Links & Activities

Material for teachers and learners, collected from (mostly) EFL/ESL teachers' pages from all over the world. Admirable and altruistic work.

First, a Trailguide to Creating Dynamic Web Pages, Guidelines for HTML Writers of ESL/EFL Web Pages and NetLearn for all those who want to teach the net or learn about it. Or why not let your learners Create a Basic Instructional Homepage Courtesy of Karla Fritzler.

Next, where to find a job abroad? - ESLworldwide.com specializes in providing the latest language training jobs on our extensive posting service and helps to recruit Instructors in all studies of languages for language training schools all over the world.

Contacts: Communicate and cooperate with fellow learners all over the world: e-mail, virtual communities, meeting places... Telnet schMOOze University or go to schMOOze on the WWW for ESL learners and teachers who want to be part of a friendly virtual community. Java-run, add-on software recommended (see guidelines). NiceNet Create your own personal classroom on the net. Wonderful for link sharing and project work. The server is a bit overworked, though... AT&T Virtual Classroom The AT&T Virtual Classroom is a free online educational program for primary and secondary schools around the world. Welcome To Classroom Connect! Conferences, events, week-long topics etc. Cool Schools: Menu Page These schools are already on-line and ready to work on collaborative projects with others. Link with Other Classes Worldwide E-mail for Students. ePALS Classroom Exchange "The World's Largest K-12 Educational Epals (electronic penpal) Network - 16,289 classrooms from 108 countries, representing over 1 million students, are now registered!" Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections from St. Olaf University, Minnesota: "a free service to help teachers link with partners in other countries and cultures for e-mail classroom pen-pal and project exchanges." KIDLINK Global Networking for Youth through the age of 15 KeyPals from MightyMedia: "Over 25000 registered users from 76 countries." e-pals the email penpal site (email pals, pen pals, key pals, e-friends are welcome also!) Reading Books with Partner Classes ParaChat lets you set up a chat room by just copy/pasting few lines of HTML to your web page. Forums @ Bruin Net, create your own discussion forum! Homestead chat room, guest book etc. TalkCity Create your own chat room or join an existing one. iNET Voice Chat Same principle as other chat rooms, but for spoken language. More like this on Internet Phone and there is a lot more with sound/pictures to be found on Video Conferencing Info.

Classics

• ESL Café Host: Dave Sperling. A definite goodie: ESL Graffiti, ESL Question Page, Link Page, Email Connections for both learners and teachers. New activities added regularly.

• Frizzy University Great website by Karla Frizler, San Francisco State University. Try Grammar Safari - hunting grammatical structures on the net. Go to: The LinguaCenter Grammar Safari

• Sites NETeachers think are cool! Large selection of sites approved by your colleagues on the net.

• Ruth Vilmi's HUT This one is located in Finland. Well worth visiting with lots of different activities: English courses, writing projects, publications ...

• Planet English Meeting Planet for Learners and Teachers

• Web66 A digital highway catalyst for Americana and a K12 WWW Project.

• Volterre This one's special: English and French resources - and good ones too! Virtual champagne included.

• Learning & Teaching English Online Vast and varied resource, about 30 topics from Business to Weather.

First Aid: Pre-fabricated lessons

• Educational Internet Resources CSS Internet News - highly recommended to keep on top what's happening right now. Use this for new types of tasks, avoid plagiarism.

• English-to-go weekly lessons from Reuters. Recommended.

• CNN news in the classroom brings world news to the class

• Teachers Helping Teachers Tips, ideas, special features for new and experienced teachers alike. Many topics and subjects, e.g. Language Arts. Send in your own lessons in plain text, they will be converted to HTML.

• Hands-on English Bi-monthly publication with practical teaching ideas.

• English Language Institute: Technology Tip of the Month.

• COMENIUS Website with activities for ESL learners. Try the links for Idiom of the Week or Fables. Lots of interesting activities. Sound too.

• The LinguaCenter Grammar Safari

• Alternative & Independent EFL What you really need abroad: language for bodily functions! Focus on English as a changing language. Interesting, controversial and fun.

• The Online Educator Samples of Net Lessons, sites useful for teachers and much more.

• Lesson Plans - the ultimate work saver?

• Ed's Oasis with lesson plan library.

• Bernard Moro: Langues LXM French hypermedia artist/teacher with (among other things) some outstanding work on the use of movies in the classroom. See e.g. Apocalypse Now.

• Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonist Index An absolute favorite. Works wonders in class!

Projects and themes:

• Newton's Apple Interdisciplinary, project-based science work. Lots of activities for all intermediate levels.

• Too Cool for Grown-Ups Exciting and fun science-flavored pages.

• Email Projects Home Page Good collection of projects. Get ideas here.

• Interactive Learning Resources CNN news stories for educational purposes.

• The English Country School For environmentalists. Intermediate level. Try English Naturally: teaching English through projects in the natural environment.

• Dian Borek's multicultural website in Canada Topic: cultural awareness. Very good for teachers.

• Foreign Languages for Travelers Instant tourist in English or any other language.

• Coast to Coast Project Nine-week project on American culture

• Presidential Election An in-depth glossary of election terms with ample information. Make this a stepping stone for your project work.

• Visiting the Doctor will do your English good! Thanks to Aviva Furman in Seattle.

• Phonology Course in R.P. from Stirling University, UK.

• Jim Duber's Cutting Edge CALL Resources Interactive ESL quizzes (grammar, listening, reading, writing) NB! You need Shockwave to make this one work.

• Learner autonomy MOOs, school projects, case studies.

Business English:

• Business Meetings by Michael Vallance Simulation!

• Business Meetings, test

• Business English, grammar,vocabulary,listening and reading exercises

• Linguarama, self-study magazine for learners of business English

• Differences Between Literary and Business English, concise and useful list

• Business English for teachers and learners, very good page by Linda Thalman!

• Internet Advertising, Resource Guide

• NewsBot: Business -- Recent Business

• Researching Companies on the Internet - A Tutorial

• Guidelines for Safe Investing listening exercise.

• Yahoo! Business and Economy Very good starting point!

Writing (and some listening/speaking, too)

• Word Processing-based Activities for a Language Class.

• Online Writing Lab From Purdue University. Recommended!

• Write Away! A showcase of writing by Adult Australian Migrants. Ready for you to download.

• BLN Online The Bilingual and Languages Network Online. Learners, teachers and parents (!) Aims at stimulating classroom learning. This link offers new ideas and activities. High-quality British site.

• LEO Learning English Online Lab. University of Kansas offers a wide range of activities for all the skills plus an in-depth guide to Rodeo!

• English as a Second language Home Page Very good activity page. The latest additions are: Listening training, Pronunciation, Talk Radio etc. Many others too.

• PIZZAZ! Creative Writing from Leslie Opp-Beckman, poetry, fiction, e-mail chain stories. Interactive, opportunities to be published.

• John Wong's Language Institute Located in Hong Kong. Link to student essays etc.

• Instructional Systems for ESL and Composition Teacher Designed Instructional Systems for ESL and Composition and Free On-line Resources for students and teachers.

• Writing Argumentative Essays by Bill Daly.

• ILCP Index- Interactive Listening

• Pronunciation Web Resources

• Phonetic Fonts to be downloaded, PC/Mac.

Language:

• ESL : Games : Crossword Puzzles

• Half-Baked Software's Hot Potatoes Free Software to create crosswords, fill-in exercises and much more. A 1000 thanks to Martin Holmes.

• Three Win 95 Programs for Authoring Web-based Language Exercises. From Martin Holmes, again.

• HotRod Your Vocabulary! New lessons every weekday.

• Guess the Word Word defined by Collins Cobuild. Pupils guess the meaning. Entertaining and enlightening.

• Spell Check On-line activity, easy or hard.

• Slang Worldwide Learners are always intrigued by target culture idiosyncrasies. Here is slang from the US, the UK, Ireland, South Africa and more of the English-speaking world.

• Proverbs Sorted alphabetically. Get them in batches of ten.

• An on-line English Grammar Comprehensive. By Anthony Hughes.

• Interactive Quizzes on everything connected with grammar!

• English Language Center Study Zone at the University of Columbia, Canada.

Jump Stations:

• ABCentral 1000s of educational links sorted from Accounting to Veterinary.

• Digital Education Network English Teaching and Learning Section.

• The English Learner's Web Guide Enormous.

• AAA Links "AAA EFL Links currently has over 534 entries in the database!"

• Marie Nuzzi's Wonderful World of Language! Lots of useful and entertaining material, mostly for K 9-12.

• The English Department Barbara Dieu's site (Brazil) with examples of projects, information and links on English Speaking Countries, a lesson plan using Internet and more. A real department store.