TRANSLATION SERVICES
 Dictionary.com Translator
(Powered by Google Translation Engine) Over 50 languages including Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Japanese and Spanish available for free online translation. Translated.Ning.com
OddCast Translation and Text to speech
Oddcast has a talking character male or female which will translate any text you paste in the text box and let you hear the translated text! The free version allow 250 characters for "Latin" languages and only 50 for Asian languages. Could be a great add-on in an educational setting. Voice123.com's Translation Services Directory
TEFL weekend courses
Cactus offers weekend and weekend and online TEFL courses: Learn the basics of teaching English as a foreign language in a weekend, extend your knowledge through related online TEFL components. TOEFL Preparation Online
TOEFL iBT Sample Test o Free TOEFL iBT test that covers parts of all 4 components - Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing. o A glance at real test materials and software interface. o Provided scoring for Reading and Listening. In the Sample Test, Speaking and Writing are not scored. Travel (Real or Virtual)
The Best Sites Where Students Can Plan Virtual Trips A nice geography lesson is to have students plan a trip to some location (or locations). There are several web tools that make doing this pretty easy - it's just a matter of identifying where you want to go, looking through the sites to see in those places, and then "dragging-and-dropping" them onto a list that you can subsequently post on a student or teacher website/blog. Most of these sites also allow you to write a description of your trip (and why you chose the places you did), but students can do the same on their own site, too. Even better, most of these sites also let users comment on places they have visited, which make them an excellent place for students to write for an authentic audience about locations they have really visited (which can include local spots). Here are sites most accessible to English Language Learners that let them plan these kinds of virtual trips: Tripwolf; Nile Guide; Go Planit; Ruba; Planet Eye; Tripcart; Tripwiser; Discover America; Travel DK; and Yahoo Travel. See also The Best Resources For Finding And Creating Virtual Field Trips.
Media Library of Teaching Skills
for adult learning and literacy TESOL: Other Adult Learning Videos
English Trailers
Text Ladder Software and Links
Travel English for Tour Guides (to be)
Pearsonlongman.com
Nice Translator
Nice Translator is the newest addition to The Best Reference Websites For English Language Learners 2008. One way it stands out is by translating into your chosen language as you write it. Most other similar sites require you to input everything and click enter before it begins to translate. Shahi Dictionary
Shahi Dictionary is a dictionary that combines simple definitions with quite a few Flickr photos. The combination of the two makes it pretty accessible to English Language Learners. Teamness
A new and innovative online project collaboration platform. TEAMNESS's main features include task management, messages, file sharing, whiteboard, search engine, RSS and notifications. The service is completely web based free to use.
TOP TEACHER RESOURCE WEBSITES
Teachers BEST Sites for ESL/EFL
Alphabetized A-Z Links Page (from Larry Ferlazzo) Teachers BEST E-Learning Online Resource Page
(from Larry Ferlazzo) English Learners Hub
from the British Council Teaching English
Includes practical lesson plans, articles, books, downloads, etc. to keep your teaching fresh. Network for Language Teachers
Network with over 10,000 teachers via this English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme (ELTeCS). Hornby Educational Trust Professional Development
Hornby Educational Trust runs regional workshops to benefit language teachers development. ELT and Educational Technology Search Engine
Use this powerful search engine to help build up your links with others in the CALL and Language Teaching Community worldwide. 4 Teachers
4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use.
ENGLISH LESSON PLANS
ERIC
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. Education Resources Information Center
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. Educational teaching materials massive Digital Library
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. Eduref.org Virtual Lessons
Selected Links for ESL Teachers
(maintained by The Internet TESL Journal) Maybe not all of the very best, but definitely some of the best places to start. Things for ESL/EFL Teachers
From The Internet TESL Journal Teaching Techniques for ESL/EFL Teachers on Topics from A-Z
From The Internet TESL Journal The Internet TESL Journal
For Teachers of English as a Second Language Articles, Research Papers, Lessons Plans, Classroom Handouts, Teaching Ideas & Links Treasure Hunts: Internet Treasure Hunts for ESL Students
Some people call them scavenger hunts. (from The Internet TESL Journal's Activities for ESL Students)
SYSTEMATIC SLVA (SECOND LANGUAGE VOCABULARY ACQUISITION) STRATEGY
Systematic vocabulary learning strategy
(Tom Cobbs Excellent Approach) Lextutor lists
Use these linked vocabulary level lists to start! All these lists are connected by simple mouse-clicks to both a speech engine and a large corpus of natural English. So each word can be heard and met in a variety of contexts. Use these lists systematically and your English 1k, 2k, AWL/UWL vocabulary learning will be well under way. You will more readily recognize these words each time you meet them again and learn even more. Lextutor levels
Test how well you know the 2000, 3,000, 5,000, 10,000 and UWL lists. Then fill in any gaps you find to build the strong vocabulary you need to be a good English reader. Sparklit
Survey and Test-Maker; Web-Polls, Mini-Surveys, etc. Digitales story-telling
A site with all types of digital storytelling resources including how-to's, tips and tricks, tools, and scoring guides. Second Life Online Conference
Tafiti
Tafiti.com is probably the most versatile Search Engine yet designed. This great new search service - Tafiti (built with Silverlight) is built by Microsoft. Use it to quickly search not only the Web but also Halo Blogs, News, Photo Images, RSS Feeds. Then filter, save or share them with anyone, anywhere! Truly amazing! It loads quickly and adds great additional functionality/ interactivity to sites. After a few minutes with Tafiti - saving and tagging searches - all sorts of ideas/options/uses come to mind. Clicking on the tree view gives a visual representation of key areas...and the user can drag the slide bar to "seedling" or "full tree" size. Japans Transportation in Tokyo
English information about the Tokyo Subway System is available here.
TESOL TEACHERS' PERSONAL HOMEPAGES AND RECOMMENDED LINKS
World CALL Directory
Aims to be a Clearinghouse of all available Online Dictionaries, Language Learning Links and CALL Organization World-wide. CALL4ALL.US is John Paul Loucky's Homepage for the Website you are currently using. Marks ESL Links
Marks ESL lists top links for English teachers & students. TEACHERS LINKS INCLUDE: Banner Ads Wall; Bonus Links Directory; ESL China Room; ESL Black/ White Lists Area; Discipline and Management Room; Flash Card Room; ESL Articles Library; Korean Language Room; Lesson Plan Room; Link Search Center; Mark's ESL World Gazette; Photo Gallery; TESOL Room; Teachers' Resources Center; Teachers' Services Center; Teachers' Educational Center; Teaching Tips and Ideas Room; "Teaching In ..." Area; Teaching English in Vietnam Room; Unusual ESL Links Area. View The Career Center to find jobs in all areas, The ESL Job Sites Area; General Teaching Jobs Area. Visit the Lounge to explore most popular areas of the Internet. Karen`s Linguistic Issues
Victoria Muehleisen
Associate Professor in English School of Law, Waseda University Hong Kong Virtual Language Center
Kenji Kitao`s
Links to English language research - EFL and communication. Tom Robb's Homepage
CALL links Claire Bradin Siskin's
CALL topics Lauren Rosens Language Links
Dr. Loretta Kaspers Homepage
Dr. Loretta Kaspers Online English Courses
Extensive Reading
NEW SITE FOR EXTENSIVE READING HEADQUARTERS! Extensive Searchable Research Reference List with Abstracts
TASK-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING
TBLT 2007 - Task-Based Language Teaching Online Proceedings
Designing Online Reading & Writing Courses & Tasks to Maximize L2 Learning (John Paul Loucky) Flash Presentation Loucky
Designing Online Tasks to Maximize L2 Learning Handout Loucky
Designing Online Reading & Writing Courses & Tasks to Maximize L2 Learning
ESLTEACHING LINKS
TESOL / TEFL Links for Developing Teachers
Formerly known as The Human-Languages Page but now called I Love Languages, this is a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources. The over 2000 links in its database have been hand-reviewed to bring you the best language links the Web has to offer. Whether you're looking for online language lessons, translating dictionaries, native literature, translation services, software, language schools, or just a little information on a language you've heard about, I Love Languages probably has something to suit your needs (to paraphrase their words). With 218 Languages carefully catalogued, it has a highly readable, clear and crisp presentation that is most user-friendly for either language student or teacher. Its 11 Language Categories include 11 Sub-Categories well-organized for easy searching: By Language - Language Lessons - Collections of Links - Linguistics - Conferences - Organizations - Dictionaries - Teaching Resources - Free Translation - Web Logs (Blogs) - Language Identification Marie Nuzzi's
List of valuable ESL resources & practice sites - abundant ESL information for teachers and students. ESOL 4 All
ESOL 4 All has many good free resources for teaching and learning English. Aarvark's EFLResources
ESL Monkeys
ESL Monkeys have some great links and resources. American Teachers
Tools for Teachers, Parents & Students. Awesome Library
Awesome Library organizes the web with 26,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5% in education. Hot Topics Include - American flag, current events, religion and politics, tsunamis, presidential race, iraq, biographies, education, environment, medical care, obesity, fitness, holidays, middle east conflict, multicultural, terrorism, bullying, world peace, and encyclopedias. You can Browse in Spanish, French, German, Russian, Dutch, Malay, Arabic, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, or Japanese! Churchill House
Information on the school, including free English lessons and English teaching material. Directory for all ELT / EFL areas in Japan
Lesson Plans Page
Collection of over 2,500 free lesson plans for pre-K12. Free ESL flash card English games
Free esl flash card English games that you can make, play and print. On Teaching Fish it is free to make, play and print ELS flash cards. These highly interactive multi-media flash cards use animation, sound, and user interaction to make the esl practice experience as fun as possible. You can choose from numerous sets of pre-made cards or you can make your own... it is up to you. Teach or learn English vocabulary | Teach or learn English verbs | Give or take short practice quizzes | Learn about or teach common English expressions | Expand your knowledge of English grammar | Make games for your friends or students to play | Practice all sorts of English skills for free. Free English Flashcards
MES-English ESL/EFL Resources for Teachers - ESL/EFL resources for Teachers of Young Learners - 900+ FREE flash cards, phonics cards, game cards and activities all ready for download and use this afternoon. Teacher Help
Free educational resources for teachers in Christian, public, private, and home schools. Foreign Languages Ideas
Links to (and descriptions of) ideas for teaching foreign languages. Teacher Express
Links related to teaching. Simon's ELT Activity Land
Favorite Links, Photo Album, Word Games, Jokes & Hoaxes, Letter & Picture Card Page, Free Speaking Fun, Roleplays, Fun Things, Ways of Remembering, Fun Drilling, Playing Cards, Free Speaking Fun, Moving Students, Classroom Management, Creative Thinking, Present Perfect, Sentence-Level Games. Syvum
Online Education and Interactive Learning worldwide to over 150 countries. Vocabulary Test Activities
For GRE & SAT Practice, history, science, and people. Syvum Translation
Syvum's translation Services. TESL-EJ
(Teaching English as a Second Language or Foreign Language) Internationally-recognized source of ESL and EFL information for people in scores of countries. Internet TESL Online Journal
A monthly web journal for teachers of English as a second language (articles, research papers, lessons plans, classroom handouts, teaching ideas, links, etc.). Internet TESL Online Journal Articles
(vocabulary-related) Internet TESL Online Journal Links
TESL / TEFL / TESOL / ESL / EFL / ESOL links of interest to students & teachers of English as a second language. The Best on the Web for Teachers
The Web Portal for Educators - lots of links with lots of resources English Resources
teaching and revision resources (Britain) Free Resources for English Teaching
Secondary English teaching resources, lesson plans and schemes of work for teachers of English language and literature (Britain) Sites for Teachers
educational web sites, lesson plans, free worksheets, e-books One Stop English
lesson plans, downloadable worksheets, tutorials, forum, e-lesson warehouse, related websites, TEFL jobs, etc. (Britain) Inside Out
weekly lessons on topical themes Reward English
monthly lessons on cultural topics including festivals and celebrations Cambridge ESOL On-line
the website of the University of Cambridge English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) with full information on all of the Cambridge ESOL examinations and tests, as well as the latest news from Cambridge. Oxford University Press ELT Links and Teacher Clubs
Oxford University Press English Language Teacher Clubs
Funland Linguistic TESL Resources
TESOL.net has provided Funland Linguistic TESL Resources for teachers and for English Teachers and students of ESL/EFL since 1994. Language Guide
a collaborative project that aims to make available extensive free resources for learning languages. English-to-go - Instant Lessons
A searchable, on-line library of 100's of printable, photocopiable English lessons. Elementary to advanced. Each lesson comes complete with teachers' notes and answer keys, news articles, pre-reading activities, reading comprehension and grammar exercises, games, role plays or discussions. English 4 U - ESL Lesson Plans
Free, ready-to-use ESL lesson plans for English language teachers based on current news stories and lyrics of popular songs. Watch Education
education resources list for colleges, online learning, online course, early childhood, home schooling, education subjects, etc. English Raven
educational resources and materials for teachers of ESL/EFL to young learners. Extensive Reading
Information on extensive reading with an emphasis on its application to Second or Foreign Language Learning. Genki English
Elementary school English games, songs and ideas. Ernie's Activity Page
Ideas for activities and games in the foreign language classroom. Hot Potatoes
Programs to create educational materials, especially exercises and tests, in the form of web pages. Kanto Gakuen High School "English Adventure"
Easy vocabulary quizzes, puzzles, and games with pictures and images. EFL Club
(also known as Brett's Games) Quizzes, songs, games, stories, etc. for students and teachers of English as a Foreign Language. Breaking News English Daily
ESL's most up-to-date News English resource. Daily, still-hot Current Affairs lessons & FREE. 100% copiable. Over 20 communicative ideas per lesson. Saves planning. Energizes classrooms, and teachers. As the news breaks, teach it. English Specialist
An international site for students and teachers of English as a foreign language with exercises, worksheets, useful links and resources, reading, fun, games, etc. English Online
a New Zealand site for English teachers with fully resourced teaching units, links to sites, an internet tutorial, projects for students and a discussion forum ESL Lounge
free ESL lesson materials for teachers: grammar, worksheets, song lyrics, board games, pronunciation and more (all free and printable) English Maze
A unique website for students, teachers and schools learning English. The English Maze contains hundreds of dynamic Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing & Grammar activities. Plus Chat, E-pals, Discussion boards, lesson plans + many other free resources. The ESL Links Site
resources for ESL students and teachers (English grammar, listening, vocabulary, quizzes, tests, books, CDs, tapes) Teaching.Com
free, non-commercial educational web services for educators and students Teaching Treasures
online activities, projects, free worksheets, teacher resources and ideas A Byte of Language
English teaching resources + online exercises (with Hot Potatoes) EduFind.com
education resources on the internet. Language Lessons for 75 different Languages
Also links to these 8 resources: BBC Language Sites, On-Line Grammars, e-Free Translation.com, yourDictionary.com, free Online Language Courses (for 50 languages!), Foreign Language for Travelers, Language Box Online Lessons, Word2Word Language Resources (formerly Rivendel.com). I Love Languages - Teaching Resources
English and Spanish teaching resources Schacknes Developing Teachers
great lesson plan ideas! Schacknes Online Language Teaching and Learning Courses
Schacknes Great Language Exercises
(16 Types) for Developing Teachers to try. Sample language exercises using Schackne Online. Schacknes Language Pages
Schacknes excellent language pages include: ESL-EFL Resources, Curricula, ESL-EFL Home Pages, Technology, CALL, Organizations, Media, Publications, Other Languages, Language Schools, Search Engines, Other Schackne Online Pages. Language Teaching and Translation Organizations
Over 40 major language teaching and translation organizations at ILoveLanguages.com. Teaching English Flash Presentations and Podcasts
TESOL / EFL / ESL LINKS
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! |
The Internet TESL Journal
A monthly web journal including articles & research papers, lessons & lesson plans and teaching techniques as well as links of interest to teachers of English as a second language. TESOL.org Publications
TESOL/TEFL Resource Library
TESOL Recommended Links
TESL / TEFL / TESOL / ESL / EFL / ESOL Links
About 15,000 Links of Interest to Teachers and Students of English as a Second Language (Site Map of iteslj.org - Kelly Brothers TESOL Links Library) Language Teaching Network
 A 4 ESL
Activities for ESL students - quizzes, crossword puzzles, treasure hunts and more. TEFL.net
TEFL Networks for English Teachers. Resources to teach English as a foreign or second language, including TEFL course database, TEFL jobs centre, TEFL help desk, ESL lesson plans and teacher forums. Interesting things for ESL students
Charles Kelly & Lawrence Kelly - daily page, slang, quizzes, proverbs, anagrams, randomly-generated sentences, and more. Interactive exercises using Flash, Javascript, and Java, for students of English. The focus is on American English. Learning languages, information and communications technology links
A large number of interactive quizzes, sorted by level, for learners of English, plus a database of annotated links for English learners, searchable by category, and links to current news stories. The site has been created by students at the College of Foreign Languages in Czestochowa, Poland. BBC World Service Learning English
British Council
- web resources for English language teaching (ELT) worldwide. British National Corpus
A 100 million word collection of samples of written and spoken language from a wide range of sources, designed to represent a wide cross-section of current British English, both spoken and written. English Club
Lots of resources, including reference materials, study aids, and quizzes, for teachers and learners of English. English Zone
all kinds of learning and teaching material, interactive exercises, printable worksheets, etc. English Specialist
An international site for students and teachers of English as a foreign language with exercises, worksheets, useful links and resources, reading, fun, games, etc. Using English
English language learning online - resources for learning the English language for ESL, EFL, ESOL, and EAP students and teachers ESL Lessons and Links
Lessons, grammar info, and interactive exercises (which give meaningful responses, rather than just right/wrong). The authors also publish an online Internet Journal written by and for ESL students. Dave's ESL Cafe
"Where learning English is Fun!". A friendly website for students and teachers of ESL, with language resources and online chat rooms. Guide to Grammar and Writing
Lots of English grammar references and interactive exercises (written in Javascript and CGI). An excellent resource for both teachers and learners of English. ICT4LT
This website is dedicated to Information and Communications Technology for Language Teachers. A total of 16 training modules have been completed and are being continually updated. Interactive Listening Comprehension Practice
Interactive listening comprehension exercises using RealAudio clips recorded from American radio stations. Of Course
A site full of resources for English learners studying for the Cambridge First Certificate in English, including past papers, online tests with detailed feedback, suggestions for further study, analyses of learning styles, and multimedia exercises. A useful resource. Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Lots of English listening quizzes using audio and video materials. Each quiz has Pre-listening, Listening, and Chat Centre. Stirling University's EFL Listening Pages
Interactive English listening exercises, including logic puzzles, treasure hunts, telephone messages, and crosswords. Teaching English
A co-production between the BBC and the British Council. Wicked stuff for English learners. Interactive multimedia activities, most of which require browser plug-ins (Shockwave, RealAudio). WELL Project
The principal aim of the WELL Project (Web Enhanced Language Learning) was to promote wider awareness and more effective use of the World Wide Web for Modern Languages teaching across Higher Education (HE) in the United Kingdom (UK). English Forum
the web portal for students and teachers of English (ESL/EFL) Parapal Online
a wide variety of interactive English grammar, listening and reading exercises. Free English
learn English and have fun ESLgo.com
ESL go provides free online English grammar and vocabulary classes based on Harry Potter, the stock market, music, and other interesting topics. There are also English practice message boards. The Resources for ESL and EFL teachers include business English, speaking activities, and lesson plans. Real English
free English language teaching videos online. Your English Online
an award winning English language teaching website offers quizzes, grammar activities on weekly basis. The site aims to improve your everyday, business, workplace, and exam English. English Daily
Learn English every day. ESL Blue(s)
English as a foreign or second language; interactive quizzes, readings, games for students learning English providing multi-feedback, instant correction and diagnostic tests ESL Teachers Board
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. English for Professional Communication -
created at the English Centre, University of Hong Kong to help university students improve English skills necessary to communicate in a professional setting (business letters, e-mail, telephoning, reporting, interviewing, presentation, etc.) Karin's ESL Partyland
interactive quiz centre, discussion forum, links Blue Book of Grammar
an on-line English grammar and punctuation reference guide including exercises with answers Auto-English
free interactive and print-out exercises to learn English, including grammar, idioms, phrasal verbs, slang and typical mistakes Learn English Now
exercises, grammar, vocabulary, etc. English behind the Scenes
English-behind-the-scenes.com offers ready-made exercises based on the latest films, together with teacher's notes and table of contents. Kids ESL textbooks
Children ESL textbooks for ages 8 - 12. Teach Yourself English
Easy-going, friendly English teaching aid. Conversation, songs, quiz, literature. Suitable for teachers and students alike. ESL City
a great number of worksheets, flashcards, reading and question topics, board and card games for the English classroom. English Maze
a website for ESL/EFL learners and teachers of English with dynamic speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar and pronunciation activities, chat rooms, discussion boards, e-pal database, e-cards, lesson plans and more. To Learn English
free materials to learn or teach English for ESL/EFL learners and teachers (grammar, exercises, courses, interactive pages) Diana's Place
Hot Potatoes Games and Quizzes - interactive exercises and games. Nellie's English Projects
content based lessons designed to provide students and teachers with clear instructions on how to write and present research papers. Students are evaluated for the process as well as for the final product. ESL Language Center
INTERLINK's ESL Resource Center provides free English lessons, exercises, games and links for learners and teachers of English. English Club Links
English Club's list of EFL / ESL / TEFL / TESL links English Links
a list of various ESL sites with lots of interesting things (quizzes, lesson plans, reading, writing, listening, etc.)
CALL AUTHORING PROGRAMS
Clear
Rich Internet Applications for Language Learning Created by the Center for Language Education And Research at Michigan State University. Online programs for recording, uploading, mixing, and interacting. Free! Cutting Edge Online CALL Programs
(Jim Dubers) Cloud
Europes leading broad band network.
TEXT ANALYZERS
Text Analyzer from Lexicool
TEXT TO SPEECH ENGINES
Talking Stories
There is a new site called Scribd that allows you to type a document on your computer, easily upload it to Scribd in seconds, and then the site immediately posts your document on the Internet with audio speaking the text. This is an extraordinary site for English Language Learners. They can easily post what they write and listen to how it sounds. They can use pictures and text or just plain text. You can also see student examples there and see this link under Student Talking Stories at http://www.bayworld.net/ferlazzo/Student%20Work.html#talkingstories. ReadPlease
A free TTS or Text-to-Speech Engine. Developer of award-winning text-to-speech software for Windows based operating systems. Reads any text you see on your screen - all purpose text-to-speech software. ReadingBar 2 for Internet Explorer reads any web page, makes mp3/wav files, zooms any page, text-only version web pages, translates and much more! ReadPlease ReadingBar
Explains ReadingBar Supported Control Codes for Volume, Speed, Pronunciation, Spelling, Silence and Choice of Voices. Speaks for Itself Text-to-Speech Program
Microsoft Reader - Download Text-to-Speech Package
Download Microsoft Reader software here. Microsoft Reader 2.0 is the new standard for electronic publishing and reading on screen. Natural Readers
Paralinks TTS
TTS Voice engine that converts text into lifelike spoken audio in a variety of languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Russian. Get best quality voice and pronunciation; practice your speaking and listening skills; see real-time spoken text selection; realistic speaking characters personalize your language experience; and use voice player functions to replay text. Soft Sea
Softsea.coms TTS Download; Also called ProTecSoft VoiceMate or Verbose TTS. This software provides Text-to-Voice conversion from any Windows application. CoolSpeech With this, you can listen to online news from any URL, Email messages or any other text. Verbose TTS
Free Download Top Text-to-Speech Program Online (TTS)
Multi-Lingual Online Translator with Sound and Avatar!
TESOL TEACHER TRAINING
Institute for Cross-Cultural Training
a Wheaton College site that links to good articles, some from CETC, the Christian TESOL caucus. SLA Resources. InterVarsity
Links to all sorts of resources, ESL articles, language and outreach tools for working with different ethno-linguistic groups. These include Language Resources and Bible tools in Arabic, Aramaic, Chinese, Japanese-English, Greek/Latin versions, Indonesian, Iranian, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Urdu, and Songs in various languages.
TRANSLATION SERVICES
Searchenginez' Translate Websites
May well be the best overall translation site, as it has many translation engines available for free use. It can also even guess which language you are typing in, using 3 such programs: 1) MLTT Language Identifier (which can guess 47 languages), 2) Stochastic Language Identifier (13 langauges, and 3) TextCat Demo (a walking Rosetta Stone that can guess 77 languages accurately!). Just try to compete with that. Language translation services
high quality and affordable translation services from and to almost all languages of the world. Translation Wizard
Free simultaneous access to over 265 dictionaries for 73 languages!
TRANSLATION ENGINES AND DICTIONARIES
Translation Town
Online Translation Marketplace for translation service buyers and professional translators. Free online translation. Find a translator or sell your translations directly online, a great place if you have a large translation to be completed. http://www.translationtown.com/tt/datos/diccionario.asp Translation Town Dictionary Online Dictionary from Word 2 Word Language Resources - Breaking the barriers of language through learning. Dictionaries, language courses, language chat, automatic translation available across a very wide range of languages. World Reference
French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish online dictionaries with online translation facility. All One Search
Online Dictionaries and Translation Engines Tradukka
Tradukka is a simple translation site. Its just a re-packaging of Google Translate, but its a very nice re-packaging. The interface is more attractive and accessible.
TOURS AND TUTORIALS ONLINE
English Learning Tutorial
English Studies
Language Learning
'Real' Language Resources
Literary Resources
Linguistics Resources
'Infrastructure' Resources
TEACHING ENGLISH ABROAD
TESOL Courses
to get you teaching English anywhere in the world. Our courses are open to everyone, no experience or qualifications needed. TEFL Courses
Take weekend or online tefl courses from anywhere in the world. You could be following your dream job in your dream location by teaching English. TEFL Asia - Teachers Connect
devoted to the training and placement of skilled English teachers all over the SE Asia region.
MACHINE TRANSLATION SOFTWARE ENGINES OVERVIEW CHARTS
Reports on Translation Software.
Mitre
These translation programs are intended for giving a general gist of meaning, not as a substitute for human translation. However, this is the best quick view of Machine Translation options online, covering 13 online translation engines.
TRAVEL TIPS AND LINKS
Travel Online
Great Travel Tips and Links from Jim Becker. TravelPod a FREE travel blog
With TravelPod you can easily: - Post unlimited photos and videos alongside your memories.
- Write about your trip so your friends and family can read about your adventures as you experience them.
- Plot your trip on a map for everyone to see.
- Send and receive messages from friends and family.
Your blog will never expire, so neither will your memories. Start your own travel blog today, or head to www.travelpod.com to find out more about how you can: Create your FREE travel blog to share your photos and stories! - Share your travel experiences
- Stay in touch while you travel!
- Discover the world
- See the world through travelers' eyes
- Find travelers near you
- Meet the TravelPod Community
- Find friends on TravelPod
- Stay in contact with friends.
TRAVEL AND TOURISM LINKS
The British Council
The UK's international organization for educational opportunities and cultural relations. Foreign languages for travelers
Travel industry search engine
The UK travel guide
HM USA travel guide
Travel Post
Free Maps to discuss traveling in 262 Countries! Map Quest
Use this great free online mapping service for US and international map searches. Imaginary Postcards
Mystery or imaginary postcards may be sent between teacher and students, in which various places are described. Just tell students what to include in their Dream Vacation Mystery Postcards! The Independent Newspapers Travel Section
Your Holiday Disaster and Your Questions, Our Experts pages from The Independent Newspapers Travel Section. Use to get students to Brainstorm about: Transport, what to pack, where to visit and what to do, where to stay, people and cultures to observe. Creative Focus: Compare your best and worst vacations. Lonely Planet
Dream holiday planning. Talk about and plan your Dream Vacation! Travel Rough Guides
Dream holiday planning. Talk about and plan your Dream Vacation! London Town
London holiday tour. Search Yahoo.com for data on any other city youd like to visit. Theme Park Travel
Virtual Disney Tour
Travel Times
Travel Times, Dates
Compare Times around the world. Quick and easy to work with. UK Public Transport Information
with links to all major means of travel in the UK. Vietnam Travel
Vietnam tours operator, Vietnam hotels reservation, Vietnam ticket booking, Vietnam car rental.
BRITISH TV GUIDES
BBC
Central TV UK
Channel 4 UK
AMERICAN TV GUIDES
TV Guide (USA)
View TV Listing Sections to discuss any interesting or favorite programs. Use TV online schedules for your country or for any English-speaking country to discuss what kind of programs are showing and when to watch them.
ONLINE TV SERVICES
MyStrands TV
MyStrands released a personalized online video service called MyStrands.TV. You can type in an artist or tag and it creates a customized "channel" for you. MyStrands.TV is powered by MyStrands APIs and the music videos come from YouTube. Some music data is provided by Muze, Inc. Its an easy way to organize or personalize Music Videos. MyStrands.TV adds an easier, richer and more fun personalization layer on top of YouTube's data. MyStrands is a music discovery and social networking site, which in June 2007 raised $25 Million to lead the social recommendation industry". Take TV
Take TV Mobile Device enables you to transfer video from PC to TV anywhere! Miro
Free open-source TV/video platform.
TEENS
CyberTeens
Many interesting links to such topics as art, business, books, computers, educational resources, entertainment, fun and games, history, language arts, math, museums & libraries, music, nature, online safety, places, schools, science, sports and for teens . Teenadvice
Teentalk
Lucie
Teen Advice
Ask for advice about typical teenage problems. Advanced and sensitive issues, so best to check these out first teachers!
TOOLBARS USEFUL FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING
Starware
Many features including Dictionary, Translation, Biographies, IM Buddies, etc. ETNI Rag
ETNI Rag is the English Teachers Network in Israel. Feel free to contribute.
TECHNOLOGY SITES
Open Source Technology Group
Source Forge
Over 132,000 Open Source projects making it the the world's largest destination for Open Source. Slashdot
IT Managers Journal
Linux
Fresh Meat
TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION
(also see IT and E-Learning) ISTE
The International Society for Technology in Education.
TESTING TECHNOLOGY
OWL Testing Software
When it comes time to explore technology that educators can use for testing and assessing reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills in an online environment, consider OWL Testing Software.
TESTING PROGRAMS
RCampus.com
This free program can help you create and keep track of classes, coursework, track it and assess it online. Test Creator Activity Module for Moodle Users
TOEIC Study Site (English or Japanese)
LANGUAGE TESTING STUDY GROUPS AND PROGRAMS
EALTA
European Association for Language Testing and Assessment TimeforKids
Beginners Magazine with Writing Help
FREE ENGLISH GAMES AND TESTS
ESL-PRO.COM
offers free TOEFL, TOEIC and English Grammar and Vocabulary Practice Tests. Test Your English Online
Free-English.com
has lots of free and cheap practice downloads or CDs of offer. Free-English-Games.com
has fun games to try.
TESTING WORD LIST / VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE ONLINE
My Word Coach
Online Vocabulary Game Vocabulary Levels Tests and Other Vocabulary Tests Online at LexTutor for free
Includes 4 Receptive/Recognition and 3 Interactive Productive Vocabulary Tests (at 5 levels); a Word Association Test (both print and interactive); and a Yes-No Real vs. Not Real Word Test (both print and interactive) with the same test in French.
TECHNOLOGY NETWORK BLOGS
Other Weblogs Inc. Network blogs you might be interested in: Joystiq
Downloadsquad
Tuaw
Bloggingstocks
Engadgetmobile
Autoblog
TELE-PRESENCE PROGRAMS
Cisco Creates Public Tele-presence Centers
Telepresence, Video Conferencing Everyone Is Talking About Mobile Social Networking e-Marketer forecasts that mobile social networking will grow from 82 million users in 2007 to over 800 million worldwide by 2012.
OTHER
The Tale of Three Trees
Childrens Christmas story retold by Angela Elwell Hunt Library of dictionary and translation links
Free Online Dictionary, Translation and Reference Services. Your guide to free online dictionary and translation services. With definitions in most languages, thesaurus, word of the day & encyclopedia links. Hot Potatoes programs
for creating online tests. Free lesson construction software to build a teaching website; includes crosswords, gap-fills, cloze tests, matching, multiple choice and jumbled exercises. Online tests to check your own English level
Evaluate your English proficiency level using British Councils Learn English Site. Test or Assess your English level in four areas with these free tests: - Vocabulary Level
- Grammar Level
- Listening Level
- Reading Level
Merit-Bay Online Test Engine
Merit-Bay helps recruiters to assess skills of candidates in various IT topics. Individuals are encouraged to measure their skill levels. Email alerts, Issuing Certificates, Forum Options, Answer Reports for each test, Graphical report for comparing the candidate's performance are the special features of Merit-Bay. Glossary of Instructional Strategies
PlasmaLink Web Services provides the Glossary of Instructional Strategies as a resource for all educators Task-Based Language Teaching
TBLT includes teaching approaches using communicative and interactive tasks as the central units for the planning and delivery of instruction. Such an active and authentic approach to language education is said to provide an effective basis for language learning. When designing language education websites with Task-Based Learning and Teaching goals in mind, three major parameters of subjective enjoyment and objective effectiveness as well as technological efficiency should all be considered. Teacher Tube
A video site which provides educators with a place to view and upload videos that "address specific learning objectives and/or provide professional development for educators." Life-Long Learning
Nellies English Projects: Educational Portal for life long learning. Communicate. Collaborate. Educate.
Distance Learning and Tele-Communications. Elluminate pays attention to how people communicate, educate, and collaborate in the real world. You'll see this reflected in their commitment to developing the enabling technology that advances these activities in the virtual world. Built on their unique No User Left Behind technology, Elluminate Live! 7.0 delivers enhanced accessibility, functionality, and usability that facilitates small group collaboration, enables blended online/onsite learning, creates dynamic online communities that foster social networking, and much more. Teamness.com
Great free Collaboration Tool! TOEFL Mail Magazine
(Japanese and English) Text-to-Speech Products
Both free and commercial listed here for download. E-Learning and Ed Tools | Web 2.0 Tools.
Online Teaching Tools
Collection of many online tools for teaching and learning. Icing on the Cake
Online Tools for Teaching and Learning. Recommended Sites for Teachers. Collaborating, Social Networking Sites. Learn Tagalog Now
Learn Tagalog Now offers Tagalog and Filipino Language courses including Idioms and Slang. Downloadable, Sleep Learning and MP3. Free Philippines Smart Phone, Pocket Pc Themes and a downloadable Philippines yearly calendar of Holidays and Events. TOEIC and TOEIC Free and Commercial Practice Tests
ITESLJ
The Internet TESL Journal is an electronic journal filled with practical articles on ideas for the classroom and is a good place for teachers to learn from their peers. This online journal typically comes out once a month. Back issues are kept online as well. Total Immersion Enterprises
Total Immersion Enterprises offer Total Immersion Plus, a new methodology for the acquisition and/or tutoring of any language. Says students can become fluent in just 200 hours, and if you believe you can do that, then maybe you are a genius or maybe not. TIE specializes in Scottish Gaelic. Learning to Teach Online
An accredited online distance education course aimed at teachers, lecturers, trainers, content developers who wish to transfer their existing skills to an online environment. LeTTOL stands for Learning To Teach Online and it has been delivered since 1997 to in excess of 2000 learners. It helps participants gain the skills needed to develop and deliver online courses of all kinds. It can help you make the Internet a powerful, flexible and accessible way to learn. Maryland Teacher Technology Standards
This site includes information, processes, and best practice videos to help teachers enhance their knowledge base of how to best infuse technology into teaching and learning. Maryland Teacher Technology Standards
Information Technology and Website Evaluation. Technorati.com
Currently tracking 86.1 million blogs and over 250 million pieces of tagged social media. Technorati is the recognized authority on what's happening on the World Live Web, right now. The Live Web is the dynamic and always-updating portion of the Web. They search, surface, and organize blogs and the other forms of independent, user-generated content (photos, videos, voting, etc.) increasingly referred to as citizen media. These include videos, music, movies, games, DVDs and News clips and stories. Education and E-Learning Blogs Library
Top 100 Ed Blogs, etc. Texas Computer Education Association
TCEA 2007 Handouts Tokyo Baptist Church
Probably the largest and one of the most contemporary, warm and inviting international churches in Tokyo, Japan. Members from over 40 nations. Travel Tours with Pictures
Time converter
Toolbars
Instantly add buttons to your Toolbar. Tuzi
Tuzis Fusion of Language and Technology Homepage. Tianji
Tianji.com is the first Chinese social networks on OpenSocial. Tianji.com is another social network, the first Chinese partner of OpenSocial. Task-based Language Teaching
Review of Skehans 'A Cognitive Approach to Learning Language', 1998, OUP T-enterprise.co.uk
Online Games: Buzz-off Save the Bees, etc. Typing/Keyboard Practice
Flash-based, interactive, keyboarding practice page that allows the user to print out a chart of statistics. Assessment and Rubrics
Class assessment and rubrics ideas from Kathy Schrock. Parent-Teacher Conferences
Ideas and overall tips for successful parent-teacher conferences. Sinorama
Sinorama magazine (recently renamed as Taiwan Panorama) for Online Reading practice. The Sinorama articles are mainly about issues in Taiwan in such areas as politics, economics, arts, society, culture, and ecology. An electronic corpus consisting of 10,000+ texts! Twitly
Twinfluence and Twitter Grade: Create groups with your Twitter friends and start posting messages. DukaDial
Call any US landline phone number for free. TorChat
Instant message with people through this USB portable client. Travel Agents and Tickets
via YellowPages.Travel (Search all travel sites at once!) Topics Online Magazine
Online Magazine for Learners of English TOPICS offers learners of English an opportunity to express and publish their ideas in English to an online audience.
BASIC ENGLISH
Technical Terminology explained in Basic English
(Ogdens) Summary of Richards TECHNIQUES IN LANGUAGE CONTROL
by Prof. Yoshiko Aizawa in his new book on BASIC, published in Japan in 2007.
TV LANGUAGE LEARNING RESOURCES
Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro) Video Transcripts
Bill Pellowe's homepage
Translation Services
Wisetranslations is one of the leading providers of professional human language translation and proofreading services for websites and documents at a reasonable cost. Our customers enjoy first class 24/7 customer support and live chat features. Thanksgiving Sites
Best Sites to Learn about Technology-Rich Schools
Features of Technology-Rich Schools. TeacherTube
How teachers can affect people's lives like the kids in this video, now concerned for Sierra Leone. Nicenet.org
Teachers Internet Classroom Assistant Simple Technology Guides
Simple Technology Guides (quick references)
Simple Technology Guides are simple, double-sided cheat sheets that can be printed out for many software applications. Custom Guides are added to The Best Places To Learn Computer Basics & How To Fix Tech Problems list. Searchable TrackStar
Collect websites, enter them into TrackStar, add annotations for your students, and you have an interactive, online lesson called a Track. Create your own Track or use one of the hundreds of thousands already made by other educators. Search the database by subject, grade, or theme and standard for a quick and easy activity. Woopid.com
Technology Video Tutorials: Hundreds of no-cost technology video tutorials dealing with both hardware and software; great for quickly learning a new skill (the site is ad-based).
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Free Demo Lessons
http://CALL4ALLUS.en101.com
Internet-based, interactive audio-visual English learning center with instructions in 21 languages.
Free Demo and great online Business Opportunity!
Click on a flag to choose a language.
online electronic translation tools
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.
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FoxLingo The Ultimate Language Tool!
(works only with Firefox)
Web Page Translation, Translated Search, Auto Translation, Text Translation, Language Resources, Learning Languages, etc.
Main Features
- Page Translation - Translates full web pages (over 1,000 different language pairs)
- Translated Search - Searches foreign pages using terms written in your language
- Auto Translation - Automatically translates websites by recognizing their domain
- Text Translation - Translates text entered in the search box or selected on any web page
- Language Resources - Over 90 language services (encyclopedias, text-to-speech, etc.)
- Ixquick - Metasearch engine with unique features, language search and complete privacy
- Learning Languages - Over 100 links to language learning sites for a variety of languages
- Freeware - FoxLingo is completely free and contains no adware or spyware
- Complete Privacy - FoxLingo does not take any information from its users
Supports 45 languages & over 1,000 different language pairs
Afrikaans, Arabic, Aranese, Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Malay, Norwegian, Occitan, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese Brazilian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish Latin American, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Welsh
Uses 35 free online web page translator services
Worldlingo.com,
Tranexp.com,
Google.com,
Abacho.co.uk,
Altavista.com,
Apertium.org,
Eigo-navi.com,
Elmundo.es,
Excite.co.jp,
Freetranslation.com,
Gencat.cat,
Gts-translation.com,
Ibm.com,
Imtranslator.com,
Internostrum.com,
Interpret.co.za,
Linguamatix.com,
Lingro.com/,
Lingvo.org,
Nazgol.co.il,
Nifty.amikai.com
Ocn.ne.jp,
Oesi.cervantes.es,
Online-Translator.com,
Opentrad.org,
Sli.uvigo.es,
Solvingmaze.com,
Toggletext.com,
Tr.voila.fr,
Translatica.pwn.pl,
Translator.live.com,
Translendium.es,
Vil-net.dyndns.org
Yahoo.com,
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