Discussion Group
Using Technology to Support Skill-Based Activities

Presenters


Christine Bauer-Ramazani
Professor of CALL Online
Lead Coordinator of EV ONLINE sessions 2000-2004
Saint Michael's College
Colchester, VT
 
(http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/)

Mary Ellen Butler-Pascoe
Systemwide Director of International Education Policy
Alliant International University, Graduate School of Education
 San Diego, CA
(mbutler at alliant.edu)

   

How can we use technology to integrate skills-based activities into our classes? 

This discussion group will address the best practices of teachers. Handouts with Web sites and software resource information for teaching each skill area will be provided.

   

K-12 | Content-Based ESL Learning & Teaching Resources | Reading | Vocabulary | Writing | Grammar | Listening | Speaking | Pronunciation | Adult Education/Basic Skills and VESL Software | Quizzes | WebQuests | Games | Software Resources

K-12

Web Sites

Software

Publisher

Christine's Useful Links to TESL/CALL Web Sites -- K-12:
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/k-12_links.htm
National Inspirer Tom Snyder Productions
Skewl Sites:
http://www.beacom.com/skewl/index.htm -- a site created by teachers for teachers to identify the best K-12 websites.
International Inspirer Tom Snyder Productions
English as a Foreign/Second Language in Secondary Education: Materials and links for Teaching and Learning:
http://www.isabelperez.com/ -- a wealth of materials, exercises, and interactive quizzes by Isabel Perez Torres (and others)
Oregon Trail, Yukon Trail, Amazon Trail, Africa Trail The Learning Company/Riverdeep
Riverdeep Interactive Learning:
http://www.riverdeep.net/ -- A premier provider of comprehensive K-12 eLearning solutions offering comprehensive courseware and supplemental curricula over the Internet and CD-ROM..
Reader Rabbit Series The Learning Company/River deep
CyberGuides http:/www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html The state of California has put teacher lesson plans for language arts and literature, grades K-12 on the web. KidPix Studio Deluxe The Learning Company/Riverdeep
DiscoverySchool.com
http://school.discovery.com/teachers/ -- a comprehensive web site containing pages for Students, Teachers, and Parents, including K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 lesson plans, teaching tools (a Quiz Center, Web Safaris, etc.
Discis--Kids can read Discis Knowledge Resource
School World Internet Education http://www.schoolworld.asn.au/ -- interactive internet projects The Great Ocean Rescue (simulation, game) Tom Snyder Productions
Choosing Children's Software--Reviews
http://www.choosingchildrenssoftware.com/review.asp> -- free reviews; possibility to subscribe to free weekly newsletter at www.ComputingWithKids.com.
The Great Solar System Rescue Tom Snyder Productions
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/> -- for elementary, middle school, high school ESL; classified list of sites on the internet of interest to teachers.
Kidspiration Inspiration Software, Inc.
KidsReads.com
http://www.kidsreads.com/ -- Children's/Adolescents' books on the web (full text) from Dr. Seuss to Jules Verne, Write to the Author, Newsletter, Reading Lists, Reviews, Polls, Trivia, and more
Storybook Weaver Deluxe The Learning Company/Riverdeep
MightyBook.com
http://www.mightybook.com/ -- Books are read aloud to child. Phrases being read are highlighted as they are read.
Imagination Express Edmark/Riverdeep
StoryPlace
http://%20www.storyplace.org/ -- (Choice of Spanish as well as English.) Interactive and printable activities in addition to being a site where children can have books read to them.
Rainbow Curriculum Associates
TESOL CALL-IS Resources: K-12v
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~call/cgi-bin/links/links.cgi
Curious Creatures Curriculum Associates
The Global Schoolhouse
http://www.gsn.org/ Provides collaborative online learning activities, 700+ projects on wide variety of topics, including live expeditions & geography games. K-12.
Longman's Children's Picture Dictionary Pearson Education Limited
Story Place
http://www.storyplace.org/ -- Children's digital Library
English+Kids Edusoft
Destination Reading™ Course 1: Emergent Literacy and Phonemic Awareness (pre-K-1)
http://www.riverdeep.net/products/destination_reading/dr_crs1.jhtml
Riverdeep  
   

Content-Based ESL Learning and Teaching Resources

Web Sites

Software

Publisher

ESL Teaching and Learning Sites:
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_teaching_learning_sites.htm
Geography (simulations, non-ESL): National Inspirer (U.S.),  International Inspirer; African Inspirer; Asia Inspirer Tom Snyder Productions
Maps
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/maps.htm
History/Geography (simulations, non-ESL): Oregon Trail; Yukon Trail; Amazon Trail; Africa Trail; Timeliner MECC or The Learning Company
Salem-Keizer Public Schools in Oregon
http://skonline.org/webresources/default.htm --Web Resources and Links for all curriculum areas.
History: Multimedia World History; Multimedia Factbook; Multimedia U.S. History; Bureau of Electronic Publishing, Inc.
Decisions, Decisions series (simulation, non-ESL)--Feudalism, Immigration, Ancient Empires  Tom Snyder Productions
Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/evolution98/
Science: Curious Creatures Curriculum Associates
Internet and Computer Writing Resources for a Content-Based Curriculum
http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/tesol98/home.html -- Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum: Internet/Computer Writing Resources for a Content-Based Curriculum.
Science: Dave Taylor's Wildlife Reference Library Ingenuity Works
Blue Web'n: A Library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites On The Web
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ -- a compendium of projects for all content areas
Mathematics: Decimal & Fraction Maze Great Wave Software
SitesALIVE!
http://www.oceanchallenge.com/ -- Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, Math, Geography, World History, Technology
Social Science: Imagination Express: Castle, Pyramid Ocean
 
Edmark Corporation
Social Science: WorldWalker Destination: Australia Soleil Software
History Channel Speeches
http://historychannel.com/speeches/index.html
Mathematics: MathKeys Learning Company
Map Machine
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/
Mathematics: Math FactMaster Curriculum Associates
  Science: Science Works and Workers Curriculum Associates
  Science: Wonders of Learning CD-ROMS Educational Services
  Science: Zurk's Rainforest Lab Soleil Software
   

Reading

Web Sites

Software (non-ESL)

Software (ESL)

Christine's Useful Links to TESL/CALL Web Sites -- Reading:
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_reading.htm

Mary Ellen's Favorite TESOL Web Site - Reading:
http://academic.alliant.edu/~alliant+mbutler/body/web_reading.htm

Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia
Publisher: Microsoft
CALLEAP
Publisher: Wida Software
Online Newspapers and Magazines:
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_olnewsmag.htm
Microsoft Encarta--Interactive English Learning
Publisher: Microsoft
Core Reading and Vocabulary Development
Publisher: Educational Activities Co.
Search Engines
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/search_engines.htm
Discis Interactive Books Series
Publisher: Discis Inc.
Developing Critical Thinking Skills for Effective Reading
Publisher: Merit Audio Visual
Internet Treasure Hunts
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_treasurehunts.htm
Harmony Interactive Book Series
Publisher: Harmony Interactive
Let's Go
Publisher: Gessler Educational Software
University of Victoria English Language Centre; English Language Center Study Zone
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/
Imagination Express: Destinations
Publisher: Edmark
The Lost Secret
Publisher: DynEd International
ESL Blues Pre-intermediate- high intermediate
http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/trouindx.htm
Kids Phonics II
Publisher: Davidson and Associates
Speed Reader
Publisher: Knowledge Adventure
Reading Page: Polytechnic University of Hong Kong
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/reading.htm
Leap Into Phonics
Publisher: Leap Into Learning, Inc
 
News Stories: California Distance Learning Project. News Reports, Vocabulary, Multiple Choice listening , Sequencing, Drawing Conclusions.
http://www.cdlponline.org/cdlp/news.html
Reader Rabbit’s Learn to Read Series.
Publisher: The Learning Company, Inc.
 
Virtual Language Centre: Reading- Polytechnic University of Hong Kong by Chris Greaves
http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/
Scholastic Literacy Place
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
 
ESL: Reading. Internet TESOL Journal
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Reading/
Wiggleworks
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
 
The ESL Study Hall (by Christine Meloni)
http://home.gwu.edu/~meloni/gwvcusas/ -- includes READING
The Ultimate Speed Reader  
English Online Reading Project
http://www.geocities.com/philliptowndrow/ -- Improve their reading comprehension skills in a collaborative learning environment.
   
Extensive Reading Pages
http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/er/ -- A web site dedicated to exploring all aspects of ER.
   
Testing Your Reading and Reading Effectively
http://www.tsd.jcu.edu.au/netshare/learn/effreading/testyourself.html -- by James Cook University's Learning Center
   
CNN Newsroom for ESL
http://lc.byuh.edu/cnn_n/cnn-n_page.html
   
CNN Interactive
http://www.cnn.com/
   
USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/
   
CRAYON: Create Your Own Newspaper
http://www.crayon.net/ -- students can construct a personalized electronic newspaper, creating an opportunity to read on a regular basis
   
The Comenius English Language Center
http://www.comenius.com/ -- stories to read followed by automated quizzes or questionnaires to give students immediate feedback
   
   

Vocabulary

Web Sites
Software (non-ESL) Software (ESL)
Christine's Useful Links to TESL/CALL Web Sites -- Vocabulary: http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_vocabulary.htm

Mary Ellen's Favorite TESOL Web Sites - Vocabulary:
http://academic.alliant.edu/~alliant+mbutler/body/web_vocabulary.htm

Carmen Sandiego Word Detective (simulation)
Publisher: Broderbund
North American Idioms--Customs & Culture
Publisher: Encomium
ESL Crossword Puzzles & Crossword Generators
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_crosswords.htm
Super Tutor Vocabulary
Publisher:
Collins Cobuild Collocations
Publisher: Harper Collins
Online Dictionaries, Encyclopedia, Thesauri
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/online_dictionaries.htm
The Alphabet
Publisher: Protea Textware
Dictionaries with CD-ROMs
University of Victoria English Language Centre; English Language Center Study Zone
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/vocab/index.htm
Compton's Encyclopedia Deluxe
Publisher: The Learning Co.
CALLEAP
Publisher: Wida Software
Dave's ESL Café: Vocabulary
http://eslcafe.com/search/Vocabulary/index.html
Crossword Magic
Publisher: Mindscape
DressMe (and others)
Publisher: Idiom Software
Karin's ESL Partyland: Vocabulary Easy-difficult levels
http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/quiz.htm
Compton's Encyclopedia Deluxe
Publisher: The Learning Co.
ESL Literacy and Number
Publisher: Protea Textware
Activities for ESL Students: Vocabulary Quizzes
http://a4esl.org/
Longman Interactive English Dictionary
Publisher: Pearson Education Limited
English Vocabulary: Home, Shopping School, Work
Publisher: Courseware Publishing International
ESL: Vocabulary. Internet TESL Journal Links
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Vocabulary/
Longman's Children's Picture Dictionary
Publisher: Longman
The Interactive Picture Dictionary
Publisher: Protea Textware
Commonly-Used American Slang . Interesting Things for ESL Students
http://www.manythings.org/slang/
Super Solvers Spellbound
Publisher: The Learning Company
Kids English
Publisher: Syracuse Language Systems
Vocabulary Study; Spelling and Vocabulary Study
http://www.manythings.org/
Ultimate Word Attack
Publisher: Knowledge Adventure
New Oxford Picture Dictionary
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Vocabulary Page: Polytechnic University of Hong Kong. Dictionary, Vocabulary Materials, and a Concordancer
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/vocabula.htm
   
The Visual Thesaurus
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/index.jsp -- maps a word and its synonyms, antonyms, parts of speech meanings, sample sentences, etc.
   
Daily Page For Students Of English
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~itesls/daily/ -- Includes such things as "Proverb of the Day," "Word of the Day" and "Idiom of the Day."
   
The ESL Study Hall (by Christine Meloni)
http://home.gwu.edu/~meloni/gwvcusas/
   
VOCABULARY
http://home.gwu.edu/~meloni/gwvcusas/shvocabulary.htm
   
Common American Slang
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~itesls/slang/
   
University of Victoria English Language Centre Study Zone
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/index.htm -- vocabulary/matching exercises for beginners (in Hot Potatoes)
   
Vocabulary University
http://www.vocabulary.com/schoolcal2002.html -- many calendar activities with colorful vocabulary exercises and puzzles
   
   

Writing

Web Sites Software
  Software Publisher
Christine's Useful Links to TESL/CALL Web Sites -- Writing: http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_writing.htm

Mary Ellen's Favorite TESOL Web Sites: Writing
http://academic.alliant.edu/~alliant+mbutler/body/web_writing.htm

Common Space Sixth Floor Media (Houghton-Mifflin Company)
Writer's Workshop. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.English.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/grammar.menu.htm
Brainstorm Computers for Education, Publisher, and TESOL/CELIA CD-ROM
Writing Help by Ruth Vilmi
http://www.ruthvilmi.net/hut/LangHelp/Writing/index.html
Classroom Newspaper Workshop Tom Snyder Productions
Writing Page: Polytechnic University of Hong Kong. Materials, EAP Writing Assessments, Referencing, and Generating Ideas.
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/writing.htm#Learner%20Diary
Constructing the Paragraph CELIA
Online Writing Lab (OWL), Purdue University
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Daedalus Integrated Writing Environment (DIWE) Daedalus Group
The WritingDEN. Paragraph and essays
http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/index.htm
Easy Writer Software for Students Linguatronics
Dave's ESL Café: Writing
http://eslcafe.com/search/Writing/index.html
Great Beginnings Teacher Support Software
E-mail Projects
http://www.otan.us/webfarm/emailproject/email.htm -- An archive of ESL student writing, writing ideas and projects
How to Write for Everyday Living Educational Activities Software
CRAYON: Create Your Own Newspaper
http://www.crayon.net/ -- students can construct a personalized electronic newspaper.
Hyper Studio Roger Wagner Publishing, Inc.
ESL Help Center
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/wwwboard2/wwwboard.html -- 24 hour help to ESL/EFL students from ESL/EFL teachers
Imagination Express Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited and Harcourt Brace
Saint Michael's College's Student Resource Center
http://www.smcvt.edu/src/career/services/resume/resume%20index.htm -- resumes and cover letters (guidelines and samples)
Inspiration Inspiration Software, Inc.
Writer's Handbook
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/handbook.html (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison)
Mark-Up RDA Mind Builders
Technical Writing Exchange (TWE)
http://www.ruthvilmi.net/hut/Current/twe.php
Paragraph Punch Merit Audio Visual
The ESL Study Hall (by Christine Meloni)
http://home.gwu.edu/~meloni/gwvcusas/ -- WRITING (Punctuation quiz, Writer's Web--online writing handbook.
Rainbow Curriculum Associates
Ruth Vilmi's International Writing
http://www.kolumbus.fi/rvilmi/iwc.htm -- 4-week International Writing course - advanced writing skills.
Report Writer Clarity
Ruth Vilmi's International Writing Exchange (IWE)
http://www.ruthvilmi.net/hut/Current/iwe.html -- 4-week International Writing course - advanced writing skills.
Storybook Weaver Deluxe The Learning Company
  Student Writing and Research Center The Learning Company
  Super Solvers Spellbound The Learning Company
  Writing Process Workshop Educational Activities Inc.
   
Grammar
Web Sites Software (ESL)
  Software Publisher
Christine's Useful Links to TESL/CALL Web Sites -- Grammar: http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/grammar.htm

Mary Ellen's Favorite TESOL WebSites -- Grammar:
http://academic.alliant.edu/~alliant+mbutler/body/web_grammar.htm

Focus on Grammar (basic, intermediate, high-intermediate, advanced) Addison Wesley/ Longman
ESL: Grammar and English Usage, Internet TESL Journal Links
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Grammar_and_English_Usage/
Azar Interactive
Understanding and Using English Grammar Interactive
Prentice Hall (Pearson-Education, Longman)
ESL Blues Pre-intermediate- high intermediate grammar tutorials, exercises, grammar trouble shooting, quizzes
http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/trouindx.htm
Easy Writrer: The Interactive Software for ESL Students Linguatronics
Dave's ESL Café: Grammar
http://eslcafe.com/search/Grammar/index.html
Grammar 3D Newbury House/ Heinle and Heinle
Karin's ESL Partyland The Quiz Center
Grammar --Very Easy-Difficult Levels

http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/quiz.htm
Grammar Games Davidson
Self Study Grammar Quizzes; Internet TESL Journal.
http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.html
Grammar Mastery Series American Language Academy
Grammar Page: Polytechnic University of Hong Kong
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/grammar.htm
Perfect Copy English Logicus
University of Victoria English Language Centre; English Language Center Study Zone's Grammar exercises at 3 levels
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/
Tense Buster Clarity Language
Virtual Language Centre: Grammar- Polytechnic University of Hong Kong by Chris Greaves
http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/
   
The Grammar Help Page
http://www.hut.fi/~rvilmihelp/grammar_help
http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/
   
The ESL Study Hall (by Christine Meloni)
http://home.gwu.edu/~meloni/gwvcusas/ -- GRAMMAR (A Guide to Grammar and Writing with grammar explanations and quizzes
   
OnLine English Grammar
http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar/index.cfm
   
University of Maine Writing Center Online
http://www.ume.maine.edu/~wcenter/
   
Grammar Safari
http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/web.pages/grammarsafari.html
   
Grammar and Style Guide
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/grammar.html
   
Lists of Grammar Lists
http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/grlists.htm -- provides lists of grammar items for use by ESL/EFL teachers.
   
   

Listening

Web Sites Software (ESL)
  Software Publisher
Christine's Useful Links to TESL/CALL Web Sites -- Listening: http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_listening.htm

Mary Ellen's Favorite TESOL WebSites -- Listening:
http://academic.alliant.edu/~alliant+mbutler/body/web_listening.htm

North American Idioms--Customs & Culture English Language Centre; distributor: Encomium Publications
Movies for ESL
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_Movies.htm
Rosetta Stone Fairfield Language Technology
Using Music in Teaching
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/music.htm
Active English (teen-age and young adult) Courseware Publishing International
Online Video and Sound Sites
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/online_video_and_sound_sites.htm
Tell Me More English Auralog, Inc.
English Listening Room. Interesting Things for ESL
http://www.manythings.org/el/al
Triple Play Plus! English Syracuse English systems
English Listening Lounge. Short passages of everyday English, transcripts, and questions
http://www.englishlistening.com/
English For Kids ESL Pro Systems
Listening: Polytechnic University of Hong Kong
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/listenin.htm
English Mastery American Language Academy
ESL: Listening. Internet TESL Journal
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/
English Your Way Syracuse Language Systems
Dave's ESl Café: Listening
http://eslcafe.com/search/Listening/index.html
Engage DynEd International, Inc.
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab General Listening Quizzes, Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes; Long Conversations with Real Video; Short Listening Exercises by Randall S. Davis
http://esl-lab.com/index.htm
Firsthand Access DynEd International
Learning Oral English Online: Conversations with transcripts and exercises; organized around social situations by Rong-Chang Li
http://www.rong-chang.com/book/index.html
Live Action English: TPR Language on a Computer Command Performance Institute
  Side By Side Interactive Longman/Pearson
   

Speaking

Web Sites Software (non-ESL) Software (ESL)
Christine's Useful Links to TESL/CALL Web Sites -- Speaking: http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_speaking.htm

Mary Ellen's Favorite TESOL WebSites -- Speaking:
http://academic.alliant.edu/~alliant+mbutler/body/web_listening.htm

Decisions, Decisions series (simulation, non-ESL): Cultural Debates; The Environment; Prejudice; Lying, Cheating, Stealing
Publisher: Tom Snyder Productions
Learn to Speak English
Publisher: The Learning Company
Using Music in Teaching
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/music.htm
  Accelerated English
Publisher: Courseware Publishing International
Speaking: Polytechnic University of Hong Kong Materials for English for Academic Purposes, Workplace English, and Professional Purposes
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/speaking.htm
  Connected Speech
Publisher: Protea Textware
Dave's ESL Café: Speaking
http://eslcafe.com/search/Speaking/index.html
  Issues in English
Publisher: Protea Textware Pty Ltd.
ESL: Speaking. Internet TESL Journal Links
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Speaking/
  Traci Talk, Getting Around
Publisher: Courseware Publishing International
PureVoice
http://www.cdmatech.com/solutions/products/purevoice_download.jsp -- free recording software to create audio voice messages that can be attached to your email
  Traci Talk, The Mystery
Publisher: Courseware Publishing International
 

Pronunciation

Web Sites Software (ESL)
  Software Publisher
Christine's Useful Links to TESL/CALL Web Sites -- Pronunciation: http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_pronunciation.htm

Mary Ellen's Favorite TESOL WebSites -- Pronunciation:
http://academic.alliant.edu/~alliant+mbutler/body/web_pronunciation.htm

Pronunciation Power 1 & 2 English Computerized Learning Company
American Speech Sounds Speechcom Incorporated
Oregon State University, English Language Institute: Technology Tip of the Month June 1998: Pronunciation Software by Deborah Healey. Comprehensive list of Pronunciation software and Websites
http://oregonstate.edu/Dept/eli/june1998.html
Better Accent Better Accent, LLC.
Phonetics: The Sounds of American English, Features of Articulation including Video displays
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html
Accent Lab Accent Technologies
ESL Pronunciation On Line. Okanangan University
http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation
TOEIC Pronunciation Encomium
Pronunciation Page: Polytechnic University of Hong Kong
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/pronunci.htm
Triple Play Plus! English Syracuse Language Systems
Dave's ESL Café: Pronunciation
http://eslcafe.com/search/Pronunciation/index.html
American Speech Sounds Speech Communication
American English Pronunciation Practice
http://www.manythings.org//pp/
Clear Speech Works Royal Software
ESL: Pronunciation. Internet TESL Journal Links
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Pronunciation/
Ellis Master Pronunciation CALI
The Dialects and Accents of North America
http://www.ukans.edu/~idea/index2.html
Let's Talk English Syracuse Language Systems
The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cmudict -- Carnegie Mellon-machine-readable pronunciation dictionary
Pronunciation Power Idioms Blackstone Multimedia corporation and English Computerized Learning
  See It, Hear It, Say It! Courseware Publishing International
  Visi-Pitch (http://www.kayelemetrics.com/)
   
Adult Education /Basic Skills and VESL Software
Web Sites Software (ESL)
  Software Publisher
Donna's Favorite Websites: VESL and VABE (Price-Machado)
http://academic.alliant.edu/~alliant+mbutler/body/web_adult.htm
Basic Skills for the Real World Wasatch Education Systems
OTAN (Outreach Technical Assistance Network) VESL and VABE Resources
http://www.otan.us/
English vocabulary: Home, School Shopping, and Work Courseware Publishing International
Quia (Vocabulary games, word searches, flash cards, etc.)
http://www.quia.com/
How to Write for Everyday Living Educational Activities Software
English for All (On-line free multi-media course: work, family, civic participation).
http://www.myefa.org/
How to Read for Everyday Living Educational Activities Software
For Nursing and Health Related Topics
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorial.html
Math for Everyday Living Software Educational Activities
Reading in the Workplace
http://www.ea-software.comactivities/menu/
Measuring Up Protea Textware
Job Applications
http://www.tv411.org/index.shtml
Reading in the Workplace Software Educational Activities
International Business Culture: By country: gift giving, business dress, conversation, titles.
http://www.executiveplanet.com/
Road to Citizenship Trinity Software
Resumes:
http://www.10minuteresume.com/
http://jobstar.org/tools/resume/
http://www.provenresumes.com/
The Alphabet Protea Textware
 

Quizzes

Web Sites

 

Quizzes (ESL & K-12):
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_quizzes.htm
 
ESL Quizzes. Internet TESL Journal
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Quizzes/
 
Activities for ESL Students
http://a4esl.org/
 
Quizzes for ESL Students from Interesting Things For ESL Students by Charles Kelly
http://www.manythings.org/mq/
 
English Quizzes
http://ilc2.doshisha.ac.jp/users/kkitao/class/material/quiz
 
Karin's ESL Partyland
http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/quiz.htm
 
Self Study Quizzes for ESL Students
http://a4esl.org/q/h/
 
Guide To Grammar and Writing: Interactive Quizzes
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm
 
Study Quizzes for ESL Students
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/ -- From the Internet TESL Journal.
 
On-Line Language Exercise
http://www.ilcgroup.com/interactive/
 
Online ESL Listening Quizzes and Activities
http://www.esl-lab.com/ -- online tests.
 
Activities for ESL Students
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/s/ -- Self-study quizzes, interactive JavaScript quizzes, crossword puzzles, treasure hunts and more.
 
 

WebQuests

Web Sites  
Christine's Useful Links to TESL/CALL Web Sites -- WebQuests (K-12 & ESL)
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/webquests.htm
 
The WebQuest Page
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/ and earlier (1997) WebQuests:
http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/webqindx.htm
 
The WebQuest Design Process (as used and developed by Tom March)
http://www.ozline.com/webquests/design.html
 
WebQuest templates for Teachers and Students
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html
 
Anatomy of the New WebQuest Templates:
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/anatomy.htm
 
Paula Emmert's page on ESL WebQuests (posted with the author's permission; 1/14/03)
http://www.call-esl.com/samplewebquests/webquestcontents_htm.htm
 
Philip Benz's page on WebQuests, including ESL
http://www.ardecol.ac-grenoble.fr/english/tice/en-webquests.htm
 
 

Games

Web Sites

Software (ESL)

Software (non-ESL)

Online Games:
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_onlinegames.htm
Who is Oscar Lake? (simulation, ESL)
Publisher: Language Publications Interactive, Inc.
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Publisher: Broderbund
Internet Treasure Hunts
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_treasurehunts.htm
M-ss-ng l-nks
Publisher: Sunburst Communications
Where is the USA is Carmen Sandiego?
Publisher: Broderbund
    Where in History is Carmen Sandiego?
Publisher: Broderbund
   
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