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The Realia Project
http://realiaproject.org/
Rich electronic archive for language instruction anywhere: publishes faculty-reviewed media for the teaching and study of modern languages and cultures.

Moodle
http://moodle.org
A free open-source course-management system to help teachers create online communities

CNN Student News
http://www.cnn.com/EDUCATION/
Read CNN online in various languages with transcripts, news quizzes and more

CNN Daily Education/Learning Activities
http://www.cnn.com/EDUCATION/
learning.activities/archive/index.html
Daily lesson suggestions and directives

ESL Lesson Plans and Resources
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/
eslplans.html
A very extensive list of links to ESL lesson plans/activities and ESL resources for teachers and students

The Internet TESL Journal
http://iteslj.org/
Monthly journal for teachers of English as a second language. Archives all the way back to 1995. Articles, Research Papers, Lessons Plans, Classroom Handouts, Teaching Ideas, and Links.

English Language Teaching Newsletter
http://www.eltnewsletter.com/
Online forum for teachers of ESL, including articles, teaching tips, and discussion

Boggle's World
http://bogglesworldesl.com/
Lesson plans, Crosswords, Word Searches, Flash Cards, Verbs, Songs, Creative Writing, Work Sheets, Phonics, ABCs, ESL Science, Survival English, Business ESL, ESL for Adults, ESL Articles, Lesson Plans, ESL Jobs

ESL magazine
http://www.eslmag.com/
The leading magazine for teachers of American English and ESL/EFL professionals worldwide

Create your own online vocabulary lists, flashcards, class websites and quizzes!
http://www.quia.com
Create activites (word lists, flashcards, matching games etc.), class websites, and amazing online quizzes (including multiple choice, pop-up, fill-in, short answer and essay questions with easy links to ANY online source), create class rosters and have easy access to tests, students' scores, time spent on tests etc. ; licence fee required for instructors (not for students)
Bard has licences for 10 instructors; for information contact kufner@bard.edu

Pics Tips and Treats
http://www.uiowa.edu/~pics/tips.html
Guidelines to work with video in language teaching.

Software for Learning
http://www.cict.co.uk/software/
teaching.htm
Downloadable programs for use in the classroom or at home . Interesting: Markin a program which replaces the traditional teacher's red pen with a complete on-screen marking environment, is the latest in marking and annotation software for on-line and electronic teaching environments. Add your favorite exercises to this website.

Create exercises, quizzes tests
http://eleaston.com/quizzes.html
Find many links to a great variety of online exercises and quiz-makers, FL self-test sites and more.


ESL-EFL


	Red Hook ESL Center ESL tutoring and Life Skills Forums for all community members (click)
	Dictionaries and Thesauri Merriam Webster OnLine http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm The reference classic - fast reliable site. Hear the words pronounced! A Web of On-line Dictionaries http://www.yourdictionary.com/ Biggest set of dictionaries on the web (more than 1500 dictionaries representing 230 languages); site also offers linguistic "Fun & Games" (From 'Historical Linguistic Games ' to 'On-line Vocabulary Quizzes') Lexical FreeNet http://www.lexfn.com/ Connected Thesaurus. Easy to use database that allows you to search for relationships between words, concepts and people. Very powerful with features lacking in other thesauri. Links and Resources for Writers http://www.jbwb.co.uk Jacqui Bennett's Writers Bureau. Constantly updated and reviewed very useful reference links: Encyclopedia Britannica, rhyhming dictionaries, on-line English grammar and searchable quotation collections. Wiktionary http://www.wiktionary.org/ Free multilingual content dictionary Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org/ Free multilingual encyclopedia
	CDs, Videos and Books For a list of CDs, DVDs, videos, etc. available in the CFLC search our online database: http://inside.bard.edu/blrc/database/ Film FACETS http://www.facets.org The single best source for international cinema on video and DVD. The FACETS catalog includes both feature films and documentary works. Kino International http://www.kino.com A small but important collection of international cinema, including seminal works of Weimar film. Excellent print reproductions; many restored versions. Kino titles are also available through most of general video distributors. Music ESL through music http://www.forefrontpublishers.com/ eslmusic/ Excellent web site where teachers are provided with the tools which they need in order to foster the acquisition of English through music: • teacher-made and tested lesson plans • materials such as books, videos, and tapes/CDs which have been helpful to other educators as they use music for second language instructional purposes • articles supporting the use of music in the ESL classroom ESL Lounge http://www.esl-lounge.com/songstop.shtml Songs and teaching ideas for the ESL classroom.
	Language Learning University of Victoria English Language Study Zone http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/ studyzone/index.htm Reading, vocabulary, grammar and puzzles for six different levels of ESL learning and three listening courses. CFLC DATABASE http://inside.bard.edu/blrc/database All of the old ESL program texts and resources, including TOEFL practive exams, reside in the language lab and are available for student use. BARD ACADEMIC RESOURCE CENTER http://inside.bard.edu/academicresources/ Information about tutoring, Bard's academics, and writers resources: library, grammar, foreign language, bibiliography and citation, research, reading speed and comprehension, help for students with learning disabilities. Website to Improve Reading Speed and Comprehension english.glendale.cc.ca.us/methods.html INTERACTIVE TEST OF YOUR ENGLISH LEVEL- http://www.learn4good.com/languages/english_level.htm 4TESTS-ONLINE HIGHSCHOOL AND COLLEGE TESTS FROM TOEFL to GRE http://www.4tests.com/exams/exams.asp FREE TOEFL PREPERTION ON LINE http://www.gettoefl.com/preparation.htm Fill out a survey and take a free TOEFL test on line FREE TOEFL PRACTICE http://esl.about.com/cs/toefl/a/a_toefl_2.htm With a link to 3 Free TOEFL Tests and interactive exercises on structure, vocabulary, and more FREE TOEFL STURUCTURE TESTS http://www.testmagic.com/Knowledge_Base/TOEFL/Structure/index.htm ENGISH MASTER- FREE TOEFL PREP ONLINE http://www.computerbasedtest.com/ ComputerBasedTest.com offers EnglishMaster software to help prepare the TOEFL efficiently. English Maste is a language learning software that offers users the opportunity to learn English, and assess their graduate study qualification through lots of practice and simulation tests Free downloads of the limited program for Windows and Windows XP available. Charge mode is possible from $10.00 (10 hours per month) to $30.00 (unlimited hours) per month. TESTMAGIC-TOEFL HOME http://www.testmagic.com/Knowledge_Base /TOEFL/grammar Lots of on line tests and exercises on structure, reading, and vocabulary. WORDCHAMP: LEARN LANGUAGE FASTER! http://www.wordchamp.com/lingua/MainMenu.do Webpage Reader and Vocabulary builder in all languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Italian and more STUDY VOCABULARY WITH YOUR OWN LISTS http://youknowthedrill.com Choose the language you are interested in, and the site begins asking you to translate words. If you get words wrong, it will repeat those words, in order to reinforce the correct translation. The site keeps track of which words you have mastered and which you are working on, so you can go away and come back and take up where you left off. If you don't like the huge standard database of foreign language vocabulary we offer, you can create your own lists of words to drill and practice. FREE SIGN UP FOR BUILD YOUR VOCABULARY http://www.wordsmart.com/wsdemo. php?s=GAWC&adgroup=new+esl&kw=%5BESL Do you want to know what level is appropriate for you? Try free WordSmart Challenge. THE BEDFORD HANDBOOK http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/hacker/bedhandbook/ http://www.dianahacker.com/bedhandbook/ Clear presentation of the fundamentals of English with interactive and self-corrected exercises. Check out the new online edition to the Bedford Handbook to be pubshed in 2005/2006 LEARNING THE AMERICAN ESSAY http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/ eslaudience.html Basic Tips for ESL Students on Writing for an American Academic Audience: how to write a thesis, linear structure, etc. STUDY ENGLISH GRAMMAR ONLINE http://www.1-language.com/eslquizzes/index.htm From adverbs and nouns to sentence structure. John and Sarah's TEFL Pitstop http://www.lingolex.com/jstefl.htm Games, articles, teaching syllabi, and other resources. World English http://www.world-english.org/ Large offering of English language activities, exercises and tests: reading, listening, puzzles and quizzes, placement tests, vocabulary, grammar, writing, speaking, culture/history, reading based quizzes, etc. ESL Tests http://www.english-test.net/ Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced tests of many different subjects in errors in sentence, expression, and complete the sentence form. Grammar ESL CAFE http://www.eslcafe.com/ On this site you can find: a complete list of idioms, phrasal verbs, help in pronunciation, slang, and quizzes. English as a Second Language on the web http://www.rong-chang.com/ Comprehensive page of grammar, games, idioms, dictionaries, writing, reading, podcast, listening, activities for kids, adults, Spanish-speakers, etc. Create exercises, quizzes, and tests http://eleaston.com/quizzes.html Find many links to a great variety of online exercises and quiz-makers, FL self-test sites and more.
	Culture Culture Topics for ESL Students http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/english/ World news, society and politics, history and culture, science and technology, links, webquests. Learn English Through British Culture http://www.learnenglish.de/ britishculture.htm British Culture, British Customs and British Traditions. Only intended to be a guide, not to be taken too seriously! The Tate Museum, London http://www.tate.org.uk/ The British Museum, London http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/britain/britain.html Museum of Modern Art, New York http://www.moma.org/ The Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C. http://www.si.edu African Art, Air and Space, American Indian museums, etc, National Gallery of Art, National Zoo, etc. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, Ohio http://www.rockhall.com/ National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ Canadian Museums Association http://www.museums.ca/
	Literature ATHENA -e-texts http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/ html/athome.html Nearly 10, 000 links to books on philosophy, science, classics, literature, history, economics, etc. Multilingual.. Several Search programs on author, title, language, words. ATHENA Literature Resources http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/html/ booksite.html Find literary resources online in and for a certain language Children's Books http://www.icdlbooks.org/ This site is my favorite of the five, The International Children's Digital Library. It has online children’s books that are fully readable with pictures. The web site has many books completely in Arabic among many other languages such as Farsi, French, Japanese, Croatian, German, Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish and many more to choose from. All you need to do is to click on the button that says “Simple Search”, and then choose the language. Beaucoup! Literary Resources http://www.beaucoup.com/3refeng.html Search by subject (biography, poetry, etc.) or collections (Shakespeare, Eliot etc.) UPenn-Literature online http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ Search Books, Features, Archives online by author, title, subject, foreign Languages and more - amazing, free site! LiTGloss http://wings.buffalo.edu/litgloss/list-of-texts/shtml The LiTgloss project is a collection of texts written in languages other than English. The texts are of literary, cultural, or historical interest to speakers of English, and likely (we think) to be better appreciated if read in the original language. Our goal is to make them accessible by providing semantic and syntactical help, and to provide supplementary materials which help the students see the text in its literary, artistic, historical, cultural context. French texts available from Balzac through Flaubert and Verlain to de Gaulle.
	Bibliography and Citation Bibliography Organizer http://www.noodletools.com/logout.php General Research and Documentation http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/hacker/resdoc/ MLA Bibliography http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc / library/mla.html MLA Citation Examples http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/ library/mlahcc.html MLA Style Electronic Formats http://www.westwords.com/guffey/mla.html
	Resources and Quizmakers The Realia Project http://realiaproject.org/ Rich electronic archive for language instruction anywhere: publishes faculty-reviewed media for the teaching and study of modern languages and cultures. Moodle http://moodle.org A free open-source course-management system to help teachers create online communities CNN Student News http://www.cnn.com/EDUCATION/ Read CNN online in various languages with transcripts, news quizzes and more CNN Daily Education/Learning Activities http://www.cnn.com/EDUCATION/ learning.activities/archive/index.html Daily lesson suggestions and directives ESL Lesson Plans and Resources http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/ eslplans.html A very extensive list of links to ESL lesson plans/activities and ESL resources for teachers and students The Internet TESL Journal http://iteslj.org/ Monthly journal for teachers of English as a second language. Archives all the way back to 1995. Articles, Research Papers, Lessons Plans, Classroom Handouts, Teaching Ideas, and Links. English Language Teaching Newsletter http://www.eltnewsletter.com/ Online forum for teachers of ESL, including articles, teaching tips, and discussion Boggle's World http://bogglesworldesl.com/ Lesson plans, Crosswords, Word Searches, Flash Cards, Verbs, Songs, Creative Writing, Work Sheets, Phonics, ABCs, ESL Science, Survival English, Business ESL, ESL for Adults, ESL Articles, Lesson Plans, ESL Jobs ESL magazine http://www.eslmag.com/ The leading magazine for teachers of American English and ESL/EFL professionals worldwide Create your own online vocabulary lists, flashcards, class websites and quizzes! http://www.quia.com Create activites (word lists, flashcards, matching games etc.), class websites, and amazing online quizzes (including multiple choice, pop-up, fill-in, short answer and essay questions with easy links to ANY online source), create class rosters and have easy access to tests, students' scores, time spent on tests etc. ; licence fee required for instructors (not for students) Bard has licences for 10 instructors; for information contact kufner@bard.edu Pics Tips and Treats http://www.uiowa.edu/~pics/tips.html Guidelines to work with video in language teaching. Software for Learning http://www.cict.co.uk/software/ teaching.htm Downloadable programs for use in the classroom or at home . Interesting: Markin a program which replaces the traditional teacher's red pen with a complete on-screen marking environment, is the latest in marking and annotation software for on-line and electronic teaching environments. Add your favorite exercises to this website. Create exercises, quizzes tests http://eleaston.com/quizzes.html Find many links to a great variety of online exercises and quiz-makers, FL self-test sites and more.
	Placement Tests VIRTUAL LANGUAGE CENTER http://www.edict.com.hk/diagnostic/ frames1a.htm 50 question test for ESL speakers with nifty dictionary on bottom. Links to many other language learning activities. MARY ELLEN GUFFEY'S COMMUNICATION AT WORK http://www.meguffey.com/ diagnostic_test.html 70 question test of grammar and mechanics geared towards English skills in college and the workplace. PRENTICE HALL DIAGNOSTIC TEST http://www.prenhall.com/ grammarassessment/ 15 tests on grammar, spelling, punctuation, word choice, sentence structure, style, and organization at varying levels of difficulty. For ESL or native speakers. ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTER -HONG KONG http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/advdicts/websuppmats/ diagnostic_grammar_test_expt2htm.htm 150 questions testing various skills with links to grammar help and other sites. For ESL speakers. LANGUAGE NEEDS TEST http://www.wordskills.com/level/ Lower and upper intermediate and advanced language needs analyses. INTERACTIVE TEST OF YOUR ENGLISH LEVEL - GREAT! http://www.learn4good.com/languages/english_level.htm Up to 40 short questions depedning on your level CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH PLACEMENT TEST http://www.folkuniversitetet.se/templates/Page.aspx?id=30980 Do this placement test to see which of the Cambridge exam levels is appropriate for you. ENGLISH IDIOM TEST Test your knowledge in English idioms. http://www.world-english.org/englishidiomstest.htm Goethe Language Tests http://www.goethe-verlag.com/tests/ FREE tests in 25 languages and 600 language combinations. Multilingual vocabulary exercises / language tests in Arabic Bulgarian Chinese Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Russian Serbian Spanish Swedish Turkish Top