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