Jeanette Sung & Caleb McDonald
11th of May 2007
Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) 
Bookmarks
Teacher Training & Certification
ESL Job Opportunities
Teacher Resources - Lesson plans
Specific Resources - Pronunciation, grammar
Student Resources - Supplements, ESL courses, ESL software
Others - Games, Assessment tools, References
Teacher Training
http://www.tefl.net/
This link gives you many options for teacher training, lesson plans, games & job listings
http://www.americantesol.com/
This link offers online internet certification or in-class training and job placing
http://www.teflboard.org/
Includes different places all over the world where you can get a TESL certificate or diploma  Top
Jobs
http://www.esljobfind.com/index.php
Offers job listings worldwide. It works like a forum. Post your resume and employers contact you.
http://www.eslcafe.com/jobs/
Overseas job listings. Works as a forum Top
Teacher Resources
Lesson Plans:
Sites with a little bit of everything
Dave’s ESL Café – Idea Cookbook
http://www.eslcafe.com/idea/index.cgi
There are currently 2040 recipes in 26 categories in this cookbook. Categories: grammar, pronunciation, spelling, vocabulary, themes (holiday, music, math etc.)
For students:
http://www.eslcafe.com/
Idioms, phrasal verbs, slang, pronunciation power ESL Partyland - for Teachers
http://www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/Tinitial.htm
Lesson plan resources: has all the common topics; also includes teaching conversations, film & video, internet, music. Thumbs-up: contains printable materials, discussion forums, links to books and websites for further resources ESL Partyland - for Students
http://www.eslpartyland.com/students/inter.htm
A place for students to “practice, practice, practice”!
Themes: Relationship and dating (haha), food, media, travel
Thumbs-up: Idioms and expressions, conversation starters
Take the site tour to find your way around the website:
http://www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/Tinitial.htm#Site%20Tour The ESL Café Story – Preparation for tests
http://www.english-test.net/esl-cafe/
Resources to prepare for tests: TOEIC, TOEFL, SAT; Preparation tests and other resources to help you prepare for the test The Internet TESL Journal
http://iteslj.org/
Monthly issues for fresh, new ideas! Articles, Research Papers, Lessons Plans, Classroom Handouts, Teaching Ideas & Links Learning Resources, a project of Literacy Works
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/
Web-delivered instruction using current and past news stories; benefits all learners and instructors. Each module includes the full text of each story and interactive activities to test comprehension; read the text, listen to the text, and view a short video clip of the story; can be incorporated into class activities
Online Teacher Resource
http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/ Everything ESL – Teaching tips and helpful articles
http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/
- Tips for Teaching ELLs to Write
- Challenges for ELLs in Content Area Learning
- Communicating with Gestures
- Creating an Atmosphere of Acceptance
- Differentiating Instruction for English Language Learners
- ESL Teacher as Cultural Broker
- ESL Teacher's Role in Intercultural Communication
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Specific Resources
Pronunciation:
International Phonetic Alphabet
http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/
Gives the phonetic alphabet with video and audio on how to pronounce. Gives audio help and written text to understand our American accent and pronunciation.
IPA chart: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:IPA_chart_2005.png 
American Accent
http://www.americanaccent.com/
Listen to a collection of colloquial American expressions. Lots of audio pronunciation collections and how to pronounce like a typical American
(Pronunciation page: http://www.americanaccent.com/pronunciation.html) Ship or Sheep – Differentiating between minimal pairs
http://www.shiporsheep.com/
English language pronunciation practice with minimal pairs and Instant Sound - simply mouse over to hear! E.g. ship/sheep, tin/ten, bet/bat, bet/bait Grammar:
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/tenses.htm
Tenses: Past, Present, Modal. Everything.
http://www.infovisual.info/volume_en.html?q=A Top
Student Resources
Online Supplemental Learning for Students:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslstudent.html
This gives a resource page for students such as handouts, grammar, idioms, vocabulary; Games, help with specific tasks etc.
http://home.earthlink.net/%7Eeslhome/reference/reference.html
Gives you many different resources for help and references to have fun with and help study.
http://a4esl.org/
This page is awesome! It has different activities such as crossword puzzles and different exercises for grammar, vocabulary, and even has podcasting and a video for learning!
http://www.efl.net/index.htm
Great site for learning language by listening and reading as the text scrolls across the screen! Chose from different genres and artists. Awesome site!Online ESL Courses:
Online English Learning Beginners
http://www.learnenglish.de/ This site has 50 English lessons
http://www.learn-english-online.org/ Site with different Language learning programs
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/language-courses/online-language-course.htm Global Learning Strategies
http://www.globallearningstrategies.org
Specializes in accelerated learning for Bachelor degrees but is starting up a distance learning ESL program that connects Korean students with English native-speakers over the internet with Video-conferencing or Skype
ESL Course Software:
Rosetta Stone
http://www.rosettastone.com/en/?a=b
Uses thousands of real-life images, written text and voices of native speakers to teach you like a native learner. Tell me More English Learning software
http://www.101language.com/software.html
Valued by users and teachers alike for it's speech recognition technology and language courses. Covers 4 macro skills and grammar, vocabulary and culture. Power Glide
www.powerglide.com
Natural langauge acquisition method that reflects how children in any culture learn their language. Top
Others:
Games
http://www.quia.com/shared/search?category=10004&adv_search=true
A site that provides quizzes, java games, that work with idioms, grammar, people, everything!
http://www.puzzlemaker.com
Create your own crossword puzzles Assessing Student’s Needs
http://esl.about.com/b/a/204323.htm
Ready made assessment tests for students such as “What kind of English Learner are you? Test your Grammar Knowledge”, Setting ESL objectives, and Using Different Teaching Styles to Meet Students’ Needs Reference
Encyclopedias online:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
http://encarta.msn.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Dictionaries:
http://dictionary.reference.com/ - dictionary, thesaurus
Picture dictionaries
http://www.pdictionary.com/
http://www.infovisual.info/
http://www.languageguide.org/english/ - Mouse-over on circles will let you see the right word and hear it being said 
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