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English Language Teaching Resources on the Internet for ESL Classes Stephen Perry, IRO* [email protected] Washington, D.C 202-453-8295 * = Information Resource Officer All THESE SITES ARE ON MY ONLINE WEB SITE 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 (THE INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY) 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/englishteaching/index.html Materials for Teaching and Learning English: http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/r esources-et.html ENGLISH TEACHING FORUM: http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/forumjournal.htm l 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.eslcafe.com/idioms/id-list.html 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 Mini-Grammar Tutorials from www.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/grammar/ Grammar Girl explains the fine points of the English Language (Lie v. Lay explained) http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/defaul t.aspx NEW SITE as of 2011: 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 The New American English web site designed by the U.S. Department of State: http://americanenglish.state.gov http://americanenglish.state.gov PART IV: BEST WRITING GUIDES ON THE INTERNET HOW TO TEACH YOUR STUDENTS TO WRITE BETTER Garbl’s Writing Resources Online: http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/writing/ Action Writing from the Garbl Web Site: http://home.comcast.net/~garbl/writin g/action.htm Writing Center Handouts from the University of North Carolina, 2010 http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/ 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/index.php/ar gumentative-essays 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.htm More Writing Resources PART V: Distance Education Resources We will show Quality Resources from: MIT, Massachusetts and Yale University Academic Earth, among others MIT : Massachusetts Institute of Technology: http://ocw.mit.edu MIT In Depth: Writing and Humanistic Studies A Course on Culture Shock 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. 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 Universities around the world participating in the Open Courseware concept: http://ocwconsortium.org/members/members/country/US Academic Earth also has full length course videos from leading Universities: voted as one of the best academic web sites of 2011 by Free Technology for Teachers website: http://www.academicearth.org/ PART VI: Examples of Electronic Journals with Full Text DYNAMIC ENGLISH E-JOURNAL: http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa/08 07.html English Teaching Forum: http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/forumjournal.html PART VII: Use of Podcasts in English Language Teaching How might podcasts be used in English Language Teaching? We provide one example here Here is a link to how Podcasts may be used for English learning: it was done by my colleague, Ms. Jacqueline Gardy, at the U.S. Department of State https://prezi.com/secure/31bdb4423fb2f48bf 5b7ee12c0c2174b0d52f585/ Jacqueline was an English Language Fellow in Novi Sad, Serbia and now works at the State Department: in this Power Point shows how English Language Teachers might use Podcasts in their classes. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION! STEPHEN PERRY, IRO for CENTRAL AFRICA JULY 2011 updates [email protected] Washington, D.C. 20052 http://eslres1.pbworks.com