Links to Useful Websites
by Joanna Morgan

Links of Interest to Students & Teachers
Links of Interest to Teachers
Links of interest to students & teachers:
Karin's ESL Partyland   Fun interactive activities for ESL learners. An opportunity to participate in on-line chats with other students is also an option.
 
Dave's ESL Cafe   Many different activities and links can be found on this popular site for ESL learners.
 
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab   A range of fun interactive activities that can provide practice in various listening situations. Students can choose activities based on their familiarity with the situation.
 
Activities for ESL Students (sponsored by The Internet TESL Journal)   Several different types of interactive activities are available for use.
 
ESL: The English Channel   This site is particularly useful to students learning business or technical English.
 
Authentic American Pronunciation   Students can listen to native English speaker pronunciations and do the accompanying exercises. Many aspects of English pronunciation are covered.
     
Chomp! Chomp! Grammar Byte Interactive Exercises   This interactive site features multiple choice exercises for those wanting to practice or review their grammar knowledge.
 
Oxford University Press Passport Online   Here you get to choose a topic that interests you and then choose a related activity. Activity topics include family matters and ?.
 
Interesting Things for ESL Students   There are numerous exercises on all important aspects of learning English.
 
Writing Den   Interesting topics to learn about sound files to listen to pronunciation of words; offered at word, sentence, and paragraph levels; optional word of the day club; quizzes
 
Comenus English Language Center   Idioms (familiarizes) and can listen; fables; and more
 
English Learning Fun Site   Mouth Manglers, Jokabulary (learning vocabulary through jokes -d fifferent levels) and Say What (pronunciation practice)
 
News Stories & Activities (from the California Department of Education)   A wide range of news topics are offered to read and then exercises...
 
English Language Center Study Zone (from the Univesity of Victoria, BC)   Activities on this site include those on grammar, reading (some are timed), writing, vocabulary, and more tied into a number of topics.
 
CNN Newsroom and Worldview for ESL   This site contains a varitey of grammar and vocabulary completion exercises that are based on international news stories.
 
Vocabulary Power   Several actitivities, games, and quizzes can be done for practice in this area. Slang, idioms, phrasal verbs, and TOEFL vocabulary
 
English Rules   Several activities and games related to grammar are available. It is also a good reference source for those wishing to review a point. The author of this site has over twenty years of ESL teaching experience.
Refernces:
Cambridge Dictionaries Online   Several of Cambridges dictionaries are available for your use online. These include a dictionary of idioms and phrasal verbs.
 
Merriam-Webster Dictionary On-Line   This site offers a comprehensive dictionary and thesaurus for use on-line.
Sources of News:
MSNBC News   You can find news coverage from a major news network in the U.S. here.
 
World Press Review   News articles from around the world are translated into English in order to offer readers an international perspective of the world.
 
Voice of America   A very interactive site that allows visitors to listen to news stories; some are in print. Many other useful links can be found here.
 
The Washington Post   News coverage on the U.S., especially Washington, D.C., can be read for pleasure and learning at this site.
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Links of Interest to Teachers
Links of Interest to Students and Teachers
Links of interest to teachers:
Karin's ESL Partyland   There are many lesson plans on this site as well as a discussion forum, a list of useful links, a job board, and other useful items.
 
Boggle's World   Fun lessons for a variety of levels can be found here. Lessons can be adapted to meet the needs of different audiences.
 
Lesson Plans Database   This site contains lesson plans in areas such as reading, writing, and speaking that were developed by ESL instructors.
 
Ohio ESL   Numerous links of interest, including technology, testing and assessment, and other resources, to ESL teachers are located at this site.
 
World Lecture Hall   On this site, you can find syllabi and other course materials from many disciplines. Search by academic fields, course names, and more.
 
The Internet TESL Journal   A variety of lesson ideas and links to other resources are available at this site.
 
Lesson Plans and Resources for ESL, Bilingual, and Foreign Language Teachers  
Several instructional ideas and other useful links can be found here.
 
TESL-EJ   This is a free internet journal developed by scholars in the linguistics/ESL field and has articles, book reviews. and other related material available for the perusal of instructors.
     
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)   This international organization is an important source of information for teachers in the ESL field. Information on news in the field, jobs, recent publications, and more is available.
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