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Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary Education > Curriculum Development > Key Learning Areas > English Language Education > English Language Education - References and Resources > Useful Websites for English Language Teaching and Learning (Primary)
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Useful Websites for English Language Teaching and Learning (Primary)

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Associations

ACTFL (http://www.actfl.org/)
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

ACW (http://www2.nau.edu/~acw-p)
Alliance for Computers and Writing

AECT (http://www.aect.org/)
Association for Educational Communications and Technology

CALICO (http://www.calico.org/)
The Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium

IATEFL (http://www.iatefl.org/)
International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language

IRA (http://www.reading.org/)
International Reading Association

NCTE (http://www.ncte.org/)
National Council of Teachers of English of the USA

TESOL (http://www.tesol.org/)
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

The British Council (http://www.britishcouncil.org/new/)
The British Council


Dictionaries/Thesauruses
COBUILD (http://www.collins.co.uk/Corpus/CorpusSearch.aspx)

Longman Dictionaries (http://www.ldoceonline.com)
Longman dictionaries home page

Roget's Thesaurus (http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html)
On-line version of the publication

Synonym Dictionary (http://vancouver-webpages.com/synonyms.html)
This home page carries lists of English synonyms

WWWebster Dictionary (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary)
Searches include pronunciation, etymology and a built-in thesaurus

Wordsmyth English Dictionary - Thesaurus (http://www.wordsmyth.net/)
On-line version of the publication


Encyclopedias

Britannica On-line (http://www.eb.com/)
On-line version of the publication

Encarta On-line (http://encarta.msn.com/)
On-line version of Microsoft's CD-ROM


ESL-related Centres in Hong Kong

Centre for Independent Language Learning (http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL)
Home page of the Centre for Independent Language Learning at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University with many components and links

English Language Centre (http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/elsc/)
Home page of the English Language Centre at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University with various components; useful links are also available from the English Enhancement Programmes

English Language Centre (http://www.cityu.edu.hk/elc)
Home page of the English Language Centre at the City University of Hong Kong with links to listening and dictation exercises

Independent Learning Centre (http://www.ilc.cuhk.edu.hk/english/index1a.asp)
English section of the home page of the Independent Learning Centre at the Chinese University of Hong Kong with many components and links

Language Centre (http://lc.ust.hk/)
Home page of the Language Centre at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology with many components and links

Language Centre (http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~lc/)
Home page of the Language Centre at the Baptist University with many links to materials for self-access learning

Virtual English Centre (http://ec.hku.hk/vec/)
Home page of the English Centre at the University of Hong Kong with many components and links


ESL/EFL Publications

Cambridge Journals Online (http://www.journals.cup.org/)
An international abstracting journal for language teachers, educators and researchers published by the Cambridge University Press

ELT Journal (http://www.oup.co.uk/jnls/list/eltj)
An international journal for teachers of English to speakers of other languages published by the Oxford University Press in association with The British Council and IATEFL

TESL-EJ (http://tesl-ej.org)
On-line publication of Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, an academic journal

TESL-HK (http://www.tesl-hk.org.hk/pregen/teslv0006.htm)
On-line newsletter for English language teaching professionals in Hong Kong offered by the City University of Hong Kong (Issue no.6 only)

The Language Teacher (http://www.jalt-publications.org/tlt/)
Excerpts from The Language Teacher, the monthly publication of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)


Games

Crayola (http://www.crayola.com/)
A site for games and activities

KidsCom.com (http://www.kidscom.com/)
Interactive and fun site for children

Sesame Street Homepage (http://www.ctw.org/)
The official homepage for Sesame Street

The Disney Company (http://www.disney.com/)
Interactive section for kids of all ages

 


Grammar

ESL Helper Center (http://eslcafe.com/help/)
Help for ESL/EFL students from an international team of ESL/EFL teachers


Lesson Plans and Materials

AskERIC Lesson Plans (http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/)
Lesson plans, materials, and curriculum units from ERIC

ESL Discussion Center (http://eslcafe.com/discussion/)
Forum for discussing ESL/EFL activities and games

Lesson Plans and Resources for ESL, Bilingual, and Foreign Language Teachers (http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslindex.html)
Resource from Marty Levin of California State University, Northridge, USA

Teams Distance Learning K-12 Lesson Plans(http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/classrooms.html)
Links to lesson plans in all subjects and a variety of sources from the Los Angeles County Office of Education, USA

Mass Media

BBC World Service (http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/)

CBC Radio (http://cbc.ca/radio/)

CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com)

Telegraph.co.uk (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/)

Newslink (http://www.newslink.org/)
South China Morning Post (http://www.scmp.com/)
Guardian.co.uk (http://www.guardian.co.uk/)
The Standard (http://www.thestandard.com.hk/)
Times Online (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/)
USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/)
World Radio Network (http://www.wrn.org/)

Meeting Other Teachers

TESL : Personal Pages of ESL Teachers  (http://iteslj.org/links/TESL/Personal_Pages_of_ESL_Teachers/)
A database of ESL/EFL teachers' home pages from around the world

TeleNex (http://www.telenex.hku.hk/)
Teachers of English Language Education Nexus is a computer network run by the Department of Curriculum Studies at The University of Hong Kong to enhance English language standards and the quality of English language teaching in Hong Kong. This network consists of a grammar database (PrimeGram), a teaching ideas database (PrimeTeach) and a collection of interactive multimedia activities for students (PrimeTask).



Poetry

KidNews Creative (http://www.kidnews.com/creative.html)
Poems and fiction from Around the World

Childrenstory.com (http://www.childrenstory.com/)
Groups include: Fairy Tales, Nursery Rhymes, Interactive Stories and Holiday Stories

Publishers

Pearson Higher Education (http://www.pearsonhighered.com/)

Cambridge University Press (http://www.cambridge.org/)

Heinemann (http://www.heinemann.com/)

Pearsonlongman.com (http://www.pearsonlongman.com/index.html)

Macmillan (http://www.macmillan.com/)

McGraw-Hill (http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/edu/default.shtml)
Oxford University Press (http://www.oup.com/)
Prentice Hall (http://www.prenticehall.com/)
Scholastic (http://www.scholastic.co.uk/)

Resources and Databases

Dave's ESL Cafe (http://www.eslcafe.com/)
Several interactive resources, e.g. ESL Question Page, ESL Idea Page, ESL Links Pages, ESL Help Center, ESL Discussion Center, etc.

English Language Teaching Resources (http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/index.html)
Collection of resources from Ohio University

Foreign Language Teaching Resources (http://babel.uoregon.edu/)
Resources from Yamada Language Center at the University of Oregon

Linguistic Funland TESL (http://www.linguistic-funland.com/)
Extensive links and more from Kristina Pfaff-Harris

Teachers Helping Teachers (http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/)
Teaching tips and ideas for teachers
The Internet Movies Database (http://us.imdb.com/)
A database on movies

Search Tools

Yahoo!Kids (http://kids.yahoo.com/)
A search engine for kids


Writing

International Kids' Space (http://www.kids-space.org/index.html)
Homepage where children can show their pictures, write their stories and make new friends

ACTFL (http://www.actfl.org/)
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

ACW (http://www2.nau.edu/~acw-p/)
Alliance for Computers and Writing

AECT (http://www.aect.org/)
Association for Educational Communications and Technology

The British Council (http://www.britishcouncil.org/new/)
The British Council
CALICO (http://www.calico.org/)
The Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium
IATEFL (http://www.man.ac.uk/IATEFL/)
International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
IRA (http://www.reading.org/)
International Reading Association
NCTE (http://www.ncte.org/)
National Council of Teachers of English of the USA
TESOL (http://www.tesol.org/)
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

Last revision date: 14 October 2009
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