[EnglishLanguage 860] Re: Request for software adviceSteve Quann steve_quann at worlded.orgTue Nov 28 13:30:18 EST 2006
Nice job of compiling an superb list of sites for anybody looking for websites that work in the classroom! I have used most and I must say you have hit just about all the goodies. Best, Steve Quann World Education 44 Farnsworth Street Boston, MA 617.482.9485 >>> "Steinbacher, Mikal" <msteinbacher at cascadia.ctc.edu> 11/28/2006 12:44 PM >>> I'll give it a try. Useful Web Sites for Practicing English Compiled by: Vibrance Mitchell *updated 9/21/06 Supplemented by : Mikal Steinbacher http://myefa.org <http://myefa.org/> English for All Video Episodes -listen to video (with text if desired) -listen to a single word for discrimination of sounds -answer comprehension questions -learn meaning of key vocabulary ________________________________________________________________________ www.thewclc.ca/edge The Learning Edge An Interactive Newspaper on Life Skills Practice: -reading -listening -vocabulary quizzes -comprehension quizzes -writing (students can email their story to the web site) Topics: On my own-classified ads, missing work, consumer aware, health feature, street safety, paying a utility bill, *plus back issues! ________________________________________________________________________ www.eslcafe.com <http://www.eslcafe.com/> Dave's ESL Café -Quizzes (geography, grammar, history, idioms, slang, words, people, reading comprehension, science, world culture, writing) -Quotes -Slang -Phrasal Verbs -Idioms ________________________________________________________________________ www.manythings.org <http://www.manythings.org/> Interesting Things for ESL Students -quizzes -crosswords -games -listening -etc. www.nwlinks.org/nwlinksweb/student.htm Northwest Links Student Study Page ______________________________________________________________________ http://a4esl.org Activities for ESL Students Quizzes (grammar, vocabulary, idioms, homonyms, places) Bilingual Quizzes Crossword Puzzles Scrambled Words ________________________________________________________________________ http://english-zone.com <http://englishzone.com/> English Zone -Quizzes (grammar, verbs, spelling, vocabulary, reading) *some include explanations -Study Skills -Writing -Conversation -chose the best response and see what happens -Idioms -Fun Stuff- games, jokes, funny pictures -Teacher Resources **Must choose activities marked FREE or pay for membership to have full access. ________________________________________________________________________ www.literacynet.org/cnnsf Learning Resources - News Stories Reading Comprehension -vocabulary -word selection -multiple choice -sequencing events -conclusions -your turn - give your own thoughts about the problem ________________________________________________________________________ kids.learn2type.com Typing Program Typing lessons, games, and tests ________________________________________________________________________ www.easytypetest.com <http://www.easytypetest.com/> Typing Program Typing lessons, games, and tests *has some glitches in the program http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/ <javascript:ol('http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/');> is a site for idioms http://eleaston.com/listen.html English Online -Materials for Teaching and Learning Business English <http://eleaston.com/biz/bizhome.html> , Grammar <http://eleaston.com/gram.html> <http://eleaston.com/quizzes.html> , Quizzes & Tests <http://eleaston.com/quizzes.html> , Test Your English <http://eleaston.com/tye.html> , Dictionaries <http://eleaston.com/vocabulary.html> , <http://eleaston.com/gram.html> English around the World <http://eleaston.com/world-eng.html> , English for Speakers of... <http://eleaston.com/espeak.html> , Etymology <http://eleaston.com/etymology.html> , Pronunciation <http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/> <http://eleaston.com/spellqz.html> , Reading <http://eleaston.com/../reading.html> , Writing <http://eleaston.com/writing.html> , Listening <http://eleaston.com/listen.html> , Speaking <http://eleaston.com/../speaking.html> , Spelling <http://eleaston.com/spellqz.html> <http://eleaston.com/listen.html> , Language Classroom <http://eleaston.com/lgclass.html> , Classroom Mgmt <http://eleaston.com/classmgmt.html> , Teaching Methods <http://eleaston.com/methods.html> , Why Study Languages <http://eleaston.com/why.html> ... , Distance Education <http://eleaston.com/dist-ed.html> , Internet for Teachers <http://eleaston.com/teach-online.html> , Key Pals <http://eleaston.com/keypal.html> , Mail Lists <http://eleaston.com/mail-lists.html> , Language Jobs <http://eleaston.com/jobs.html> <http://eleaston.com/keypal.html> , Art <http://eleaston.com/artqz.html> , Country Studies <http://eleaston.com/countrymat.html> , Currency <http://eleaston.com/monmat.html> , Flags <http://eleaston.com/flagmat.html> , Geography <http://eleaston.com/geoqz.html> , Government <http://eleaston.com/govmat.html> , History <http://eleaston.com/hismat.html> , Holidays <http://eleaston.com/holidays.html> , Humor <http://eleaston.com/humor.html> , Law <http://eleaston.com/biz/law.html> , Libraries <http://eleaston.com/libmat.html> , Maps <http://eleaston.com/mapmat.html> , Math <http://eleaston.com/mathqz.html> , Medicine <http://eleaston.com/medvoc.html> , Military <http://eleaston.com/milmat.html> , Movies - Scripts <http://eleaston.com/movmat.html> , Museums <http://eleaston.com/libmat.html#mus> , Music-Lyrics <http://eleaston.com/music.html> , News(papers) <http://eleaston.com/newsmat.html> , Politics <http://eleaston.com/govmat.html> , Radio-Audio <http://eleaston.com/listen.html#rad> , Religion <http://eleaston.com/religion.html> , Science <http://eleaston.com/scimat.html> , Sports <http://eleaston.com/sportmat.html> , Terrorism <http://eleaston.com/terrorism.html> , Time <http://eleaston.com/timemat.html> , Transportation <http://eleaston.com/transvoc.html> , Travel <http://eleaston.com/travel.html> , Weather <http://eleaston.com/weathermat.html> ________________________________________________________________________ www.esl-lab.com <http://www.esl-lab.com/> Listening Quizzes Pre-listening questions Listen to a script Answer comprehension questions Post-listening questions ________________________________________________________________________ www.englishclub.com <http://www.englishclub.com/> English Exercises Lessons on: -Grammar -Pronunciation -Vocabulary -Listening -Speaking -Reading -Writing -Games -Quizzes -Jokes -etc. www.thebeehive.org <http://www.thebeehive.org/> All sorts of activities. Click on middle school or high school and explore! www.ask.about.com/library/listening/blminimal/htm Practice pronunciation of minimal pairs of sounds that are similar, but sooooo different when it comes to saying a work correctly. The ask.about.com site has a lot of different sites. Explore! esl.guide at about.com Lots of different areas to practice all English Skills. Explore! (http://www.esl-lab.com/guide.htm) Lots of listening activities! http://esl.about.com/od/englishvocabulary/ig/Visual-Dictionary---Sports Pictures of sports, the verbs used with them and sample sentences. Good vocabulary and grammar information. Article practice sites: http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/articles.htm <http://lwtc.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/articles.htm> http://towerofenglish.com/writingcenter.html <http://lwtc.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://towerofenglish.com/writingcenter.html> Learning from Katrina: Tough Lessons in Preparedness and Emergency Response, it's now archived at: http://publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu/katrina/webcast.htm <http://owa.cascadia.ctc.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu/katrina/webcast.htm> http://esl.about.com/od/vocabularyadvanced/a/a_wordforms5.htm This one has word lists showing the parts of speech of many words, e.g.: Concept noun Personal Noun Adjective Verb Baking baker baked bake esl.guide at about.com Lots of different areas to practice all English Skills. Explore! Practice for the TOEFL http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_toefl1.htm http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_toefl2.htm http://esl.about.com/od/grammarquizzesandtests/ http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/index.htm <javascript:ol('http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/index.htm');> http://www.geocities.com/kurtracy/ <javascript:ol('http://www.geocities.com/kurtracy/');> This is a link to ESL Business English website. Below is a great listening comprehension site with 3 levels of reading and listening exercises and quizzes on a variety of real life activities. http://www.esl-lab.com <http://www.esl-lab.com/> computer stuff ________________________________ From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Lynda Terrill Sent: Tue 11/28/2006 5:40 AM To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List Subject: RE: [EnglishLanguage 849] Request for software advice Hello, all, Mikal, could you please resend your list of Web sites to the list again as part of the body of your email rather than as an attachment? Not everyone was able to access the attachment from their email programs. Thanks and thanks as well to others for sharing software programs or Web sites that have worked with adult English language learners What criteria do you all use to decide what programs or sites are effective learning tools--because the learners like them, because they mesh well with other parts of the lesson, because content and activities seem to move learners along towards their language or lifeskills goals, or for other reasons? Lynda Terrill Adult English language discussion list moderator lterrill at cal.org <mailto:lterrill at cal.org> ________________________________ From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Steinbacher, Mikal Sent: Mon 11/27/2006 5:01 PM To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List Subject: RE: [EnglishLanguage 849] Request for software advice Neil, I have a list of websites that has grown over the years. It was started by an Amicorp voluteer and I've been adding to it as time passed. Some may be defunct by now .. some day I'll find the time to check it out .. but many are still alive and well. I use the About website a lot and like Dave's ESL Cafe too. I've attached the list for your pleasure! Have fun! ________________________________ From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Neil Rigole Sent: Sat 11/25/2006 7:36 AM To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List Subject: [EnglishLanguage 849] Request for software advice Hi all, Recently I was asked to provide some advice related to ESL software (I am the Instructional Technology Director for a small k12 system without an ESL background and with limited ESL technology-based resources in our system). We have had a family from Russia move in to our system this year (with two elementary age children), and although we are providing resources for the kids (we have an ESL teacher providing services as well), I have been asked if I could find some software or web-based resource recommendations to assist their parents. Thanks in advance for any advice or recommendations! Neil Neil Rigole Director, Instructional Technology Monroe County Schools Forsyth, GA rigolen at monroe.k12.ga.us www.monroe.k12.ga.us <http://www.monroe.k12.ga.us/>
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