English Language Teaching
Resources on the Internet for
ESL Classes
Stephen Perry, IRO*
PERRYSX2@STATE.GOV
Washington, D.C
202-453-8295
* = Information Resource Officer
All THESE SITES ARE ON MY ONLINE WEB SITE
AT: http://eslres1.pbworks.com
(updated all the time!)
PART I: NEW GENERATION
SEARCH ENGINES
Better Alternatives to GOOGLE
NEW GENERATION SEARCH ENGINES:
http://www.ipl.org (THE INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY)
ESL SEARCH RESULTS on www.ipl.org
Can click on the Microscope symbol in
www.ipl.org to see the LC Subject headings:
assures precision and relevancy.
Here is another example of this from
IPL: clicking on the magnyfing glass
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
Office of English Language Programs, U.S. Department of State: Using the
Internet for English Teachers:
http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/index.html
Materials for Teaching and Learning English:
http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/r
esources-et.html
ENGLISH TEACHING FORUM:
http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/forumjournal.htm
l
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
PART III: EXERCICES,
QUIZZES, HANDBOOKS,
GAMES ONLINE
SPECIFIC ESL
EXAMPLES
Examples of Idioms:
http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/id-list.html
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Quizzes to make Classroom Activity Fun and
Educational: http://www.eslcafe.com/quiz
IDIOM PAGE:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/res
ources/interactives/idioms/index.html
15 online resources to learn English as a Second
language: www.bit.ly/baAcea
A Web Site with Useful Classroom Activities:
http://englishpage.com
Mini-Grammar Tutorials from
www.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/grammar/
Grammar Girl explains the fine points of the
English Language (Lie v. Lay explained)
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/defaul
t.aspx
NEW SITE as of 2011: conjugation of English
Verbs: http://conjugation.com/
Example of the conjugation of the verb “lie”:
difficult even for native English speakers in
conjugation.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
The New American English web site
designed by the U.S. Department of State:
http://americanenglish.state.gov
http://americanenglish.state.gov
PART IV: BEST WRITING GUIDES
ON THE INTERNET
HOW TO TEACH
YOUR STUDENTS TO
WRITE BETTER
Garbl’s Writing Resources Online:
http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/writing/
Action Writing from the Garbl Web Site:
http://home.comcast.net/~garbl/writin
g/action.htm
Writing Center Handouts from the
University of North Carolina, 2010
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/
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/index.php/ar
gumentative-essays
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.htm
More Writing Resources
PART V: Distance Education
Resources
We will show Quality Resources from:
MIT, Massachusetts and
Yale University
Academic Earth, among others
MIT : Massachusetts Institute of
Technology: http://ocw.mit.edu
MIT In Depth: Writing and Humanistic
Studies
A Course on Culture Shock
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.
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
Universities around the world participating in the Open Courseware
concept:
http://ocwconsortium.org/members/members/country/US
Academic Earth also has full length course videos
from leading Universities: voted as one of the best
academic web sites of 2011 by Free Technology for
Teachers website: http://www.academicearth.org/
PART VI: Examples of
Electronic Journals with Full
Text
DYNAMIC ENGLISH E-JOURNAL:
http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa/08
07.html
English Teaching Forum:
http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/forumjournal.html
PART VII: Use of Podcasts in
English Language Teaching
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How might podcasts be used in English
Language Teaching?
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We provide one example here
Here is a link to how Podcasts may be used
for English learning: it was done by my
colleague, Ms. Jacqueline Gardy, at the U.S.
Department of State
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https://prezi.com/secure/31bdb4423fb2f48bf
5b7ee12c0c2174b0d52f585/
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Jacqueline was an English Language Fellow in
Novi Sad, Serbia and now works at the State
Department: in this Power Point shows how
English Language Teachers might use Podcasts
in their classes.
THANKS FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!
STEPHEN PERRY, IRO for
CENTRAL AFRICA
JULY 2011 updates
PERRYSX2@STATE.GOV
Washington, D.C. 20052
http://eslres1.pbworks.com