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Sites with General English Resources

 
             Sites with Reading Resources                                          
   
     The Vital Link with resources for older and newer books and First Choice Books  Updated link April 09
     Reading For Pleasure NIACE project with how-to resources New link June 09      
     EFL Reading - UK site with plenty of reading and questions inc efl football history   
     Short stories at east of the web - big range of short stories - some suitable
     Stories for Adult Readers - American easy reading original stories 
     Awesome Stories  - reading material with links for research within Updated link April 09 
     Penguin Readers  - contains Acrobat files for some of the readers we have, also www.penguindossiers.com
     Hougton Mifflin Practice Tests  - real life academic American with m/c tests around Level 2 New link Mar 09   
     Reading a-z  includes Special Preview (downloadable) - for children but some suitable, USA origin
     Social Sight Words  - a useful list - it's in "Key Concepts" - page 3 - "sight recognition"
     National Reading Campaign - follow resources link to The Big Read for downloadable materials in PDF 
     Reading for Life - All ages site from National Literacy inc Wikireadia  New link May 09  
 
             Sites with Student Writing                                          
     Voices on the Page - NRDC compilation of student writing for 2007    
       TOPICS  - online magazine for ESOL students from the US
     STORY OF THE WEEK - Canadian with archive  
     Your stories - student writing magazine from Skillswise
 
             English Sites with Worksheets                                          
     Spelling it Right - Learn to spell confidently - to work through and print exercises as you go along
     Free worksheets and handouts for Adult Literacy - Maggie Harnew's own worksheets     
     Printable worksheets from Recommended Sites (Adult Basic Skills) - Maggie Harnew's external list  
     ESOL Scotland - Portal includes databank of resources    
     English Language Learning Materials  - includes some basic ESOL/Literacy worksheets - Ted Power
     Worksheet Genius - free customisable worksheets from a British teacher 
     English Banana  - UK ESOL/EFL linked to ESOL curriculum  
     Teachnology - USA schools  
     Spelling Words, Spelling Worksheets, and Spelling Puzzles - USA schools  
     Primary Resources English - UK schools, some may be useful
     Teachit's English Resources - UK schools - try Key Stage 3  
     Personal Educational Press  - creates worksheets
 
             GCSE English                                          
     BBC - Schools - GCSE Bitesize Revision - English
     Andrew Moore's resource site home page - also A Level English
     GCSE English Revision @ www.englishbiz.co.uk
     S-Cool! - GCSE English Revision Guide
 
             Dictionaries and Similar                                          
     AskOxford  from OUP
     Dictionary.com - portal to dictionaries
     Encarta - Microsoft's encyclopedia and dictionary New link Feb 09 
     Cambridge - Learners Dictionary online New link Feb 09  
     Wordsmyth - accepts misspellings  New link Feb 09  
     Simple English Wikipedia - in simple English
     Picture That - pictures and sound dictionary, aimed at dyslexics, needs registration  New link Jan 09    
     Wordia   Collaborative site, with spoken definitions, not easy words New link Jan 09      
     Shahi - puts definitions of easier words beside Flickr photos  New link Feb 09    
     Visual Dictionary Online  
     Visual Dictionary   Flash-based mindmap dictionary - interesting
     Memidex - interesting dictionary/thesaurus concentrating on harder words and phrases New link Feb 09   
     The Internet Grammar of English
     Dictionary of English slang and colloquialisms of the UK - interesting but can be rude
     Merriam-Webster OnLine - Word of the Day - Word Games - difficult
 
             Other English Sites                                      
     One Stop English  - Macmillan oriented site with lesson plans and linked + Business English e-lesson archive  
     English Spelling Problems  word lists from Masha Bell's book  
     IDEA Debatabase   - lots of ideas for discussion and research - pros and cons listed
     Citizenship Materials for ESOL Learners  - lesson plans and teaching resources from NIACE   
     Free Rice - Wordpower-style quiz with huge database, giving rice to UN Projects    
     Reader's Digest Canada - Interactive Word Power Challenge - Online version of their Wordpower quiz   
     Spelling A Key to Good Communication  - spelling course with answers  
     Fonetiks.org - sounds of English and other languages - needs speakers 
     Free Spelling Course Index - complete spelling course, on-screen, not interactive
     Literacy Connections-- Resources for Reading Teachers and Literacy Volunteers  - USA origin
     Sentence Sense  - Complete sentence (grammar) with ESOL slant   
     Puzzlemaker - Discovery Channel School
 

    

This page was last updated on Monday, June 15, 2009