Free Technology Tools |
| Audacity: | software for recording and editing sounds | http://audacity.sourceforge.net |
| VLC Media Player: | plays many multimedia formats | http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ |
| Google Docs: | Create and share your work online (word processor, spreadsheet, presentation) | http://documents.google.com |
| LIveCode | a rapid application development tool | http://livecode.com/ |
| Wordle: | “a toy for creating word clouds” | http://www.wordle.net/ |
| Free Tech Tools for ESL Educators: | a longer list of free tools | http://edvista.com/claire/pres/free-esl/index.html |
Online Courses, Communities, and Materials |
| E-Teacher Scholarship Program: | Online courses for which EFL teachers may receive scholarships | http://exchanges.state.gov/non-us/program/e-teacher-scholarship-program/details |
| Shaping the Way We Teach English: | Online community of English teachers | http://shapingenglish.ning.com/ |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS INDIA - RELO Connect | Regional English Language Office in India | https://www.facebook.com/groups/184818291649549/ |
| Electronic Village Online: | Free 5-week courses that are offered by TESOL CALL Interest Section each January and February | http://evosessions.pbworks.com |
| Learning2gether: | Online community of English teachers who meet weekly to teach one another | http://learning2gether.pbworks.com |
| MOOCs: | Massive open online courses | https://www.coursera.org/ |
| Kahn Academy: | Over 1200 videos lessons covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations, physics, chemistry, and biology. | http://www.khanacademy.org/exercisedashboard |
| iTunes U: | Choose from multiple topics and take a course or listen to a lecture from top universities across the U.S. | http://www.apple.com/in/itunes/download/ |
| Ted Talks: | engaging, entertaining, inspiring talks to stir your curiosity. Browse by subject, length, or rating. Choose from over 700 talks. Captions can be added in English to aide comprehension if desired. | http://www.ted.com/talks |
| Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, including RSA Animate: | Using speed-frame technology, viewers listen to a short lecture, and the animators animate the ideas as they speak They provide scaffolding for the nonnative speaker to gain access to complex, interesting ideas of the day. | http://www.thersa.org/events/rsaanimate |
| Coursera | massive open online courses (MOOCs) | http://www.coursera.org |
| Film English: | This site promotes the innovate and creative use of English Language teaching and learning through the use of video. All the lesson plans revolve around the use of video and film to teach English. | http://film-english.com |
| TOP For Teachers |
| American English: | A Website for Teachers and Learners of English as a Foreign Language Abroad | http://americanenglish.state.gov/ |
| American English Facebook page: | "American English at State is a Facebook page that provides English language learning materials for both learners and teachers." | https://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState/ |
| English Teaching Forum: | A quarterly journal for professionals teaching English as a Foreign or Second Language, published by the Office of English Language Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | http://americanenglish.state.gov/english-teaching-forum |
| Hot Potatoes | Information about Hot Potatoes, tools for creating interactive exercises | http://edvista.com/claire/hotpot/ |
| Dave's ESL Café: | comprehensive site with discussion boards, jobs, activities for students | http://www.eslcafe.com/ |
| Discovery Education Puzzlemaker: | Make word searches, crossword puzzles, etc using your own word lists | http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/?CFID=3224607&CFTOKEN=23131798 |
| Graphic Organizers: | over 20 free graphic organizer templates | http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ |
| eltpics: | Free database of photos for English instruction by category | http://www.flickr.com/photos/eltpics/sets |
| Glogster: | Creates online media posters. You can embed your own videos, images, and sounds. | http://www.glogster.com |
| Photo Peach: | Free website to create easy slideshows with captions and comments | http://photopeach.com/about |
| Voicethread 4 Education: | Interactive tool for having conversations around media, either photos,illustrations, and video, or a combination of all 3 | http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com |
| Instant Poetry Forms: | over 40 forms with easy-to-use templates | http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm |
| ReadWriteThink | classroom resources; sponsored by IRA and NCTE | http://www.readwritethink.org/ |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: | pairs American culture, literature and history around music. The "lesson plans" tab is an excellent start to increase motivation, interest, and reach different modalities. | http://www.rockhall.com/education/resources/ |
| Teaching Channel: | promotes professional development for teachers via video | https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/welcome-to-teaching-channel |
| UVic's Language Teaching Clipart Library: | 3000 images designed for language instruction | http://web.uvic.ca/hcmc/clipart/ |
| Visuwords: | online Graphical Dictionary | http://www.visuwords.com/fullscreen/ |
| Wikimedia Commons: | database of freely usable media files | http://commons.wikimedia.org |
Word Processing-based Activities
for a Language Class | Suggestions for communicative uses of word processing | http://edvista.com/claire/wp.html |
| TOP For Students |
| American English: | A Website for Teachers and Learners of English as a Foreign Language Abroad | http://americanenglish.state.gov/ |
| Self-study quizzes: | low-tech exercises | http://a4esl.org/q/h/ |
| Interesting things for ESL/ESL Students: | various activities for language practice | http://www.manythings.org/ |
| Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab: | listening activities and quizzes | http://www.esl-lab.com/ |
| English as a Second Language Writing Online Workshop: | website designed to guide non-native speakers of English through each stage of the pre-writing, while-writing, and post-writing processes | http://esl-wow.org/ |
| Rewordify: | website that simplifies text | http://www.rewordify.com |
| ESL Quizzes: Self Study: | dozens of quizzes for ESL students | http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Quizzes/Self_Study/ |
| English Access Microscholarship Program | a public group on Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/groups/403625476456620/ |
| Dave's ESL Caffe | "the Internet's meeting place for ESL + EFL teachers and students from around the world" | http://www.eslcafe.com/ |
| Voice of America | website for international news | http://www.voanews.com/ |
| Activities for ESL Students: | quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language | http://a4esl.org/ |
| GrammarCheck | a free grammar checker | https://www.grammarcheck.net/ |
CALL |
| General information about CALL: | links to organizations, journals, websites | http://edvista.com/claire/call.html |
An Invitation to CALL: Foundations of Computer-Assisted Language Learning, by Phil Hubbard
| free e-book | https://www.apacall.org/research/books/6/An_Invitation_to_CALL_2021.pdf |
| ICT for Language Teachers | comprehensive online course on CALL | http://www.ict4lt.org/ |
Pronunciation Links |
| shiporsheep.com | English language pronunciation practice with minimal pairs | http://shiporsheep.com |
| MInimal pairs, homographs, and homophones | comprehensive listing of minimal pairs in English RP | http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/wordscape/wordlist/index.html |
| Games | list of games and classroom activities | http://edition.tefl.net/category/ideas/games/page/3/ |
Apps |
| American English Mobile App | Improve your English: read e-books for learners, listen to audiobooks, explore American songs, and play a language game. works with Android operating system and uses very little data | http://m.binu.com/ae/ |
| 15 Great Free Android Apps for English Language Learners | list of useful apps | http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/15-great-free-android-apps-for-english.html |
| ESL Apps: 15 English Language Learning Apps for iPhone and Android | another list of apps | http://www.myenglishteacher.eu/blog/esl-apps-15-english-language-learning-apps-for-iphone-and-android/ |
| The 9 Best Mobile Apps for Your ESL Students | another list of apps | http://busyteacher.org/12155-9-best-mobile-apps-for-esl-students.html |
| 5 Great Apps for Learning English | and more... | http://www.simpleenglishnews.com/archives/stories/5-great-apps-for-learning-english-5314463 |
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