Learn English with Audio
http://www.learn-english.co.il
Learn English with Pictures and Audio
www.my-english-dictionary.com/
Learning Vocabulary Fun
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
Stamps Tell Stories
http://www.jr.co.il/pictures/stamps/index.html
Feel Good Articles
http://www.jr.co.il/articles/good.htm
Learn English Hotsites
http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/edu-eng.htm
Israeli English News Sites
http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/i-news.htm
Jewish Hotsites
http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/jewish.htm
Israeli Hotsites
http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/israel.htm
Jewish Holiday Hotsites
http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-hday.htm
3 Year Jewish Holiday Calendar
http://www.jr.co.il/calendar.htm
http://www.bibliomania.com/
http://quizhub.com/quiz/f-spelling.cfm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/teachers/index.shtml
http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/index.htm
http://www.shiporsheep.com/
http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/index.html
http://www.questionsforschools.org/
http://www.contentgenerator.net/
http://www.englishexercises.org/#a
http://veronica.shorturl.com/
http://www.confusingwords.com/index.php
http://lironenglish.100webspace.net
www.zigzagames.com
www.dltk.com
http://www.interlect.co.il/Academy/Academy.aspx
Bookmarks
ebooks
Stories
StoryPlace Pre-school Library
StoryPlace The Children's Digital Library
Welcome to eBOOKSWORLD.de
Conversation Lesson Plans
Songs for English Teaching
800 Remedial Reading & Phonics Worksheets
Adult Learning Web Resources
AEL Publications e-Store
Aesop's Fables - Online Collection - 656+ fables ALFY - Teach Learn Communicate
Amazing Resources for Teachers and Learners of English. Instant Lessons from the news.
American Teachers saves TIME & MONEY FREE Quality Teachers' Resources lesson plans,
curriculum, special education, ESL, kid
AMIT - English Site
AN EXPLANATI0N OF LEARNING STYLES AND MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE(MI)
Ananova - News - Quirkies
anglit gov
anglit net
Back to School Theme
Bagrut - ministry info
bagrut practice pages
Basic Handwriting for Kids - Cursive
Basic Handwriting for Kids - Manuscript
BBC British Council
BBC British Council teaching English - Downloads - British Literature
BBC British Council teaching English
BBC - Words and Pictures - Starwords Home
Beatles Headquarters, the Tribute to THEY Band
bogglesworld
Breaking News English - EFL - ESL Lesson Plans for Current Affairs - Events and Business
English
Breaking News English Free ESL Lesson Plans and Listening
British Council - SearchEnglish Engine
Bulats
CET
Chanukah Song
Chart Page - Lyrics to the Oldies Top 100 Songs from the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's
ClassroomClipart _ Home
clipart thumbs
Cognates
Coloring Planet - Printable Coloring Pages!
Content Area Reading
Conversation Topics
Country Crafts
Create A Gradebook
Customs, and Etiquette
Dave's ESL Cafe
DLTK's Educational Activities
Dream-Lyrics.com
ECB On-line
Education World ® Lesson Planning Making the Most of the Dreaded End-of-School Days
EF Englishtown
EFL CLASSROOM 2.0
Embracing Learner Styles in the EFL Curriculum
English as 2nd Language - Learn English
English Inspectorate
English is Fun - ‫ אתרים אחרים ללימוד אנגלית‬- ‫ אנגלית בכיף‬- Other sites for learning English
English is Fun - ‫אנגלית בכיף‬
English Language (ESL) Learning Resources
English lesson plans and resources for teachers from English-To-Go
english papers
English to go - English lessons, Learn English, Teach English, Lesson plans, ESL resources, ESL
reading
English to go
Englishtown - the place to learn english
Englishtown
ERIC - Education Resource Information Center
ETNI - Israeli English Teachers Network
ETNI
Extra! Extra!_ Unit Plan [English On-Line]
Ferd'nand comics
Find A Things
Free Resources - Songs
FREE resources
FreeLists - etni
Funland English
Funland TESL
Gamequarium A portal to hundreds of free, online learning games and activities for Pre-School
through Grade 6 students.
Global Warming cartoons
Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive
highlearn
Hila Aknin
Hopper
HowStuffWorks - Learn how Everything Works!
http--zehava.where2go.co.iliGuide - Israeli Internet Guide Education K12 Schools
index
Interesting Things for ESL-EFL
International Children's Digital Library
Internet Scout Project
Irregular verbs - ESL Resources
Israeli Internet Guide Education
Israeli Newspapers
Jacob Richman's Home Page
Jewish Education
John Korber TESOL lessons
John Korber_ One World, One People ESL _ TESOL lessons
KIDiddles Song Lyrics
Kidzone - Fun Facts for Kids!
Kiko - Create a WebQuest
Korean Eng Teachers site
Ktav-Net
L A N D M A R K S new
landmarks
Language Arts Projects
Learn English - British Council
Learn English
Learn Real English Conversation Now
Learn to Read at Starfall
Learn To Read
Learning English BBC World Service
Learning Resources
Learning Vocabulary
Lesson ideas - Virtual School
Literacy Teaching Ideas
Longman adult
Longman English Language Teaching
Longman-websites
Make a Pictionary
MAKING WAVES
MES-English.com - Worksheets
Mingoville.com – English for Kids for Free. Approved by Teachers - Frontpage
My Own Resources. ESL-EFL
New Edition Snapshot - Teacher's resources
News - Quirkies
NIEHS Kids Page Jokes
On Line Tutorial [English On-Line]
one stop English
Onestopenglish Grammar and vocabulary
Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Language Reference - yourDictionary.com
Online Materials for Language Teachers - EL Easton
pearl harbour
Penguin Dossier
PowerPoint Presentations
Preschoollearners.Com
Reading a-z. A complete online reading program
Reading Comprehension
ReadWriteThink
resources-pictures etc
Robert Dilts NLP Home Page
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
SchoolHouse Printables
Schwab Learning
sheeloney_bagrutSing Along Songs NIEHS
SINGaSONG
Sites for Teachers
Song for Teaching
Songs & music
Songs to listen to
SparkTop.org
Speaking Activities
Storyline Online
StoryPlace Pre-school Library
teachers for teachers
Teaching English British Council BBC
Teaching Idea! Worksheets, lesson plans,
TEFL Farm - Reviews - _English @ Work_
The Best on the Web for Teachers
The International Children's Digital Library
The Internet Picture Dictionary
Time For Kids
Topica Email List Directory
UFO A Story to Remember
UNICEF - Voices of Youth
UsingEnglish.com - Learning English (ESL) Online
verb -3 forms
verb forms
Verbs
VOA News - News Radio for Learners
Welcome to ETAI
Welcome to the UK's official site for Winnie the Pooh
Wired for Books
Word frequency list
workpages
www.efl4u.com
www.londonenglish.com
Young Learners - Teachers
_'The World's favourite English language resources that are ready to go ! Lessons based on real
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‫ידיעותיכון‬
‫מיצב‬- ‫ספרית‬-‫מדדי יעילות וצמיחה בית‬
Hi!
www.bloust.com/lakash
It's my site for deaf and hard of hearing high-school students. under DOCUMENT LIBRARY you
will find categories with online exercises. I keep adding to it.
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
puzzles, etc.
http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/
An easy way to make customized crossword
A way to check for plagiarism on book reports, etc.
I’m sure you’ve got these already – but :
I use STARFALL a lot for the little ones.
Also the British Council – both for their short articles on English teaching & their site for EFL
learners.
And of course the BBC site.
This is a nice visual dictionary : http://visual.merriam-webster.com/
READ PLEASE for kids who have the ‘hatama’ for ‘hakraat sheelon’
There's also this list - don't know where I got it from - probably ETNI
ALA (American Library Association) - Great Web Sites for Kids
Ask for Kids - selected sites
Berit's Best Sites - directory of kids' web sites
CyberSleuth Kids - search for K-12 students
KidsClick - web directory by a bunch of librarians
KidsKonnect - web directory maintained by educators
Yahooligans - selected sites
2. Use education websites specifically for younger students:
AT&T Knowledge Network - online library of outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade
level
BBC Learning English - short courses, quizzes, grammar, vocabulary, audio and video \
Edsitement (National Endowment for the Humanities) – lesson plans
Home School - home schooling sites / reference
Read Write Think - National Council of Teachers of English (web resources)
3. Use articles from newspapers and magazines for pupils
KidsNewsRoom
KidZone - National Wildlife Federation
Headline Spot for kids
NewsHour Extra for Students and Teachers – PBS
Scholastic News
Time for Kids
Also Ruthi Sheffer put up this list….
this is the collection of sites that I have for the kids who are
studying at home.Most are junior high or high school sites. but some have activitiesfor all levels.
All the best
Ruth Sheffer,Ort college Jerusalem
http://www.efl.net/
listening,reading ,funny videos,articles with dictionary support
http://a4esl.org/
grammar,vocabulary, crossword puzzles,podcasts
http://www.eflnet.com/
grammar,listening ,reading
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
news articles
http://www.onlinenglish.net/iView.html
daily news videos and National Geographic
http://www.onlinenglish.net/GET/home.html
live audio talk (2 levels)
http://www.eslhome.com/esl/listen/
free authentic listening materials
http://www.hearingvoices.com/
listening to stories (authentic materials) you can download and listen later
http://www.manythings.org/
songs/ words and songs
http://www.manythings.org
lots of materials for learning including podcasts
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/Podcasts/
www.youtube.com- rebecca.esl.com grammar lessons
JenniferESL
Hi Howie,
long time no hear or see!
On the Boyar site look at the listening menu as well as the Nice stuff
menu - I think There are some good sites there www.schooly.co.il/boyer_english
then on my site http://etni.org/jackpillemer/ you may find something
everythingESL.net
Resource Picks
Recommendations on materials and resources for your classroom
featured | books | websites | cd-roms
¡Color‫ם‬n Colorado!
website ¡Color‫ם‬n Colorado! ¡Color‫ם‬n Colorado! is a wealth of information for all
educators of ELLs. It also provides information, activities, and advice for Spanishspeaking parents of ELLs. Teachers are invited to print and distribute the information
on this site. Check it out. It's worth the visit.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
website Kathy Schrock’s guide for educators is part of DiscoverySchool.com This
preeminant site contains an amazing 1600 carefully selected resources for teachers.
Also included are Puzzlemaker.com, Science Fair Central, Quiz Center, and Dictionary
Plus.
Kidspiration
cd-rom In the field of ESL we know the value of visual learning. Kidspiration, the K-5
version of Inspiration, is an outstanding tool for young English language learners. It
helps them represent ideas using pictures when they don't yet have the language to
express themselves in English. Kidspiration also helps ELLs brainstorm ideas and
organize information.
Jamestown Online For Kids
website Have your class go online to participate in a virtual Jamestown adventure.
They will become Jamestown colonists and use resources to make decisions. Will
they fare better than the original Jamestown colonists?
Ten Read Alouds for ELLs
book Doris Hoover is an Educational Program Specialist in Camden, N.J. who has
written a book of ten preschool ESL activities. This book can be bought through her
website where she features a new unit each month.
http://www.funeasyenglish.com/
http://www.manythings.org/
www.starfall.com (stories)
www.britishcouncil.org/kids
www.storynory.com
www.free-books.org
http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html
http://www.musicalenglishlessons.org/index-ex.htm#nouns
http://www.netvert.biz/wordpower/index.html
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/
http://theenglishyouneedblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.englishpage.com/index.html
http://www.spellingcity.com/
http://www.manythings.org/
www.worldliteracy.com.au
MakeBeliefsComix.com
LINKS FOR PASSAGES – READING/LISTENING
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_reading.htm#Reading-ComprehensionExercises
This is a great resource link with lots of material and links
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/index.html
EFL / ESL/ English Lesson Plans for Teaching Current Events
http://www.cdlponline.org/
fantastic site with many topics and related articles with exercises
http://www.storylineonline.net/index2.html
an online video program featuring actors reading children’s stories with activities
http://www.sitesforteachers.com
a site with many links for teachers (not only efl/esl teachers)
http://www.famouspeoplelessons.com/a/albert_einstein.html
famous people lessons + exercises
http://www.onlinenglish.net/iView.html
daily news videos and National Geographic
http://www.onlinenglish.net/GET/home.html
live audio talk (2 levels)
http://www.eslhome.com/esl/listen/
free authentic listening materials
http://hearingvoices.com/stories.php
listening to stories (authentic materials) you can download and listen later
http://www.manythings.org/
songs/ words and songs
lots of materials for learning including podcasts
www.youtube.com
rebecca.esl.com grammar lessons
http://www.haaretz.com/
haaretz in English
http://www.jpost.com/
-jerusalem post
http://www.desinuts.com/2009/01/07/100-sites-offering-great-literature-for-download/
great sites for downloading literature
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/homeReg.asp
free daily video update of news.
Printable short stories that go with an online version (starfall)
printables at http://www.starfall.com/n/N-info/onlinebooks.htm
Online at http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/play.htm?f
debatabase – a data base of about 300 debates (two different level with for and against
arguments for each proposition)
http://www.idebate.org/debatabase
some great sites for dialogues
Beginner Dialogue
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/beginner/f_everydayenglish/
Elementary Dialogue
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/elementary/f_everydayenglish/
Pre-Intermediate Dialogue
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/preint/f_everydayenglish/
Very young learners (includes Teletubbies!)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/
List of generating programs (to make puzzles, word searches using
your own words) which have to be downloaded. Once they are
downloaded, they can be used when you are not online.
1. http://www.wiscocomputing.com/
Educational Software for Teachers - WISCO Computing - Vocabulary Word Games
Download Word Power
2. http://www.crosswordkit.com/
Crossword Construction Kit, Windows Crossword Creator, Home Page
3. http://download.com.com
Write “ClozeMaker” in the search box to download the program
This is a great generating program – it is online, but does not have to be downloaded
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
DIFFERENT SITES (miscellaneous)
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html
(rhymes, nursery rhymes, mother goose, activities –great site includes lyrics and sound)
http://www.songsforteaching.com/InitialSounds.html
http://www.kidzone.ws/phonics/index.htm
Phonics Printable Worksheets and Activities
(Word Families)
http://www.abcteach.com
activities with abc – very comprehensive
http://www.songsforteaching.com/phonics.htm (phonic songs that aid teaching)
http://www.dandi.me.uk/
big story books for kids (younger and older)
http://qlsictteam.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/no-staple-book2.ppt (template for nostaple book)
http://www.nellieedge.com/freelittlebooks/eensy.htm (some free little books)
Starfall – early reading program in four levels:
a) ABC's – Let's get Ready to Read: http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/load.htm?f
b) Learn to Read: http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/load.htm?f
3) It's Fun to Read: http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/index/load.htm?f
4) I'm Reading: http://www.starfall.com/n/level-c/index/load.htm?f
http://www.brainbashers.com/
Click on Games, Teasers and Illusions
Games: Brain Buggle; Hangman; Wassat; Wheresat; Word Search.
1. http://www.punoftheday.com/
Pun of the Day, funny joke of the day, free archive of funny one liners and funny people
http://www.efl4u.com/
fun lessons – what am I going to be doing with my class??
http://www.mes-english.com/phonics.php
a whole lot of stories on phonics – exercises/games etc
2. http://www.scatty.com
Kids jokes children’s’ jokes activities links for children of all ages
3. http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun (Vocabulary Building for K-12 and ESL students)
4. http://www.rhymer.com/
An Online Rhyming Dictionary for Poetry and Songwriting
5. http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/
Surfing the Net with Kids Games
6. http://www.agameaday.com
A Game A Day Interactive Just for Kids (click on Welcome  click on Kids in the top
menu)
7. http://www.brainquest.com/
Brain Quest It's O.K. to Be Smart!
8. http://www.zillions-of-games.com/games/index.html
Zillions of Games - Free Games for Download - – use for board game backgrounds and
ideas
9. http://www.silcom.com/~tomjolly/freegame.htm
Free Games!
10. http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/
Kids Crafts from Activity Village
11. http://www.eslcafe.com
Click on Idea Cookbook  click on Games
12. http://eslgames.com/
ESL Games Songs Lessons and Resources
13. http://www.edochan.com/teaching/level.htm
Three Wise Monkeys - main index sorted by level
http://www.efl.net/
listening, reading ,funny videos, articles with dictionary support
http://a4esl.org/
grammar, vocabulary, crossword puzzles, podcasts
http://www.eflnet.com/
grammar, listening , reading
WRITING LINKS
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb.html
sentence combining exercises
http://isu.indstate.edu/writing/handouts/setiii/prints/SETIII6P.html
http://www.csus.edu/owl/index/sentence.htm
links for teachers
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/index.html
a very good link with explanations and handouts on different writing topics.
http://www.utoronto.ca/ucwriting/commasplice.html
Debatabase – a data base of about 300 debates (two different level with for and against
arguments for each proposition)
http://www.idebate.org/debatabase
explanation of sentence problems and how to fix the errors
http://facweb.furman.edu/~moakes/Powerwrite/sentvariation.htm
CURSIVE WRITING SITES
http://www.dnealian.com/lessons.html
http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/cursive.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/magicpencil/index.shtml
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/englishp/write/default2.asp
http://www.softschools.com/handwriting/cursive/
http://abcteach.com/directory/basics/handwriting/dn_style_font/cursive/
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http://.etni.org.il
ETNI (English Teachers’ Organization of Israel)
ETAI - English teachers’ organization of Israel (on the front page of ETNI)
LINKS (MARGARET) – THIS IS A LIST OF LINKS WHICH I HAVE COLLECTED. SOME
MAY BE REPEATED IN OTHER LISTS.
Treasure hunts
Eric Cohen Books
online for teachers
Elementary school
links
English Banana
English Teachers’
Network of Israel
http://www.etni.org/treasurehunts/
http://www.ecb.co.il/ecbonline/features.html
http://www.etni.org/elementary/
http://www.englishbanana.com/
http://www.etni.org/
Games (Reed)
Games to Print
(elementary_
http://reed.kfar-olami.org.il/resources/games/games.htm
http://www.etni.org.il/games/
Sites for teachers
http://sitesforteachers.com/index.html
Haaretz (in English)
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/
Teaching with minimal
resources
http://www.onestopenglish.com/teaching_minimal_resources/index.htm "
Stamps tell stories
Games
Jacob’s folk song festival –Hof
Ginosar next to the Kinneret
The far side – humour in the
classroom (Barry Silverberg)
Longman site –young learners
Longman site (games)
Pesach links
The Phonics Room
Opposite maze game
Teachers resources
http://www.jr.co.il/pictures/stamps/index.html
http://www.onestopenglish.com/Games/Games/Game3.htm
http://www.jlfestival.com/welcome1.htm
http://www.etni.org.il/farside/
http://longman.com/young_learners/students/index.html
http://longman.com/scripts/indexres.asp
http://www.etni.org.il/holidays/pesach.htm
http://members.aol.com/phonicsrm/index.html
http://www.longman.com/adult/pdf/opposites_maze_t.pdf
http://www.longman.com/adult/teachers/resources.html#new2
Pesach page
Different game links
EFL/ESL Resources on the
internet (general)
More EFL/ESL links –
Amit School Home Page
Dave’s Cafe
Excellent site for teachers
Teachervision site
(including a lot of
http://web.macam.ac.il/~bev/Book/CONTENTS.htm
http://www.etni.org.il/library/games.htm
http://www.etni.org.il/library/index.html
Site for teachers
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/
http://www.amit.org.il/learning/english/
http://www.amit.org.il/learning/english/
http://www.eslcafe.com/
http://sitesforteachers.com/index.html
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/lesson-plans/lesson5521.html?wtlAC=lm0304,email-h
Holocaust site
http://www.yadvashem.org/education/index_education.html
Links for activities on the http://www.etni.org.il/holocaust.htm
Holocaust
Cost site
Lyrics site
Judy Yaron’s site on
“Using the Textbook”-
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/lifecost/b.html
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/lifecost/b.html
http://www.judyyaron.com/usingtextbook.html
some really helpful ideas
Humanistic
language
teaching
Pizza site – creative poetry
and a lot of other creative
writing and game sites
http://www.hltmag.co.uk/
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html
Jack Pillemer’s site of
humourl( including odds
and ends)
Smilies
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7726/index.html
One minute mysteries
Interesting things for ESL
Students
http://www.usanetwork.com/series/monk/one.minute.mysteries.html
http://www.manythings.org/
A free tool to help teachers
create rubrics
Sites
for
Israel’s
Independence day
Online training games
+ a lot of connected sites +
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb032
http://www.etni.org.il/holidays/yomatzmaut.htm
http://searchenglish.britishcouncil.org/SuggestFrame.asp?newURL='http://www.lear
ningcircuits.org/2004/apr2004/kirk.htm'&UserID=
gwenerating programs
Site for remembrance day
Jewish entertainment and
holidays
http://www.etni.org.il/holidays/yomzikaron.htm
http://www.j.co.il/
This is a list which Batya Lederfein kindly gave to me.
Kids' Portals (Teaching and Activity Sites)
ABC Teach: www.abcteach.com (portal for teachers of young children)
NIEHS: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/
The EFL Playhouse: http://members.tripod.com/~ESL4Kids/
Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
KIDiddles: http://www.kididdles.com/
CBeebies: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/ ; Tweenies:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tweenies/
Gayle's PreSchool Rainbow: http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/sitemap.htm
Kiz Club: http://www.kizclub.com/index.html
Child's Play Family Daycare: http://www.angelfire.com/dc/childsplay/
Sites for Teachers
Young Learner Teachers. Longman. http://www.longmanelt.com/young_learners/teachers/teaching_tips_accuracy.html
Primary Tips. Working with Young Learners. British Council.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/languageassistant-arc-ptips.htm
OneStop English: http://www.onestopenglish.com/Young_Learners/Children/index.htm
Classroom Management:
http://www.mrsnelsonsclass.com/teacherresources/classmanagement/classmanagement.aspx
Comprehensive Reading Programs
Starfall – early reading program in four levels:
a) ABC's – Let's get Ready to Read: http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/load.htm?f
b) Learn to Read: http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/load.htm?f
3) It's Fun to Read: http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/index/load.htm?f
4) I'm Reading: http://www.starfall.com/n/level-c/index/load.htm?f
Beginning Literacy
Mrs Alphabet: http://mrsalphabet.com/ (children's and teacher activities)
Play and Learn: http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm#Kangaroo Park – alphabet game:
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark/pawpark.html
Picture Match: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/picturematch/
Early Literacy
Lil' Fingers: http://www.lil-fingers.com/storybooks/index.html (storybooks; games;
holidays)
E-Books: http://www.sunshine.co.nz/nz/kia/books/index.html
Eric Carle website: http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html
Making Waves: http://waves.galim.org.il/cgi-bin/gallery/my_waves.pl (Guests' entrance Israeli program for young learners)
Flashcards and Printables
Kinder Printables: http://www.kinderprintables.com/
Games and Activities
Kids' Corner: http://calgarypubliclibrary.com/kids/games.htm
Songs and Activities
EFL Playhouse: http://members.tripod.com/~ESL4Kids/songs.html
Rebus Rhymes: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html
NIEHS Kids' Pages: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/musicchild.htm
Songs for Teaching: http://www.songsforteaching.com/preschoolkindergarten.htm
Musical Mouseum: http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/index.html
Songs and Poems for Young Children: http://www.homeschool.co.uk/resource/songs-andpoems-for-young-children.html
Songs for Teaching Young Children:
http://www.onestopenglish.com/Young_Learners/Children/Songs/index.htm
Cbeebies – http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tweenies/songtime/
Gayle's Preschool Rainbow – http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/preschool-rhymes.htm
Web Resources
Surfing the Net with Kids: http://www.surfnetkids.com/
IATEFL Young Learners SIG Web Resources:
http://www.countryschool.com/ylsig/#articles%20and%20journals
Web resources from Making Waves: http://waves.galim.org.il/navat/ (excellent list of
resources, organized according to topics and levels)
www.campexperts.com
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/spelling_bee/article5669602.ece
Shalom Howie,
The Literature Study Guide For Grains Of Sand:The Fall Of Neve Dekalim is an interesting, educational,
and relevant site. It would make a welcome addition to your new website listing links that
assist in, and are related to, the acquisition of the English language. The study
guide includes challenging and exciting lessons, discussion topics, chapter questions,
comprehension exercises, research project ideas, and classroom activities.The study guide is
appropriate for native English-speakers as well as EFL, grades 7-12. It can be accessed on the
Publisher's website http://www.mazopublishers.com/study-guide-grains-of-sand.pdf
and the website of the book's teenage author, Shifra Shomron
http://grainsofsand.insightonthenews.net/media/pdfs/Literature%20Study%20Guide%20for%20Grains%2
0of%20Sand%20The%20Fall%20Of%20Neve%20Dekalim.pdf
I tested each link and eliminated those that no longer work.
I also killed a few that became too "commercially degraded", including one that became a
portal to online gaming sites.
And I updated the "Search Engines" section that had become completely out-of-date.
For word play enthusiasts, I recommend joining the WordFun and WordczaRus lists:
WordFun@yahoogroups.com
WordczaRus@yahoogroups.com
Izzy
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Donna Richoux
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 22:34:10 +0200
Subject: Intro B: Useful Web Sites for AUE Participants
To:
Last Revised 2005-10-24 (24 Oct 2005)
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Contents -- Intro B: Useful Web Sites for AUE Participants
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* - Where to find previous postings
- Where to learn about ASCII IPA
- Learning English as a Foreign Language
- Audio Archives
- Word lists
- Dictionaries, On-line: General
- Dictionaries, On-line: Historical and Special Purpose
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Words and language
- Grammar: Frequently Requested Topics
* - Writing and Grammar Guides On Line
- Encyclopedias & Search Engines
* - British English; Scots
- Black English (African-American Vernacular English, Ebonics)
- Historical English, and English Literature
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Where to find previous postings
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If you suspect your topic has already been discussed, even though it is
not in the FAQ, please check for articles, following the appropriate
search guidelines, at the Google Usenet archive, which holds articles
since 1991:
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search
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Where to learn about ASCII IPA
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ASCII IPA is a way of expressing pronunciation on Usenet. It is a
version of the International Phonetic Alphabet, using only the ASCII
symbols (basic keyboard characters). There's a guide to ASCII IPA,
including illustrative sound files, at
http://www.alt-usage-english.org/ascii_ipa_choice.html
A detailed specification of the ASCII IPA transcriptions scheme,
including tables showing the mapping to and from IPA characters,
can be found at
http://www.kirshenbaum.net/IPA/ascii-ipa.pdf
See also "Audio Archives"
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Learning English as a Foreign Language
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Good entry points to the many resources on the Web are:
English as a Second Language
http://www.rong-chang.com/
Dave's ESL Cafe
http://www.eslcafe.com/
English as 2nd Language
http://esl.about.com/?once=true&
ELTWEB
http://www.eltweb.com/
ESL Resources at Purdue University - covers common grammar issues
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/
1-language.com- The Comprehensive ESL Site
http://www.1-language.com
Paltalk chat room on "English Usage and Grammar" - listen and speak.
http://www.paltalk.com
VOA's Special English - easy-to-read articles on many subjects
http://www.manythings.org/voa/voa.htm
See also "Writing and Grammar Guides On Line," below.
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Audio Archives
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Three pages at the AUE Website with speech files and links to more:
The a.u.e Audio Archive -- listen to speakers with varying accents
http://alt-usage-english.org/audio_archive.shtml
Other Sound files
http://alt-usage-english.org/audio_archive.shtml#sundryfiles
Audio References - more links to useful sound files
http://alt-usage-english.org/categorized_links.shtml#audiorefs
British Library archive of English accents, esp. Northern England:
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/index.html
BBC Voices, collection of UK speech
http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/
IDEA, the International Dialects of English Archive -- Large collection
of MP3 speech files from around the world.
http://www.ku.edu/~idea/
Fonetiks -- sound clips of 6 kinds of English plus 9 other languages
http://www.fonetiks.org/
Pronunciation Voice of America - 3000 soundfiles of placenames & people
http://ibb7.ibb.gov/pronunciations/
University of Lausanne Phonetics Course -- pronouncing sounds
http://www.unil.ch/ling/english/phonetique/api-eng.html
Speech Accent Archives
http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/
IPA Handbook, Univ. of Victoria - sound files for many languages
http://web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/handbook.htm
ESL Cyber Listening Lab -- 100+ conversations with practice exercises.
http://esl-lab.com/
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Word lists
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Brian Kelk maintains a Web page with pointers to numerous wordlists on
the net - for UK English, US English and other languages. Many are bare
lists of words but some have other info. There is also information on
word and letter frequency and on phonetic alphabets (Alpha Bravo).
http://www.bckelk.ukfsn.org/menu.html
The Moby Project has large downloadable lists of words: Hyphenator,
5-Language, Parts-of-Speech, Pronunciator (American), Shakespeare,
Thesaurus, and American Words.
http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/research/ilash/Moby/
Webster's Second (1934) list of over 200,000 words
http://www.mit.edu/afs/athena/astaff/reference/4.3network2/share/dict/
Scripps National Spelling Bee - word lists & prefix/suffix dictionary
http://www.spellingbee.com/
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On-line dictionaries: General
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Please look up simple questions of meaning and origin in a dictionary
before posting to the group. There are now several large, recent
dictionaries on-line to choose from.
Merriam-Webster Collegiate, 10th Edition, 1994. With US pronunciations.
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
Concise Oxford Dictionary
http://www.AskOxford.com/
American Heritage Dictionary -- includes Indo-European roots
http://www.bartleby.com/61/
Collins Dictionary (UK) plus related features
http://www.collins.co.uk/wordexchange/
Onelook, which searches over 500 dictionaries at a single stroke.
http://www.onelook.com/
Dictionary.com, based on the American Heritage Dictionary
http://www.dictionary.com/
Cambridge International Dictionary, also Idioms & Phrasal Verbs
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
Encarta World English Dictionary
http://dictionary.msn.com/
Random House Webster's College Dictionary (no etymology)
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopdict.html
The Web of On-line Dictionaries, with links to many bilingual, slang,
hobby, science, etc, dictionaries:
http://www.yourdictionary.com/
Hyperdictionary -- accesses WordNet and other dictionaries
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/
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On-line dictionaries: Historical and Special Purpose
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Webster's 1913 Revised Unabridged Dictionary
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/webster.form.html
The Century Dictionary, 1914 (12 volumes scanned):
http://www.global-language.com/century/
The Oxford English Dictionary is available for a subscription fee:
http://oed.com
Hobson-Jobson: Anglo-Indian Glossary, 1903
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/hobsonjobson/
The Jargon Lexicon, the Jargon File or New Hacker's Dictionary computer and hi-tech terms. Various copies on line including:
http://catb.org/jargon/html/lexicon.html
Online Etymology Dictionary
http://www.etymonline.com/
Dictionary of the Scots Language - site combines two large dictionaries
http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/
Marius Hancu's list of slang dictionaries on the Web is here:
http://tinyurl.com/477xj
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Acronyms and abbreviations
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Onelook (above) finds many initialisms. Two other searchable databases:
http://www.AcronymFinder.com/
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Words and language
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Looking for the origin of a colorful expression? The a.u.e webmaster
has
arranged a combined link to the indexes of many of the sites below.
Enter your word once at the AUE Website Search field and get links to
each place the term is discussed.
http://www.alt-usage-english.org/
The Maven's Word of the Day (formerly Jesse's)
A dictionary editor answers word questions. Large archive.
http://tinyurl.com/yunh9
Common Errors in English -- Tips on hundreds of confusing words and
pairs such as affect/effect, adapt/adopt, advice/advise, etc.
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
Michael Quinion, World Wide Words -- Discusses new words and the
reappearance of old ones. Q&A section.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/
Evan Morris, The Word Detective -- Answers questions on origins of
colorful words and phrases. Large archive.
http://www.word-detective.com
John Lawler -- A linguistics professor gives masterful explanations of
how language really works
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue.html
sci.lang FAQ -- language and linguistics questions commonly asked
http://www.zompist.com/langfaq.html
Take Our Word -- the Weekly Word-origin Webzine
http://takeourword.com/
Wordorigins.org - Dave Wilton's Etymology Page
http://www.wordorigins.org/
Sharp Points by Bill Walsh -- real-life copy editing dilemmas
http://www.theslot.com/sharp.html
Atlas of North American English -- Maps and articles on regional
dialects in the US. Knowledge of basic linguistics advised.
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/
Dialect Survey Maps and Results - Over 100 US regionalisms
http://hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/maps.php
WordforWord - articles & forum on words & phrases
http://www.plateaupress.com.au/wfw/wfwindex.htm
Word2Word -- links to dictionaries, translators, language sites, etc.
http://www.word2word.com/dictionary.html
Fun with Words -- unusual words, lists of oddities, etc.
http://rinkworks.com/words/
Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics
http://www.wordways.com/
Double-Tongued Word Wrester -- definitions, citations of modern words
http://www.doubletongued.org/
Science Fiction Citation Project - Help OED find words in SF literature
http://www.jessesword.com/sf/
The Big Apple - history of words from New York City
http://www.barrypopik.com/
American Dialect Society ListServ - discusses words, phrases, etc.
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A0=ads-l
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Grammar: Frequently Requested Topics
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Tenses in English -- learn "progressive," "continuous," etc.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/tense_frames.htm
Phrasal Verbs, separable & inseparable (see also linked list)
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verbs.htm#phrasal
Conjugate any English verb; other languages, too - at Verbix
http://www.verbix.com/languages/english.shtml
Conditionals ("if I would...")
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conditional2.htm
Diagramming sentences
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/langling/e360k/handouts/diagrams/
Agreement: Subject-verb, Pronouns. Singular/plurals.(Use "Next" &
links)
http://www.bartleby.com/68/40/240.html
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Writing and Grammar Guides On Line
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Guide to Grammar and Writing, by Charles Darling
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm
Grammar and Style Notes by Jack Lynch
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/
The Online English Grammar, by Anthony Hughes
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm
Style guides for British publications:
http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/styleguide/
Bartleby -- US style guides: American Heritage Book of English
Usage, Columbia Guide to Standard American English (1993) and Strunk's
Elements of Style (1916). Also, UK: Fowler, The King's English, 1908.
http://www.bartleby.com/
*Chicago Manual of Style: FAQ and index (not the manual itself)
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS_FAQ/new/new_questions01.html
US Government Printing Office Style Manual
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/stylemanual/index.html
The Internet Grammar of English: modern grammar (word classes, etc.)
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/
The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
APA Style Tips - for academic writing, bibliographies, etc.
http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/index.aspx
The Plain English Campaign: guides to writing letters, reports, etc.
http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/guides.html
Garbl's Writing Resources On Line:
A descriptive list of links about writing, and a style manual
http://garbl.home.comcast.net/writing/index.htm
Yahoo! Grammar & Usage -- A long list of sites.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Linguistics_and_Human_Languages/Languages/Specific_La
nguages/English/Grammar__Usage__and_Style/
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Encyclopedias & Search Engines
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Sometimes, language questions are tied closely to history, science,
geography, and other factual matters. Web search engines such as
MetaCrawler, Google, and many others can help. Each has its strengths
and weaknesses.
 http://www.20search.com/
This search engine list is a real time saver! The web's best search engines, COMPLETE WITH
SEARCH BOXES, on one page. Once a search term is entered into any ...
20SEARCH - ALL THE WEB - ALTA VISTA - AOL SEARCH
www.20search.com/ - Cached - Similar -
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines
This is a list of Wikipedia articles about search engines, including web search engines, selectionbased search engines, metasearch engines, desktop search ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines - Cached - Similar -
 http://thesearchenginelist.com/
The Search Engine List - Comprehensive list of all web search engines, simply laid out and easy to
navigate with links to all search engines in the ...
There are also on-line encyclopedias and "reference books":
Bartleby -- search two dozen reference works simultaneously, both recent and older. Includes
Columbia Encyclopedia and quotation guides.
http://www.bartleby.com/
Encarta encyclopedia - US English:
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx
World English:
http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx
InfoPlease - encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, more
http://www.infoplease.com/
Biographical Dictionary Search Page - an excellent quick reference
http://www.s9.com/biography/search.html
Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/
Dictionary of Famous People
http://www.explore-biography.com/
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British English; Scots
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*Estuary English - recent developments in southern England
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/estuary/index.html
The Best of British
http://www.effingpot.com/
English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/
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Black English (African-American Vernacular English, Ebonics)
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The Center for Applied Linguistics: Ebonics Information Page
http://www.cal.org/ebonics/
John Lawler on Ebonics: a statement by linguists, bibliography & links:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/ebonics.lsa.html
African-American History and Culture
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/blackga.htm
Characteristic Features of AAVE
http://www.hf.ntnu.no/engelsk/staff/johannesson/111SoS/L09-O04.htm
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Historical English, and English Literature
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Word Safari: Megalist of Word Links -- History Section:
A good starting point with links to a number of sites on the
development, grammar, pronunciation, and literature of Old English or
Anglo-Saxon (example, Beowulf) and Middle English (example, Chaucer).
http://home.earthlink.net/~ruthpett/safari/megalist.htm#Jump3
Da Engliscan Gesidas - Anglo-Saxon (Old English). Includes sound files.
http://www.tha-engliscan-gesithas.org.uk/index.html
I have not yet found a good site about "Early Modern English," but you
can use these two sites to search for your own usage examples:
Search Shakespeare sites
http://www.rhymezone.com/shakespeare/help/
http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/ (search single plays only)
"Thou, Thee & Archaic Grammar" -- a brief overview by AUE members:
http://www.alt-usage-english.org/pronoun_paradigms.html
Sites for "Modern English" literature from 1700-2000:
Bibliomania - search many classic novels and essays simultaneously
http://www.bibliomania.com/
Making of America - many books & journals of mid-1800s
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/
Amazon.com: Books / Search Inside the Book -- search text of new books!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/10197021/103-6386191-42830
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The On-Line Books Page -- thousands of works of literature that are
available for free download & search. Includes Project Gutenberg
titles.
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
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This series of seven "Intro Documents" is intended to aid newcomers to
the newsgroup. The articles are posted frequently here, and are also on
the Web for your convenience, at:
http://www.alt-usage-english.org/
At that site, you will also find our full FAQ and other helpful
information.
Comments and corrections to these Intro documents should be emailed to
me. -- Donna Richoux