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. Intercultural Learning Links
VI. Dictionary Sites (Learner & Other)
VII. TOEFL / TOEIC
VIII. Tech English & Language Learning Technology
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:
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]
V. Intercultural Learning Links:
A. http://bjapan.bravehost.com (Another of my link sites has not only links but ideas to help students use the Internet to learn about culture.
C. Cultural Debates Online: http://www.teachtsp2.com/cdonline/
D. http://www.thesaurus.com (Thesaurus for Native Speakers to find synonyms.) E. http://www.onelook.com/ (Multiple dictionaries referenced – mainly native speaker ones)
A. http://nhd.heinle.com/home.aspx (Newbury-House Dictionary for learners; American English)
B. http://www.oup.com/elt/oald/ (
C. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ (Cambridge Dictionary for learners, British & American English)
A. Criterion TOEFL and college essay practice
1. http://criterion.ets.org/cwe/student/ http://criterion.ets.org/cwe/instructor/
2.. Requires explanation and supervision – checks grammar… but also shows structure.
3. I'm doing free, one-month trial membership that has some bugs in it still but is being improved (according to ETS = Educational Testing Service representative in
4. For free trial, email: Manabu Yamaguchi (CIEE Japan):
myamaguchi@cieej.or.jp (Can be an individual or a class trial)
B. Summer 2005 TOEFL changes: http://www.ets.org/toefl/nextgen/
1. includes integrated speaking, listening, reading and writing
3. TOEFL/TOEIC practice links:
http://www.eslpartyland.com/linkspages/toefl.htm
VIII. Tech English & Language Learning Technology:
A. Technical English Modules {Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology site called DEEP CALL at http://133.10.139.100/DEEP_CALL}
B. http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/tesl-ej/ (TESL-EJ Teachers English 2nd Language Electronic Journal)
C. Language Learning Technology Articles/Links Site:
IX. Email as a tool for language learning A. Keypals for Real English Communication
1. http://ilc2.doshisha.ac.jp/users/kkitao/online/www/kitao/int-keyp.htm (article with links to keypal sites for teachers and students)
2. Also: http://ilc2.doshisha.ac.jp/users/kkitao/online/www/keypal.htm
X. More English Learning Linking Websites:
A. http://a4esl.org/ (Lots of things for ELLs to do including links elsewhere )
B. http://www.manythings.org/ (Lots & lots of things for ESL users to do)
C. http://iteslj.org (one of the best site for English teachers with lots of good articles and links for teachers and students: http://iteslj.org/links/ this site)
D. http://towerofenglish.com (huge list of links to around the webs for English learning with excellent and questionably useful links)
E. http://learners.englishclub.com/ (Many activities – 4 skills; great site)
F. http://1-language.com (Many activities – 4 skills; great site)
G. http://www.eslcafe.com/ (one of the first, original Internet ESL sites)
H. http://www.f.waseda.jp/vicky/students/links/links1.html (Waseda Professor's English Learning Links)
I. http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/ (Hong Kong Polytechnical Virtual Language Centre)
J. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml (BBC learning sites for British English)
K. http://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/divisions/english/esl/resources2.html (English links with Annotation)
M. http://www.onestopenglish.com/ (Great Site with free handouts and dialog run by MacMillan Langauge House.)
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O. http://www.esldesk.com/esl-links/ (Links to Link Sites!)
P. www.CALL4All.us Great CALL links by a colleague, Dr. John Loucky

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