Empowering ESLBilingual Teachers through New Media and Technologies

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Empowering ESL/Bilingual Teachers through New
Media and Technologies

• Melda N. YILDIZ
• yildizm_at_wpunj.edu
• WPUNJ, College of Education
• Dec 11, 2003
• http//euphrates.wpunj.edu/faculty/yildizm/ESL

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• This presentation offers creative strategies for
  integrating new media into ESL/ Bilingual
  education, presents web based teaching resources,
  provides ideas for alternative tools and
  assessments strategies, and showcases students'
  multimedia projects.

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The Virtual Language Centre

• http//vlc.polyu.edu.hk/
• Author Chris Greaves The Hong Kong Polytechnic
  University
• Description The Virtual Language Centre
  comprises language learning activities for
  students of ESL/EFL and a "toolbox" of resources
  for teachers. It features multimedia and
  dictionary referencing and text-to-speech
  options.

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Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab

• http//www.esl-lab.com/
• Author Randall S. Davis Found in 6 Personal
  collections.
• Description Helps ESL/EFL students improve their
  English listening comprehension skills through
  practice with self-grading quiz pages.

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ESL Flow

• http//www.eslflow.com
• Mirror Site http//ESLflow.homestead.com/IndexESL
  FLOW.html Author Peter Snashall Found in 3
  Personal collections.
• Description Searchable source of
  thematically-based ESL lessons in grammar,
  speaking, vocabulary, pronunciation, and reading.
  Patterned on a flowchart model, the site offers
  three levels of activities for elementary through
  intermediate learners. Pages include dialogue
  exercises, picture-based activities, resource
  sections and links.

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ESL Blue(s)

• http//www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/trouind
  x.htmadj Author Eifion Pritchard Collège
  Edouard Montpetit
• Description Excellent collection of ESL grammar
  and reading materials includes animated grammar
  tutorials, grammar troubleshooting, and readings
  with vocabulary quizzes. Graded activities for
  pre-intermediate, intermediate, and high
  intermediate ESL learners.

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ESL US
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The ESL Wonderland Activities

• http//www.eslwonderland.com/activities/index.htm
  Author Kent G. Trickel The English Language
  Institute, The University of Florida
• Description For independent learners, this site
  offers listening comprehension activities based
  on audio clips, reading, and grammar practice

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About.com

• http//esl.about.com/library/career/blexperience.h
  tm?termsesl

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CNN Newsroom and Worldview for ESL Web Exercises

• http//lc.byuh.edu/CNN_N/CNN-N.html Author
  Brigham Young University-Hawaii Language Center
• Description Interactive grammar and vocabulary
  exercises based on CNN's daily thirty-minute
  broadcast "Newsroom." Exercises may be scored,
  printed out and/or emailed to instructors.

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English Exercises Online

• http//www.smic.be/smic5022/
• Author Leo Jansegers Katholieke Hogeschool,
  Sint-Lieven, Belgium Found in 2 Personal
  collections.
• Description Interactive quizzes and exercises to
  improve vocabulary, grammar, reading, spelling,
  and listening comprehension ready-to-use
  handouts weekly lessons international news
  updates a chatroom and links to ESL resources.

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English Lessons and Tests

• http//www.englishlearner.com/tests/test.html
  Author Elek Mathé EnglishLearner.com
• Description Self-scoring lessons, cloze
  exercises, and multiple-choice tests for ESL
  reading, grammar, and vocabulary practice
  arranged by level of difficulty for beginning,
  intermediate, and advanced learners.

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The Internet Picture Dictionary

• http//www.pdictionary.com/ Author
  pdictionary.com pdictionary.com
• Description The Internet Picture Dictionary is a
  completely free, online multilingual picture
  dictionary designed especially for ESL students
  and beginning English, French, German, Spanish
  and Italian language learners of all ages.

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Many Interesting Things for ESL Students

• http//www.manythings.org/
• Author Charles Kelly AICHI Institute of
  Technology
• Description A metasite of grammar, listening,
  reading, writing materials for learners and
  teachers of ESL.

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Sounds of English

• http//www.soundsofenglish.org
• Author Sharon Widmayer and Holly Gray
  Description Information about English
  pronunciation for learners and teachers. Includes
  sounds of all English phonemes, videos of
  selected sounds, exercises and activities, links
  to other websites for ESL listening, speaking,
  and pronunciation, tips for teachers, and links
  to conference presentations about Using
  technology in ESL teaching.

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ESL Through Music

• http//Geocities.com/ESLmusic
• Author Suzanne Medina California State
  University-Dominguez Hills
• Description This site provides articles, lesson
  plans and materials for ESL teachers who want to
  foster the acquisition of English through music.

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Activities for ESL Students

• http//a4esl.org/
• Author Many authors The Internet TESL Journal
• Description A collection of more than 1000
  activities including grammar quizzes, vocabulary
  quizzes, crossword puzzles, a section for
  teachers, recommended links, and bilingual
  quizzes for more than a dozen languages. Grammar
  and vocabulary quizzes are grouped according to
  level of difficulty.

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English Insight

• http//condor.depaul.edu/dsorsa/insight/index.htm
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• Author Don Sorsa DePaul University
• Description ESL practice in listening-speaking,
  conversation, composition, critical thinking,
  American culture. Focus on video sequences from
  news broadcast and Michael Moore. Includes
  comprehension questions, vocabulary, and ideas
  for projects.