Transcript English Language Teaching Resources on the Internet

English Language Teaching
Resources on the Internet for
ESL Classes
Stephen Perry, IRO*
[email protected]
September 2010
Washington, D.C
202-453-8295
* = Information Resource Officer
All THESE SITES ARE ON MY ONLINE
BIBLIOGRAPHY AT: http://eslres1.pbworks.com
(updated all the time!)
PART I: NEW GENERATION
SEARCH ENGINES
Better Alternatives to GOOGLE
NEW GENERATION SEARCH ENGINES:
http://www.ipl.org
ESL SEARCH RESULTS on www.ipl.org
Can click on the Microscope symbol in
www.ipl.org to see the LC Subject headings:
assures precision and relevancy.
Here is another example of this from
IPL: clicking on the magnyfing glass
Clicking on the Subject headings achieves more
Targeted Results
InfoMine: a search engine for Academic Topics:
http://infomine.ucr.edu
Can browse by LC Subject Headings:
http://infomine.ucr.edu
LC SUBJECT HEADINGS bring a
wealth of resources:
http://infomine.ucr.edu
Under the LCSH “..Composition and Exercises,” there is
a reference to an excellent Internet Site and a summary.
And, here is the site itself:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu
Other Examples of InfoMine Subject
Headings: http://infomine.ucr.edu
Under LCSH: --rhetoric—handbooks,
manuals, etc. one of the Web Sites listed
The Site itself:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
RDN: RESOURCE DISCOVERY NETWORK: www.rdn.ac.uk
RDN maintains a Virtual Training Suite (VTS): how
to use the Internet Effectively in various Subject
Areas: www.vts.rdn.ac.uk
Example of a VTS for ESOL:
www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/fe/tutorial/esol
PART II:
MEGASITES
Megasites are well maintained
collections of links, allowing the
researcher to locate almost everything
relevant in a single Web Page.
Resources for English as a Second Language:
http://www.usingenglish.com
MEGASITES: One such site is from the U.S. EMBASSY in
MEXICO CITY:
http://mexico.usembassy.gov/mexico/library.html
ESL RESOURCES FROM U.S. EMBASSY MEXICO CITY:
http://www.usembassy-mexico.gov/bbf/bfingles.htm
ESL GOLD: www.eslgold.com
ESL GOLD CONTINUED
Office of English Language Programs, U.S. Department of State: Using the
Internet for English Teachers:
http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/onlineca.htm
TEFL SITES: Office of English Language
Programs:
http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/e
al-res.htm#sites
FORUM ENGLISH TEACHING JOURNALS IN
VARIOUS FIELDS
ESL LINKS FROM THE INTERNET TESL
JOURNAL: http://iteslj.org/links
Online English Language Center: University of Oregon
(OELP): An excellent outline of what is available:
http://oelp.uoregon.edu/learn.html
PART III: EXERCICES,
QUIZZES, HANDBOOKS,
GAMES ONLINE
SPECIFIC ESL
EXAMPLES
Examples of Idioms:
http://www.esl.rice.edu/esl/English_Practice_EN.asp
?SnID=1278403101

Quizzes to make Classroom Activity Fun and
Educational: http://www.eslcafe.com/quiz
IDIOM PAGE:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/res
ources/interactives/idioms/index.html
15 online resources to learn English as a Second
language: www.bit.ly/baAcea
A Web Site with Useful Classroom Activities:
http://englishpage.com
Example of Proper Use of Prepositions in
this Web Site: www.englishpage.com
Internet Grammar of English:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/
The Blue Book of Grammar: QUIZZES AND
EXPLANATIONS OF PUNCTUATION:
www.grammarbook.com
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Proper Use of
Verbs, Prepositions, etc. with examples:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/gramamar
Grammar Girl explains the fine points of
the English Language (Lie v. Lay
explained) http://grammar.qdnow.com/
NEW SITE as of 2010: conjugation of English
Verbs: http://conjugation.com/
Example of the conjugation of the verb “lie”:
difficult even for native English speakers in
conjugation.com
TEACHING ACCENTS AND PRONUNCIATION
Speech Accent : FOR TEACHING ACCENTS:
http://accent.gmu.edu/browse.php
USING FILMS TO TEACH ENGLISH:
http://vladivostok.usconsulate.gov/elf.html
PART IV: BEST WRITING GUIDES
ON THE INTERNET
HOW TO TEACH
YOUR STUDENTS TO
WRITE BETTER
NUTS AND BOLTS OF COLLEGE WRITING:
http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/
EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY WRITING RESOURCES
CENTER:
http://www.esc.edu/ESConline/Across_ESC/Writing
ResourceCenter.nsf/homepageForm?OpenForm
Online Writing Assistant:
http://www.powa.org
How to Write Argumentative Essays:
http://www.powa.org/argument/index.html
The Writing Center of the University of
Wisconsin at Madison:
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/
Dartmouth College Writing Center:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/about.
shtml
Bibliography of Effective Writing Resources:
http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/ewr/ewr.htm
PART V: Distance Education
Resources
Quality Resources from
MIT, Massachusetts and
The University of Texas at Austin
MIT : Massachusetts Institute of
Technology: http://ocw.mit.edu
MIT In Depth: Writing and Humanistic
Studies
A Course on Culture Shock
MIT: Another Online Course on Consumer
Culture
Student Essays Online available from
the MIT Site on Consumer Culture to
develop and motivate Writing Skills
Examples of Student Essays in an Autobiography
Class: MIT Course on Expository Writing and
Autobiography.
World Lecture Hall: The University of Texas at Austin
http://web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh/browse.cfm
Notice Online Courses for ENGLISH/WRITING/RHETORIC
Courses in English, Writing, Rhetoric
YALE UNIVERSITY NOW OFFERS
DISTANCE EDUCATION
 http://open.yale.edu/courses/
YALE UNIVERSITY: http://open.yale.edu/courses/
Example of a class at YALE UNIVERSITY
FREE LECTURE NOTES
Actual Class Lecture
U CALIFORNIA BERKELEY courses on VIDEO via YOUTUBE:
http://youtube.com/ucberkeley
Academic Earth also has full length course videos
from leading Universities: voted as one of the best
academic web sites of 2009 by Free Technology for
Teachers website: http://www.academicearth.org/
Universities around the world participating in the
Open Courseware concept
More Universities participating in the
Open Courseware concept
PART VI: Examples of
Electronic Journals with Full
Text
America.gov, TESL-J,
Forum,
E-Journals from America.gov:
http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalus
a.html
DYNAMIC ENGLISH E-JOURNAL:
http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa/08
07.html
English Journals from the U.S. Department of
State: English Teaching Forum:
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/journal/
FORUM INCLUDES TEACHING PLANS:
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol43/i
ndex.htm#top
TESL JOURNAL: http://iteslj.org
America.gov website has videos and
publications in all subject areas
VIDEOS ON AMERICA.GOV
WEBCHATS ON VARIOUS TOPICS: YOUR CHANCE TO
ASK QUESTIONS and practice your written English!:
http://www.america.gov/multimedia/askamerica.html
WEBCHATS ON ESL TOPICS
My WIKI also has in-depth bibliographies on many
topics, including ESL: the Web site is:
http://tinyurl.com/chn36u
THE END:
THANKS FOR YOUR
ATTENTION
STEPHEN PERRY
202-632-2747
SEPTEMBER 2010 updates
[email protected]
Washington, D.C. 20052