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Secondary ESOL Links
Speaking/Listening
- BBC World Service Learning English The Flatmates
A serial with audio script at a slow pace. Includes optional written script and specific language focus.
- LearnEnglish
A British Council site. It offers opportunities to learn and practise English online. It is aimed at the intermediate learner.
- Sounds of English
English pronunciation pages - pictures, sounds, and videos to help with English pronunciation.
- 100 Most Mispronounced Words & Phrases In English
Here are the top 100 most often mispronounced English words (according to Your dictionary.com).
- BBC - Skillswise - Words - Listening
Listen to telephone messages and cinema information and get tips on how to be a better listener.
- BBC - Skillswise Words - Summarising
This module helps learners improve their summarising skills by extracting the main points from written and oral texts.
- Breaking News English
Downloadable audio files, with pre- and post-tasks. Updated regularly. Recommended for advanced students.
- Common Mistakes in English by Language Background
Typical mistakes made by different language groups. No sound files, but links to commonly used pronunciation books.
- Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom
Banks of topic-based questions. From The Internet TESL Journal.
- Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom
An extensive collection of questions to develop students' conversational skills. Useful for pair work (Internet TESL Journal).
- Crossword Puzzle Generator Maker - Crossword Puzzle Creator
This is an easy to use crossword maker. To add language value adapt the crossword so that each student has some of the answers and some of the clues and each student must find the missing clues/answers by asking their partner.
- Digitales
Traditional storytelling meets the Internet in a site which includes resources, examples and training opportunities to inspire the creation of digital narratives.
- English Listening Language Lab Online
A wide variety of listening tasks with varied accents. For advanced students.
- EnglishClub.com English Pronunciation - Pronunciation for ESL Learners
This site covers many aspects of pronunciation such as individual sounds, stress, intonation, homophones, and linking words in English.
- Englishmed.com
A large EU-sponsored site with exercises and over ninety minutes of spoken conversation – animated dialogues (Flash driven). The site is aimed at training medical staff, but there is plenty of material here that can be used to develop language for outside the classroom.
- Eslgold.com
Hundreds of pages of graded ESOL materials. The language is not embedded in a context.
- Fonetiks
Online pronunciation for a variety of derivations of the Queen's English, including Australian nuances and inflections.
- Fonetiks.org
Online language laboratory, this page focusing on vowel sounds (British English).
- Improving High School English Language Learners’ Second Language Listening Through Strategy Instruction
Targeted listening strategy instruction in the ESOL classroom does result in improvements in listening comprehension (Bilingual Research Journal, 2003).
- LangMedia: The Five College Resource for the Study of World Languages
Examples of authentic language spoken in the natural environment.
- Larry Ferlazzo's English Learning Links
Favourite links from an enthusiastic teacher.
- Listening Activities (British Council)
Practical activities to help students with listening.
- Listening for English Language Learners
From Ohio ESL.
- National Education Monitoring Project
2006 reports - Writing, Listening and Viewing, Health & Physical Education.
- Outwork - A Vietnamese Refugee's Story
Short film clip that raises issues around the rights of migrant women outworkers in Australia. Includes background information and questions for discussion.
- Parapal Online English Exercises
Interactive listening, writing, reading, vocabulary and grammar exercises.The site includes software for schools and teachers to use. (Uses Flash Player.)
- Penguin Dossiers
Monthly articles - Penguin Reader level 3. Archive of past Penguin Dossiers and worksheets. Dossiers include reading and listening practice, and vocabulary building.
- Phonetics: The Sounds of English
Here you can select the English sound you want to hear and watch small video clips showing you how to make each individual sound in American English (from The University of Iowa).
- Read Please
Text-to-speech software, some of it free.
- Say Hello to the World
Learn about language and culture (the Internet Public Library, Kidspace).
- Ship or Sheep.com
English language pronunciation practice with minimal pairs. Uses Flash.
- Speaking and Pronunciation for English Language Learners
From Ohio ESL.
- Stories in a Nutshell
A collection of concise folktale plots for retelling by the teacher or student.
- Stuff for English Learners
Learn the international phonetic alphabet and the sounds of English. Practise phrasal verbs.
- Tell Me More
An online version of an English textbook written for speakers of Korean. Most of the textbook can be used by non-Korean speakers.Communicative tasks that aim to develop oral language.
- Telling Stories: Using Drama and Multimedia with ESL Students
Storytelling through drama provides opportunities for students to develop language and higher order thinking skills. It also offers students the opportunity to use their background experience.
- Ten Conversation Lessons with Stories, Vocabulary Practice, Questions and Activities
These short stories can be used orally or in written form. The stories are housed on the Internet TESL Journal's lesson pages.
- Text to Speech Software with Natural Voices-- Free NaturalReader
NaturalReader is software that converts text into natural sounding voices. A free download is available.
- Yahooligans News
News stories (including slide shows) for school students.
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