Keith:
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/argument.html
-Handouts
about how to do stuff – writing papers for each major, how to cite, how to
research
and form an essay.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writingmaterials/students/ac_paper/what.shtml
-Our materials for Students section provides extensive textbook-quality advice about
all
aspects of
writing in an academic environment;
-Our
Materials for Faculty section includes an overview of writing pedagogy and
methods, along
with
specific examples of how writing is taught at Dartmouth;
-Our
Materials for Writing Tutors section offers written and video materials for
training undergraduate peer tutors.
http://www.1-language.com/esllistening/index.htm
-Pretty
good site some lessons the kids can do listen and fill in the answers.
http://sat.collegeboard.com/practice/
-I signed
up for a practice SAT question every day and answer them. I think all of our
students
should do this - from math to language. Also you can do subject specific practice
too…
Adam:
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/
-This site
provides links to a variety of sources allowing opportunities to listen to
English
-Over 10108
links available (a little overwhelming)
-Various
file formats are available: MP3 files, Podcasts, RealAudio files
-Various
forms of listening: TV shows, Recordings of Speeches, Music and Lyrics, Read
and Listen Articles, Books on
Tape, Language Lab activities, etc.
-Links for
students divided into various categories: reading, writing,
speaking,
spelling, games
-Links for
teachers focused on PRO-D: scholarly journals, teaching
techniques,
testing, conferences
http://www.englishlistening.com
-English
Listening Lounge: excerpts of real people talking about real-life topics
-Passages
are available at various different levels
-Can choose
from scroll menus: domain, level, topic
-After each
excerpt, there are a series of questions, the answers, and a
transcript
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clips
-Set up in
YouTube-type format
-A
compilation of BBC Comedy show clips
-Any clip I
tried to open said: “Not available in your area”
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
-Time
Magazine website for kids
-Elementary
based: K-1; 2-3; 4-6
-For
teachers: provides worksheets, printable quizzes and graphic
organizers
-Mini-lessons
surrounding current events
-On-line
games
Brian:
-People’s
Daily on-line English Chinese newspaper
-China news
-China
business
-World news
-Life and
Culture
-Opinion
-Sports
-Videos
-Forum
-Feature
Stories
-Photos
-Bangkok,
Thailand News in English - not much else to say other than that.
http://www.thebigproject.co.uk
-Links to
the Most Useful Websites on the Internet.
-It has
various categories and it claims that it will find the most useful websites
based on whatever category you select.
Could be useful to teachers; particularly the well sorted links to
podcasts.
-Various links
may also stimulate ideas
Carmen:
http://www.english-4u.com/index.php
-Most of
the lessons are for adult learners.
-Some of
the ones that are for all levels, one has to pay $18/month toget access to;
these are just lesson plans not unit plans. To me, unit plans are preferred.
-Nevertheless,
the free lesson plans are interesting: some are on the Olympics, on
homosexuality, smoking, advertising, etc.
Overall, the freebees on this site are worth exploring, briefly.
http://www.5minuteenglish.com/links.htm
-Comprehension
readings with a focus on new vocab.
However, the level is beginner and the
compreh
questions are multiple choice and there are not any higher level thinking ones.
-This
website seems great! I
-Many
useful areas to browse through like Classic Short Stories, Grammar with Tests,
Vocabulary, Listening Resources, etc.
-I
recommend this website.
-$64/year(US)
for a subscription.
-I did not
find this website to be worthy of the subscription fee.
Ellen:
http://www.bogglesworldesl.com
-A variety
ESL resources, including lesson plans, crosswords & handouts,
activities,
songs, etc.
-Seems
useful particularly for beginner or younger ESL students, but some resources
could be
useful (or trigger ideas) for teachers.
-Unfortunately,
the ad-laden design of the website was very distracting and turned me off this
site quite a bit.
-A gigantic
ESL resource, designed for both students and teachers.
-Slightly
overwhelming in its vastness.
-Sections
on: vocabulary, pronunciation, idioms, TOEFL, quizzes/games/activities, etc.
etc.
-Lots of
very basic grammar info that could be very useful for our students, who seem to
have lots
of trouble with simple stuff such as sentence structure.
-An example
of a very basic (but clear) page from the site:
-http://www.eslgold.com/grammar/basic_sentence.html
-Less
extensive ESL resource.
Some less
technical stuff, such as trivia relating to the English language
http://www.englishenglish.com/english_facts.htm
-Links to
other grammar resources, some of which are no longer active
-Word of
the day, joke of the day, article of the day, idiom of the day, all wrapped up
in
ad-laden
ugly website design.
-There is
an English “club” but you need to sign up to join.
Luke:
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk
-A site
more for teachers than students run by the BBC and the British Council.
-A Content
and Language Integrated Learning
Lesson’ about Vancouver/ Canada.
-There are
also links to British Council pages on Canada
http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/advise.html
-This
website changed address to this: http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice
-Could be
used by students but would probably be better for teachers.
http://www.trentu.ca/academicskills/guides.htm
-This page
is out of date. The best page I found was information for prospective
international students
Rob:
http://www.ieltspractice.com/listening.html
http://www.uefap.com/accuracy/accfram.htm
http://www.writefix.com/pet/index.htm
Pearl:
1. The Hong
Kong Polytechnic University – English Language Center
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/eap
-Designed
for student/teacher-use.
-English
for Academica Purpose
-Done by
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University – English Language Center
-Items on
the website English, Proficiency Exercises & Games, Lessons on
Brainstorming
-Grammar
-Vocabulary
-Listening
-Other Web
Materials
-Developing
-Academic
Writing skills
-Giving
oral presentations
-How to
reference (APA, Harvard, Vancouver, IEEE)
-Organizing
Extended Academic Text
-Achieving
an Academic Writing Style
-Homework
Suggestions
-Pronunciation
-Reading
Materials
International Herald Tribune -
Asia-Pacific News
2.
Enchantedlearning.com (for young/elementary learners)
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/essay/writing.shtml
-Designed
for teacher-use.
-Language
Arts for Early to Fluent Writers
-Writing
activities
-Lots of
printable worksheets/templates
-Lots of
ideas for writing
-Comic book
-Research
report
-Memory
book
-Letter
writing
-Book
diorama
Designed
for student-use.
-Listening
-Writing
-Reading
-Speaking
-Grammar
-Vocabulary
-Research
-Visual –
how to draw flow charts
http://www.ieltsthailand.com (also
http://www.ieltstips.com/)
-Aone-stop
website for anyone taking the IELTS
-Discussion
board in English available for people to ask/answer questions
-Section on
possible IELTS topics
-Reading
-Speaking
-Writing
-Listening
-For
example: Television, Film, popular music, The role of music in
popular
culture. Privacy and the
media, Newspapers
-Directs
visitor to online IELTS teachers/courses that are available
Annie:
-Randall’s
ESL Cyber Listening Lab.
-Every
student needs to learn how to listen in order to comprehend.
-This site
is great for grade 12 and the situations they will be in next year.
-It
provides life skills and life events that pertain to them as university
students.
-The
selection includes listening quizzes for academic purposes in medium,
difficult, and very
difficult.
-This
prepares for TOEFL for interviews, lectures, and conversations. There are pre-listening questions, then
listening, and a post listening quiz.
-20 minute
vocabulary lessons are provided along with discussion questions.
-Extensive
information that would be great in the computer lab, classroom or at home.
-A test
site ror students to check dates of testing.
-There are
teacher resources to prepare students such as academic reading, writing, and
listening.
-They
provide free plans for teachers to help students pass the IELTS