http://englishcafe.com/smiling7

free to join and access FREE lessons, also find EC-approved teachers who offer paid online classes

http://englishcafe.com

http://www.englishcafe.com/users/Smiling7/myteaching/calendar

new govt site launched 11 7 08

http://www.usalearns.org/index/welcome.cfm?CFID=122230&CFTOKEN=73674621&jsessionid=b830246be6dde1c188e033161161512b7b25TR

http://eolf.univ-fcomte.fr/index.php?page=academic-reading-and-writing-exercises

http://eolf.univ-fcomte.fr/index.php?page=constructing-the-paragraph

http://academicenglishcafe.com/default.aspx

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/sitemap/

http://www.msdlists.com/

http://www.worldreviewer.com/travel-guides/works-of-art/page1/

http://www.poster.com/productlist.aspx?id=36291

http://randomknowledge.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/the-worlds-50-best-works-of-art-and-how-to-see-them/

(thanks to Susana Canelo for sharing)

http://www.diigo.com/user/susanacanelo/audio-books

http://www.citycol.com/esol/saccess/lang_systems/vocabulary/v-beg/adjectives/People2_1.htm

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/everydaylife/

http://www.idodogtricks.com/index_flash.html

http://www.britishcouncil.org/professionals-work-jam-home.htm

includes activities

http://www.okcareertech.org/cac/pages/academic_integration/Basic%20business%20Correspondence%20Letter%20Lap%203.pdf

http://www.eslgold.com/business/useful_expressions.html

http://www.myenglishoffice.com/

http://bogglesworldesl.com/businessESL.htm

http://www.businessenglishmaterials.com/

lesson modules

http://congress.indiana.edu/modules/civic_participation/base.htm

http://www.history.com/genericContent.do?id=57117

http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx

quizzes, video, podcasts

http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/tln/content/how-can-i-help-immigrants-prepare-take-us-citizenship-test

[Larry Ferlazzo wants to know (8/3/09 post)

http://www.ourcourts.org/flashgames/1/index.html

http://www.thelockhorns.com/

http://www.theonion.com/articles/editorial-cartoon-december-7-2009,12422/

http://www.gocomics.com/

http://comics.com/

Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced level practice of common errors in English

http://www.common-mistakes.net/

http://englishforeveryone.org/PDFs/Homonyms,%20Homographs,%20Homophones.pdf

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/welcome/start.htm

http://www.spaceless.com/concordancer.php

Holly's note: then try jcloze in hot potatos to save for practice work

http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditionalintro.html

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditional2.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/index.html

http://www.ohio.edu/linguistics/topics/index.html

http://www.eslgold.com/speaking/phrases.html

http://www.teachabroadchina.com/esl-conversation-lesson-random/

http://iteslj.org/questions/

http://www.dailyesl.com/

http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/articlelist/2048895.cms

http://www.culturecrossing.net/about_this_guide.php

http://facingdeportation.org/

http://www.culturecrossing.net/index.php

http://www.fekids.com/img/kln/flash/DontGrossOutTheWorld.swf

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/31/business/20080801-metrics-graphic.html

24 hours of news in photos and brief explanations

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/series/24hoursinpictures

http://culturequest.us/teacherprojects.html

explore the world; plan a trip (dream!)

http://www.mapme.com/

http://uk.youtube.com/user/OneWorldTV

http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/2008/09/28/mariachi-2008/

an odd mix of slideshows and videos

http://www.businessweek.com/slideshows/

excellent!

http://online.wsj.com/public/page/interactive_features.html?mod=topnav_0_0002_public

timeline

http://www.skyscraper.org/TALLEST_TOWERS/tallest.htm

on location

http://www.wildcam.com/public/index.jsp

http://carzen.com

http://www.visualgeography.com/

http://www.ethnic-spicy-food-and-more.com/chart-for-spices-and-herbs.html

http://www.real-restaurant-recipes.com/cooking-terms.html

http://www.fatburgr.com/

http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html

an interactive site

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/insidegrandcentral/interactive.html

is this appropriate for adults? I thought so...

http://www.peacecorps.gov/kids/

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html?hp

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/03/25/us/20090326-TENTS_index.html

http://blog.i-spirit.us/Map-Of-The-Week-Map-of-the-crisis-Unemployment-rate-in-G20-countries-since-2007_a11.html

Which are your favorites? Why?

http://fonts.com

What surprises you? What questions do you have?

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2009/04/26/nyregion/26family.graphic.html

[Thanks to Jim Stroud for the link] an interactive site; quite interesting

http://www.weseed.com/

Fun! Check it out! Challenging!

http://www.litetype.com/

http://1000awesomethings.com/

AWESOME site!!!

http://people.csail.mit.edu/torralba/tinyimages/

fun!

http://www.papervision3d.org/

[Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for this link]

http://guesstheflag.com

Wow!!! I could get lost here for awhile

http://www.mnh.si.edu/panoramas/#

http://www.lufthansa-usa.com/useugame2007/html/play.html

interactive graphics; explore!

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/31/business/20080801-metrics-graphic.html

worth future investigation... reminds me of Chalk Talks

http://www.sclera.be/index.php

(I have not explored this site thoroughly)

http://www.englishdaily626.com/

statistics, information, interactive

http://www.time.com/time/interactive/0,31813,1911060,00.html

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/09/02/garden/20090903-recycled-slideshow_index.html

interactive learner video practice?

http://ddeubel.edublogs.org/2009/10/08/english-central-bringing-voice-and-output-to-learning-english/

http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/en/02_00.xml

interesting!

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/PQTimeline/

http://www.imow.org/economica/index

a successful beginning to a new idea...

http://www.uopeople.org/

http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/01/100-incredible-educational-virtual-tours-you-dont-want-to-miss/

lots of information here, (shared by Larry Ferlazzo)

http://flowingprints.com/print4.php

(thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for the link)

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/07/angkor/angkor-animation

[thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for the tip]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23358591/

http://www.sherv.net/flip.html

see http://www.englishcafe.com/chatcafe/-play-forum/reading-your-mind-65435

http://www.fal.maghsad.com/

thanks to Saeed for sharing this link

http://breathingearth.net/

http://www.100people.org/statistics_detailed_statistics.php

http://www.ispotastory.com/

use for IELTS and other chats?

http://www.mindmapart.com/sitemap/

use for IELTS and other chats?

http://www.mindmapart.com/emotional-intelligence-mind-map-nitya-wakhlu/

http://www.mindmapart.com/visual-thinking-mind-map-paul-foreman/

[thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for the link]

http://toursfromabove.com/map/

http://www.webcorp.org.uk/wordlist.html

fun concept; check it out!

http://blachan.com/shahi/

http://www.virtualsalt.com/roots.htm

http://ninjawords.com/

http://www.learnenglish.de/pictures.htm

http://www.my-english-dictionary.com/

(http://thesaurus.reference.com/

http://onelook.com

http://wordnik.com

useful!

http://lingro.com/translate/website

resources galore!

http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html

videos?

http://garycarkin.tripod.com/garycarkinseslefldramalog/

http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=3

an amazing site...

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

a Rutgers-developed site

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/

scroll down for list by authors

http://www.r-go.ca/pages/literature.htm

UK-developed site

http://www.stuff.co.uk/englit.htm

http://www.eslcafe.com/search/Literature/index.html

download tpractice ests

http://www.800score.com/gre-download.html

http://eslbee.com/persuasion_essays_models.htm

http://eslbee.com/

[thanks to Chiyo for this link]

http://www.usingenglish.com/files/pdf/101-ielts-speaking-part-two-tasks-about-sports-and-hobbies.pdf

(note: I have not explored this site, but several others have recommended it)

http://number2.com/index.cfm

http://www.syvum.com/gre/

http://ets.org/gre

http://vocabsushi.com

http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/issue/pool

http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/argument/pool

http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/argument/sample_responses

http://www.english-test.net/

http://www.english-test.net/gre/

http://www.famouspeoplelessons.com/

try these!

http://www.briancasey.org/artifacts/puzzle/

new riddle each day

http://www.riddles.com/

http://www.word-crafter.net/CompII/humor.html

Thanks to an EC member for the tip to explore this site

http://en.akinator.com/

can you solve the riddles, challenges?

http://opensessiononcriticalthinking.blogspot.com/

well-organized activities

http://teachergary.wikispaces.com/

grammar course self-paced

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/wordclas/wordclas.htm

toolbar gadget

http://www.google.com/ig/adde?moduleurl=www.english4today.com/gadgets/online_english_grammar.xml&source=imag

zero conditional explained well

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/IF2.cfm

first conditional explained well

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/IF3.cfm

second conditional explained well

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/IF4.cfm

third conditional explained well

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/IF6.cfm

conditionals: "I wish..." and "If only..."

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/IF10.cfm

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/CommonErrors.html

grammar on Google

http://www.google.com/ig/adde?moduleurl=www.english4today.com/gadgets/online_english_grammar.xml&source=imag

movie segments with relevant grammar practice!

http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com/

http://agendaweb.org/

http://www.manythings.org/

http://www.manythings.org/e/grammar.html

http://www.manythings.org/e/quiz.html

http://esl.about.com/od/beginningenglish/u/start.htm

http://esl.about.com/od/intermediateenglish/u/continue.htm

http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.html

http://staff.ucc.edu/alc-paez/esl/assessments/4index.htm

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/

practice and begin to understand

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html

http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/grammar_pretest.asp

http://www.greatsource.com/iwrite/students/s_grammar_hndbk.html

http://owl2.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/index.html

verb tesnse chart (with picture guides)

http://esl.about.com/od/grammarstructures/ig/Tenses-Chart/

http://www.wordahead.com/

http://wordahead.com/WordList/tabid/71/Default.aspx

http://eslbee.com/cobaq/quizzes/index.html

http://esl.about.com/od/beginnerlessonplans/a/l_brev1.htm

http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm

for teacher and student use

http://www.englishforeveryone.org/

http://esl.about.com/b/2010/04/28/key-quizzes-to-help-you-review-tenses.htm?nl=1

http://conjugation.com/

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/enough-about-i-lets-talk-about-me/

good for review and assessment

http://www.nonstopenglish.com/

http://www.englishpage.com/index.html

http://www.roadtogrammar.com/

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/

http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=nak&wcsuffix=9999

http://www.phschool.com/atschool/ahon09/index.html

http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=nck&wcsuffix=9997

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/ss_modules/videos/taj_09/TAJ_09.html

listen, transcribe, check

http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/2008/11/obama-moment-in-history.html

http://americanart.si.edu/education/picturing_the_1930s/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P61x6ClN1kg

http://www.mediarichlearning.com/pg/pg.php

http://www.stltoday.com/mds/news/html/424

Learn about Halloween: click link to link!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_2340000/newsid_2349600/2349641.stm

Halloween info and links to other holidays' info

http://www.history.com/minisites/halloween/

Ramadan photos and descriptions

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/2008/09/015771.html

Jewish holidays

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/2008/10/015992.html

jackolantern explanation; great vocab!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvuMj46ontY

http://abe.mpls.k12.mn.us/HotPotatoes/HOLIDAYS/ramadan.htm

[thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for the tip]

http://www.elllo.org/SwiffGames/006-Holidays.swf

http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/

common idioms, expressions

http://www.smic.be/smic5022/Idiomshandout1.htm

goofy site to test your knowledge of slang expressions

http://grafx.dli.com/games/slangolator/slangolator.swf

example sentences given

http://www.idiomconnection.com/

http://www.goenglish.com/Idioms.asp

recommended on Twitter and EC (by several people)

http://www.english-at-home.com/idioms/

http://www.in2english.com.cn/working/archive.php?cid=10021028

http://grafx.dli.com/games/bizidiom/theBizidiom.swf

http://www.english-portal.com/games/walk/walk.htm

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/idioms/

http://www.idiomconnection.com/

http://sites.google.com/site/learningamericanenglishonline/

http://www.youtube.com/user/shellterrell#g/c/28E129C020AC896D

fun site: click on a letter, listen, try a quiz

http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/theclassroom/interactive/?acturl=act_97095349

http://www.quintcareers.com/job_interviews/map.html

http://esl.about.com/od/jobinterviewing/Job_Interviewing_Basic_Job_Interviewing_Skills_for_ESL_.htm

http://www.englishcafe.com/blog/video-learn-english-job-inte rviews-2-14578

http://www.therecruiterslounge.com/2009/07/07/how-to-describ e-weaknesses-in-job-interviews/

http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-communicate-strengths-job-interview-275688/

http://www.businessenglishpod.com/category/legal/

http://esl.about.com/od/businessenglishvocabulary/a/lx_legal1.htm

http://www.englishmedialab.com/Quizzes/business/law%20courts.htm

http://www.manythings.org/b/e/4456

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ai172/index.html

USEFUL site!!

www.LessonWriter.com

great site!

http://readthewords.com/

http://ddeubel.edublogs.org/2009/10/08/english-central-bringing-voice-and-output-to-learning-english/

http://yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1999/4/99.04.01.x.html

http://lefttoright.yolasite.com/

http://esl.about.com/od/englishlessonplans/English_Lesson_Plans_for_ESL_EFL_Classes.htm

note: I've been hearing this site mentioned, frequently, recently

http://www.eslflow.com/ICEBREAKERSreal.html

recommended by Larry Ferlazzo

http://www.altastic.com/narabikae.html

http://hrd.apec.org/index.php/Tips_for_Teaching_21st_Century_Workplace_Skills

http://eslactivities.com/fkTool.php

listen to news stories about the AIG impending doom...

http://readthewords.com

EXCELLENT site

http://www.elllo.org/

find the hit song for your birthday, graduation date, etc. Learn American popular songs

http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm

introduction to common greetings and responses

http://vn4000.blogspot.com/2008/09/esl-vocabulary-phrases-greetings.html

"real" Americans telling their stories, in five minutes or less

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4516989&ps=sa

easy medium difficult selections

http://www.esl-lab.com/

Learn about Halloween and practice your listening, too

http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/gedeonou/eslpods/hallow/halloween.html

videos of real speakers around the world

http://www.real-english.com/

audio puzzler

http://www.audiopuzzler.com/

http://uk.youtube.com/user/OneWorldTV

I LIKE this site.

http://www.englishdaily626.com/train-your-ear.php?693

chag word to sentence/cloze

http://www.listen-and-write.com/

http://www.monkeysee.com/

videos with transcription (click on the link!)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27721638/vp/28436240#28436240

http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/index.htm

http://librivox.org/

http://www.history.com/video.do?action=home

http://www.cueprompter.com/

Would you join, watch or leave?

http://video.yahoo.com/network/100000089?v=4816051&l=100022574

http://www.urlesque.com/2009/04/07/the-100-most-iconic-internet-videos-100-96/

free "VoD" (video on demand) click on the VoD box to view an episode

http://www.learner.org/resources/series71.html

created by another ESOL faculty member, N. Liakos (thanks, Nina!)

http://001spr2009.blogspot.com/

a fun list to explore

http://1000songs.ebotunes.com/?page=20&page_size=50&order_by=ID&order=ASC

http://www.real-english.com/reo/index.html

from many disciplines

http://www.openculture.com/2007/07/freeonlinecourses.html

http://www.openculture.com/2006/10/audio_book_podc.html

another of Nik Peachey's wonderful contributions

http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/2009/07/learn-about-science-in-english.html

featured podcasts

http://thisibelieve.org/stories/

http://www.esl-lab.com/videoclips.htm

http://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/index.php

http://english.ohmynews.com/english/eng_section.asp?article_class=18

http://www.listen-to-english.com/index.php?cat=podcasts

thank you Larry Ferlazzo for this link

http://www.lyricstraining.com/index.php

http://www.audioowl.com/

esl about.com

http://esl.about.com/od/englishlistening/English_Listening_Skills_and_ActivitiesEffective_Listening_Practice.htm

free literature resources

http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/

awesome site! (learned about it via Twitter / Vance Stevens (thanks!)

http://www.storylineonline.net/

Thanks to MichaelT (EC) for the link

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510202

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/

lots of "one minute listening" links

http://www.listenaminute.com/

http://culips.com/

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html

You Tube ads 'wassup'

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/26/wassup-obama/

useful for history and culture comparisons

http://www.agts.edu/faculty/faculty_publications/articles/creps_generations_chart.pdf

use first week of class?

http://kevan.org/johari

English activities DAILY!

http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/

thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for the link

http://www.proprofs.com/

http://esl-bits.net/index.htm

http://www.ohio.edu/linguistics/esl/

categorized list of topics

http://www.ohio.edu/linguistics/topics/index.html

http://en.bab.la/news/world-languages.html

http://www.mla.org/map_single

http://www.gimmiethescoop.com/img/studentloans.png

memorize lists,

http://www.memorizenow.com/

photos by Holly

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blogblossoms/

halftime entertainment: amazing!

http://www.break.com/usercontent/2008/2/HalfTime-Basketball-Creighton-University-Omaha-Neb-457715.html

http://www.paulyanez.com/labs/mymediaplayer2/app/

can you think of more movies/clips?

http://warmupsfollowups.blogspot.com/

http://movieclips.com/

LOTS to explore!

http://conference.archimuse.com/blog/dbear/impact_museum_websites_comparison_using_alexa

critiquing, critical thinking

http://www.linktv.org/knowthenews/watch/rate

interactive teacher pages avail (drama class)

http://www.linktv.org/knowthenews

possible challenge fun

http://www.linktv.org/knowthenews/challenge

great project for a grade

http://www.linktv.org/knowthenews/remix

news relates to English learners

http://esolworldnews.wordpress.com/

http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html

http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/openlab/prototype-newsglobe.php

http://www.upi.com/News_Photos/Week_in_Photos/

http://www.newsenglishlessons.com/

Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo August 2009 for this site link

http://trackthisnow.com/

one minute news stories, vocabulary, quizzes

http://www.simpleenglishnews.com/

http://www.theworld.org/

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/

http://newsfeed.time.com/

http://www.englishcentral.com/en/videos

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/series/24hoursinpictures

http://online.wsj.com/public/page/interactive_features.html?mod=topnav_0_0002_public

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/

http://www.newseum.org/

http://www.newspapermap.com/

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/

interactive

http://www.nypost.com/spsections/inauguration/index.htm

http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/wdc/budget2010/index.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/sitemap/

http://www.photransedit.com/Online/Text2Phonetics.aspx

different

http://www.edc.org/CCT/PMA/image_detective/

excellent

http://online.wsj.com/public/page/interactive_features.html?mod=topnav_0_0002_public

http://www.wildcam.com/public/index.jsp

the world in 25 photos

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/11/25best_slideshow200811?slide=1#globalNav

amazing and beautiful

http://englishrussia.com/?p=2059

http://www.life.com/

pollution around the world

http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2009/05/mooi_milieu.html

http://johnjohnston.info/flickrCC/index.php

http://www.fotobabble.com/

(thanks to Susan Gaer for this link)

http://www.copyrightfreephotos.com/

remember to give attributions! (Thanks to Susan Gaer for the link)

http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/

http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/phrasaldictionary.html

http://www.phrasalverbdemon.com/

interesting search categories

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poetrytool.html

see also http://www.poetryforge.org/teaching.htm

http://www.poetryforge.org/index.html

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/poetry.html

http://www.shmoop.com/poetry/how-to-read-poem/poetry-glossary.html

home page URL: http://www.shmoop.com/poetry/

http://www.shmoop.com/poetry/how-to-read-poem/how-to-read.html

http://tinyurl.com/mywpcb

http://www.emilydickinson.org/

http://www.bartleby.com/113/

http://community.eflclassroom.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=poetry

pollution

http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2009/05/mooi_milieu.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/594/02/

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/594/01/

http://owl2.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/esl/eslprep3.html

http://owl2.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/esl/eslprep4.html

http://owl2.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/esl/eslprep2.html

http://owl2.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/esl/eslprep.html

http://www.garrreynolds.com/Presentation/slides.html

jing

http://blog.jingproject.com/

audio with photos / slides

http://www.screencast.com/

http://digistories.pbwiki.com/

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/enough-about-i-lets-talk-about-me/

pairs practice

http://www.soundsofenglish.org/pronunciation/suprasegmentals/index.html

pronunciation

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html

(thanks to

http://inogolo.com/

http://forvo.com/

Can you hear the difference? Why or why not?

http://www.shiporsheep.com/

http://www.spokenskills.com/index.cfm?type=15&content=studentactivities

http://www.manythings.org/pp/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

post your questions about this to EC (a message to Holly (smiling7) or other experts or to Transcription/Pronunciation groups or

http://www.opensessiononpronunciation.blogspot.com/

Many adults have said they liked using this site for pronounciation help

http://www.abcfastphonics.com/

http://englishmeeting.com/esl_video_pronunciation_th.htm

http://www.youtube.com/user/JenniferESL#p/c/81BCA0A2CB139CB7

http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/

http://americanspeechsounds.com/quiz/index.html

http://www.forvo.com/languages/

interesting, see http://quickshout.blogspot.com/2010/11/make-quick-pronunciation-activities.html

http://www.photransedit.com/Online/Text2Phonetics.aspx

http://www.photransedit.com/Online/Text2Phonetics.aspx

explanations/meanings provided; *note other useful links from this page, too

http://www.learn-english-today.com/Proverbs/proverbs.html

*note other links from this page

http://www.learn-english-today.com/Proverbs/proverbs_A-K.html

http://www.shared-visions.com/explore/english/punct.html

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/marks.htm

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/cnt_punc.asp

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_quote.html

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/check-out-our-tests-and-quizzes/

candidates or others: compare quotes on similar topics

http://labs.google.com/inquotes/

Wow!!

http://www.miguelmllop.com/stories/index.htm

scroll down to see all worksheets; WOW

http://www.miguelmllop.com/practice/intermediate/readingcomprehension/readingcompindex.htm

http://librivox.org/

http://www.loudlit.org/

http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/2009/04/quick-reading-activity.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/default.stm

click and explore; ask if you get "stuck"

http://www.marshalladulteducation.org/reading_skills_home.htm

http://www.thoughtaudio.com/

http://esl-bits.net/main2.htm

http://yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1999/4/99.04.01.x.html#d

http://yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1999/4/99.04.01.x.html#d

http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/

http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/

http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1005/targeted-books/flash.html

assess and increase your reading speed

http://spreeder.com/

high intermediate to advanced

http://college.cengage.com/collegesurvival/watkins/learning_companion/1e/students/timed_reading.html

http://eslactivities.com/fkTool.php

http://www.howtowritearesume.net/

http://www.bc.edu/offices/careers/skills/resumes/verbs.html

with synonyms!

http://www.resume-resource.com/resumeverbs.html

see link under listening category (Nik's site link)

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/

animals, info and quizzes

http://nature.ca/discover/gllrysc_e.cfm

http://www.asl.ms/

http://quickshout.blogspot.com/2009/05/get-stars-to-sing-your-students-words.html

http://www.redkaraoke.com/

http://quickshout.blogspot.com/2008/08/great-new-karaoke-site.html

http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/2008/07/karaoke-with-social-network.html

Wow!!! I could get lost here for awhile

http://www.mnh.si.edu/panoramas/#

interactive, transcription

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/06/02/us/politics/200900604_OBAMA_CAIRO.html

http://www.history.com/speeches

test and improve how fast you read in English

http://spreeder.com/

http://tales-around-the-world.blogspot.com/

http://digistories.pbwiki.com/

http://photopeach.com

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-favourite-day-eid-popup.htm

http://storybird.com/

awesome site! (learned about it via Twitter / Vance Stevens (thanks!)

http://www.storylineonline.net/

build your own discovery trail

http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg34.html ME read

copy and paste text in the box, then select language you want to hear!

http://www.text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/

you will need to register once, but then is easy to use; fun choices!

http://readthewords.com/

http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/speech.asp

http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php

familiarize yourself with greetings with this quiz

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii129/esl-test.php

esl about.com (not my favorite, but...)

http://esl.about.com/od/beginnerpronunciation/a/greetings.htm

Quiz!

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii129/esl-test.php

answers to quiz

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii129/esl-answers.php

http://www.toeflgoanywhere.org/

http://www.toeflgoanywhere.org/content/test-tips-questions-you-experts

http://www.toeflgoanywhere.org/meet-study-group-tips-test-takers-you

http://www.listen-and-write.com/

follow the directions, install, use (great!)

http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/2008/11/obama-moment-in-history.html

http://www.dictationsonline.com/

useful in many ways -- vocabulary expansion, exam prep / writing observations, and more (as well as listening and spelling)

http://www.listen-and-write.com/

http://www.rong-chang.com/grammar/transitions.htm

http://esl.about.com/od/writingadvanced/a/modifyingwords.htm

http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/trans1.html

http://al.odu.edu/wts/students/process/transex.shtml

http://openroad.tv/index.php

explore cities "on foot" views

http://www.citiesbyfoot.com/

http://www.nextstop.com/

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124233904907421135.html#articleTabs%3Dinteractive

nice

http://www.arounder.com/

travel the world virtually

http://www.funtouristattractions.com/

use for Travel group on EC?

http://geolover.com/

http://www.hulu.com/

http://www.eslvideo.com/

video of teacher giving lesson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtK5mcaDH4g

http://www.eslvideo.com/index.php

http://www.projectreadon.com/index.php

http://www.eslvideo.com/index.php

http://www.englishcentral.com/en/videos

videos

http://www.englishcentral.com/en/videos

http://www.englishcentral.com/en/videos

beautiful photos of plants and flowers!

http://www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/collections/VirtualTours/index.html

Lots of links; a great site!

http://dcpages.com/Tourism/

interactive map

http://ahp.gatech.edu/dc_map.html

interactive map and lots of photos

http://orchard.sbschools.net/library/links/washington/

supposedly donates money for each correct answer!

http://www.aidtochildren.com/

feeds hungry folks around the world with each correct answer (supposedly)

http://freerice.com

intermediate to advanced vocabulary, random list from A to Z, saved as 4 to 6 minute MP3 recordings

http://smilin7.posterous.com/

some free, some not

http://www.hoppingfun.com/

challenging (watch the tutorial)

http://vocabsushi.com/

(teacher's and background information about vocabsushi)

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1310046331.html

several links; happy exploring!

http://www.pbs.plymouth.ac.uk/academicwordlistatuop/exercises_1.htm

some are 'childish' but this may be a useful confidence builder site for some learners

http://www.eslflashcards.com/

nice for high beginner/low intermediate

http://www.learnenglishwords.net/sign/

see: http://www.eslflashcards.com/

http://www.screencast.com/users/Russell1955/folders/Jing/media/9e3a5e65-07f7-4222-930b-becc077e715d

http://www.languageguide.org/english/

http://www.uefap.com/vocab/exercise/awlex.htm

http://www.academicvocabularyexercises.com/id21.htm

http://www.academicvocabularyexercises.com/

leveled vocab assessment links

http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r21270/levels/

interesting... use for review? planning a lesson? hmmmm....

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/vocabgrabber/

hear a sentence with the word

http://www.spellingcity.com/

(http://thesaurus.reference.com/

http://www.bigiqkids.com/VocabularyProgram/FreeVocabulary.html

vocabulary by discussion topics

http://www.esldiscussions.com/

pay attention to the PART OF SPEECH of the suggested word

http://www.phraseup.com/

links to several sites

http://www.diigo.com/list/cobannon/voicethread-resources-tutorials

liz davis's help site

http://21ctools.wikispaces.com/Voice+Thread

more help

http://digitallyspeaking.pbwiki.com/Voicethread

nik's tutorial

http://www.technogogy.org.uk/voicethread.html

ideas

http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/01/11/voicethread-school-project/

original tutorial

http://voicethread.com/

be sure to scroll down)

http://thehappinessshow.com/PositiveAdjectives.htm

Challenge: positives and negatives; which are which (from this list)?

http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~jbjoy/Adjectives.html

transitional phrases

http://al.odu.edu/wts/students/process/transex.shtml

http://www.prefixsuffix.com/

OWL Purdue site

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslsubverb.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/

make your own books with photos

http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/

Read what others write

http://www.nextstop.com/

give yourself 10 minutes to write about what is selected!

http://www.distractionbeast.com/brainstormer.swf

http://eslbee.com/persuasion_essays_models.htm

http://eslbee.com/

http://esl.about.com/od/writingintermediate/a/describing_cities.htm

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/sitemap/

http://www.english-to-go.com/english/tools_h.cfm?CFID=3761323&CFTOKEN=75523134

video re: technology + / -

http://blip.tv/file/1262079

http://www.newschool.edu/matesol/

http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2008/09/27/ipods-in-schools/

http://www.angelamaiers.com/2008/09/are-you-a-21st.html

http://www.cal.org/caelanetwork/pd_resources/learnerinteractions.html

http://www.cal.org/caelanetwork/pd_resources/literacy.html

http://www.cal.org/caelanetwork/pd_resources/AdultESLInstruction.html

http://www.cal.org/caelanetwork/pd_resources/framework.html

Dr. Guilbaud's current academic and research activities are

teacher-generated videos

http://www.mlots.org/

esl help

http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/index.html

trends in ESOL

http://esoltrendwatch.wordpress.com/

agree? dispute? why?

http://www.aacompcenter.org/pdf/framework_brief.pdf

http://www.cueprompter.com/

http://www.universityreviewsonline.com/2005/10/100-most-inspiring-and-innovative-blogs-for-educators.html

apply to lessons; handy chart

http://www.byrdseed.com/differentiator/

http://edition.tefl.net/ideas/games/relative-clause-games/

http://edition.tefl.net/articles/lexis/teaching-vocabulary/

http://warmupsfollowups.blogspot.com/