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Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

I found this online and thought everyone should have access to it. I also took the time to download it onto Word, and it took a bit of effort to patch up some formatting and spelling issues, but the final copy ran about 148 pages. Not bad considering what's inside. Here is a list of the 5 chapters' tables of contents, plus link to the book itself (sorry, it's in 5 parts).

I suggest making this a sticky!

http://www.linguistic-funland.com/mele.contents
http://www.tesol.net/mele.part1
http://www.tesol.net/mele.part2
http://www.tesol.net/mele.part3
http://www.tesol.net/mele.part4
http://www.tesol.net/mele.part5

THE INTERNATIONAL ESL/EFL/ESOL RESOURCE GUIDE TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

Copyright 1996, Meg Gam

PART ONE

What is ESL? What is EFL? What is ESOL?
Is there any difference between ESL and EFL?
What is TEFL? What is TESL? What is TESOL?

What does one need to do to be an ESL teacher?
What is the RSA/CTEFLA?
How does the RSA/CTEFLA compare with the MA-TESL?
What are the advantages (if any) of having the RSA/Cambridge C-TEFLA?
Where can one find out about C-TEFLA programs available in the
U.S. and Abroad?
What is the Cambridge CELTA?
What about other certificate programs?
What about diploma programs?
Where can one find out about MA-TESL programs?
What RSA/Cambridge (UCLES) teaching qualifications are available to non-native
speakers of English?
Certificate for Overseas Teachers of English (COTE)
Diploma for Overseas Teachers of English (DOTE)

What is the TOEFL? What are the Cambridge Exams? How do they compare?

ESL/EFL/ESOL-related professional organizations

Some Universities Offering MA-TESL programs

Universities and Training Centers Offering Distance MA-TESL and Post-Graduate Certificate and Diploma Courses

ESL/EFL/ESOL Terms Glossary

PART TWO

Where can one find out about EFL teaching jobs in other countries?
International study and exchange programs
What about the Peace Corps?
What is World University Service of Canada?
What about other volunteer programs one can join to go abroad and teach English without experience?
WWW ESL/EFL/ESOL jobsites
Job-finding agencies and schools and international study and exchange programs

PART THREE

What resources for ESL/EFL/ESOL teachers are available on the Internet?
Accessing Internet by Email
Newsgroups
Search engines for newsgroups
Mailing lists
Search for your own mailing lists
WebSites
On-line dictionaries
World Wide Web search engines
Telnet sites
MOOs
Gopher Sites
For students of ESL/EFL/ESOL
Internet Education

PART FOUR

Books for teaching ESL/EFL/ESOL
Grammar and TOEFL review
All-purpose Books
Communications/Conversation/Activities Books
Vocabulary/Spelling
Listening comprehension/Dictation
Pronunciation Books
Writing
English for Academic Purposes
Basic Texts/Survival English
Culture Texts (US Culture)
Multilevel classes
Canadian Content
K-12
ESP
Learner Dictionaries
Professional Development
Teaching with the Internet

British Council Information Sheets

ESL/EFL/ESOL Publishers and Distributors
US & International Publishers
British Publishers

PART FIVE

Journals for ESL/EFL/ESOL Professionals
Publications for Students
Grant Funding
Software for ESL/EFL/ESOL
Phonetic (IPA) Fonts - Where to Get Them
Structured Courses
Edutainment
Other Forms of Computer-Aided Language Learning
Teacher Training Aids
ASCII Representation of International
Phonetic Alphabet (IPA
Useful Addresses for British TEFL Information

merlin · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:12 am Post subject:

So ... In what ways are those links better than Dave's book?

LOL
Just kidding.

JonnytheMann · Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 337 Location: USA

dyak · Joined: 25 Jun 2003 Posts: 630

A mother lode of pron resources too - http://www.sunburstmedia.com/PronWeb.html
By nationality - http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/phono.html
More - http://home.apu.edu/~rrobison/Pronunciation%20Web%20Sites.htm