Resource Links
Students | Instructors
Students:
Aardvark's English Forum and EFL Resources
Dave's ESL Cafe
Dialect Survey
By Professor Bert Vaux, the "Dialect Survey uses a series of questions, including rhyming word pairs and vocabulary words, to explore words and sounds in the English language." Be sure to check out the results and maps—very informative!
English Tongue Twisters
Fun pronunciation practice.
english-to-go.com
ESLoop
"A collection of sites relevant to English Language Teaching and Learning on the World-Wide Web. Each site is linked to the next, so that no matter where you start, you will eventually make your way around all the sites and end up back at the beginning."
TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links
"Links of Interest to Students & Teachers of English as a Second Language" from The Internet TESL Journal.
Word Play
Sites that feature fun with words, from Judi Wolinsky.
Dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks
www.dictionary.com
Lexicool
A directory of links to over 2,000 translation dictionaries and glossaries.
Merriam-Webster OnLine: the Language Center
"Based on the print version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Tenth Edition. The on-line dictionary includes the main A-Z listing of the Collegiate® Dictionary, as well as the Abbreviations, Foreign Words and Phrases, Biographical Names, and Geographical Names sections of that book. It also includes 1,000 illustrations and 25 tables."
OneLook
"4,861,428 words in 833 dictionaries indexed." Search all at once or select from the collections of All, General, Art, Business, Computing, Medicine, Miscellaneous, Religion, Science, Slang, Sports, Technology, in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish.
Thesaurus.com
From Lexico, this is "award-winning online version of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases"
xlation.com
"Xlation.com is a privately owned site providing resources for all translation professionals."
yourDictionary.com
"The Leading Global Language Portal" - an excellent source for linguistics and language research. Originally an academic site by linguist Dr. Robert Beard, this commercial site has maintained its integrity, in part by keeping Dr. Beard as it's "Chief Linguistics Officer."
iLoveLanguages
Lists over 1700 sites covering a broad range of language-related Internet resources
Instructors:
Aardvark's English Forum and EFL Resources
Dave's ESL Cafe
Dialect Survey
By Professor Bert Vaux, the "Dialect Survey uses a series of questions, including rhyming word pairs and vocabulary words, to explore words and sounds in the English language." Be sure to check out the results and maps—very informative!
English Tongue Twisters
Fun pronunciation practice.
english-to-go.com
ESLoop
"A collection of sites relevant to English Language Teaching and Learning on the World-Wide Web. Each site is linked to the next, so that no matter where you start, you will eventually make your way around all the sites and end up back at the beginning."
TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links
"Links of Interest to Students & Teachers of English as a Second Language" from The Internet TESL Journal.
Copyright
Copyright & Fair Use
From Stanford University Libraries.
Copyright Basics
Copyright circular #1 from the U.S. Copyright Office. In .pdf format. Adobe Acrobat Reader needed to open the file.
Duration of Copyright
Copyright circular #15a from the U.S. Copyright Office. In .pdf format. Adobe Acrobat Reader needed to open the file.
FA©E: Friends of Active Copyright Education
This interactive site is possibly the most user-friendly source for learning about copyright. "Friends of Active Copyright Education (FA©E) is a new initiative of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. The principle goal of FA©E is to provide a broad range of resources to foster and support copyright awareness."
Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright
By CENDI, "an interagency working group of senior Scientific and Technical Information Managers from nine U.S. Federal Agencies"
Guidelines for Copying for Classroom Use
"Agreement on Guidelines for Classroom Copying in Not-For-Profit Educational Institutions With Respect to Books and Periodicals." Also includes "Guidelines for Educational Uses of Music."
Highlights of Copyright Amendments Contained in the Uruguay Round Table Agreements Act (URAA)
Copyright circular #38b from the U.S. Copyright Office. In .pdf format. Adobe Acrobat Reader needed to open the file.
How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work
Information Circular #22 from the Copyright Office at the Library of Congress.
International Copyright Relations of the United States
Copyright circular #38a from the U.S. Copyright Office. In .pdf format. Adobe Acrobat Reader needed to open the file.
Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians
Copyright circular #21 from the U.S. Copyright Office. In .pdf format. Adobe Acrobat Reader needed to open the file.
©Primer
Provided by by the University of Maryland University College, "the interactive tutorial overviews the underlying principles behind copyright in the United States, outlines the requirements for copyright protection as well as discusses the parameters of use and access of copyrighted material."
Internet Resources
CALL@CHORUS
Computer Assisted Language Learning sponsored by the College Writing Programs, University of California, Berkeley.
ESLoop
"a collection of sites relevant to English Language Teaching and Learning on the World-Wide Web. Each site is linked to the next, so that no matter where you start, you will eventually make your way around all the sites and end up back at the beginning."
Ethnologue
A searchable Web Version of SIL's Ethnologue: Languages of the World
Great Vowel Shift
By Dr Melinda J. Menzer of Furman University.
Internet TESL Journal
"Articles, Research Papers, Lessons Plans, Classroom Handouts, Teaching Ideas & Links"
Language Guides
From Yamada Language Center of the University of Oregon
Linguist List
"The aim of the list is to provide a forum where academic linguists can discuss linguistic issues and exchange linguistic information."
Linguistic Funland
"resources for language teaching and learning, linguistics study, and other miscellaneous resources."
Linguistic Indexes on the Internet
From SIL
Linguistic Resources on the Internet
From SIL. Topically arranged.
Linguistics links from AnthroNet
"This guide contains links to general references and bibliographic sources in linguistics. The search form . . . indexes the Ethnologue: Languages of the World web site. It is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries."
CAL Resource Guides Online
Created by the National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics; provides access to some of the best ESL resources on the Internet.
Other language learning resources on the Internet
From SIL
TEFL: A Guide to Internet Resources from the U.S. Government
By LC reference librarian Jeannie Colson.
Journals, Newspapers, E-Books, etc.
CALL-EJ On-line
Journal of Language and Learning
An international journal for language and education studies
Journal of Language and Linguistics
An international journal for language and linguistic studies
Journal of Language and Literature
An international journal for language and literary studies.
Language Learning and Technology
Teaching English with Technology
A special issue of a journal for teachers of English, ISSN 1642-1027, Vol. 4, Issue 3 (July 2004). From IATEFL Poland Computer Special Interest Group.
TEFL Web Journal
TESL-EJ
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