English Language Teaching Resources on the Internet

FREE (!) English Language
Teaching Resources on the
Internet for ESL Classes: yes,
all free! 
Stephen Perry, IRO*
PERRYSX2@STATE.GOV
Washington, D.C
202-453-8295
- Information Resource Officer
PART I: NEW GENERATION
SEARCH ENGINES
Better Alternatives to GOOGLE
NEW GENERATION SEARCH ENGINES:
http://www.lii.org
LII SEARCH RESULTS on www.lii.org
Can click on the Microscope symbol in
www.lii.org to see the LC Subject headings:
assures precision and relevancy.
Clicking on the Subject headings achieves more
Targeted Results
InfoMine: a search engine for Academic Topics:
http://infomine.ucr.edu
Can browse by LC Subject Headings:
http://infomine.ucr.edu
LC SUBJECT HEADINGS bring a
wealth of resources:
http://infomine.ucr.edu
Under the LCSH “..Composition and Exercises,”
there is a reference to an excellent Internet Site and
a summary.
And, here is the site itself:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu
Other Examples of InfoMine Subject
Headings: http://infomine.ucr.edu
Under LCSH: --rhetoric—handbooks,
manuals, etc. one of the Web Sites listed
The Site itself:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
RDN: RESOURCE DISCOVERY NETWORK: www.rdn.ac.uk
RDN maintains a Virtual Training Suite (VTS): how
to use the Internet Effectively in various Subject
Areas: www.vts.rdn.ac.uk
Example of a VTS for ESOL:
www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/fe/tutorial/esol
PART II:
MEGASITES
Megasites are well maintained
collections of links, allowing the
researcher to locate almost everything
relevant in a single Web Page.
Resources for English as a Second Language:
http://www.usingenglish.com
MEGASITES: One such site is from the U.S. EMBASSY in
MEXICO CITY:
http://mexico.usembassy.gov/mexico/library.html
ESL RESOURCES FROM U.S. EMBASSY MEXICO CITY:
http://www.usembassy-mexico.gov/bbf/bfingles.htm
ESL GOLD: www.eslgold.com
ESL GOLD CONTINUED
Another MEGASITE is the U.S. EMBASSY in
SANTO DOMINGO:
http://www.usemb.gov.doc/IRC/English_Teaching
.htm
From the U.S. EMBASSY in ANKARA TURKEY: NOTICE SECTION
ON AMERICAN STUDIES:
http://ankara.usembassy.gov/english_language_programs.html
Office of English Language Programs, U.S.
Department of State: Using the Internet for English
Teachers:
http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/
onlineca.htm
TEFL SITES: Office of English Language
Programs:
http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/e
al-res.htm#sites
FORUM ENGLISH TEACHING JOURNALS IN
VARIOUS FIELDS
ESL LINKS FROM THE INTERNET TESL
JOURNAL: http://iteslj.org/links
Online English Language Center: University of Oregon
(OELP): An excellent outline of what is available:
http://oelp.uoregon.edu/learn.html
One such link referred to in this MegaSite:
http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppic
ks.html
PART III: EXERCICES,
QUIZZES, HANDBOOKS,
GAMES ONLINE
SPECIFIC ESL
EXAMPLES
Examples of Idioms:
http://www.esl.rice.edu/esl/English_Practice_EN.asp
?SnID=1278403101

Quizzes to make Classroom Activity Fun and
Educational: http://www.eslcafe.com/quiz
A Web Site with Useful Classroom Activities:
http://englishpage.com
Example of Proper Use of Prepositions in
this Web Site: www.englishpage.com
Internet Grammar of English:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/
The Blue Book of Grammar: QUIZZES AND
EXPLANATIONS OF PUNCTUATION:
www.grammarbook.com
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Proper Use of
Verbs, Prepositions, etc. with examples:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/gramamar
Grammar Girl explains the fine points of
the English Language (Lie v. Lay
explained) http://grammar.qdnow.com/
TEACHING ACCENTS AND PRONUNCIATION
Speech Accent
: FOR TEACHING ACCENTS:
http://accent.gmu.edu/browse.php
USING FILMS TO TEACH ENGLISH:
http://vladivostok.usconsulate.gov/elf.html
PART IV: BEST WRITING GUIDES
ON THE INTERNET
HOW TO TEACH
YOUR STUDENTS TO
WRITE BETTER
NUTS AND BOLTS OF COLLEGE WRITING:
http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/
EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY WRITING RESOURCES
CENTER:
http://www.esc.edu/ESConline/Across_ESC/Writing
ResourceCenter.nsf/homepageForm?OpenForm
Online Writing Assistant:
http://www.powa.org
How to Write Argumentative Essays:
http://www.powa.org/argument/index.html
The Writing Center of the University of
Wisconsin at Madison:
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/
Dartmouth College Writing Center:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/about.
shtml
Bibliography of Effective Writing Resources:
http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/ewr/ewr.htm
PART V: Distance Education
Resources
Quality Resources from
MIT, Massachusetts and
The University of Texas at Austin
MIT : Massachusetts Institute of
Technology: http://ocw.mit.edu
MIT In Depth: Writing and Humanistic
Studies
A Course on Culture Shock
MIT: Another Online Course on Consumer
Culture
Student Essays Online available from
the MIT Site on Consumer Culture to
develop and motivate Writing Skills
Examples of Student Essays in an Autobiography
Class: MIT Course on Expository Writing and
Autobiography.
World Lecture Hall: The University of Texas at Austin
http://web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh/browse.cfm
Notice Online Courses for ENGLISH/WRITING/RHETORIC
Courses in English, Writing, Rhetoric
YALE UNIVERSITY NOW OFFERS
DISTANCE EDUCATION
 http://open.yale.edu/courses/
YALE UNIVERSITY: http://open.yale.edu/courses/
Example of a class at YALE UNIVERSITY
FREE LECTURE NOTES
Actual Class Lecture
U CALIFORNIA BERKELEY courses on VIDEO via YOUTUBE:
http://youtube.com/ucberkeley
Academic Earth also has full length course videos
from leading Universities: voted as one of the best
academic web sites of 2009 by Free Technology for
Teachers website: http://www.academicearth.org/
Universities around the world participating in the
Open Courseware concept
More Universities participating in the
Open Courseware concept
PART VI: Examples of
Electronic Journals with Full
Text
America.gov, TESL-J,
Forum,
E-Journals from America.gov:
http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalus
a.html
DYNAMIC ENGLISH E-JOURNAL:
http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa/08
07.html
English Journals from the U.S. Department of
State: English Teaching Forum:
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/journal/
FORUM INCLUDES TEACHING PLANS:
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol43/i
ndex.htm#top
TESL JOURNAL: http://iteslj.org
America.gov website has videos and
publications in all subject areas
VIDEOS ON AMERICA.GOV
WEBCHATS ON VARIOUS TOPICS: YOUR CHANCE TO
ASK QUESTIONS and practice your written English!:
http://www.america.gov/multimedia/askamerica.html
WEBCHATS ON ESL TOPICS
THE CAIRO WIKI also has in-depth bibliographies on
many topics, including ESL: the Web site is:
http://tinyurl.com/chn36u: updted with new web
resources monthly
Continuation of the CAIRO IRC WIKI:
http://tinyurl.com/chn36u
NOTE updated ESL BIB
GOOGLE READER:
www.google.com/reader
Note the “Browse for Stuff” on top
right side: use this to find “Bundles”
Discover and search for Feeds
using embedded Search Engine: I
searched for English
Can subscribe to all these feeds and will show up
automatically in your alerts every day: just sign in
to Google Reader to see them
More Google Reader Feeds on
ESL topics: note feeds matching
English
Even More Google Reader Feeds
on English
THE END:
THANKS FOR YOUR
ATTENTION
IRO STEPHEN PERRY for Central
and Eastern Africa
202-632-2747
perrystephen@fastmail.fm
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20052