1. IntroductionThere is no doubt that computers can be useful tools in teaching and learning foreign languages. We can obtain a lot of new information and numerous opportunities for communication for English learning and teaching either by e-mail or on the World Wide Web. In order to let you make good use of these resources. I have collected some of them and sorted out and classified them. I hope they will be useful to English learners and teachers.2. World Wide Web2.1 English Learning and Teaching1) Dave's ESL cafe http://www.eslcafe.com/ It is possibly the single best WWW site for English learning.2) Digital Education Network http://www.go-ed.com/den/ This allows you to access on-line courses, discussion forums, search facilities, an on-line grammar of English, a grammar clinic, and English practice pages.3) Kristna Pfaff's Linguistic Funland (1) http://www.linguistic-funland.com/ (2) http://www.tesol.net/tesl.html The first one starts points for linguistics and language learning on the WWW. It will take you to many different sites. The second one is specific to the teaching and learning of English.4) Center for the Advancement of Language Learning (CALL) http://www.call.gov/resource/language/englr000.htm It is a good place to find resources for learning English.5) WILD-e http://www.wild-e.org/ An approach to on-line English teaching and learning inspired by Oscar Wilde and Morrissey.6) The British Council http://www.britcoun.org/ This site will lead you to a lot of links and content that are useful for language and culture learning as well as information about study abroad.
2.5 Grammars
You get the solution if you have some troubles in grammatical problems.1) Links to On-line Grammars http://www.glumbc.edu/~kpokoyl/grammar1.htm2) Links to On-line Grammars http://www.edunet.com/English/grammar/3) Grammar quizzes: http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/grammar.html4) http://www.ccl.kuleuven.ac.be/cgi-bin/seccdemo.cgi Grammar and Style Checker/Corrector) You can submit a sentence and get "network-instantaneous" feedback about errors, as well as a proposal for correction.6) Grammar Safari http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/web.pages/grammarsafari7) http://www.hut.fi~rvilmi/LangHelp/Grammar It contains many highly useful interactive activities written by students at Helsinki University.
2.5 Cultural Background
1) My Virtual Reference Desk(MVRD) http://www.refdesk.com/2) http://www.night.net/kthanks.html Information on the American Thanksgiving Holiday3) http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4038/mailinglist.html A discussion list on Culture in the English as a Foreign Language4) http://postcards.www.media.mit.edu/Postcards/ You/your students can choose pictures and e-mail messages to people.5) http://carla.acad.umn.edu/intercultural.html Culture and Language Learning
2.6 Libraries
1) Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org/ You can find a lot of books and materials from this web site.2) http://classics.mit.com You can find many classic works from this site.3) http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/ You can find Shakespeare's works.4) Electronic library http://www.cs.cmu.edu/booksubjects.html5) http://www.encarta.msn.com/encartahome.asp Microsoft's Encarta site is one the web as a free service to provide basic research information and to introduce web users to its CD form.6) http://www.adventure.com/encyclopedia Knowledge Adventure Encyclopaedia in which you can search for your topic or browse the nine sections, including general knowledge.
2.7 Games about English
1) http://www.ramat-negev.org.il/~ofek/English/games.htm You can download some games.2) http://www.showtower.com.tw/~mturton/tips2.html Games for ESL3) http://www.apple.com Games for English learning4) http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Campus/2807/download.htm
.8 Phrases and Idioms1) http://www.interport.net/~comenius/idiom.html The Weekly Idiom Page will present a new idiom and an accompanying sample dialogue2) Idioms (1) http://www.elscafe.com/idioms (2) http://www.comenius.com/idiom/index.html3) Phrasal verbs http://www.elscafe.com/pv
2.9 Stories and Fables
1) Fluency through Fables http://www.comenius.com/fable/index.html2) http://www.mit.edu/storyfun3) http://www.interport.net/~comenius/fable.htmlEach month s a new fable with accompanying exercises will be presented.4) http://www.tprstorytelling.com/story.htm Total Physical Response Storytelling5) http://itpubs.ucdavis.edu/richard/tales/ Tales of Wonder: Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World. Entertaining archive of folk and fairy tales from many parts of the world.6) http://www.CandlelightStories.com/ Candlelight Stories: Travel through their world of illustrated stories, animations, cartoons, music, and games, from artists around the globe.
2.10 Journals and Newsletters
1) http://www.well.com/www/sokolik/ The TESL Electronic Journal, TESL-EJ2) http://www.ling.lancs.ac. uk/staff/visitors/kenji/referenc.htm Resources and Journals Related to ELT and Linguistics3) http://www.aitech.ac.jp/%7Eiteslj/ TESL Journal4) Newspaper for English learners http://www.its-online.com/5) http://learning.turner.com/newsroom This is the CNN Newsbroadcast for educators.6) http://www.guardian.co.uk The Guardian It provides a rich source of constantly up-dated material in English for teacher.
2.13 Penpals
1) http://www.interport.net/~comenius/penpal.html The E-Mail Pen Pal Connection intended for students of English2) http://www.epals.com/ Classroom Exchange keypal search engine3) http://eleaston.com/methods.html#KeyPals People can find penpals/key pals. They explain the procedure on each site.4) http://keypals.com/ Focuses on connecting educators5) http://www.eslcafe.com/ You can find other ESL teachers.6) http://its-online.com/ Links for teachers, students, penpals and other stuff.7) http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/keypals.html
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2.14 Software and Shareware
1) http://www.latrobe.edu.au/www/education/celia/celia.html CELIA is an archive of software for Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) of English as a Second Language (ESL)2) http://www.shareware.com/ The Virtual Software Library3) The following cites also list downloadable shareware and freeware:(1) http://www.stir.ac.uk/epd/celt/staff/higdox/software.htm (2) http://www.metpro.com/gdl/INDEX.HTM(3) http://www.iath.virginia.edu/ITeach/index.html4) English Software Programs(1) http://www.wor.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/English/English.html?E+wor(2) http://www.wor.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/English/English.html?E+wor5) http://207.236.117.20/orlac>http://207.236.117.20/orlac/ Annotated Computer Resources for ESL
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