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Secondary ESOL Links
Research
- The Why Files: Science Behind the News
Great site for reading texts. Short, high interest, great graphics.
- Basic Steps in the Research Process
Straightforward and practical.
- The Big6
A clear outline of the steps in the research/information problem solving process.
- Clever Questioning
Asking clever questions (based on Bloom's taxonomy), and tools and processes to help students search the web for answers to the questions.
- DiscoverySchool.com
A mainstream site for teaches and students. Includes lesson plans plus tools to make teacher materials such as worksheet generators.
- Finding Information on the Web: Mary Ellen's Tip of the Week (Bates Information Services)
Useful tips on finding elusive information.
- Information Literacy Online
This site includes Gwen Gawith's 3 Doors to InfoLiteracy learning model.
- Internet Searching Strategies
Information on how to develop internet searching strategies.
- Junglewalk
A web site for animal lovers that gives quick access to animal information available on the web.
- Learning Resources
Simplified newspaper articles with interactive learning activities. This material is intended for adult literacy educational purposes, but is useful for senior/advanced ESOL students.
- The Music Archive for the Pacific
Established by the Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia.
- Rhetoric
Over 5000 full text audio and video versions of American public speeches, sermons, debates and interviews.
- Teaching with the Web
Links to WWW resources for language teaching.
- Up the Creek
This bilingual interactive website from the Department of Conservation introduces concepts about biodiversity in waterways by focusing on the life cycle of whitebait. Intended for level 3 and 4 of the New Zealand curriculum, the resource includes teachers' notes and ideas for class discussions and activities.
- Virtual Field Trips
You will find virtual field trips on science, literature, social studies, and other topics.
- Webquest Directories: English Online
A directory of useful webquest sites.
- The World Factbook
CIA site with summarised economic and political information.
- Yahooligans News
News stories (including slide shows) for school students.
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