portaportal

a "Learn English with a worldwide perspective" site

academic writing

academic writing practice, examples, activities

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

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

http://academicenglishcafe.com/default.aspx
lots of useful reference items

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

art

famous artwork

http://www.msdlists.com/
"best" art of the world photos

http://www.worldreviewer.com/travel-guides/works-of-art/page1/
50 of the most famous artworks of the world

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

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

audio books sources online

browse the links
(thanks to Susana Canelo for sharing)

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

Beginner speakers of English (resources)

try this quiz (lots of pictures; choose the correct word)

http://www.citycol.com/esol/saccess/lang_systems/vocabulary/v-beg/adjectives/People2_1.htm
requires easy registration, from Canada (Canadian English)

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/everydaylife/
fun site: type words to make the dog do things [sit / lie down / dance and more]

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

Blogs

Business English

business English site

http://www.britishcouncil.org/professionals-work-jam-home.htm
business letters and correspondence
includes activities

http://www.okcareertech.org/cac/pages/academic_integration/Basic%20business%20Correspondence%20Letter%20Lap%203.pdf
click on a link, listen to the audio, follow the dialogue

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

http://www.myenglishoffice.com/
interesting site

http://bogglesworldesl.com/businessESL.htm
Sean Banville's site LOTS of links

http://www.businessenglishmaterials.com/
business english exercises

http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html
looks quite interesting; business name specific

http://www.businessenglishmaterials.com/
business english quizzes

http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html
Paul Emmerson's site
several lessons, resources here

http://www.paulemmerson.com/

Charlottesville local info

civics / citizenship

civic participation
lesson modules

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

http://www.history.com/genericContent.do?id=57117
challenging quiz on USA citizenship

http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx
citizenship site; Thinkfinity
quizzes, video, podcasts

http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/tln/content/how-can-i-help-immigrants-prepare-take-us-citizenship-test
What do you think of this game? Is it helpful for English language learning or for civics study? Why or why not?
[Larry Ferlazzo wants to know (8/3/09 post)

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

comics

old married couple comics

http://www.thelockhorns.com/
The Onion (editorial comics)

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

http://www.gocomics.com/
a variety of comics

http://comics.com/
make your own comicstrips (Pixton)

http://www.pixton.com/for-fun#video

Common Mistakes!

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

http://www.common-mistakes.net/
homophones, homonyms, homographs

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

Computer Basics

learning to use the web / internet

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

concordance info

try this?

http://www.spaceless.com/concordancer.php
use / try
Holly's note: then try jcloze in hot potatos to save for practice work

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

conditionals

first conditional quiz

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

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditional2.htm
click on "conditionals" for more review

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

conversation starters (What might we talk about?)

links to conversation ideas, grouped by category

http://www.ohio.edu/linguistics/topics/index.html
lots of links and ideas here

http://www.eslgold.com/speaking/phrases.html
10 possible conversation starters

http://www.teachabroadchina.com/esl-conversation-lesson-random/
an awesome list! You will ALWAYS have something to talk about if you refer to this list!

http://iteslj.org/questions/
a useful site for many reasons... including conversation starters

http://www.dailyesl.com/

Cultural / Intercultural

India news

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

http://www.culturecrossing.net/about_this_guide.php
sobering stories and information

http://facingdeportation.org/
click and explore

http://www.culturecrossing.net/index.php
designed for kids; do you agree with these "tidbits" of cultural information?

http://www.fekids.com/img/kln/flash/DontGrossOutTheWorld.swf
USA culture: typical day

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

Curious?

global news in photos
24 hours of news in photos and brief explanations

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

http://culturequest.us/teacherprojects.html
Map Me
explore the world; plan a trip (dream!)

http://www.mapme.com/
videos about world issues

http://uk.youtube.com/user/OneWorldTV
celebrating Latino women

http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/2008/09/28/mariachi-2008/
various slideshows on random topics
an odd mix of slideshows and videos

http://www.businessweek.com/slideshows/
Wall Street Journal interactive site
excellent!

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

http://www.skyscraper.org/TALLEST_TOWERS/tallest.htm
webcam of wild animals
on location

http://www.wildcam.com/public/index.jsp
find your dream car

http://carzen.com
try the quizzes

http://www.visualgeography.com/
herbs and spices with photos

http://www.ethnic-spicy-food-and-more.com/chart-for-spices-and-herbs.html
cooking terms (be sure to scroll down)

http://www.real-restaurant-recipes.com/cooking-terms.html
check out the calories of fast food!

http://www.fatburgr.com/
play with paint (onlne!)

http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html
Grand Central Station
an interactive site

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/insidegrandcentral/interactive.html
interesting... conversation starters, thought-provokers, critical thinking required...
is this appropriate for adults? I thought so...

http://www.peacecorps.gov/kids/
interactive map showing immigration patterns to the USA

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

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

http://blog.i-spirit.us/Map-Of-The-Week-Map-of-the-crisis-Unemployment-rate-in-G20-countries-since-2007_a11.html
explore fonts
Which are your favorites? Why?

http://fonts.com
NY Times graphs (USA immigration statistics)
What surprises you? What questions do you have?

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2009/04/26/nyregion/26family.graphic.html
learn about the stock market
[Thanks to Jim Stroud for the link] an interactive site; quite interesting

http://www.weseed.com/
very cool! practice typing on foreign language keyboards; online!
Fun! Check it out! Challenging!

http://www.litetype.com/
inspirational AND excellent cultural awareness and English reading practice!

http://1000awesomethings.com/
totally cool! click anywhere and explore and learn!!!
AWESOME site!!!

http://people.csail.mit.edu/torralba/tinyimages/
an "aquarium" online!
fun!

http://www.papervision3d.org/
see if you can identify the correct flag (to match the country)
[Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for this link]

http://guesstheflag.com
Smithsonian virtual tour
Wow!!! I could get lost here for awhile

http://www.mnh.si.edu/panoramas/#
geography challenges, fun game, fly plane to its proper destination

http://www.lufthansa-usa.com/useugame2007/html/play.html
How does a "typical" adult USA resident spend their time?
interactive graphics; explore!

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/31/business/20080801-metrics-graphic.html
very interesting site... search a word like "work"
worth future investigation... reminds me of Chalk Talks

http://www.sclera.be/index.php
lots of links!
(I have not explored this site thoroughly)

http://www.englishdaily626.com/
cigarette smoking
statistics, information, interactive

http://www.time.com/time/interactive/0,31813,1911060,00.html
recycled materials; unique creations

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/09/02/garden/20090903-recycled-slideshow_index.html
(I haven't explored this site yet, but it sounds like fun!)
interactive learner video practice?

http://ddeubel.edublogs.org/2009/10/08/english-central-bringing-voice-and-output-to-learning-english/
amazing video travel through Lascaux caves (cave paintings)

http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/en/02_00.xml
space exploration timeline
interesting!

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/PQTimeline/
*an advanced level of English best for this site, but very interesting... women and economic development

http://www.imow.org/economica/index
a free online university (many subjects available)
a successful beginning to a new idea...

http://www.uopeople.org/
Virtual tours -- a collection of interesting links to view video tours of interesting places

http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/01/100-incredible-educational-virtual-tours-you-dont-want-to-miss/
information overload!
lots of information here, (shared by Larry Ferlazzo)

http://flowingprints.com/print4.php
learn about ankor wat
(thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for the link)

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/07/angkor/angkor-animation
excellent (maybe challenging) site; lots of info on plastic vs. paper bags; what happens to them/recycling
[thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for the tip]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23358591/
an interesting site with tools to turn your writing upside down (and more)

http://www.sherv.net/flip.html
just for fun -- can you explain, or try to, in English, how this works? why this works?
see http://www.englishcafe.com/chatcafe/-play-forum/reading-your-mind-65435

http://www.fal.maghsad.com/
fascinating: click and wait and watch...
thanks to Saeed for sharing this link

http://breathingearth.net/
statistics

http://www.100people.org/statistics_detailed_statistics.php
interesting stories (stories not always heard about)

http://www.ispotastory.com/
explore and enjoy (blog post ideas?)
use for IELTS and other chats?

http://www.mindmapart.com/sitemap/
mindmapping -- explore and enjoy
use for IELTS and other chats?

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

http://www.mindmapart.com/visual-thinking-mind-map-paul-foreman/
aerial tours
[thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for the link]

http://toursfromabove.com/map/
enter any URL and get a list of words by frequency and/or alphabetical; interesting

http://www.webcorp.org.uk/wordlist.html
type in a question...

http://19pencils.com/

dialogues

practice dialogues

http://www.focusenglish.com/dialogues/conversation.html

dictionaries, thesauruses and translators

visual dictionary
fun concept; check it out!

http://blachan.com/shahi/
prefixes, roots

http://www.virtualsalt.com/roots.htm
easy to use, some videos accompany definitions

http://ninjawords.com/
test yourself

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

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

(http://thesaurus.reference.com/
onelook.com

http://onelook.com
wordnik (Twitter use of word or phrase = authentic use!

http://wordnik.com
interesting = enter any URL and then highlight any word; lingro will offer defintion
useful!

http://lingro.com/translate/website
search by Latin roots, TOEFL, more
build your own practice bank

http://dynamo.dictionary.com/
blog about words, from publishers of Oxford Dictionary

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/

drama

drama site (Aaron's)
resources galore!

http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html
Gary Carkin's link
videos?

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

ELL classes (not directly affiliated with EnglishWW)

classes to consider

http://www.eslgo.com/classes.html

English Literature (British and American)

extensive list of resources

http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=3
Project Gutenberg
an amazing site...

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
List by category
a Rutgers-developed site

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
Super Resource page
scroll down for list by authors

http://www.r-go.ca/pages/literature.htm
English Literature quiz
UK-developed site

http://www.stuff.co.uk/englit.htm
Dave's ESL Cafe Literature site

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

http://www.readbookonline.net/

EXAM prep: IELTS, GRE TOEFL ACE, & more

GRE tests
download tpractice ests

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

http://eslbee.com/persuasion_essays_models.htm
a site for advanced English language learners

http://eslbee.com/
IELTS part two practice prompts
[thanks to Chiyo for this link]

http://www.usingenglish.com/files/pdf/101-ielts-speaking-part-two-tasks-about-sports-and-hobbies.pdf
GRE prep
(note: I have not explored this site, but several others have recommended it)

http://number2.com/index.cfm
lots of GRE prep help here

http://www.syvum.com/gre/
official site, lots of useful links

http://ets.org/gre
great site for vocabulary practice

http://vocabsushi.com
list of issue topics GRE

http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/issue/pool
list of argument topics GRE

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

http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/argument/sample_responses
english-test.net exam prep site

http://www.english-test.net/
GRE prep, lots of links

http://www.english-test.net/gre/
TOEFL / TOEIC exam simulator
see what it really looks like on exam day

http://www.testsimulator.com/

Famous People!

famous people (with lessons)

http://www.famouspeoplelessons.com/

FUN! (for fun and useful English practice)

puzzlers
try these!

http://www.briancasey.org/artifacts/puzzle/
riddles
new riddle each day

http://www.riddles.com/
grammar humor

http://www.word-crafter.net/CompII/humor.html
think of a person, then answer the genie's questions; can the genie guess your character/person?
Thanks to an EC member for the tip to explore this site

http://en.akinator.com/
days worth of puzzles and projects
can you solve the riddles, challenges?

http://opensessiononcriticalthinking.blogspot.com/
one EFL teacher's website
well-organized activities

http://teachergary.wikispaces.com/

grammar for ME

grammar online for ME
grammar course self-paced

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

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

grammar for STUDENTS

conditionals: 'zero'
zero conditional explained well

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/IF2.cfm
conditionals: first
first conditional explained well

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/IF3.cfm
conditionals: second
second conditional explained well

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/IF4.cfm
conditionals: third
third conditional explained well

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/IF6.cfm
conditionals: 'I wish' and 'if only'
conditionals: "I wish..." and "If only..."

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/IF10.cfm
OWL ast Purdue site handouts

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/
writing/grammar errors

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/CommonErrors.html
toolbar for Google
grammar on Google

http://www.google.com/ig/adde?moduleurl=www.english4today.com/gadgets/online_english_grammar.xml&source=imag
FUN, USEFUL, don't miss this site!
movie segments with relevant grammar practice!

http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com/
useful links

http://agendaweb.org/
there is a lot to explore from this site

http://www.manythings.org/
grammar (manythings.org)

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

http://www.manythings.org/e/quiz.html
Kenneth's website links

http://esl.about.com/od/beginningenglish/u/start.htm
Kenneth's website links, continued

http://esl.about.com/od/intermediateenglish/u/continue.htm
series of quizzes, self-assessments, practice

http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.html
test different grammar skills

http://staff.ucc.edu/alc-paez/esl/assessments/4index.htm
recommended by Maru! (and Oprah!)

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/
explore the tenses, practice,
practice and begin to understand

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html
grammar quiz (challenging!)

http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/grammar_pretest.asp
several links, well-labeled

http://www.greatsource.com/iwrite/students/s_grammar_hndbk.html
thorough list of links to study guides

http://owl2.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/index.html
verb tenses with pictures
verb tesnse chart (with picture guides)

http://esl.about.com/od/grammarstructures/ig/Tenses-Chart/
interesting site with videos to explain the words

http://www.wordahead.com/
videos and flash cards; create your own lists

http://wordahead.com/WordList/tabid/71/Default.aspx
Quizzes -- lots of quizzes!

http://eslbee.com/cobaq/quizzes/index.html
esl.about review grammar quizzes

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

http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm
several topics
for teacher and student use

http://www.englishforeveryone.org/
esl.about verb tense quizzes

http://esl.about.com/b/2010/04/28/key-quizzes-to-help-you-review-tenses.htm?nl=1
"clean" site, simple verb conjugation review

http://conjugation.com/
Pres. Obama's errors (pronouns)

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/enough-about-i-lets-talk-about-me/
set your level first, then click on options for quizzes --
good for review and assessment

http://www.nonstopenglish.com/
click on topic of choice

http://www.englishpage.com/index.html
lots of quizzes, well organized

http://www.roadtogrammar.com/
Stanford Univ. effort

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/
grammar quizzes, clean organized site

http://grammar-quizzes.com/

History

Pearson's WORLD history links

http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=nak&wcsuffix=9999
Pearson's USA history links

http://www.phschool.com/atschool/ahon09/index.html
Pearson's USA history chapters

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

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/ss_modules/videos/taj_09/TAJ_09.html
Obama's acceptance speech
listen, transcribe, check

http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/2008/11/obama-moment-in-history.html
1930s history (U.S.) interactive

http://americanart.si.edu/education/picturing_the_1930s/index.html
8 minute video: history of US

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P61x6ClN1kg
20th century history

http://www.mediarichlearning.com/pg/pg.php
the Bill of Rights, a cartoon explanation!

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

Holidays

Halloween
Learn about Halloween: click link to link!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_2340000/newsid_2349600/2349641.stm
Halloween history (more)
Halloween info and links to other holidays' info

http://www.history.com/minisites/halloween/
Ramadan
Ramadan photos and descriptions

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/2008/09/015771.html
Yom Kippur
Jewish holidays

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/2008/10/015992.html
Halloween YouTube
jackolantern explanation; great vocab!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvuMj46ontY
Ramadan "cloze" (fill in the missing words) activity

http://abe.mpls.k12.mn.us/HotPotatoes/HOLIDAYS/ramadan.htm
learn about a few holidays
[thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for the tip]

http://www.elllo.org/SwiffGames/006-Holidays.swf
holiday info (thorough site by Sean Banville)

http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/

Idioms

Do you know these?
common idioms, expressions

http://www.smic.be/smic5022/Idiomshandout1.htm
"slangolator"
goofy site to test your knowledge of slang expressions

http://grafx.dli.com/games/slangolator/slangolator.swf
several links from this site
example sentences given

http://www.idiomconnection.com/
MrTESOL recommended

http://www.goenglish.com/Idioms.asp
idioms list
recommended on Twitter and EC (by several people)

http://www.english-at-home.com/idioms/
referred by Larry Ferlazzo

http://www.in2english.com.cn/working/archive.php?cid=10021028
referred by Larry Ferlazzo

http://grafx.dli.com/games/bizidiom/theBizidiom.swf
referred by Larry Ferlazzo

http://www.english-portal.com/games/walk/walk.htm
referred by Larry Ferlazzo

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/idioms/
referred by Larry Ferlazzo

http://www.idiomconnection.com/
a site created by EC member "MrAlshahawy"

http://sites.google.com/site/learningamericanenglishonline/
shel terrell's page of idiom videos

http://www.youtube.com/user/shellterrell#g/c/28E129C020AC896D
Voice of America idioms
fun site: click on a letter, listen, try a quiz

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

job hunting, career info, resume, interviews

lots of links!

http://www.quintcareers.com/job_interviews/map.html
vocabulary, useful guide sheets

http://esl.about.com/od/jobinterviewing/Job_Interviewing_Basic_Job_Interviewing_Skills_for_ESL_.htm
Jim Stroud's video

http://www.englishcafe.com/blog/video-learn-english-job-inte rviews-2-14578
challenging English level; interesting advice

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

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

Language Learning (other than English)

lesser known languages (audios of native speakers)
interesting!

http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/index.html

law / legal English

podcasts business English

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

http://esl.about.com/od/businessenglishvocabulary/a/lx_legal1.htm
beginner law vocab quiz

http://www.englishmedialab.com/Quizzes/business/law%20courts.htm
You Tube video re: law vocab

http://www.manythings.org/b/e/4456
advanced level quiz

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

Listening, Video and Transcription Links!

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

http://readthewords.com
Ello site
EXCELLENT site

http://www.elllo.org/
find song by date in history
find the hit song for your birthday, graduation date, etc. Learn American popular songs

http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm
Greetings in American English 1
introduction to common greetings and responses

http://vn4000.blogspot.com/2008/09/esl-vocabulary-phrases-greetings.html
NPR Story Corps
"real" Americans telling their stories, in five minutes or less

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4516989&ps=sa
Randal's Listening lab
easy medium difficult selections

http://www.esl-lab.com/
Halloween cloze
Learn about Halloween and practice your listening, too

http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/gedeonou/eslpods/hallow/halloween.html
Real English
videos of real speakers around the world

http://www.real-english.com/
use for transcription
audio puzzler

http://www.audiopuzzler.com/
vdeios of difficult global issues

http://uk.youtube.com/user/OneWorldTV
Train your ear!
I LIKE this site.

http://www.englishdaily626.com/train-your-ear.php?693
listen and write
chag word to sentence/cloze

http://www.listen-and-write.com/
"how to" videos

http://www.monkeysee.com/
US presidential inaugeration speeches
videos with transcription (click on the link!)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27721638/vp/28436240#28436240
choose your level and have fun

http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/index.htm
new items all the time!

http://librivox.org/
history videos

http://www.history.com/video.do?action=home
copy and paste text; this site will provide "teleprompter" for you

http://www.cueprompter.com/
beautiful!
Would you join, watch or leave?

http://video.yahoo.com/network/100000089?v=4816051&l=100022574
"top 100" list of youtube videos

http://www.urlesque.com/2009/04/07/the-100-most-iconic-internet-videos-100-96/
Connect With English
free "VoD" (video on demand) click on the VoD box to view an episode

http://www.learner.org/resources/series71.html
a "vlog" (video blog) of YouTube and other videos teaching English grammar
created by another ESOL faculty member, N. Liakos (thanks, Nina!)

http://001spr2009.blogspot.com/
1000 songs everyone should listen to at least once!
a fun list to explore

http://1000songs.ebotunes.com/?page=20&page_size=50&order_by=ID&order=ASC
choose your level, listen, learn

http://www.real-english.com/reo/index.html
free lectures, audio, downloadable
from many disciplines

http://www.openculture.com/2007/07/freeonlinecourses.html
links to free audio books

http://www.openculture.com/2006/10/audio_book_podc.html
science topics -- listening and note-taking skills activity
another of Nik Peachey's wonderful contributions

http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/2009/07/learn-about-science-in-english.html
NPR This I believe series...
featured podcasts

http://thisibelieve.org/stories/
video listening!

http://www.esl-lab.com/videoclips.htm
CLEAR (Michigan State Univ. site)

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

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

http://www.listen-to-english.com/index.php?cat=podcasts
cool site; learn with songs!
thank you Larry Ferlazzo for this link

http://www.lyricstraining.com/index.php
audio books (mainly "children's" / "Young Adults'" but many classic tales, too...

http://www.audioowl.com/
listening practice links
esl about.com

http://esl.about.com/od/englishlistening/English_Listening_Skills_and_ActivitiesEffective_Listening_Practice.htm
literature to go (download MP3s)
free literature resources

http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/
stories (children's books with adult themes) read by famous people
awesome site! (learned about it via Twitter / Vance Stevens (thanks!)

http://www.storylineonline.net/
PRI (Public Radio International) podcasts
Thanks to MichaelT (EC) for the link

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510202
Many EC members recommend this site

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/
Sean Banville's site LOTS of links
lots of "one minute listening" links

http://www.listenaminute.com/
British English podcasts

http://culips.com/
a small library of recorded texts

http://www.repeatafterus.com/

miscellaneous

top 100 speeches

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html
ads comparison
You Tube ads 'wassup'

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/26/wassup-obama/
generational differences chart
useful for history and culture comparisons

http://www.agts.edu/faculty/faculty_publications/articles/creps_generations_chart.pdf
johari personality style assessment
use first week of class?

http://kevan.org/johari
Nik Peachey's amazing blog
English activities DAILY!

http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/
make your own flashcards
thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for the link

http://www.proprofs.com/
a fun site with various ESOL activities; some with listening

http://esl-bits.net/index.htm
Ohio Univ's ESL links site

http://www.ohio.edu/linguistics/esl/
topics to Write or Talk about
categorized list of topics

http://www.ohio.edu/linguistics/topics/index.html
world languages, map

http://en.bab.la/news/world-languages.html
map of languages within USA

http://www.mla.org/map_single
student loans (USA) budget info interactive

http://www.gimmiethescoop.com/img/studentloans.png
make your own flashcards, study cards
memorize lists,

http://www.memorizenow.com/

Moodle related

movies

photos
photos by Holly

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blogblossoms/
Wow!!! (be sure to watch it to the end)
halftime entertainment: amazing!

http://www.break.com/usercontent/2008/2/HalfTime-Basketball-Creighton-University-Omaha-Neb-457715.html
powerful site TV and Moview

http://www.paulyanez.com/labs/mymediaplayer2/app/
a blog for teachers and/or highly motivated students
can you think of more movies/clips?

http://warmupsfollowups.blogspot.com/
explore clips from many movies

http://movieclips.com/
movies blog with suggested lessons

http://film-english.com/

Museums

list of top-ranked museum websites
LOTS to explore!

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

news

Link TV (rate the journalists!)
critiquing, critical thinking

http://www.linktv.org/knowthenews/watch/rate
Home page NEWS
interactive teacher pages avail (drama class)

http://www.linktv.org/knowthenews
Challenge (game to play with student teams)
possible challenge fun

http://www.linktv.org/knowthenews/challenge
projects with news; Ss add own comments
great project for a grade

http://www.linktv.org/knowthenews/remix
Pearson Longman's news site
news relates to English learners

http://esolworldnews.wordpress.com/
links to CNN news stories and lessons

http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html
globe -- click on a peg and see the news story

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

http://www.upi.com/News_Photos/Week_in_Photos/
useful, interesting lessons with news articles

http://www.newsenglishlessons.com/
track the news
Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo August 2009 for this site link

http://trackthisnow.com/
simple english news *be sure to click on the categories that interest YOU
one minute news stories, vocabulary, quizzes

http://www.simpleenglishnews.com/
advanced English, audio available

http://www.theworld.org/
read headlines from papers all around the world...

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/
Time magazine news updates

http://newsfeed.time.com/
one of my favorite sites!

http://www.englishcentral.com/en/videos
BBC 4

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/
24 hours in photos (daily)

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

http://online.wsj.com/public/page/interactive_features.html?mod=topnav_0_0002_public
BBC4 radio

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

http://www.newseum.org/
interesting site: click on any marker, view the front page, click on the front page, view the newspaper

http://www.newspapermap.com/
PBS news hour videos

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/
Lots of tools to help you listen and understand current news stories

http://voxy.com/
news speeches with subtitles and idiom help
interesting

http://www.22frames.com/

Obama

timeline Obama's life
interactive

http://www.nypost.com/spsections/inauguration/index.htm
budget (interactive to understand)

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

OWL at Purdue (Online Writing Lab)

excellent reference help

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

Phonetics

converts text to IPA phonetics

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

photo sites (remember flickrstorm)

history of USA site
different

http://www.edc.org/CCT/PMA/image_detective/
Wall Street Journal interactive site
excellent

http://online.wsj.com/public/page/interactive_features.html?mod=topnav_0_0002_public
webcam of wild animals

http://www.wildcam.com/public/index.jsp
25 best photos ever?
the world in 25 photos

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/11/25best_slideshow200811?slide=1#globalNav
slime mold photos
amazing and beautiful

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

http://www.life.com/
disturbing photos of polluted areas
pollution around the world

http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2009/05/mooi_milieu.html
flickr search site -- nice!

http://johnjohnston.info/flickrCC/index.php
easy and fun way to add voice to a photo

http://www.fotobabble.com/
copyright-free photos
(thanks to Susan Gaer for this link)

http://www.copyrightfreephotos.com/
photos copyright free to use
remember to give attributions! (Thanks to Susan Gaer for the link)

http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/
free and easy to share, to use photo collection

http://photopin.com/

phrasal verbs

phrasal verbs

http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/phrasaldictionary.html
lots of options here -- games, quizzes, video, more

http://www.phrasalverbdemon.com/

Poetry

search tool to find poets, poetry
interesting search categories

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poetrytool.html
a site for students and teachers
see also http://www.poetryforge.org/teaching.htm

http://www.poetryforge.org/index.html
especially useful for teachers

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

http://www.shmoop.com/poetry/how-to-read-poem/poetry-glossary.html
suggestions for how to read a poem
home page URL: http://www.shmoop.com/poetry/

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

http://tinyurl.com/mywpcb
Emily Dickinson archives

http://www.emilydickinson.org/
Emily Dickinson (Bartleby site)

http://www.bartleby.com/113/
videos of poetry readings; powerful collection

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

pollution

disturbing site of photos of polluted areas
pollution

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

Prepositions

prepositions 1

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/594/02/
prepositions 2

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/594/01/
prepositions 3

http://owl2.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/esl/eslprep3.html
prepositions 4

http://owl2.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/esl/eslprep4.html
prepositions 5

http://owl2.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/esl/eslprep2.html
prepositions 6

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

Presentations, PowerPoints

Excellent PPT tips to consider

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

projects for ME to do

jing info
jing

http://blog.jingproject.com/
screen casting
audio with photos / slides

http://www.screencast.com/
list of resources to check out

http://digistories.pbwiki.com/
plan and try?

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

Pronunciation

Sounds of English
pairs practice

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

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html
learn how to pronounce names
(thanks to

http://inogolo.com/
fun site; multiple languages; authentic voices

http://forvo.com/
practice with these pairs
Can you hear the difference? Why or why not?

http://www.shiporsheep.com/
Spoken Skills

http://www.spokenskills.com/index.cfm?type=15&content=studentactivities
another great group from Manythings.org

http://www.manythings.org/pp/
British English pronunciation help

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/
this is an outline for a pronunciation course... lots of links and activities
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/
this site is designed more for children, but many adults have enjoyed learning from it, too.
Many adults have said they liked using this site for pronounciation help

http://www.abcfastphonics.com/
th video links (how to make that th sound!

http://englishmeeting.com/esl_video_pronunciation_th.htm
JenniferESL's playlist of pronunciation help

http://www.youtube.com/user/JenniferESL#p/c/81BCA0A2CB139CB7
explore and learn (helpful to hear differences between American and British accents

http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/
an interesting quiz

http://americanspeechsounds.com/quiz/index.html
interesting site; hear words pronounced in different languages

http://www.forvo.com/languages/
changes text to phonetics
interesting, see http://quickshout.blogspot.com/2010/11/make-quick-pronunciation-activities.html

http://www.photransedit.com/Online/Text2Phonetics.aspx
text converted to phonetics IPA

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

proverbs

explore and learn different proverbs
explanations/meanings provided; *note other useful links from this page, too

http://www.learn-english-today.com/Proverbs/proverbs.html
examples of proverbs with meanings
*note other links from this page

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

PUNCTUATION

punctuation

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

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

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

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

quizzes

advanced level quizzes

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/check-out-our-tests-and-quizzes/
useful site = NOTE: use the 2 dropdown menus -- choose level and what you want to be quizzed on! -- then click Go!

http://www.englishexercises.net/

Reading links

Quotes comparison (famous people)
candidates or others: compare quotes on similar topics

http://labs.google.com/inquotes/
WONDERFUL resource links to common academic reading texts
Wow!!

http://www.miguelmllop.com/stories/index.htm
intermediate level reading and assignments
scroll down to see all worksheets; WOW

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

http://librivox.org/
several classics and others available MP3

http://www.loudlit.org/
reading activity explained

http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/2009/04/quick-reading-activity.html
BBC news in pictures with short text info

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/default.stm
reading links by reading proficiency level
click and explore; ask if you get "stuck"

http://www.marshalladulteducation.org/reading_skills_home.htm
audio books (listen in segments)

http://www.thoughtaudio.com/
prepare for reading exams (practice)

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
detective fiction reading list

http://yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1999/4/99.04.01.x.html#d
100 short stories (audio and text)

http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/
listen to literature

http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/
controversial books: have you heard of or read any of these?

http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1005/targeted-books/flash.html
speed reading site
assess and increase your reading speed

http://spreeder.com/
timed reading comprehension exercises
high intermediate to advanced

http://college.cengage.com/collegesurvival/watkins/learning_companion/1e/students/timed_reading.html
determine level of text you are reading

http://eslactivities.com/fkTool.php

resume writing

rewrite your resume with the tips on this site

http://www.howtowritearesume.net/
verb list useful for interview prep, resume/CV writing

http://www.bc.edu/offices/careers/skills/resumes/verbs.html
verb list useful for interview prep, resume/CV writing
with synonyms!

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

science

see Nik Peachey's lesson activity ideas relating to this site
see link under listening category (Nik's site link)

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/
easier English, interesting info
animals, info and quizzes

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

sign language

an awesome site to learn / study / practice sign language

http://www.asl.ms/

singing

Hear stars sing YOUR words :D

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

http://www.redkaraoke.com/
Karaoke

http://quickshout.blogspot.com/2008/08/great-new-karaoke-site.html
how to use the "redkaraoke" site

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

Smithsonian

virtual tour, Smithsonian
Wow!!! I could get lost here for awhile

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

Speeches

June 4 2009 Pres Obama's speech in Cairo
interactive, transcription

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/06/02/us/politics/200900604_OBAMA_CAIRO.html
famous speeches from history, categorized

http://www.history.com/speeches

speed reading

speed reading site
test and improve how fast you read in English

http://spreeder.com/

Storytelling

holly's Storytelling blog

http://tales-around-the-world.blogspot.com/
digital storytelling resources

http://digistories.pbwiki.com/
fun site: add comments; spiral the photos

http://photopeach.com
Ramadan story (learn about Ramadan)

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-favourite-day-eid-popup.htm
create your story using artworks from well-known artists

http://storybird.com/
stories read/told online by famous actors
awesome site! (learned about it via Twitter / Vance Stevens (thanks!)

http://www.storylineonline.net/

student project idea sites

museum boxes
build your own discovery trail

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

technology tools

useful list to review frequently

http://c4lpt.co.uk/top-100-tools-for-learning-2011/best-of-breed-tools-2011/

text to speech sites

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

http://www.text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/
read the words! Choose the person/voice you like best
you will need to register once, but then is easy to use; fun choices!

http://readthewords.com/
converts text to speech

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

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

Today's Links

greetings quiz
familiarize yourself with greetings with this quiz

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii129/esl-test.php
greetings, continued
esl about.com (not my favorite, but...)

http://esl.about.com/od/beginnerpronunciation/a/greetings.htm
ways of greeting...
Quiz!

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii129/esl-test.php
ways of greeting (answer key)
answers to quiz

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

TOEFL

new site August 2009 (official ETS site)

http://www.toeflgoanywhere.org/
download tips and guides here

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

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

transcription

excellent

http://www.listen-and-write.com/
Obama's acceptance speech
follow the directions, install, use (great!)

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

http://www.dictationsonline.com/
cloze exercise; listen for the missing words --
useful in many ways -- vocabulary expansion, exam prep / writing observations, and more (as well as listening and spelling)

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

transitional phrases

transitional phrases

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

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

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

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

Travel

travel videos west

http://openroad.tv/index.php
city explorations
explore cities "on foot" views

http://www.citiesbyfoot.com/
read and write travel descriptions

http://www.nextstop.com/
World Heritage sites -- interactive map

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124233904907421135.html#articleTabs%3Dinteractive
virtual travel!
nice

http://www.arounder.com/
be an "armchair" traveler -- virtual tours
travel the world virtually

http://www.funtouristattractions.com/
travelogue map idea
use for Travel group on EC?

http://geolover.com/

TV Television Online

Hulu! check it out!

http://www.hulu.com/

USA Learns site

USA Learns
new govt site launched 11 7 08

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

video lessons

leveled lessons, quizzes

http://www.eslvideo.com/
learn baseball, learn ESL grammar
video of teacher giving lesson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtK5mcaDH4g
index to ESL Video

http://www.eslvideo.com/index.php
videos of current events with captions

http://www.projectreadon.com/index.php
(some 'adult' content, possibly offensive cultural differences; based on movie Marley & Me)

http://www.eslvideo.com/index.php
video collection for ESL

http://www.englishcentral.com/en/videos
new site, news and videos
videos

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

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

virtual tours

Washington DC garden tour
beautiful photos of plants and flowers!

http://www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/collections/VirtualTours/index.html
National Mall, Washington, DC
Lots of links; a great site!

http://dcpages.com/Tourism/
Washington, DC
interactive map

http://ahp.gatech.edu/dc_map.html
another Washington, DC virtual tour
interactive map and lots of photos

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

vocabulary

vocabulary quiz
supposedly donates money for each correct answer!

http://www.aidtochildren.com/
vocabualry quiz
feeds hungry folks around the world with each correct answer (supposedly)

http://freerice.com
LISTEN to vocabulary in sentences, A to Z; look for links to "vocab1" "vocab 2" "vocab3" and so on
intermediate to advanced vocabulary, random list from A to Z, saved as 4 to 6 minute MP3 recordings

http://smilin7.posterous.com/
Look on the LEFT side and click for freebies
some free, some not

http://www.hoppingfun.com/
Vocab "Sushi"
challenging (watch the tutorial)

http://vocabsushi.com/
teacher's blog about VocabSushi
(teacher's and background information about vocabsushi)

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1310046331.html
Test prep academic vocab
several links; happy exploring!

http://www.pbs.plymouth.ac.uk/academicwordlistatuop/exercises_1.htm
Do you like studying with flashcards?
some are 'childish' but this may be a useful confidence builder site for some learners

http://www.eslflashcards.com/
sign up for an email a day (with new vocabulary)
nice for high beginner/low intermediate

http://www.learnenglishwords.net/sign/
screencast that shows how to use another site
see: http://www.eslflashcards.com/

http://www.screencast.com/users/Russell1955/folders/Jing/media/9e3a5e65-07f7-4222-930b-becc077e715d
voted as a favorite site by adult learners

http://www.languageguide.org/english/
try the "word order" exercises

http://www.uefap.com/vocab/exercise/awlex.htm
academic vocab study site
http://www.academicvocabularyexercises.com/id21.htm

http://www.academicvocabularyexercises.com/
awesome!!!! CHECK this out (highly recommended)
leveled vocab assessment links

http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r21270/levels/
enter text, = shows most frequently used words and vocab list
interesting... use for review? planning a lesson? hmmmm....

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/vocabgrabber/
enter a list, click spelling or teach me
hear a sentence with the word

http://www.spellingcity.com/
thesaurus reference

(http://thesaurus.reference.com/
possibly useful site? (save your own word banks)

http://www.bigiqkids.com/VocabularyProgram/FreeVocabulary.html
Sean Banville's site LOTS of links
vocabulary by discussion topics

http://www.esldiscussions.com/
interesting... works well sometimes, follow the simple directions and see what happens
pay attention to the PART OF SPEECH of the suggested word

http://www.phraseup.com/
JenniferESL link

http://www.englishwithjennifer.com/Word_of_the_day.html

voicethread

voicethread help list
links to several sites

http://www.diigo.com/list/cobannon/voicethread-resources-tutorials
usefu tutorial
liz davis's help site

http://21ctools.wikispaces.com/Voice+Thread
tutorials
more help

http://digitallyspeaking.pbwiki.com/Voicethread
nik peachey's tutorial
nik's tutorial

http://www.technogogy.org.uk/voicethread.html
school project notes
ideas

http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/01/11/voicethread-school-project/
voicethread's help
original tutorial

http://voicethread.com/

Word lists (categorized)

positive adjectives (describe your character)
be sure to scroll down)

http://thehappinessshow.com/PositiveAdjectives.htm
long list of character adjectives (learn new vocab)
Challenge: positives and negatives; which are which (from this list)?

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

writing

tranitional phrases
transitional phrases

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

http://www.prefixsuffix.com/
subject verb agreement
OWL Purdue site

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

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/
bookr
make your own books with photos

http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/
write about places you know!
Read what others write

http://www.nextstop.com/
fun! click on "Random" in the middle
give yourself 10 minutes to write about what is selected!

http://www.distractionbeast.com/brainstormer.swf
sample student essays

http://eslbee.com/persuasion_essays_models.htm
lots of links

http://eslbee.com/
writing guidelines, tips, for writing about cities

http://esl.about.com/od/writingintermediate/a/describing_cities.htm
OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue (excellent reference help)

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

z Planning

great ideas here

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

z professional development: me

brave new world (video)
video re: technology + / -

http://blip.tv/file/1262079
MATESOL program online

http://www.newschool.edu/matesol/
ipods in school? Larry F post

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

http://www.angelamaiers.com/2008/09/are-you-a-21st.html
CAELA brief 1

http://www.cal.org/caelanetwork/pd_resources/learnerinteractions.html
CAELA brief 2

http://www.cal.org/caelanetwork/pd_resources/literacy.html
CAELA brief 3

http://www.cal.org/caelanetwork/pd_resources/AdultESLInstruction.html
CAELA framework read

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

Dr. Guilbaud's current academic and research activities are
videos to review
teacher-generated videos

http://www.mlots.org/
lots of links and plans
esl help

http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/index.html
interesting Pearson Longman site
trends in ESOL

http://esoltrendwatch.wordpress.com/
English language learning framework
agree? dispute? why?

http://www.aacompcenter.org/pdf/framework_brief.pdf
use any text, creates teleprompter?

http://www.cueprompter.com/
whencan!

http://www.universityreviewsonline.com/2005/10/100-most-inspiring-and-innovative-blogs-for-educators.html
Bloom's taxonomy easy planner
apply to lessons; handy chart

http://www.byrdseed.com/differentiator/
planning: activity ideas

http://edition.tefl.net/ideas/games/relative-clause-games/
vocabulary teaching (4 approaches)

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

http://warmupsfollowups.blogspot.com/