Links and Tools for English Language Teachers:

1.  Great ELT articles:  http://iteslj.org  

2.  More great ELT articles:

http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/tesl-ej/    

3.  Language Learning Technology (great articles & resources).    http://llt.msu.edu/    (Note: See archives as well as latest issue.)

4. www.CALL4All.us for TEFL/TESOL [CALL = Computer-Aided Language Learning; TEFL = Teaching English as a Foreign Language;  TESOL = Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages] by Dr. John Loucky, a good friend.

5. ELT Web for Teachers: http://www.eltweb.com/liason/

6. ELT News (Japan Specific):  http://www.eltnews.com

7. ELT Events (Japan Specific):  http://www.eltcalendar.com

8. More CALL links for TEFL/TESOL

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English Language Teaching Organizations

I. TESOL:  http://www.tesol.org (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)

II. JALT:   http://jalt.org  (Japan Association of Language Teaching)

III. IATEFL:  http://www.iatefl.org/  (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language)

IV. ETJ (English Teachers Japan - great email discussions on their email list): http://www.eltnews.com/ETJ/

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Tools for Teachers

I.  Email Groups for Class Student-Student and Student Teacher Interaction

 A. http://groups.yahoo.com  (free but with ads)

        1. allows for interaction with moderator control for safety including a closed group into which only the teacher can allow members

        2. Has functions like calendar, polls, message archives, photos, database...

        3. Microsoft Word and other files can be uploaded into file folders

        4.  Generous amount of Megabytes Space          

        5. Emails sent to students whether they register or not,

        6. Other functions only available if they register (also free) and they can get a yahoo.com 100 MegaByte account free.

        7. Example (first page only can be viewed without user ID and Password):

         http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sitec 

        (Summer Intensive Tokodai English Course)

 

 II.   Course Management Systems

     A. http://moodle.org/   (Free, open source, designed for educators - fairly long learning curve and requires server)

     B. Review of many systems:  Part of 

 

http://www.knowledgeability.biz/weblearning/

 

III.  Blogs for language teaching (put that in www.google.com and you'll find lots):

    A. http://www.xanga.com The easiest site to make a blog that includes photos

    B. http://www.blogger.com One of the first blogging sites

 

For feedback on additional links

 or broken links contact Mr. B at

NOTSPAMbronner@iname.comNOTSPAM   

(Just take the "NOTSPAM" out and you know my email  )

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

 

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I. Reading

      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 Reading and Listening Story: 

                  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

      E. Shortened, often humorous news: http://www.shortnews.com

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II. Writing and Essay Advice    (both written and by example)

   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

         A. Science example

          B. Process Example

     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: 

     2. APA Tips Site 

     3. APA Free Template:

     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

 

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III. Speeches – Formal & Informal -- Speaking 

          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:            

          E. Speech Outline Advice:

          F. Teaching Speech Advice: 

 

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IV. Listening (Everyday & News English)

       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)

      J. http://www.polyglot.pitt.edu/web/englishlistening.html (more listening links)

      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]

  

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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.

      B. Website on Culture Shock: http://international.ouc.bc.ca/cultureshock/

      C. Cultural Debates Online: http://www.teachtsp2.com/cdonline/

 

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VI. English-English Dictionary Sites (Learner & Native Speaker)

       A. http://nhd.heinle.com/home.aspx (Newbury-House Dictionary for learners; American English)

       B. http://www.oup.com/elt/oald/  (Oxford for learners, British and American English)

       C. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ (Cambridge Dictionary for learners, British & American English)

       D. http://www.thesaurus.com  (Thesaurus for Native Speakers to find synonyms.)

       E. http://www.onelook.com/ (Multiple dictionaries referenced – mainly native speaker ones)

 

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VII. TOEFL/TOEIC

            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 Japan)

                 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

                2. sample test visible here:

                3. TOEFL/TOEIC practice links:

                            http://www.eslpartyland.com/linkspages/toefl.htm

 

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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 2^nd  Language Electronic Journal)

          C. Language Learning Technology Articles/Links Site:

                  http://llt.msu.edu/

 

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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 

    B.  Teachers or Students can also use their own contacts to safely find keypals.

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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.)

           N. http://pweb.sophia.ac.jp/~britto/weblab-e.html (Annotated English Learning Links)

           O. http://www.esldesk.com/esl-links/ (Links to Link Sites!)

           P. www.CALL4All.us  Great CALL links by a colleague, Dr. John Loucky