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Hi, Just a short message to let you know about the free WordSurfing Vocabulary Notebook and Vocabulary Level Tests that can now be downloaded (PDF files) from http://www.wordsurfing.co.uk Hope these resources - and the links on the site - are helpful to you and your students. Best wishes Will McCull...

Hey Dude ... Congratulations on a fine and fun idea - that will certainly appeal to some of the more creative language learners. I know 3 or 4 students who will absolutely love using it occasionally. By the way, I've added your site as a link from "Word Surfing" at "Vocabulary Games" http://www.word...

Hi … If any learners would like to improve their English vocabulary then they can now add their words to the Word Surfing Vocabulary Forum at http://www.wordsurfing.co.uk/136345/index.html Hopefully - as a result - the Vocabulary Builder at http://www.wordsurfing.co.uk/136245/index.html will soon be...

Hi, I´ve recently designed some "Word Surfing" Vocabulary Cards - and the idea is now available at "English Specialist" (thanks to George) http://english.specialist.hu/wordsurfing/cards/ The concept gives learners an opportunity to actively develop their vocabulary (and grammar) skills in a “game” w...

Hi, I've just come across a great free Audio Pictionary at ... http://www.languageguide.org/english/ ... and - in case you haven't heard about the site yet - it's definitely worth a visit. It's a brilliant place to see and hear words - and test basic vocabulary level in a fun way by moving the curso...

Hi, I hope that the Feb 2004 "Word Surfing" Update will be of interest to those trying to help their students with their vocabulary development. WS Update Feb 2004 There are just two short pieces of news to share with you....and a request. 1. There is now a WS article in HLT magazine at http://www.h...

Hi Here's a great free place to practice English listening and writing skills ( just in case you don't already know it) http://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/dictations/realenglish/realindex.htm. ..........and, if like me, you want to learn Italian......there's some dictations (and other good resources)...

Dear Eigo-Mike. Try WordSurfing..... http://www.wordsurfing.co.uk .......and, maybe, join the discussion group at http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/wordsurfing/ The sites were specifically set up to try and find the best answers to the very common (and undervalued) question .... " Does anyone have an...

Hi, I've been searching for sites that offer graded dictations to add the "Word Surfing" site. Students of all languages would benefit greatly, I'm sure, from the availability of a service that allowed them to .... 1. listen to individual sentences being clearly read. 2. replay each sentence as ofte...

Hi Another posting about vocabulary ...with this one just to let you know that I've now started an open group at http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/wordsurfing/ The forum asks: * Are long-term vocabulary development strategies ineffective? * or are students simply unaware of suitable opportunities to ...

Hi, I’m now trying to start some sort of petition to show publishers why organized vocabulary books should be made available to all language learners – in order to help them independently improve their skills outside the classroom. Anyone wishing to receive free photocopiable pages of such a book, t...

Hi, The short article below is something that was written a couple of weeks ago for EL Gazette. It explains a bit more about some of the reasons behind WS....and it’s relationship with fossilization The concept, which was put on the internet in April 2003 - http://www.wordsurfing.co.uk - shows the b...

Hi Roger, It's amazing to me that you've been confronted with such big classes. I can only send sympathy - that's what I call a tough job !! - but it sounds like somehow, as always, people adapt to such situations with some degree of success. Make the most of it etc. Anyway ... did you get my pm????...

Hi fireworks sorry for the delay in replying - there are several links towards books that might be of interest to you here http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=vocabulary+learning+strategies+esl&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&start=20&sa=N but... to be honest ... I had a lot of difficulty finding good mate...

Hi Bish, I've posted a selection of games at the following link http://www.wordsurfing.co.uk/43682.html to the Word Surfing site.There are some really good ones - and I hope they help. By the way, I'm constantly searching for quality games to add to this collection - so if you'd like to sugggest som...