediate or advanced level of English. It is designed
to give students an opportunity to practice and improve their vocabulary
skills."
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Improving
ESL Learners' Writing Skills
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This
ERIC document focuses on ESL writing. The author, Tom Bello, provides useful
tips for teachers of the two general approaches to ESL writing: free writing
and processing writing. He also offers a few activities that may be helpful
for teachers to give his/her students. |
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AL
8660 Websites for ESL Learners and Teachers
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This
is the website that contains the homepages for all the students taking AL
8660 (Materials Design, Development, and Publication) at GSU in Atlanta,
Georgia. Each student provides different links and resources for ESL teachers
and students alike. |
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Britannica
Online Search
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Encyclopedia
information, as well as dictionary and atlas information, are the focus
of this website. ESL learners can use this source as a quick means of finding
out information. This is for intermediate to advanced learners because the
language may be too complex for beginners. |
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ESL
Quizzes Online
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Teachers
and students will both enjoy this website which contains many different
types of quizzes that vary from easy to medium to difficult. Quizzes can
be found on grammar, idioms, homonyms, vocabulary, and the list goes on. |
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Particle
Practice
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These
activities focusing on particles are intended for advanced level ESL students.
Students can test themselves once they feel they have a grasp of the particles.
Fill in the blank activities are the main activity type in order to help
students prepare for the self-quiz activity. |
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CNN
Newsroom and Activities for ESL Students
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Grammar
and vocabulary exercises are given using past news events from CNN to help
students realize that authentic texts can be utilized to help their progression
in English. CNN Newsroom is broadcast every Monday through Friday at 4:30
(Eastern Time) and is available free of charge to classrooms and other educational
settings. |
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English
Daily
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This
website is filled with the various daily uses of English in daily conversation.
Idioms, slang, common mistakes, song lyrics, ancient stories, etc... are
some of the main topics available for perusal. This is great for intermediate
to advanced students. |
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Bilingual
Vocabulary Quizzes
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These
bilingual vocabulary quizzes could be practiced by various levels of students,
but it may be a bit too hard for beginning students and a bit easy for advanced
students. Intermediate ESL students will find the most usefulness with this
website. |
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Alan
Cooper's Homonyms
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Homonyms
can be very tricky for native speakers, therefore, they are all the more
tricky for non-native speakers. The list of homonyms on this webpage is
very extensive and can be extremely useful for teachers and students. This
should only be utilized to bring about awareness for lower level students
because homonyms can be very confusing. This can be a very helpful site
for advanced students having to write many essays or papers. |
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Thesaurus
Activities
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A
thesaurus can provide a definition for a word, but also offer synonyms,
antonyms, related words, etc... Many examples are given for similar nouns,
verbs, adjectives, and phrases. This site also has dictionary help, crossword
puzzles, translation help, and periodicals and newspaper texts. |
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International
Penpals
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A
good way for ESL learners to acclimate themselves to the ins and outs of
a language is by having friends speaking the L2 they are trying to learn.
Pen pals are a great way for L2 speakers to learn new vocabulary and improve
writing by communicating with native speakers. This site will even allow
for students to pick the country of choice of the L1 speakers. |
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Crossword
Puzzles for ESL Students
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Crossword
puzzles are fun activities in which learners can practice their vocabulary
skills as well as their spelling skills. The crossword puzzles on this website
are not very hard and can be used at various skill levels. |
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The
ESL Wonderland
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Although
this website is still partially in construction, the author still offers
useful interactive activities, lesson plans, and links. The interactive
activities provide the most help for ESL learners. It is useful for intermediate
to advanced learners. |
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James
Rainville's ESL Page
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Rainville's
page has useful quizzes on idioms, slang, grammar, vocabulary, culture,
etc... for ESL students to learn from. He also provides various links for
students for help in vocabulary, games and word puzzles, and others. |
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Worksheets
Designed to Aid ESL Students
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"The
Indiana State University OWL contains over 75 worksheets on a variety of
topics designed to aid ESL students." This is an excellent website
to give students for grammar practice. Prepositions and articles are included,
as well as modals, irregular verbs, two-word verbs, etc... |
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