Mr.B's English Learning Links Outline. Welcome! (Note: A
in front means an especially good website that is relatively easy to use. Green is used for key words; all websites are free unless otherwise noted. You must scroll down through my outline, but if you put any of the key words in the outline below in the "Find" function--"Ctrl F"--you can jump down to it that way.)
I. Reading Links
II. Writing and Essay Advice
III. Speeches IV. Listening/Speaking
V. Pronunciation http://bclass.bravehost.com/esl.html
VI. Dictionary Sites (Learner & Other)
VII. TOEFL / TOEIC
VIII. Intercultural Learning Links [Tech English & Language Learning Technology ] http://bclass.bravehost.com/elt.html
IX. Email Keypals
X. More English Learning Links
I.
A. Online ESL/EFL Reading Links: http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Reading/
B. Great, Timed Reading Site with quizzes:
http://www.geocities.com/yamataro670/readinglab.htm
C. Online
http://international.ouc.bc.ca/takako/
D. Great article with easy reading links:
http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/tesl-ej/ej13/int.html
A. Sites on academic writing paraphrasing, summarizing, and referencing
1. Excellent instruction website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
(for a tour of this site, see: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/lab/owl/tour/ )
2. Good example website: http://www.amarris.homestead.com/writing.html
3. Multi-theme Example Site: http://www.geocities.com/~newfields/write/
B. Sites about Referencing (APA American Psychological Association used as an example)
1. APA style links:
4. Sample APA Style Essays:
a. Excellent Social Science Example
b. http://www-distance.syr.edu/apa5th.html (journal article ex.)
c. http://valencia.cc.fl.us/lrcwest/apapaper.html (example of how to reference; not a real paper)
C. Application Essay Advice: http://1-language.com/essayedge/index.html
D. Chat Practice (should first be instructed on etiquette & how to chat one to one to get deeper discussion): http://learners.englishclub.com/esl-chat/index.htm
A. Excellent Speech site: http://ec.hku.hk/tops/ (New Site with great sample student video speeches and the whole process of speech making)
B. D. http://www.study.com (Safe, voice chat and even free English classes online. [Note: needs computers to be set up to allow javascript/ActiveX to download a & install a file and a microphone for communication]
C. Pronunciation Help: http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/
D. Advice on Writing a Formal Speech:
G. http://www.englishclub.com/presentations/index.htm
H. Great public speaking website (addictive!): www.TED.com
A. http://www.esl-lab.com (graded listenings designed EFL students)
B. http://1-language.com/eslnews/indexnew.htm (news listening on English learner site)
C. http://international.ouc.bc.ca/takako/one/index.html (Takako's Great Adventure)
D. http://www.elllo.org/ (Listen to voices from around the world. Made for English learners)
E. http://listening.englishclub.com/ (listen to a variety of items)
F. http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html (CNN & CBS listening with script and quizzes)
G. http://www.english-trailers.com/ (Movie Trailer Scripts with EFL quizzes)
H. http://www.dailywav.com/ (Listening clips from movies)
I. http://www.tigtag.com/community/language/105_0_3.html (listening links - sometimes for natives with transcripts)
K. http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/ (Annotated Listening Links from an excellent site)
L. http://simplyscripts.com/links.html [free movie, TV, radio scripts (words) for good listening and mimicking practice for students]
See http://bclass.bravehost.com/esl.html
bravenet.com