Lingro Language Learner Enter any Website to make all words clickable, as WordChamp does on this site. Lingro remembers all the words you look up, so you can easily review and study them. So does WordChamp.com, once you have become a member!
Top Toolbox for Learning New Words! Cobbs LexTutor Offers English / French Dictionary / Concordancer; Text-to-Speech & Word Learning Tests & Tools.
Hypertext Builder (from LexTutor) Build resource-linked texts for online reading. Wire your own texts so Language Learners can use the support of: E Audio with Text-to-Speech (TTS) sound E Concordance + Dictionary/Dictionary only (Monolingual or Bilingual for Chinese, Japanese, Spanish or French (so far) E Reading-plus: Provides resources to understand every word in any text!
Mr. B's English Learning Links: Cool links for learning English in outline form! I. Reading Links II. Writing and Essay Advice III. Speeches IV. Listening/Speaking V. Intercultural Learning Links VI. Dictionary Sites (Learner- & Other) VII. TOEFL / TOEIC VIII. Technical English & Language Learning Technology IX. Email Keypals X. More English Learning Links
Intercultural Sites InterCultural Insights Using the Internet: Links & Learning Ideas for Internet Intercultural Instruction & Exploring!
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Times Of Crisis is an extraordinary interactive timeline showing the critical events of the economic recession over the past 365 days. Its probably a bit complicated for English Language Learners. See others at The Best Sites To Learn About The Recession.
The Baltimore County Public Schools have a very nice collection of educational links for all subjects at their BCPS Curriculum Resources K-12 page. Find more at The Best Collections Of Educational Links.
Educational Networking" is the use of social networking technologies for educational purposes. Because the phrase "social networking" can carry some negative connotations for educators, the phrase "educational networking" may be a way of more objectively discussing the pedagogical value of these tools. The original URL for their site (http://socialnetworksined.wikispaces.com) still works, but http://www.EducationalNetworking.com is now the main URL.
Moodlemoots and other kind of Virtual Learning Environment Events (VLE user events, such as Sakai, Blackboard, etc) are celebrated all around the world.
Every E-learning Event that Pascual Perez-Paredes (NAU, Flagstaff) came across was listed here... You could get lots of clues for your researching here.
You will find links for Reading resources for everyone, Reading resources for English language learners, Activities and Quizzes, Stories, Songs, Poems, Interactive Fiction, Etc. See also World News Sources (John McVicker - Ohio University) - The main categories are: Today's News, News Topic Search, News Directories, Newspapers, Magazines, Radio, Television and Sports. You can find the news you want on-line. Use this source for pleasure reading or research. Download RealAudio to hear stories read to you.
(German) telelernen und internet in der lehre. A non-commercial portal with articles, links, books, conferences as software related to online learning in tertiary contexts.
A website devoted to embedding learning materials into ELT. This is a well laid out website for learning and teaching professionals, and for developers working to promote innovation and best practice in education, where you will find a wealth of practical materials to download, designed to help you. The site is designed for ELT, but has wide applicability to other languages. Some links may no longer be live.
ESL Station from the ESL Department at San Jose City College is a language-learning site with three goals: to provide teachers and students with a variety of online sites that focus on language teaching and learning; to offer students online language practice that supports the goals of their courses; to facilitate independent language learning that includes all language skills at all levels of ability.
Here are the results (you can read descriptions of each web tool by going here.
1. Synthasite; 2. Moblyng; 3. Nile Guide; 4. Flowgram; 5. Book Goo; 6. Graspr; 7. Jog The Web; 8. Posterous; 9. Tikatok, Awesome Highlighter, and My Jugaad (three-way tie); and 10. Edublogs.TV, Digital Vaults, Quikmaps, Tokbox (four-way tie).
Randall Sadlers ESL Web.org is dedicated to Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) for Language Teaching, TESOL, & Teaching L2 Reading and Writing. View his great PowerPoints!
A nice site available in 5 European languages with images, information, and quizzes about 85 countries around the world. The text is accessible to Intermediate English Language Learners, and the images are obviously good for students of all levels. Good quizzes about each country, and a neat feature called Compare, by which you can pick any two countries and easily compare their demographic data with the click of the mouse. Visualgeography.com lets you explore the world through images, flags, money, language, maps and other information.
ENGLISH WEBSITES RECOMMENDED FOR PRACTICE AND STUDY
ESLgold.com provides over a thousand pages of free information and resources for both teachers and students. All materials are organized by skill and level for quick and easy access. All materials on ESLgold.com are free of charge and organized by skill and level for quick and easy access. In addition to its free online resources, ESLgold provides you with recommendations for great textbooks, an online Bookstore, and even a book exchange, where you can buy and sell used books. ESLgold.com gives you the opportunity to practice your English language skills in many ways. If you're a beginner, you can start by checking out our vocabulary pages, where you can see, hear, and say new words in English. If you need some help with grammar, listening, or reading, you can look through hundreds of pages of explanations, examples, and exercises or browse through the quiz links section. If you want some conversation practice, you can find a study buddy, tutor, or teacher in our speaking partner program. Need some help with TOEFL or TOEIC*? Check their TOEFL / TOEIC section. How about pronunciation or idioms practice? Want to improve your Business English speaking and writing skills? See their extensive list of useful expressions for business encounters as well as phrases for conversation along with situations and topics for pair and group discussion.
ESL ALL and CALL4ALL.us both recommend these as ten of the very best sites related to the learning of English as a Second or Foreign language on the web. They contain a wealth of knowledge about the four language skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) as well as pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, interactive exercises and a lot more. For those of you who have but little experience with available online resources, here's your chance to get a quick overview of many of the treasures awaiting you as you visit cyberspace.
One of the biggest and most popular EFL/ESL sites on the Internet! Study English grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, play games, meet other students and teachers around the world, find information about language holidays to study abroad, find penfriends and keypals, get help on English grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, test yourself, and even find copiable resources for learning and teaching English.
An excellent site put together by Kenneth Beare. Concentrates on helping the foreign speaker of English get the best out of the Internet while improving English-language skills. Features include articles on the latest English Net-slang, conversational challenges, listening strategies, help with English comprehension tests such as the TOEFL and First Certificate, and regular features on grammar and comprehension and a lot more.
Another great site for ESL students and teachers from around the world. Scroll down the page and select from a variety of cafe items. You can take an interactive quiz in the ESL Quiz Center, receive help with questions related to English in the ESL Help Center, search for something in the cafe or on the Web in the One-Stop ESL Search Page, share your experiences with others in the ESL Idea Page, read and add your own writings to the ESL Graffiti Wall, or ask Dave a question on the ESL Question Page. There are also links to other ESL information for both students and teachers, an interactive message exchange, and an ESL email connection.
Activities for ESL Students: Here's a high-quality activity project by The Internet TESL Journal. Includes grammar and vocabulary quizzes, tests, crossword puzzles and other activities to help students of English as a second language. Has thousands of contributions by many teachers.
Randall's ESL Cyber-Listening Lab: A great site that helps students improve their English listening comprehension skills through practice with self-grading listening quiz pages.
English Language Listening Lab Online: Listen to English speakers from all over the world. Over 400 free listening activities to choose from. Listening activities come with transcripts, quizzes, pictures, and audio that can be downloaded.
Lots of ESL / EFL student resources. Grammar, phrasal verbs, and vocabulary exercises, games, and quizzes. Great practice exercises for the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) too!
The institute is housed in the Bemis International Center on the beautiful campus of St. Norbert College overlooking the Fox River in De Pere, Wisconsin -- a suburb of Green Bay. The ESL Institute teaches English as a Second Language (ESL) to foreign students who want to prepare for a professional career or for an American university degree program. Some ESL students are preparing to study degree programs at St. Norbert College. Some students come for short courses in our ESL summer language and culture classes.
UsingEnglish.com provides a large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools & resources for students, teachers, learners and academics. Browse our grammar glossary and references of irregular verbs, phrasal verbs and idioms, ESL forums, articles, teacher handouts and printables, and find useful links and information on English. Topics cover the spectrum of ESL, EFL, ESOL, and EAP subject areas.
Edict.com is a Virtual Language Classroom based in Hong Kong.
Web Concordancer, Unique Words Text Profiler, Word Frequency Text Profiler, Net Dictionary, Chinese - English Parallel Concordancer, Teachers' toolbox, etc.
Excellent data on an enormous range of topics! Themes include:
Arts & Crafts (Color famous paintings), Calendar Crafts, Graphic Organizers, Holidays, Little Explorers Picture Dictionary (Phonetically arranged!), great Kids Pages Links and Books to print out, Bilingual Dictionaries for Kids in European Languages and Japanese, Crafts, Monthly Activity Calendars, Printouts and Crafts. Geography topics include US State Map Quizzes, World Flag Coloring and Quizzes, Pre-School & Kindergarten Themes, Nursery & Rebus Rhymes, Writing Activities, Human Biology, History and Physical Science Topics (Botany, Earth Science, Biomes, etc), Zoom School and Zoom Dinosaurs, Math and Music Activities and more! Science pages are listed by age group and topic.
This is a great starting point. Go to this site and you are immediately given a list of areas such as grammar, collocations and multi-word verbs. Simply click on the one that interests you and you will be taken to a separate list of exercises (there are also some very good business English crosswords). Most of the exercises offer instant feedback.The site is free and easy to navigate.
This site offers supplementary material for a TV broadcast that CNN makes to schools around the world in English. It is free and students don't need to watch the programs to do, and get benefit from, the exercises here. Feedback is instant and there is plenty of material. This is organized by the dates of university terms (the site is run by Brigham Young University). Just click on Exercises or Vocabulary and then choose a date
and you will get a list of exercises. Not everything is business-based, but much of it is.
This site is also free. When you open it, you will see a list of drop-down menus, eg Reading, Grammar and Vocabulary. There are some interesting reading articles; they don't have accompanying comprehension questions as such (you could make up your own), but they do have exercises on the meanings of words within the text. Checking answers to the grammar exercises can be a little slow as you have to check each item individually.
An international site for students and teachers of English as a foreign language with exercises, worksheets, useful links and resources, reading, fun, games, etc.
Free lessons written by teachers / professional writers, audio lessons, 50 articles, list of international ESL schools (1,090), ESL Java games / quizzes, ESL discussion forum, etc. Free access to over 2,500 ESL job offers worldwide, 2,200 ESL resumes.
Peacekeeping English. Actually designed to help those involved in international peacekeeping operations. Dont we wish that good communication skills were all that it takes to make a peaceful world? Developing good language skills sure can help, at any rate!
Relevant for workers needing higher levels of English proficiency. Interesting activities on a wide variety of topics using multimedia language learning materials. These range from giving presentations, doing effective online study and other career-related themes.
English through Songs, Stories, Poems and Word Games. Improve Your English with EFL.net, where you can listen to songs, stories and poetry while you read the texts on the screen. Here you can do cloze tests, play word games and improve your grammatical and idiomatic English. EFL.net is a Holland-based language learning site.
Educator's Reference Desk users may wish to search ERIC* at the U.S. Department of Education's ERIC website: http://www.eric.ed.gov. *The Educators Reference Desk is not affiliated with or funded by the ERIC program or the United States Department of Education. All questions concerning ERIC should be addressed directly to the ERIC program at 1-800-LET-ERIC.
US Dept of Eds ERIC the worlds largest digital library of educational literature.
ERIC at the U.S. Department of Education's ERIC website. All questions concerning ERIC should be addressed directly to the ERIC program at 1-800-LET-ERIC.
Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) provides quick and easy access to over 40,000 educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit and commercial Internet sites. Enter a word or words that describe the information you are looking for in the search box on the right side of the GEM page.
Looking for a cost effective, comprehensive online learning and communication environment that aligns to major funding streams?
Futurekids online is a comprehensive, customizable web-based solution that integrates best-of-breed educationally relevant solutions for your school or district. Futurekids online will deliver a complete online learning, training and communication environment for everyone in your school or district. The platform was developed to meet the specific funding requirement for several major U.S. funding programs including No Child Left Behind.
The Futurekids solution empowers educators, students, and administrators to be proficient with technology as a learning, instruction, administrative and communication tool resulting in better learning outcomes and improved return on investment.
E-Learning Services is at the forefront of the advancement and application of new technologies in the curriculum, supporting and developing quality online learning and engaging in research to improve the educational experiences of the University community through e-learning.
This is a site for students of English to practice their language skills using movie commercials. There are over 130 trailers, each with 8 different activities, allowing students to practice reading, listening, writing, speaking and grammar. An advantage of this site is that it allows teachers to track their students' scores and forum entries. It also has printable versions of cloze, quiz and weblinks activities for homework or in-class use.
Online Tools for Teaching and Learning. Recommended Sites for Teachers. Collaborating, Social Networking Sites.
The Educational Development and Technology Centre (EDTeC) provides central support and resources for online learning and the use of educational technology throughout UNSW.
The Encyclopedia of Life is an ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world. Its stated goal is to create a constantly evolving encyclopedia that lives on the Internet, with contributions from scientists and amateurs alike. To transform the science of biology, and inspire a new generation of scientists, by aggregating all known data about every living species. And ultimately, to increase our collective understanding of life on Earth, and safeguard the richest possible spectrum of biodiversity.
Aframe Online Learning and Compliance Solutions. Online and blended learning development and delivery specialists for Corporate and vocational training programs; Compliance programs; Product knowledge training and assessments. Aframe is a leading Australian e-Learning company that provides innovative outsourced online learning, assessment and compliance management solutions. Aframe released its first e-Learning product in 1998 and has developed the e-Learning platform, Aframe OLAMS (Online Learning & Assessment Management System).
A podcast is an audio file that you download from the Internet. After you download it, you can listen to it on your computer or on an MP3/portable music player (for example, an iPod or iRiver). You can subscribe to a podcast so that it is delivered to you automatically each day, just like a newspaper.
What is the Learning Guide?
The Learning Guide is an 8 - 10 page guide for every future podcast. The Learning Guide includes all of the following:
Complete transcripts (ESL Podcast and English Caf); Definitions; Sample sentences; Comprehension questions; Additional explanations; Cultural notes; and Tips on improving your English.
This list represents some of the more active e-learning blogs Gabe Anderson has found or read regularly. As he says: Each of these is great in its own way -- be it the in-depth analysis, the industry headlines, the technical prowess -- but all will get you thinking about learning and technology in new ways. From learning theories to content design, metadata to LMSes, survey data to industry trends, these blogs have it all.
My Language provides access to News Sources, Search Engines and Web Directories in over 60 languages! MyLanguage is a portal providing access to Search Engines Web Directories and other online information resources in 60 community languages in Australia. MyLanguage is a partnership between the State Libraries of NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, and WA and the NT and ACT Library and Information Services. They are very useful Printer-friendly Websites, Community-based language resources, Online Email Services. Information includes Local History and Entertainment, Government Departments in Australia, Current Affairs and News, Online Directories and other Library Catalogues. World News free full-text news and weather around the world. Top Online Email Services using GMail (free web-based Email from Google). MSN Hotmail free web-based Email from Microsoft Network. Yahoo! Mail free web-based Email from Yahoo!
Issues Direct is a new e-book resource website for teachers, librarians and students around the world on topical social issues such as Drug Abuse, Energy, Climate, Responsible Tourism and Poverty. A free ebook PDF can be downloaded.
NoteTab is a leading-edge text and HTML editor for Windows. Winner of software industry awards since 1998, this swift Swiss application does it all: it easily handles a stack of huge files; lets you format text to your heart's content; does system-wide searches, and multi-line global replacements. It even corrects your spelling mistakes. Build document templates, add bookmarks, convert text to HTML on-the-fly, and take charge of your code. Use a simple, power-packed scripting language to create anything from a text macro to a mini-application. The ultimate free Notepad replacement and a handy HTML editor. Handle a heap of files with a simple tabbed interface. Search files, strip HTML tags and format text quickly. Build libraries of text macros to speed up your work. Formerly called "Super NoteTab". 100% freeware -- no ads and no nags.
to improve schools by better cooperation across Europe. So far almost 1 million students, and 100,000 teachers from over 11,000 schools have been helped thru its new initiatives.
(ISTE) with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The TSI is designed to provide school districts with models for an efficient and effective technology support system based upon best practices in nationally recognized school districts. With the TSI framework and self-assessment tool, school districts can appraise the quality and efficiency of their current technology support program and learn about possible improvements they can employ.
If you have a successful practice or use of software or hardware, please share it with the rest of us in this database which, once it is populated, will provide everyone with lots of good stuff!
Check out EasyEnglish, a very simple translation of the Bible for people who are starting to learn English. There are two levels: Level A (1200 words) and Level B (2800 words) and includes a new words list at the end of each book. "EasyEnglish is a form of simple English developed by Wycliffe Associates (UK). This site contains Bible commentaries, Bible translations, Bible studies, and other materials written in simple English. They are free for you to download and use."
Translation Software, Translation Dictionary, OCR, Spell Check. Smart Link's products recognized for their advanced technology and ease of use include an extensive library of Multilingual Fonts, Keyboard Managers, Proofing Tools, Computerized Dictionaries, Optical Character Recognition tools, etc.
Creator of AceReader Speed Reading Software: Smart Link Corporation offers the most comprehensive line of multilingual software products including Translation Software, Computerized Dictionaries for English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, etc.
Hebrew and Arabic natural language processing for data retrieval and information extraction that smoothly integrates with existing systems; online computerized dictionaries , Kolan TM - automatic
Between computer programs that can identify human speech and match that up with their computerized dictionaries in order to understand our weaknesses to jokester scientists building robots.
Click on "Online Resources for English Learning" to access pages with many annotated links for... Reading Opportunities; Listening Opportunities; Vocabulary & Grammar; Test Your English; Keypals; & Chat Link Sites. These sites a) have a history of consistent service; b) offer quality materials; c) feature regularly updated materials and/or a large enough collection of materials so that students can benefit from visiting the site again and again.
Evaluate your English proficiency level using British Councils Learn English Site. Test or Assess your English level in four areas with these free tests:
ETProfessionals website is packed with practical tips, advice, resources, information and selected articles for discerning teachers who dont want to waste time getting good ideas quickly. Browse articles and feel free to submit tips or even articles. UK-based.
Curriculum: English / Language Arts, Foreign Language.
In this Webquest you will find activities designed to help English language learners gain skills to read on grade level. This site was designed with the intention of helping ESOL and second language learners maximize their proficiency in reading in their L2 language. Grade(s): K-2, 3-5 Language: English; by Sharrine12/01/2006.
maintained by Todd Beuckens, is a flash-based site providing students with a new audio dialogue of native speakers each week. Each dialogue centers around a specific topic and often contains a check for listening comprehension. The site has excellent, simple navigation features and a modern, simple look to it. Its a great place to help autonomous students focus in on improving listening to authentic English in an ungraded environment.
Enterprise 2.0 is a catch-all term expressing something foundational that is changing how organizations function. McGee presents a compilation of important articles relating to this foundation-level change.
ESL - International Studies for over a decade has been a specialist in providing language courses worldwide. The linguistic programs are offered to juniors, adults and students, as well as executives. The aim of ESL is to help the customer focus on his needs and wishes to help him find a well-adapted language program. The advice service is free of charge and enrollment is not necessary.
At ESL Services we offer proofreading, editing and curriculum development services all over the world. We have professional and experienced editors and curriculum developers to do the work for you. If you have assignments, business documents or your school needs a new English curriculum let ESL Services help you reach your full potential.
The Cyber Hymnal: Thousands of Christian hymns & Gospel songs from many denominations lyrics, MIDI files, scores, pictures, history & more. Searchable, advanced Autoplay feature, free downloads. New entries every week. User friendly. Biggest site of its kind on the Internet.
ESL Reading.org (Kieran McGovern) posts PDF versions of longer stories popular with learners (including 'The Signalman', 'The Prisoner of Zenda,' 'The Body Snatcher,' the 'The Marble Finger' etc. Also a series of 400 word quirky stories: 'Did that Really Happen?' originally published in Hong Kongs Ming Pao paper.
Easy-to-search site with "electronic materials for both teachers and learners, such as lesson plans, maps, images, data sets, visualizations, assessment activities, curriculum, online courses, and much more" in the area of the study of the Earth.
Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information available from anywhere.
iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is the world's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and youth to use the Internet ...
A website devoted to embedding learning materials into ELT. This is a well laid out website for learning and teaching professionals, and for developers working to promote innovation and best practice in education, where you will find a wealth of practical materials to download, designed to help you. The site is designed for ELT, but has wide applicability to other languages. Some links may no longer be live.
Software for Social Scientists who work with Text Based Data. Tool for ethnographic research. The website has a page of very clear screen-shots, letting you see how easy the procedures are. The webpage on the demo version does not reveal the extent of the work that can be done, but asks you to fill in a form saying whether you wish to receive marketing information. Two chapters from its manual are available to download: Chapter 2: Overview and Chapter 4:Quick Tour.
If you teach English, and if you have a sense of humor, you must go to David Deubelbeiss' post Funniest videos about teaching / learning English and watch the videos.
ESL Lounge Free ESL Lesson Materials for teachers. Grammar, worksheets, song lyrics, board games, pronunciation and more. All free and printable.
Online Conference/Classroom Nellies English Projects is an educational website for students and teachers whose aim is to motivate students for lifelong learning. It provides resources for teachers on how to integrate technology into the classroom by means of project based and experiential learning using WebQuests. The site provides many educational resources, articles, lesson plans, evaluation rubrics, reading practice and collaborative writing ideas.
IP2Phrase IP2Phrase allows you to insert dynamic customizable welcome messages to your web page with geographical information.You can either design your own phrase or use one of their defaults.
This site uses WordChamp to automatically translate words on this page into about 140 languages! CLICK for a free account so you can also SAVE new words into files. Change Target Language Here:
Get in the Sandbox & Play with Us Kids!Eby using Twiddla Co-Browsing Tool Here:
Top ESL/TESOL Programs Find top online and local ESL/TESOL programs and request free info. Learn more about starting an exciting career in bilingual and ESL teaching today!
FREE ONLINE VOCAB TESTS Free Test of your vocabulary in English, Chinese, German, Japanese, Spanish or Turkish. Test Preparation free for GRE, SAT, TOEFL Tests. Speed-Reading Practice and Word Games.
Vocaboly.com offers many FREE Vocabulary Tests online.
Click on the V to check how many words you know in English.
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