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TOP VOCABULARY LEVEL AND LEARNING SITES

Vocab Profiler

Vocab Profiler will give you a color-coded representation for words in different Levels of Frequency within any inputted text. This helps you isolate more difficult words to simplify or study them. As Cobb describes them: “Vocabulary Profilers break texts down by word frequencies in the language at large. . . VP is used for many research and teaching purposes (like matching text to learner via the Levels Test ).

CALL4All's Vocabulary Survey Forms

Keep track of your own word knowledge using these free online forms--Vocabulary Knowledge Scales, Depth of Lexical Processing Scale and Vocabulary Learning Strategies Taxonomy.

SFKA

Semantic Field Keyword Approach - how to use semantic fields to expand your vocabulary.

Download Japanese bilingual SFKA Study Sheets – for members only.

Dictionaries Galore!

Links to thousands of Monolingual and Multi-Lingual free Web Dictionaries.

Semantic Field Keyword Approach

Use this online Semantic Field Keyword Approach to rapidly expand your vocabulary to advanced levels. Words are pre-organized for you by simpler, common Keywords and related meanings for English, Chinese and Japanese.

Analyze Word Parts

(Open pdf)

Mountain, L. (9/2002). Flip-a-Chip: Examining Affixes and Roots to Build Vocabulary.


Nakata Web-based Lexicon Resources

BC Fun with English

Very wide variety for beginner/elementary students - for kids, but adults like too

British Council - Learn English Teens

ESL Games Plus

Lots and lots of grammar and vocabulary games

ESL Games World

Lots and lots of grammar and vocabulary games

Game Zone

Games to Learn English

Learning Chocolate

Let's have fun with English

MES Games

Lots of really fun team-games that you can use on the IWB as well as in computer room

New English File Games

Quizlet

My favourite site for vocabulary development with adults - not many games but enough to make it worth creating the sets! Students love working with each other on these. Pro version is well-priced and very much worth it.

EFL Pinterest from Kelsey

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BC Fun with English

Very wide variety for beginner/elementary students - for kids, but adults like too

British Council - Learn English Teens

***ESL Games Plus

Lots and lots of grammar and vocabulary games

***ESL Games World

Lots and lots of grammar and vocabulary games

Game Zone

Games to Learn English

Learning Chocolate

Let's have fun with English

***MES Games

Lots of really fun team-games that you can use on the IWB as well as in computer room

New English File Games

***** Quizlet

My favourite site for vocabulary development with adults - not many games but enough to make it worth creating the sets! Students love working with each other on these. Pro version is well-priced and very much worth it.

EFL Pinterest from Kelsey.

Diolingo

A gamified education app to learn languages through translation


BEST VLS: WAYS TO DEVELOP VOCABULARY LEARNING STRATEGIES:

"Ten Principles for Vocabulary Instruction"

Ten Principles for Vocabulary Instruction is the last post of a three-part series in Education Week Teacher. In this segment, Laura Robb and Amy Benjamin share their thoughts with readers' comments.

What Are The Best Ways To Teach Vocabulary?

This is the latest "question-of-the-week" at my Education Week Teacher column. Also subject of Education Week Teacher column. Katie Brown and Marilee Sprenger chat with me for ten minutes in this segment.

Best Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary in the Classroom [Hear Ferlazzo’s Radio show]

10 Principles for Vocabulary Instruction

Hi Tech Inventions:

V-Tech Audio-Video Doorbell Security System


VIRTUAL IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENTS OR WORLDS:

MinecraftEdu

Get a teacher & student-friendly version of Minecraft for your classroom at up to

50% off the full price.

Dora's Great Big World

This iOS app immerses preschoolers in learning games on topics like letter recognition, early reading, and early counting.

Zoo U

Young children can learn key social skills in areas like impulse control, emotion regulation, and cooperation in this this web-based virtual world.

Video: “The Big Bang Theory – Back To The Future Grammar”

Wendi Pillars shared this video on Twitter shared on The Best Funny Videos To Help Teach Grammar.

The Time Tribe

This web-based, historically accurate, CCSS-aligned, time-travel adventure teaches critical thinking, empathy, and global citizenship.

Wizen World

Practice CCSS-aligned 3rd to 8th grade math within this web-based virtual world. Contains some cartoon and fantasy violence.


VIDEO-MAKING PROGRAMS ONLINE:

ShotCut, i-Movie, etc. Quick Overview of Top 4.

Making Movies & Videos for Internet. By Tekking 101 showing MovieMaker, YouTube…

ClipChamp.com Online Video program.

Voice Dream Reader: Can Read you ANYTHING in various voices (TTS)!

VIDEO-BASED ELL

Using Best Fun Online Video Games for English Language Learning!

VideoNot.es

The free, open-source way to automatically synchronize notes with video.

Touch Van Gogh

Studying a Van Gogh painting? Packed full of information and history, all art history apps should be this interactive.

PNA Research

Glean

Glean chooses and catalogs the BEST Educational Videos! Ever feel overwhelmed by so many educational videos online? Aided by a team of teachers, this service chooses and catalogs the best videos for your classes.

Fun & Useful Video: "ESL Verb English Grammar Vocabulary Rap Song"

I'm adding this video to The Best Web Tools For Teaching Irregular Verbs & Verb Tenses - Contribute Your Suggestions!

Wonderful Words: Vocabulary Matters

By introducing vocabulary through games and hands on materials, teachers can provide a venue for their learners to use new words in a variety of contexts. Engaging learners through play helps them establish personal meaning, no matter what their age. The moderators will share their favorite tools that most actively engage everyone in the learning process. and participants will contribute their ideas. Sponsored by TE

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Vocabulary Learning and Instruction

VLI is an open-access international journal that provides a peer-reviewed forum for original research related to vocabulary acquisition, instruction and assessment. Submissions are encouraged from researchers and practitioners in both first language and EFL and ESL contexts. The journal is published biannually online in the growing tradition of open-access peer-reviewed research.

ReadLang.com - replaces WebReader

Audio & Video - Pronunciation of words in many languages

Read along to YouTube videos with synchronised transcriptions, Export Words, Flexible export options

Learning Difficult Vocabulary about Digital Literacy: Teacher Video Clip

TEACHING CHANNEL: Vocabulary Teaching Ideas on Video-Clips

This series of Teaching Channel videos show how one pre-teaches vocabulary words before tackling a digital literacy topic. Another makes sure to involve students actively in the reading process. This is a very important skill to develop for close reading. After all of unknown words are gathered by students, a teacher can mix them up and have them define them. That way the students are exposed to even more new words and they can see what their classmates chose. This "Collaborative Discovery" process greatly helps them understand the vocabulary words for a specific concept, but also to understand the words in the context and how they are used. This Korean-American teacher created fun ways for children to expand their vocabulary using both picture cards displayed on class bulletin boards along with a "College Talk" Technique here: College Talk.

Vocabulary Paint Chips

A similar most engaging classroom technique to use for building a more robust vocabulary is called Vocabulary Paint Chips, illustrated here.

VOA Wordbook

Yolango

Yolango offers over 1,000 Video Clips from popular films and TV programs, all captioned, transcribed and rated by level. Captions, if clicked, provide definitions and examples with 13 language translations! Yolango is most engaging, challenging, interactive and even addictive in a good way for kids!

Very Fun BBC Vocabulary Games!

Visual ESL Games

Vocabulary - LiveBinder

Subtab 4 - Noises

Comparing Electronic Dictionaries Functions and Use (JP Loucky)


VOCABULARY ACQUISITION, TEACHING, AND ASSESSMENT: SELECTED REFERENCES (TIRF)

The International Research Foundation

(for English Language Education)

Vocabulary Acquisition Teaching Assessment - Selected References

A Vision of Students Today

A Vision of Students Today is a short video directed by Dr. Michael Wesch summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn; what they need to learn; their goals, hopes, and dreams.

FUNNY VIDEOS: Best for a laugh or to describe!

1. Chockadoc - A nice site for finding documentaries w/ an educational category where people can rate videos as well.

2. Documentary Heaven - A great place to find 1000's of documentaries on a wide variety of subjects.

3. Documentary Storm - A fun community for finding documentaries rated on a 6 star scale. Users have the ability to leave comments and collaborate w/ others.

4. Documentary Tube - A wonderful place to find documentaries where users can save documentaries by creating playlists.

5. Documentary Wire - A simple site w/ lots of educational documentaries to browse through.

6. DocumentaryZ - A great place to find free documentaries where people can search by most popular, subject, or best rated.

7. Free Documentaries - This is a excellent place to find political and educational documentaries.

8. John Locker - A nice place to find documentaries where people can rate and upload videos as well.

9. Snag Films - One of the most popular sites for finding documentaries and independent films. Also, people can share these films and view on a mobile app.

10. Top Documentary Films - A terrific site w/ lots of documentaries to search through where users have the ability to leave comments.

Vocre.com-- Platforms: iPhone

Vocre [voh-krey] is a new translation app from myLanguage that allows anyone to communicate instantly with anybody from anywhere - without language being a barrier.

Description: Vocre is a new translation app from myLanguage that allows anyone to communicate instantly with anybody from anywhere - without language being a barrier. With a new spin on usability, this app is a first step in helping the world communicate more easily.

iSpeech Technologies Used: Text to Speech

Visual Vocab-Builder from "Awesome Stories"

Awesome Stories is on several of "The Best" lists - it has extremely accessible articles and multimedia on just about every topic imaginable. And it just got even better- They've begun adding a "Visual Vocabulary Builder" to many of their stories to help with comprehension. Here's an example of one to support their story on the "back story" of The War Horse, the new Steven Spielberg movie. Add Awesome Stories to The Best Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced English Language Learner Sites.

VOCABULARY CHALLENGE: 5 WAYS TO STORE WORDS

VEDOQUE

Vedoque is a great site for educational games for PK-8th grade. There are lots of features on this site to like such as: typing games, printables, etc. For Kapuler's top 10 sites for educational games click here.


VIDEOS BEST FOR ESL/ENGLISH-LEARNING:

Grockit

Grockit Answers lets you pick any video from YouTube and create a series of questions about it. The great feature is that you can set the time on the video for each question to alert the viewer when the answer will appear. It's an excellent scaffold for Beginning English Language Learners.

ESL Video

ESL Video is still clearly the overall best video quiz creation site for ELL's. Grockit Answers, though, is also easy to use, and its timing annotation could be very helpful to Beginners. See more at The Best Online Video Sites For Learning English.


VIDEO-CONFERENCING PROGRAMS

Watchitoo Creates Online Video Chat Service

Watchitoo has created a "Playground" video service that lets you have up to eleven people on a video call at one time for free. You can pay for expanded services. Unfortunately, all the participants actually have to register on Watchitoo in order to be on the call, as opposed to other services which just require the initiator to be registered, but it's still a decent service. I'm adding it to The Best Online Tools For Real-Time Collaboration.

"Eight Ways to Use Video With English Language Learners"

Eight Ways to Use Video With English Language Learners is a new excerpt from our book on teaching ELL's. The excerpt was published at Edutopia.

BIG MARKER

Big Marker is a free web conferencing community ideal for educators and students. This is a great place to create a private room to collaborate by: chatting, sharing documents, etc. There are three categories of attendees: participant, presenter, and moderator. Holding a web conference is very easy to do and is a great way to facilitate online learning.

Stunning Views

Universe Today article features the third installation of a video series by Dustin Farrell, called "Landscapes." The striking videos show amazing views of Earth and sky through Time-lapse videography. (Photo: Dustin Farrell). Certainly, "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork," as it says in Psalm 19. On his Vimeo site, Farrell explains that he may be producing these videos on a less frequent basis: Watch Part 1 and Part 2 in the series, or visit his website (Source: Universe Today).


VIDEOS FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING:

VEENGLE

Veengle is cool new site that I found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers. This is a great site for editing and mashing up videos. This is done by searching for a video and then editing that video by either cropping it or adjusting the colors. This process is done over and over to different videos and then weaved together by transitions.

ShortForm Looks Like A Nice Way To Collect Your Favorite Videos Into Your Own "Channel"

ShortForm lets you grab videos from YouTube, Vimeo and Hulu to create your own video "channel" that can also be embedded. In addition, you can create live events where videos can be shown to an audience. You can read more about it at TechCrunch. Find more at The Best Ways To Create Online Video Playlists.

VIDIPEDIA

Vidipedia is like Wikipedia for video-- place where people can upload and edit video. Also, a user can rate and browse by categories for videos.

British Council, EFL Classroom, ESL Video, Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, Hello Goodbye, It's Rainy, Lyrics and Music, Lyrics Gaps, Lyrics Training, You Are So Beautiful

Four Good Online Video Games

Here's how to use online video games with English Language Learners. They're great language-development activities when students play them by following "walkthroughs" (instructions on how to "win"). Here are four new ones, along with their walkthroughs.

CREATIVE VOCABULARY STORY for Learning Adjectives and Verbs

Using Free Rice and SciVee to Motivate Vocabulary Learning

OSkope.com: Visual Search Engine

OSkope lets you browse and organize items from Amazon, Ebay, Flickr, Fotolia, Yahoo!Image

Search and YouTube in an intuitive way.

Vocabulary Sites, Best for ELLs (from Larry Ferlazzo's Best)

VIDEO PROGRAMS FOR CALL/LANGUAGE LEARNING

310+ Online English Learning Program Videos

English Club.com - ESL Videos

VOICE PROGRAMS

Google Voice

Google Voice is as an easy way for English Language Learners, particularly those with no Internet access, to practice speaking "homework." They can call your Google Voice number, leave a message, and you can then access both their audio and an automatically generated written transcript of what they said. You also can then easily embed both on a classroom blog.

Vocaroo

Vocaroo is an easy-to-use, online voice recording utility; no log-in or password is needed, and you can download the file (in WAV format) email it, or embed it.

Video Search Engine - Blinkx

Blinkx is a search engine for videos that looks a lot of Clip Blast. This is a nice site that is arranged by subject and even has a safe search filter similar to how Google works.

Voice of America's THE MAKING OF A NATION

An American history series in VOA Special English.

Vocabulary University

2,500 pages of great free content!

Voice Of America Special English - US History From China

Voice of America Special English is a wonderful resource for English Language Learners. It broadcasts news using a simple and limited vocabulary, and is very accessible to ELLs. Not only does it provide reports on current events, but it also has special series on U.S. History, geography, and many other particular areas of interest. You can access both the audio and transcript on the Web. But since their audio is often deleted, those wanting to do both Extensive Reading together with Extensive Listening practice will do better to use this well-organized site made by some very practical Chinese.

Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)

Virtual Classroom/Voice Alternatives to Skype for Distance Learning

Vyew.com: a Virtual classroom with audio, video and shared whiteboard.

OpenStudy.com: Audio and video features of a virtual classroom.

Scribblar: no downloads, no accounts required (other than for the creator), choice of text/audio chat plus a shared whiteboard.

LearnEnglishFeelGood.com

ESL portal with over 320 online English grammar and vocabulary training exercises, 130 downloadable PDF worksheets, audio and video-based listening comprehension sections, lists of English idioms and phrasal verbs, a "Travel English" section, and much more.

V is for Vocabulary (Read's ABCs of English Teaching)

36 Tools for Digitizing ELT Textbooks

EFL Videos: Top 100 YouTube Videos for EFL


VLEs: Virtual Learning Environments

Publications on students' experience of Virtual Learning Environments in Higher Education, especially for blended learning and/or languages.


Vocabulary Learning Principles: Rob Waring Articles

Why it's important to build a big sight vocabulary quickly; basic principles and practice; and How to learn an initial L2 vocabulary efficiently and quickly. Articles included are: How to learn a second language vocabulary - teacher's guide. 1) Basic principles and practice in vocabulary instruction. 2) The case for an early emphasis on vocabulary and 3) An efficient word pair learning system. Also Vocabulary Frequency Lists; Vocabulary Reference database; and

Main Vocabulary index.


VOCABULARY LEARNING VIDEOS

Vocabulary Learning Online Classes

3 Vocabulary Myths That Prevent Fluent English Speaking by Exlenglish.Com - Learn English

3 Best Ways To Learn English Vocabulary by Exlenglish.Com - Learn English


Vocabulary Learning Game 'I Spy'


Vocabulary Games

Analogies, Antonyms, Compound Words, Context & Definitions, Contractions, Foreign Languages, Homophones, Idioms, Parts of Speech, Suffixes & Prefixes, Syllables, Synonyms

Vocaboly.com

offers many FREE Vocabulary Tests online. 10, 20, or 40 word quizzes. Total of 30 tests can help you practice for GRE, GMAT, VOA, SAT or TOEFL Tests. You may study either from words to meanings or vice-versa.

Vocabster

Vocabster - increases your students' vocabulary with numerous exercises and their corrections. Vocabster is a software program which helps you to master the meaning of about 3,000 words of English vocabulary. The teaching approach is modern and the subjects are related to the vocabulary points which deal with daily life and contemporary environment. At the end of each level, there are 5 tests for reviewing and evaluating progress achieved. The network version allows you to follow your students' progress in detail, and can be used on the same (geographical) site with an unlimited number of PCs! Teachers can add their own words, exercises, pictures and audio using an authoring tool.

Data Visualization

The NY Times Visualization Lab. The site is based on IBM's Many Eyes, and allows visitors to create and share visualizations. Visualization will become ever more prominent, as will our need for literacy with reading and creating different representations of data.

Archive.org

1,400 Vocabulary Links

Vimeo.com

Freely upload any videos online.


CALL-IS Software Summary

(Deborah Healey's from Oregon State)

Comprehensive - Discussion - Grammar - Listening - Pronunciation -

Reading - Reference - Speaking - Test Prep - Vocabulary - Writing -

Authoring - Teacher Utilities

Best Sites for Developing Academic English Skills Vocabulary

(as chosen by Larry Ferlazzo)

Vocabulary Learning Games from Best Websites Archive

(Larry Ferlazzo’s)

Illustrated Vocabulary Cards (English & French)

or English for Beginners

Learning Vocabulary with Pictures

A nice site from France that has as series of short quizzes. Students need to choose the correct word from a drop-down menu that describes a picture.

Multimedia Vocabulary Websites

Vocabulary Learning Games that are fun classroom activities.

Vocabulary.com

Offers DAILY WORD PUZZLES, Root Word Study, etc to enhance vocabulary mastery and written/verbal skills with Latin & Greek roots.


Vocabulary Acquisition Research Group Archive (VARGA)

Searchable Research Databasefree vocabulary games


VISUAL DICTIONARIES

Although rather limited, there are some interesting and useful online visual dictionaries for beginners and low-intermediate learners. Most of them are multilingual and cover a great variety of topics. Some have audio support while others are merely text-based.

The Internet Picture Dictionary

(Multilingual)

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary

(Multilingual)

Language Guide.org

(Multilingual)

InfoVisual.info

(Bilingual [English and French])


VOCABULARY TESTS ONLINE

Test the size of your English vocabulary.

It is estimated that a native English speaker of English with a 4-year college degree is able to understand about 20,000 words. For second language learners a minimum of 10,000 words is considered necessary to score high on international language tests such as TOEFL, GRE and GMAT. Here are a few resources that will enable you to estimate the size of your vocabulary in English:

Vocaboly.com

Online multiple-choice vocabulary tests for several international English tests such as SAT, TOEFL, GRE, GMAT and VOA. Each test contains 10 questions and is available for the beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.

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.

Computer Adaptive Test of Vocabulary Size & Strength

CATSS is a test of vocabulary size, the number of words the learner knows, and strength, which is the combination of four aspects of knowledge of word meaning (active recall, passive recall, active recognition, passive recognition). Vocabulary size is tested via samples of words from different word frequency levels. The vocabulary strength element is reflected in four test stages, each test stage testing one modality for each word, starting with the most difficult one (active recall) and ending with the easiest one (passive recognition).


VOCABULARY LEARNING

Online English Exercises: Bon's tips

Large collection of online English vocabulary, grammar, listening and pronunciation exercises, games and links to English culture. Beginners to advanced level.

ITESLJ Vocabulary Quizzes

Keys to building a better vocabulary from English to Japanese

Vocabulary Lists and Games

Alphalary vocabulary lists–request one of 66 thematic topics. Enjoy 7 different vocabulary activities and exercises with interactive puzzles for March 17th here.

You can request a thematic word list, “alphalary,” by emailing jancook@vocabulary.com and putting ‘Irish” in the subject line. If you or someone you know is playing the Stock Market Game, please see our puzzles and word lists here. Tips and suggestions reinforce these thematic features.

Vocabularya-z.com

Free Sample Lessons. Try a Free Pre-Built Vocabulary Lesson! To view a pre-built vocabulary lesson with all of the lesson materials, click a link and a lesson will open in another window.You can also make your own customized vocabulary lessons for either Primary or Intermediate levels.

Lexile vocabulary

Free online vocabulary activities, lists and materials for various texts.

Learning Vocabulary in Another Language

By ISP Nation (lst 25 pages).

Daily Vocabulary Test

A new short three question multiple choice quiz every day to test your vocabulary knowledge.

Vocabulary Activities for Standardized Tests

Interactive activities using word lists based on themes.

Vokabeln.net

Web-based vocabulary trainer with a multi-language interface. Features shortcuts for special characters used in about 100 languages.

Vocab Vitamins

Introduces an uncommon word or phrase each day, along with a definition. Includes archives, and a daily email service. As you receive your daily words, simply click add to list on any that strike your fancy. You can save words to individual lists that you organize and name, and each list can be used with flashcards, quizzes, or spelling tool. You can even save words from Vocab Vitamin emails directly to lists and listen to perfect your pronunciation! Words are presented in unified themes that are designed to connect verbal families and tie word meanings to your everyday life and existing vocabulary. Themes make streams of independent words more interesting, and they drastically improve your ultimate vocabulary recall. Quizzes: Generate dynamic pop-quizzes on your words, or on this week's MyWordaDay words, at regular intervals to keep you on your toes. Quizzes support a wide range of customizable options, including frequency, day of the week, number of questions, and much more. Full access to the MyWordaDay Archives, with over 1300 interesting words to peruse and jump-start your lists. Each archived word has a definition, sample sentence, interesting usage examples, and an audio file to help you.

Word Challenge: Bilingual English<>Japanese Vocabulary Learning

Includes useful links to: Englishcaster, siu eCampus, VOA e-Learning, reading time, English Breeze and Mobile Phone URLs as well as Quia.com Quizzes on about 1,000 words.


VERBS, PHRASAL VERBS

Learn about phrasal verbs in English.

Phrasal verbs are combinations of words that are used like a verb and consist of a verb and an adverb or a preposition, for example, "give up" or "go on." The new combination results in a new verb having a different meaning. Phrasal verbs are very common in English and one of the major difficulties faced by ESL learners. It is important that you learn them in order to understand and speak English in a natural manner.

Dictionary.Cambridge.org

Online dictionary of phrasal verbs. Based on evidence from the Cambridge International Corpus, this book provides clear and simple explanations of no less than 6,000 phrasal verbs current in British, American and Australian English today.

Capital Community College

List of phrasal verbs (separable, non-separable, transitive and intransitive) listed in alphabetical order.

Dave's ESL Cafe.com

Glossary of phrasal verbs presented in alphabetical order.

Esl.About.com

Online interactive matching quizzes (one verb and two particles) about three-word phrasal verbs and other phrasal combinations. Contributed by Kenneth Beare.


EXCELLENT ENGLISH VOCABULARY LEARNING SITES

Expand Your Vocabulary Rapidly: Free Practice Exercises

A4ESL

Easy Vocabulary Quizzes

Audio Picture Dictionary

Access in 15 languages!

Brigham Young - CNN

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.

20-Minute ESL Vocabulary Lessons

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab - For ESL/EFL Students.

Use to build your vocabulary and pronunciation of key vocabulary by conversational topics.

Edhelper.com Vocabulary Activities

Word Roots, Create Vocabulary Worksheets from Wordlists automatically! Build Spelling, Vocabulary Puzzles and Review Worksheets for any Wordlist.

EduLang

Vocabulary skills

Listening skills

Grammar Bluebook.

http://www.geocities.com/jbrajcich/

Weblion Leo’s Learning Links

Excellent for Japanese and those wanting to learn English or Japanese.

Vocabulary Sites for Kids

explained simply and well.


VOCABULARY WORD MAPS

Reading Quest word map (1)

Reading Quest word map (2)

Improve Your Vocabulary

Over 23 Years Of Proven Experience. The Word Power Needed For Success!

Improve Your Vocabulary

Always find the right word. Think visually. Try it now.

Beginner vocabulary

English Vocabulary from English Club

Power Words

Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun

ADELEX ANALYSER (ADA)

ADELEX TEXT ANALYSER tool is part of the research carried out by the members of the ADELEX team at the University of Granada. It enables the user to analyze the lexical difficulty of written texts in English on the basis of information contained in a 7,000-word frequency list drawn from the British National Corpus, Bank of English and Longman Corpus Network databases. Its two versions (English and Spanish) attempt to provide a more accurate and updated way of analysing texts, by using frequency bands of up to 7,000 words. Once students learn how to use all of these, they should be over the “Minimum Threshold Level” needed for fluent, independent reading. The analysis divides this list into 7 bands:

  • Band 1: from word no. 1 to word no. 1,000
  • Band 2: from word no. 1,001 to word no. 2,000
  • Band 3: from word no. 2,001 to word no. 3,000
  • Band 4: from word no. 3,001 to word no. 4,000
  • Band 5: from word no. 4,001 to word no. 5,000
  • Band 6: from word no. 5,001 to word no. 6,000
  • Band 7: from word no. 6,001 to word no. 7,000


GREAT VOCABULARY LEARNING GAMES & TEST PREPARATION SITES

Word Surfing

A vocabulary learning strategy which encourages students to develop good language habits by keeping well-organized and personal notebooks.

Excellent WordSurfing, WordCards and WordSurf Boards. The site covers lots of topics, like these:

  • WS Tests - plenty of vocabulary tests to check your progress.
  • WS Games - excellent vocabulary games for all levels.
  • WS Sounds & Readings - pronunciation, videos, listening & dictation.
  • WS Building - exchanges, forums, weblogs, writing & grammar
  • WS Cards - can you use what you choose?
  • WS Lessons - real vocabulary development within the classroom.
  • WS Languages - "wordsurf" to Spanish, French, Italian, German etc.
  • WS Development - views on vocabulary strategies and FAQ.
  • WS Strategies - an open opportunity for others to express opinions.
  • WS Sites - other vocabulary sites of special interest to wordsurfing.
  • WS Exams - using WS to assess language level.
  • WS Books - real vocabulary development outside the classroom.
  • WS Contacts - a place for enquiries and suggestions.
  • WS World - traveling and teaching.
  • WS Links - recommended resources for students and teachers.

Vokabel

Lots of vocab quizzes on different topics in English, French, German and Spanish. Choose an existing quiz or create your own.

Camsoft Partners

An excellent collection of websites focusing on vocabulary acquisition.

The Vocabulary University

FREE vocabulary puzzles to enhance vocabulary mastery. Teacher-endorsed site which enriches classroom curriculum with self-paced, interactive activities. They supplement personal vocabulary acquisition and are being used in home schooling and ESL programs.

Mary Nuzzi's Awesome Library

English resource links

Vocabulary Study from German to English

Many Things

The Kelly Brothers' interesting things for ESL Students - a fun study site for students of English as a second language. Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more.

Vocabulix

Learn Spanish,English,German. Free online vocabulary trainer and conjugation trainer for Spanish, German and English.

Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun

Vocabulary Building for K-12 and ESL students - Improve your vocabulary while having fun. Free Flash word games including Hangman, Word search, Match Game, The Vocabulary Quiz

AnalogX.com

Great screen capture program.

Semantic Field Keyword Approach

Rapidly expand your English (or Japanese) vocabulary by using Semantic Field Keywords Bilingually

Author’s research articles are freely available on this topic to all supporting members of CALL4ALL.US. Just join at our Members Page.

FOR RESEARCH EXPLANATIONS SEE:

  • Crow, J. (1986a) Vocabulary for Advanced Reading Comprehension: The Keyword Approach. [SFKA], Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Regents.
  • Crow, J. (1986b) Receptive vocabulary acquisition for reading comprehension. Modern Language Journal, 70, 2: 242-250. [22.4]
  • Crow, J.T. & Quigley, J.R. (1985) A semantic field approach to passive vocabulary acquisition for reading comprehension. TESOL Quarterly 19, 3: 497-513. [3.4]
  • Loucky, J. P. (2004a). Clarifying and resurrecting the Semantic Field Keyword Approach for rapid lexical acquisition: Employing semantic organization, bilingual computerized glosses and pushed output generation to enhance L2 vocabulary learning. Seinan JoGakuin Tandai Kiyo, No. 50, 61-87.
  • Loucky, J. P. (2004b). Improving cognitive, linguistic and computational processing of new vocabulary using an online Semantic Field Keyword Approach. Japan Association of Language Teachers CALL Special Interest Group, C@lling Japan. Spring 2004, Vol. 12/1, pp. 7-20.
  • Quigley, R. (1986). A semantic field approach to passive vocabulary acquisition for advanced second language learners. MA Thesis at North Texas State under John Crow.

Dual Assessment Vocabulary Instructor-Evaluator and Depth of Lexical Processing Scale
Author’s research articles are freely available on this topic to all supporting members of CALL4ALL.US. Just join at our Members Page.


CORPUS LINGUISTICS AND CONCORDANCES

ConcApp Concordance and Word Profiler

Version 4 for Windows operating systems (98, ME, NT / 2000, XP). Free Download.

ConcApp provides concordance searches, and includes full editing support and testing activities, and also word frequency text analysis. ConcApp also has support for Unicode and can process not only English, French and probably most other European languages, but Chinese, Japanese, Thai and Russian texts in Unicode.


LANGUAGE AND VOCABULARY GAMES

Languages Online.Org.

Hot Potatoes-based Games in Français , Deutsch , Espanol and Italiano.

Vocabulary Games in French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Spellmaster.com

Create your own Macromedia Flash Vocabulary Training Aids

with these easy to use FREE tools. Spellmaster.Com games are used in scores of countries by tens of thousands of students across the world. Providing stimulating activities in a wide range of languages, not only do they play an essential role in many award winning web sites, but they also perform a vital part in motivating, entertaining and educating students in thousands of classrooms and homes across the world. You can even add your own voice!


VOCABULARY ONLINE LEARNING GAMES AND SITES

Vocabulary Learning Fun

"Vocabulary Learning Fun" is a free educational website helping students build vocabulary and spelling skills. It is particularly popular with ESL & EFL students, both children and adults. The flash site incorporates 219 topics, along with over 10,000 English words and phrases. Topics include grade level words, rooms in a home, sports, health, and careers.

There are six different games, each of which can be played interactively on the computer or printed out, including: HangMouse (like Hangman), Crossword Puzzle, Word Search, Vocabulary Quiz, Picture Match Game, and Word Scramble. These games can be played on the computer or printed out. Students and teachers find the site easy to use, fun and very educational.

English Gateway

Vocabulary topics for intermediate and advanced ESL learners. Exercises on idioms, phrasal verbs and collocations.

Visual Complexity

VisualComplexity.com charts patterns of sense meaning for various fields of knowledge.


PICTURE VOCABULARY RESOURCES

More of the world’s best English language learning links chosen by ESL All

Adapted with permission from ESL All July 2006 Issue -Vol. 2, no. 6

ESLAll.com

Over 7,800 FREE online resources to better your English. Here ESL ALL has selected for you ten of the Top Picture Vocabulary Resources available online. Some of these recommended sites even have audio files that allow you to hear the correct pronunciation of each word. Picture vocabulary dictionaries, exercises and games are great ways of building new vocabulary. The visual support they provide have the added advantage of increasing the level of retention of new words by both beginners and intermediate learners. What is however important to keep in mind is the importance of repetition. The more often you revise or redo the exercises or play the games, the more you will remember. Never underestimate the importance of repetition. This is what the human brain needs for long-term memorization. These chosen resources are divided into three categories: 1) picture dictionary sites; 2) picture vocabulary exercise sites; and 3) picture vocabulary game sites for those who want to learn while having fun.

A few Online Picture (visual) Dictionaries

Visual Dictionaries: Although rather limited, there exists a few interesting and useful online viusal dictionaries for beginners and low-intermediate learners. Most of them are multilingual and cover a great variety of topics. Some have audio support while others are merely text-based.

The Internet Picture Dictionary

(multilingual)

Language Guide.org

(multilingual)

InfoVisual.info

(English and French)

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary (multilingual)

The Internet TESL Journal

English Vocabulary Quizzes Using Images: A series of JavaScript interactive multiple-choice easy quizzes for studying using images to study English vocabulary. Covers nouns, adjectives, verbs, body parts, animals and a lot more.

ESL Bears Picture Vocabulary Quizzes

Vocabulary Practice with Pictures: A list of some of the best illustrated vocabulary resources on the Internet. Great variety. Great links!

ESL Bears Picture Quizzes

The author of this site has also created his own collection of picture quizzes:

Vancouver Community College ESL Online Center

Picture vocabulary quizzes. Vocabulary exercises may include: multiple-choice, short-answer quizzes, gap-filling, matching, and crossword puzzles. Topics cover: Aches and Pains, Action Verbs, Canada's Provinces & Territories, Canada's Provincial Capitals, Canadian Money, Classroom Objects, Colours, Everyday Clothes, Family & People, Feelings & Emotions, Parts of the Body, Foods, and Going Places. (Literacy & Level 1/2 )

Vancouver Community College CALL Online Center

Topics for Levels 3 and 4 cover: Collective Nouns, Jobs, Job Adjectives,and Job Applications. (Literacy & Level 3/4 )

Institut de la Providence

Vocabulary Practice with Picure Games: A new way to read and learn English vocabulary. Multiple choice games with pictures that help ESL learners to increase their elementary vocabulary. Topics include: Food, Architecture, Office, Colours, School, Shapes, Hospital, Garden, Days, Jobs, Months, Music, Tools, Seasons, and Transport.

Virtual Language Centre

Picture Book Drag'n'Drop Vocabulary Quizzes: Vocabulary matching quizzes with words grouped in subject themes. Drag each word and drop it on the corresponding picture. If it is right you will hear the sound file for this word. Encourages you to use the dictionary. Chosen topics include: Feelings and Emotions, Animals, Occupations, Home Appliances, Transportation, Sports Food, Occupations, Building & Construction, Kitchenware, Furniture, Places, and Hong Kong Parks.

ManyThings.org

English Vocabulary Games with Pictures: Learn and Review English Words Using Images. Interactive JavaScript games and quizzes for students of English as a Second Language. There are 7 games (Find 1 | Find 2 | Matching | Eyes | Arrows | Pairs | Memory ) on each set of 9 words. Topics covered include: Animals, Insects, Food and Drinks, Sports, Things in my House, Things People Wear, Transportation and Communication, Verbs, Tools, Adjectives, Buildings, ans Shapes.

British Council Word Games

An important selection of matching vocabulary games for all levels (easy, medium, and difficult). Click on a picture or a topic to play a game. Too many topics to list here. A must-see resource. No audio files. Requires Java.


READABILITY CHECKS

Text analyzers, word frequency checks, and vocabulary highlighting programs to improve online reading

Compleat Lexical Vocab Profiler

Use Compleat Lexical Vocab Profiler to estimate readability of any text: Any text inputted will output a Color-Coded Analysis showing you all the words of your text by word frequency levels: K1 words used (from lst most common 1,000 English words in blue); K2 words used (2nd most common 1,001-2000 words used in green); AWL words (Academic Word List terms) used in brown; and off-list words in red. This way you can focus on learning any academic or off-list words, once most common words have been mastered.

UsingEnglish.com’s Text Content Analysis Tool

Analyze text content using this free text analysis tool which gives you statistics about a text including word count; unique words; number of sentences; average words per sentence; lexical density; and the Gunning Fog readability index. More detailed statistics are available to members. This analyzer will accept text up to 500KB in size. Target texts can be typed or pasted in on this page for analysis.

Readability.Info

Readability.info provides quick Readability Scores for Web pages and MS Word files in a flash!


VOCABULARY RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Mother of all SLVA Bibliographies

by William J. Rapaport

Extensive Reading

NEW SITE FOR EXTENSIVE READING HEADQUARTERS! Extensive Searchable Research Reference List with Abstracts.


VOCABULARY PODCASTS

Princeton Review Vocabulary Minute Podcast

The Princeton Review Vocab Minute is a series of short, easygoing songs that each teach four words in about 60 seconds. Each song is rated for the appropriate grade level. If you can remember the lyrics to every song, but not what the teacher said yesterday, then don't miss these. Available on Podcast.

Very Vocabulary Podcast

English Vocabulary Words Podcast. Great for Students, Foreigners, or anyone looking to improve their vocabulary. Available on Podcast.


VOCABULARY SOFTWARE RECOMMENDATIONS

CALL4ALL recommended language learning programs

All programs are hybrid CDs, for use on either Mac or Windows computers. All of these Language Learning Software Programs have been tested and approved by CALL4ALL.US for their effectiveness in helping with language learning.


VALUES EDUCATION - SONGS FOR KIDS

Children’s Global Network

offers original song lyrics for many areas of life.

A resource for songs about: peace, justice, compassion, conflict, resolution, nonviolence, anti-bias, fear, grief, bullying, patriotic songs, the global family.

Kids’ Songs WebRing


VIDEOS AND DVDS

Vision Video

Vision Video and DVDs has quality products teaching positive moral values that endure. From Assisi to DaVinici to Heroes of Columbine, from Saint Patrick to Bonhoeffer, from Eric Liddel to Mother Teresa, good role models are always stressed. All levels available from Children’s Songs and Bible Stories to Creation vs. Evolution to Teen Issues. Great variety and prices. An Alphabetical Listing of all their Videos and DVDs is here.

Video-Saving Programs Wiki

from Webhead Wisdom (How to Save You Tubes, Online Videos, etc.)


MOVIES, FILM AND VIDEO RESOURCES

More of the world’s best English language learning links chosen by ESL All

Adapted with permission from ESL All August 2006 Issue - Vol. 2, no. 7

These great visual resources will deepen your love and appreciation of films and videos and help you sharpen both your listening and reading comprehension skills.

LingualNet

A wonderful site where you can learn English through movies. Watch narratives, documentaries, short animation films, cine-poetry, travel, homemade videos, and a lot more.

BBC Video Nation

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC): Meet people from across the UK and hear on video clips what they have to say about their lives and the world around them. British English. No transcripts.

BBC Video Nation Archives

English Bites

Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC): English Bites (ABC: Australia Broadcasting Corporation). An informative and entertaining way to improve your English. Free videos with transcripts and vocabulary exercises. Australian English.

Australia Broadcasting Corporation Archives

YouTube

A free website that is loaded with hundreds of thousands of videos for people to watch and share worldwide through a Web experience. First-hand accounts of current events, hobbies and interests, as well as the quirky and unusual. No transcripts.

9.Yahoo.com

The 9 is a daily broadcast on Yahoo! TV of the 9 best, weirdest, and funniest videos, photos, sites, and stories on the Web. Hosted by Maria Sansone. Features online voting and user submission. No transcripts.

EnglishTrailers.com

A non-profit, free educational site made by teachers for students studying English as a second/foreign language. This site uses movie commercials (movie clips) to help you better your English. Includes summaries, cloze tests, transcripts, talking activities, quizes and a forum. Lots of fun!

Apple.com

Watch the latest theatrical film trailers of new and upcoming movies, from Apple.com. Organized by production studio. Requires the QuickTime software that you can download for free at this site. No transcripts.


VIDEO PODCASTING SERVICES

YouTube.com may be the largest and easiest Podcast Library to use.


VIDEO-CONFERENCING PROGRAMS

StreamFile

StreamFile is a web based file sharing system that you can use to send files to any email address. Just input as many email address you want, pick a file up to 2GB, and click send. People will receive a download link to get the file, which you can also share via IM or as you wish.

PalBee

PalBee.com is a video conferencing system, that has just launched a new version of the product. It lets you set up video meetings with up to 10 people, who can all whiteboard, upload PowerPoint presentations, record for one hour anything that happens in the conference and publish it as a video on YouTube. The service is completely free to use.

Appswave

Appswave is a fully featured web conferencing system which provides a full set of functionality within one single application. You can invite as much people as you want and have video conferences, instant messaging session with anyone, application and desktop sharing, and also the ability to record the entire meeting. Free to try, $39/month.


ONLINE VIDEO PROGRAMS

Video Dropboxes, CLEAR's video recording tool, a new Rich Internet

Application for Language Learning. The program is free for all educational, non-profit uses.


Video Dropbox

This tool follows the same approach as Audio Dropboxes. A Video Dropbox can be placed on any web page. Students can use the Dropbox to record a video clip, which is instantly and automatically deposited into the teacher's Dropbox. Teachers can access the recordings at their convenience.


Recordr.tv

Recordr.tv is a very simple application that lets you make online video or just audio messages that you can send online. No registration is required. The only negative is that you can see the most recent messages other people sent, which can be problematic for classroom use. See more at The Best Applications For Sending Online Video Messages.


The Best Applications For Sending Online Video Messages

Most of these are pretty simple and sweet - record and then email. Plus, in order to be on this list they have to be free-of-charge. You might also be interested in The Best Online Tools For Real-Time Collaboration, with more tools for video conferencing. Here are Ferlazzo's choices for The Best Applications For Sending Online Video Messages:

Gabble is a brand-new site that appears to have been started by Hewlett-Packard. It's interface is very, very nice. The only negative is that the recipient has to register for Gabble, too, in order to view your video email. Of course, registration is simple, but it's still a bit of an inconvenience.

Send Shots has got to be just about the easiest way to send a video message to someone. No registration or download is required - just record and send. There are no ads, and there's no way to access other people's video messages. You can post the url address of the video on a teacher or student's website.

SnapYap; Voxlite; 12 Seconds TV lets you send a video message lasting twelve seconds. Bubblejoy lets you send a 60 second video "card."

Tokbox is more known for its video-conferencing ability, but you can also send a video message. See 475 other "The Best" lists compiled.


Slideshare

Slideshare is an easy-to-use site that allows you to upload your presentations, share them with others, and also create a text-based "transcript" of the text on all of the slides. In addition, there are thousands of presentations to search for, preview, download, and edit for use with your classes.


Vimeo

Vimeo is a no-cost video-hosting site that's easy-to-use, has a clean interface, and allows you to password a video if needed. The collaborative nature works well with its groups function.


VIETNAM TRAVEL LINKS

Vietnam Impression

Halong travel, sapa travel, hue travel, hoian travel...

Way to Vietnam

Vietnam Travel Directory, Online booking for tour, hotel and resort. Culture tour, adventure tour to Vietnam


VIRTUAL WORLDS

Second Life Info

Another Life: Virtual Worlds as Tools for Learning

Active Worlds

Home of the 3D Chat,Virtual Reality Building Platform. This is the web's most powerful Virtual Reality experience. It lets you visit and chat in incredible 3D worlds built by other users. Think you have what it takes to build your own world or Virtual Reality game? Active Worlds is the place for you, where in minutes you can create fascinating 3D worlds that others can visit and chat in. The Active Worlds Universe is a community of hundreds of thousands of users that chat and build 3D virtual reality environments in millions of square kilometers of virtual territory.


OTHER

Free Photo and Video Sharing

Simple download.

English Language Activities, Exercises and Tests

Language Tools

Readwriteweb.com

Video industry innovations under the following categories: Video Sharing, Intermediaries, Video Search, Video eCommerce, Video Editing & Creation, Rich Media Advertising, P2P (Peer To Peer), Video Streaming and Vlogosphere.

Vocabulary Journals: How to make and use them effectively

English Trailers

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.

Lingual Net

Lingual Net is another video-based English study site. There are currently over 60 short movies with accompanying activities to study from. They site utilizes the "tri-view method" where students watch the movies 3 times, first without subtitles, then with subtitles, and finally with quiz questions that pop up at various points in the movie.

Second Life

Second Life is not a Web site, but a MUVE (Multiple User Virtual Environment).

A client piece of software runs on your computer, but the rest of the time you are on one of 3000+ servers hosted by the company that runs Second Life, Linden Labs. The environment will remind you of the computer program, The Sims, but it is so much more! Working in Second Life (SL) you can collaborate with ed-tech leaders in Real Life (RL), and learn how to do some modeling and scripting with a 3-D modeling language.

Virtual Library.org

The WWW Virtual Library (VL) is the oldest catalogue of the Web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of HTML and of the Web itself, in 1991 at CERN in Geneva. Unlike commercial catalogues, it is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert; even though it isn't the biggest index of the Web, the VL pages are widely recognised as being amongst the highest-quality guides to particular sections of the Web.

Voicethread

Langwitches' great tutorial on how to use Voice Thread, a popular digital storytelling tool. A VoiceThread is an online media album that can hold essentially any type of media (images, documents and videos) and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways - using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) - and share them with anyone they wish. They can even be exported to an Archival Movie for offline use on a DVD or video-enabled MP3 player. A VoiceThread allows group conversations to be collected and shared in one place, from anywhere in the world.

Sample Voice Threads

Robin Good’s Vista Points

WebTrend Map

WebTrend Map (gif) that looks like a map of Tokyo!

Startup Nation

StartupNation.Com provides complete guidance in Web Biz.

Tech Memorandum

Launched in 2005 as Tech.Memeorandum.com, the site that is considered by many as the blogosphere’s daily tech newspaper was later renamed TechMeme

English Tests

Free English Tests for ESL/EFL, TOEFL, TOEIC, SAT, GRE, GMAT and ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) Tests. At English-test.net I you can answer free interactive questions to increase your vocabulary for any of these tests!

Articles on improving vocabulary

The Language Menu

Free site with 18 tools for language teachers. Make worksheets in over 35 languages (or over 2,200 language combinations for bilingual material. Use the clip-art gallery to make worksheets with pictures, download ready material from the material bank, interactive vocabulary games, teacher training courses in Europe and much more.

V-Train Software

Small collection of materials and lesson plans for Veterans Day, in any country.


VIDEO COLLABORATING AND MESSAGING PROGRAMS

Kaltura

Kaltura is an online service that you can use to create videos collaborating with other people. Users can choose topic, pick a look for the Kaltura page, and invite friends to contribute video, music and photos to it, and even edit, remix and annotate it together. The collaborative result can be viewed on Kaltura.com, downloaded for later use, or easily embedded on any site. Free and paid versions available.

ManyCam

ManyCam is a free software for Windows that lets you use your webcam with multiple collaboration applications. ManyCam is able to create virtual webcams that stream data from the real camera, so that it can redistribute it on more instant messaging or videoconferencing tools, so that you can have more conversations, in multiple places, at once. Free download.

Clarity

Provides various English programs that help develop a range of vocabulary skills:

Reactions

(You can download the online demo there)

It is an integrated skills course with a focus on reading. The program comes at five levels, from Elementary to Advanced, and helps students develop a range of reading and vocabulary strategies.

MindGame

(You can download the online demo there)

This is a virtual boardgame combining language learning with strategy. Students can play against each other or against the computer: the object of the game is to capture all your opponent's pieces and make them your own. To capture each piece you have to answer a language question. Each session has a different theme, covering various vocabulary and grammar areas.

Live Action English Interactive

(You can download the online demo there)

It is for beginner to intermediate learners of English. It consists of 12 units which present basic vocabulary in the context of familiar activities.

Crossword Challenge

(You can download the online demo there)

With 100 new vocabulary items for verbs, adjectives, word partnerships and phrasal verbs, along with 150 for nouns, at each of the six levels (a total of 3,300 lexical items) students can regard this program as an excellent learning tool.


VIDEO TO PORTABLE DEVICE CONVERTER PROGRAMS

Joodo

Organize your photos, videos, RSS feeds, friends, into a private trusted network. Distribute data amongst friends, contacts and amongst individual groups. You can use Joodo to communicate with messages, chat in real-time, and share files and folders.

Jabbify

Embed a text-chat on your site and interact with visitors

51 VOA

51 VOA is much better organized and more technologically advanced than some VOA sites.

It has all the VOA Special English broadcasts organized well, and they all still have audio.

Voices.com

Voices.com is the online marketplace where businesses connect with voice actors and professional voice-over talents. Radio and television stations, advertising agencies, marketing professionals, casting directors and voice talent agencies rely on Voices.com to easily search for and hire narrators and professional voice-over talents by using their award-winning web service.

Video sharing online resources

from Nik Peachey's Learning Technology Teacher Development Blog.

Introductory Grammar and Vocabulary

with Color Key - Screen Shots

CNN Student News

(Transcripts with Podcasts) Quick Guide and Transcripts

NetLanguages.com

Vocabulary Level Test and Practice Lesson

Voice Over Talents - Voice123.com

Voice123 is a voice over market place perfectly designed to help you find any voice you need for you or your client projects, feel free to try it, posting a project is free. Video to portable device converter programs/Voice-overs. See http://voice123.com/web/common/project.cgi for project auditions.

Web Projects: "Nellie's English Projects" Web 2.0 Users' Group

Nellie's English Projects suggests ways of improving instruction and learning by integrating technology into the curriculum. Free workshops on WikiEducator:

Join Integrating Technology ning and Wikieducator and learn how to integrate technology into your class and how to collaborate with other educators and learners.

Join Storytelling and Cultures to share and learn about others' cultures.

Vatican Virtual Tour

Virtual Reality Tour of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran. Virtual=Real Worlds?


Virtual Baby Survives While Couple starves Real Baby!


Vodburner

Vodburner is an excellent site described by Free Technology 4 Teachers. This is an application which allows Windows (sorry Mac) users to record & edit Skype calls. As w/ most video editors, segments can be altered and transitions can be added.

Vishal Mangawadi on The Book That Made the World

Dr Vishal Mangalwadi: The Book that made your world

Papers and Presentations by Vance Stevens

Learning2gether

Vocabulary Learning through Audios, Images and Videos Linking Technologies with Memory (Arabia).

Shoaei, F. & Alavi, M. (2000). The Impact of Computer- Assisted Language Learning Applications on Incidental Vocabulary Recall & Retention. [ https://www.academia.edu/30928666/ ]

VIDEOS-DVDs Exposing Worst Atrocities of Marxists/Islamists:

www.visionvideo.com or Order from www.persecution.com

(Available in English, Spanish or Romanian).

MYTHS ABOUT TEACHING & LEARNING SECOND LANGUAGE VOCABULARY: WHAT RECENT RESEARCH

SAYS, Folse, K.S. (2004). TESL Reporter 37, 2 (2004), pp. 1-13. PDF of same Folse’s seminal study:

PDF of K.S. Folse’s 8 Myths about Teaching & Learning L2 Vocabulary: What Recent Research Says.


VW: VIDEO & VOCABULARY/ WRITING PROGRAMS TO HELP ELLS:

Four Games For Vocabulary Development

“Describe the Word” is a Good AI-Powered Game For ELLs For Vocabulary & Oral

Practice

“Eight Ways to Help English Language Learners Feel Motivated to Read & Write”

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF KEY ISSUES IN VOCABULARY TEACHING


VIDEOS GREAT 4 LANGUAGE LEARNING:

After you watch the “UTTERED Video, you have the choice of being quizzed on it by AI via chat, and you can do that quiz using Text or, and here’s the unique part, Orally.

Right now, at least, I’d say ESL Video (see A Forgotten (By Me!) Gem That Has Been Rediscovered (By Me & My Students): ESL Video) or Wayground ( Quizizz Lets You Use AI To Create Interactive YouTube Videos Once Again After Having To Stop Last Year – I Think It’s One Of The Most Helpful Ways To Use AI) are superior options for using videos for learning English.


VOCABULARY LEARNING ARTICLES:

TOWARD LEARNER-CENTERED READING: LINKING EFL LEARNERS’ AUTONOMY, VOCABULARY LEARNING STRATEGIES, AND READING COMPREHENSION - Elnaz Sarabchian

Vocabulary Learning through Audios, Images, and Videos: Linking Technologies with Memory - Munassir Alhamami

Reading‐Based Exercises in Second Language Vocabulary Learning: An Introspective Study - Sivakorn Thungsakul

How can we help our students develop their vocabulary range/consolidate previously taught words? by : Soroor Ashtarian MA in TESOL & ICT - soroor ashtarian

Vocab and reading comprehension - Medianet Blitar

Changing Associations The Effect of Direct Vocabulary Instruction on the Word Associations of Japanese Students - Anne Mendoza Titong

The Impact of Computer-Assisted Language Learning Applications on Incidental Vocabulary Recall and Retention - Fatemeh Shoaei

Chaos Is Not God's Will - Beth Snodderly

Key Issues in Vocabulary Teaching: A Brief Overview - Bani Koumachi

Vocabulary Acquisition: A Neglected Aspect of Language Learning - paul meara

TOWARD LEARNER-CENTERED READING: Linking EFL Learner Autonomy, VOCABULARY LEARNING STRATEGIES, & READING COMPREHENSION



ABSTRACT

The present study aimed at investigating interrelationships among EFL learners’ vocabulary-learning-strategies, autonomy, and reading-comprehension. To this end, 100 Iranian EFL learners, between 16-40 years old, studying at Shokouh Institute at Bandar-Abas, Iran, were selected.

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ooVoo.com is a professional online communicator for collaborative meetings, instruction, learning and friendly chats with family and friends. Try its free Demo!

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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.

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free online dictionary
Lingvosoft online dictionary From:     Word: 
To: 
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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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.

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The web This site

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Google Language Translation Tools
(Lite Version)
Google Multiple Language Search Engines & Translation Tools
(Input any URL or text)






Free Bible Commentary
Audio New Testaments

Google Translate
Google Translate lets you translate words, phrases, and web pages

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Microsoft 50th Anniversary | Microsoft Edge

“CO-PILOT” AI on MS Windows 11 supports 40 LANGUAGES!

Click on your country's flag to translate this site!


Mango Languages
Mango Languages

Language is an Adventure!

Moment of Zen Videos | Watch
Awe-Inspiring Aerial Droneviews (BEST of Cathedrals, CITIES, MTS. & WATERFALLS GALORE!)

POPULOUS PLACES
Sunniest US Cities and Most Crowded Cities/Countries; Plus Biggest Airport

Topics Online Magazine for Learners of English.

Currency Converter
Time Converter

50 BEST Sites in 60 Minutes SLIDESHARE

Google Translate

Web 20-21st Century Tools

Language Learning.net
Click to search in your own language!

LearniT
TeachiT Video Lessons on IT/Ed Tech



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Dicts Info
www.dicts.info’s index page shows Flags and Links to free Web Dictionaries in about 80 languages.

ESL DISCUSSIONS on Topics A-Z!
All with Lesson Plans & Word/PDFiles.


Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling

ESL Student & Teaching Links

Great Reading, Speaking & Vocabulary Activities




AI 4 ALL! TRY Out the very best Artificial Intelligence Sites Collected for you.

Asia-Pacific CALL Top Teacher Resource Sites

Best Language Learning Apps 2025

10 Amazing Muslims Touched by God: Malick, Faisal

English Specialist
English Specialist

EFL practice exercises

Web 2.0 Tools Slideshow

Information Technology Tools


"BEST of the Best"
of Larry Ferlazzo’s most highly recommended websites to help you teach English, ESL or EFL!

The Best Websites Summarized
The "Best of the Best" Websites of 2007-2008

Website With 8,000 Links

Larry Ferlazzo, Teacher

International Children’s Digital Library
10,000+ Children’s Stories in many languages.

READ & HEAR Folktales and Legends from around the world!

More World Folktales from ESL Station


Speak English Today

“Get in the Sandbox & Play with Us Kids!Eby using Twiddla Co-Browsing Tool Here:
Twiddle this page!

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!

Top Text-to-Speech Program Online (TTS)
Multi-Lingual Online Translator with Sound and Avatar!

ESL Gold
ESL Gold

ESLGold.com explained in 15 languages!

ESL Point
ESL Point

A treasure trove of material for teaching and learning English

Ectaco Partner LUX 4 Voice Translator, Language Teacher, Travel Buddy & Electronic Dictionary

TOP CHILDREN’S ENGLISH LEARNING SITES

Mingoville is the world's most creative and comprehensive English language course online for kids of all ages.

Great Picture Book Maker!

Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning

Encyclopedia for Kids

List of A-Z Links to various language Encyclopedias and their Histories

Top 20 Web-based language learning activities/tasks - Andy Johnson’s annotated list of most useful CALL sites

ShareIt!
Software sales

Free Language Translation Bar for 10 Languages.

Translate this page

MyVocabulary.com offers DAILY WORD PUZZLES, Root Word Study, etc to enhance vocabulary mastery and written/verbal skills with Latin & Greek roots.

Google Turns Into a Language Tutor With This New Labs Experiment
Try Google’s Little Language Lessons/ Tiny Lessons NOW!

Google Language Translation Tools
(Lite Version)

Google Multiple Language Search Engines & Translation Tools
(Input any URL or text)

Voice Thread Collaborative Site for Educators

Add Audio (TTS) to Any Blog!







Media Converter

Use QNext.com Universal Messenger for free media and file transfers.

ISeeMedia.com makes Mobile Publishing easy.
Access ANY size Device/Document/Image ANYWHERE!

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.

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.

V-Check or WordSmart.com can freely test your level!

Easy Dolch Word List Crossword Puzzles

fun with vocabulary

Computer Adaptive Test of Vocabulary Size & Strength


Take this free Vocabulary Size Test!

WordSmart: Test Your Vocab Level!

Free Vocabulary Levels Tests at LexTutor
Includes Receptive/Recognition and Interactive Productive Vocabulary Tests; Word Association and Yes/No Tests


PROGRAMS MEASURING READABILITY

Readability.info provides Readability Scores for any Web pages and MS Word files in a flash!


One 4 Israel

Improving Online Text Readability

Analyze text content using this free text analysis tool.





Discovery School
"The Thrill of Discovery in Your Classroom"


English Learning Resources
Ken Schmidt’s Short-List


the Language Resource Room

Word Surfing vocabulary learning strategies



Top ESL & Teacher Sites

TESOLMAX Top Sites

Microsoft Translator
Microsoft Translator for Education
BING or MICROSOFT TRANSLATOR for Education

ESL Web Guide: Your Guide to the Best ESL/EFL Websites! Recommendations from Dave’s ESL Cafe.

SEO - create one way text link ads to your website for top search engine listings.

Interesting Things for ESL / EFL Students

ITESLJ's Interesting Things for ESL / EFL Teachers

MES English games and other ESL / EFL resources for teachers

MUSLIMS FIND ISA AL MASIH
(Send your EMail for More Amazing Encounters!)

Perceptia Press
EConversation, Excel, Music, PowerPoint and Word textbooks. Great texts for personal or class use.
Click here to order
Itzalist Webring
Bilingual Webring





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