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Where I work we actively encourage students to do extra English practice on line. We even have ready made lessons whereby skills and language are taught part online and part off line in the classroom. Of course, accessibility and technological resources affect this opportunity for some institutions.

To what extent do you encourage your learners to use online English sites or other sites for practice?

Which sites do you tend to value and recommend most?

How far does it affect the motivation of your learners?

[Kent F. Kruhoeffer]

Hello vre:

Welcome back.

Over the past few years I've been stealing, collecting, updating & refining a list of weblinks for teachers & students of English. I use many of the websites below on a daily basis (i.e., onelook.com, wikipedia and Doug Harper's Etymology Dictionary) and others less frequently. Just depends on what I need at any given moment.

And "yes" - I do encourage those students who have internet access to log on to these websites and practice on their own. When they find the interactive Hangman games and online quizzes, they seem to be happy to spend a few extra hours studying. It can't hurt, right?

Here it is, once again, for your surfing & academic pleasure:


LESSON PLANS & CLASSROOM RESOURCES


http://bogglesworld.com/ (Boggle's World)

http://www.manythings.org/ (ManyThings.org)

http://www.1-language.com/ (1-Language.com)

http://www.nonstopenglish.com/ (Non Stop English)

http://www.usingenglish.com/ (UsingEnglish.com)

http://englishpage.com/ (Englishpage.com)

http://www.english-test.net/ (English-Test.net)

http://www.rhlschool.com/ (RHL School)

http://www.edhelper.com/ (Edhelper.com)

http://school.discovery.com/ (DiscoverySchool.com)

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ (The Lesson Plans Page)

http://www.onestopenglish.com/ (onestopenglish.com)

http://teachers.englishclub.com/ (English Club)

http://www.eltweb.com/liason/ (ELT Web.com)

http://www.eslmonkeys.com/ (ESL Monkeys)

http://esl.about.com/ (Kenneth Beare / English as 2nd Language)

http://internationaleflcafe.com/index.htm (International EFL Cafe)

http://www.eslpartyland.com/default.htm (Karin's ESL PartyLand)

http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/trouindx.htm (ESL Blues)

http://members.aol.com/eslkathy/esl.htm (The ESL Center)

http://www.handoutsonline.com/ (Handouts Online)

http://www.smic.be/smic5022/ (English Exercises Online)

http://atozteacherstuff.com/ (A to Z Teacher Stuff)

http://www.tesol.net/ (TESOL.net / Linguistic Funland)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ (Purdue University's Online Writing Lab)

http://www.developingteachers.com/index.htm (Developing-Teachers.com)

http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html (Business English Exercises)

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslindex.html (Dr. Martin Levine's ESL index)

http://www.esl-lounge.com/ (ESL Lounge)

http://english-zone.com/ (English-Zone.com)

http://www.easyenglish.com/ (Easy English)

http://www.tefl.net/ (TEFL.net homepage)

http://www.eslgo.com/ (ESL go-free.com)

http://www.churchillhouse.com/english/index.html (Churchill House / Free Online English Lessons)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml (BBC Learning English homepage)

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-elt-resources (The British Council / ELT resources)

http://www.johnsesl.com/templates/teachers/ (John's ESL Community)

http://geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1979/index.html (Taiwan Teacher)

http://www.everythingesl.net/ (Everything ESL)

http://iteslj.org/ (The Internet TESL Journal)

http://eleaston.com/ (E.L. Easton / English Online)

http://www.kidzone.ws/ (Kidzone / stuff for kids!)

http://abcteach.com/ (abcteach.com / stuff for kids!)

http://www.genkienglish.net/ (Genki English / stuff for kids!)

http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/ (Awesome Clipart For Kids!)

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ (Discovery School's free puzzlemaker)

http://www.armoredpenguin.com/wordsearch/ (make-your-own Word Search puzzle)

http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/ (Dave's Idiom homepage / by Dennis Oliver)

http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/ (Dave's ESL Cafe Idea Cookbook)

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/6720/ (The Idiom Connection)

http://iteslj.org/s/ib/ (Internet Basics for ESL Students)

http://libraryspot.com/ (LibrarySpot.com / a free virtual library)

http://www.loc.gov/ (The Library of Congress homepage)

http://www.fonetiks.org/ (fonetiks.org / guide to pronunication)

http://www.soundsofenglish.org/ (Sounds of English / guide to pronunciation)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (Wikipedia / The Free Online Encyclopedia)

http://www.onelook.com/ (Onelook.com / the Web's most powerful English dictionary)

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php (Douglas Harper's Online English Etymology Dictionary)

http://www.gabrielatos.com/ (C. Gabrielatos / ELT articles, methodology & teacher development)

http://www.refdesk.com/factgram.html (refdesk.com / an excellent grammar & writing resource)

http://www.itools.com/lang/ (iTools.com / a complete range of language tools on one handy page)

http://thesaurus.reference.com/ (Thesaurus.com / featuring Roget's New Millennium� Thesaurus)

http://www.edufind.com/ (EduFind.com / education resources & online grammar reference)

http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ (Capital Community College / Guide to Grammar & Writing)

http://explorers.whyte.com/34l/default.htm (McDonald's in 34 languages / test your linguistic skills!)


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