ELT websites

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WWW
Useful Sites
Promoting EFL / ELT
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• www.TESL-EJ.com
• Eric clearinghouse
• www.Asian EFL journal.com
• the language teacher on line
• Forum online
• www.PARE online.com
• www.tc.columbia.edu
• http://www.greatwritings.com/
• www.thinkexist.com
• www.acu.edu
• www.btinternet.com
• www.elearnaid.com
• www.conferencealerts.com
• www.ceps.georgiasouthern.edu
• http://en.wikipedia.org
• www.linguistlist.org
• http://cndls.georgetown.edu
• www.wsu.edu
• www.complete-review.com
• www.poetrymagic.co.uk
• www.hku.hk
• www.novitasroyal.org
• www.owl.english.purdue.edu
• www.writing.com
• www.talewins.com
• www.denza.fhda.edu
• www.vocabtest.com
• www.a4esl.org
• http://accurapid.com/journal/
• www.learningandteaching.info
• www.findarticles.com
• www.imdb.com
• www.rhymezoone.com
• www.wordsmith.com
• www.poetry.com
• www.vocabularya-z.com
• www.onlinejournalism.com
• www.lingulangu.org
• www.englishforums.com
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• www.laklak.ir
• www.adinebook.com
• www.asiatefl.org/journal
• www.sagepub.com (free journal download)
• http://writing-world.com/
• http://wordsmith.com/
• http://poetry.com/
• http://custompapers.com/
• http://www.absolutewrite.com/
• http://dmcwriter.tripod.com/
• http://writing.com/
• http://writers.com/
• http://www.writesparks.com/
• http://www.asian-efl-journal.com
• http://www.eslcafe.com/
• http://www.english-4u.com/topsites/
• http://www.eslteachertalk.com/
• http://www.eslteachertalk.com/
• http://www.mes-english.com/
• http://www.iteslj.org.
• http://www.englishclub.com/
• http://www.free-english.com/Assessment.aspx
• http://semumf.tripod.com/
• http://elsevier.com/
TESOLEJ: http://iteslj.org/
CAL center for applied linguistics www.cal.org
The language teacher journal: http://www.jalt-publications.org
The electronic journal of foreign language teaching http://e-flt.nus.edu.sg
• http://www.matsda.org.uk
• http://www.tesol.org
• http://tesolarabia.org
• www.sceincedirect.com
• www.onestopenglish.com
• www.ihes.com
• www.who2.com
• www.teachingenglish.org.uk
• www.linguistic-funland.com
• www.dmoz.org
• www.diploma.or.jp
• www.eurydice.org
• www.cilt.org.uk
• www.lib.byu.edu/spc/tesl
• www.esllearning.com
• www.langoworld.com
• www.slbase.com
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• www.realiaproject.org
• www.englishraven.com
• http://www.britishcouncil.ru/ - The British Council Russia
• http://www.britishcouncil.org/ - The British Council Russia (Main site)
• www.britishcouncil.org/english/eltecs/index.htm - English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme
(ELTeCS)
• www.cambridge.org/elt/ - Cambridge University Press ELT
•mis.britcoun.org/archives/eltecs-l.html - Archives of ELTECS-L@LIST1.BRITISHCOUNCIL.ORG
• www.britcoun.org/ukraine/ - The British Council Ukraine - Home page
• www.countryschool.com/ylsig/ - Teaching English to children: IATEFL YL-SIG web resources
• http://www.iatefl.org/ - IATEFL Website Home Page
• www3.oup.co.uk/eltj/ - ELT Journal
• www.eubank-web.com/William/t-links.htm - TESOL Affiliate Links - TexTesol - MidTesol - ESL
• www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/links/ - TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links
• http://www.tesol.org.au/ - Australian Council for TESOL Associations
• http://www.tesol.org/ - The English Zone - Learn English, ESL, EFL, TESOL, for Students and
Teachers
• mason.gmu.edu/~swidmaye/tesol.htm - Sharon's TESOL and Applied Linguistic Links
• www.discover.tased.edu.au/english/ - English Learning Area home page (Tasmania)
• www.oup.com/elt/global/teachersclub/ - Oxford Teachers' Club
• http://www.wordsurfing.co.uk/ - a vocabulary learning strategy which encourages students to
develop good language habits by keeping well-organized and personal notebooks.
• uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/wordsurfing/ - an open forum to discuss "Word Surfing" or anything
else connected to helping students with their vocabulary development and overall language
learning efficiency/enjoyment.
• http://www.indivisible.org/ - Indivisible: Stories of American Community. "An exploration of
community life in America by some of this country's most accomplished photographers, radio
producers, and folklorists."
• http://www.bartleby.com/ - "The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference, and verse
providing students, researchers, and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and
information on the web, free of charge."
• etext.virginia.edu - Electronic Text Center. Based at the University of Virginia, the ETC's goal is
to "build and maintain an Internet-accessible collection of texts and images, and to build and
maintain a user community adept at the creation and use of these materials." Includes an African-
American collection.
• http://www.fairvote.org/ - The Center for Voting and Democracy. The web site of a non-partisan,
non-profit organization that studies how voting systems affect participation, representation, and
governance.
• www.magenta.nl/crosspoint/ - Crosspoint Anti-Racism. The Internet's "biggest collection of links
in the field of human rights, anti-racism, refugees, women's rights, anti-fascism, Shoah, and
more.
• http://www.amherst.edu/~aardoc/ - AARDOC - African-American Religion: A Documentary
History Project. "[Our] goal is to produce a comprehensive history of African-American religion,
from the earliest African-European encounters along the west coast of Africa in the mid-fifteenth
century to the present day."
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• lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html - The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress
Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. A guide to the institution's African-
American collections. It covers the nearly 500 years of the black experience in the Western
hemisphere including Colonization, Abolition, and Migrations.
• memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html - African American Odyssey. Collection of
narratives, songs, government documents, and maps that illustrate over 200 years of African
American achievement and struggle.
• digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/toc.html - African American Women Writers of the 19th
Century. Prepared by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture the collection
contains essays, poetry, fiction, and autobiographical narratives.
• xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/wpa/wpahome.html - American Slave Narratives: An Online
Anthology. A sample of the 2,300 interviews conducted by the Works Progress Administration
(WPA) writers. The complete transcripts are available In The American Slave: A Composite
Autobiography, edited by George P. Rawick.
• newdeal.feri.org/asn/ - "Been Here So Long": Selections from the WPA American Slave
Narratives. A selection of 17 interviews of former slaves conducted by members of the Federal
Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Also features an introductory essay,
three lesson plans, and a modest annotated guide to related online resources.
• blackhistory.eb.com - Black History -- The Encyclopaedia Britannica Guide. A highly
recommended and rich site. It includes a timeline linked to articles on events and concepts,
extensive photographs, images, and AV clips, and biographical entries on key people. A
bibliography is included.
• docsouth.unc.edu - Documenting the American South. An electronic collection sponsored by
the Academic Affairs Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides access to
digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture. It
supplies teachers, students, and researchers at every educational level with a wide array of titles
they can use for reference, studying, teaching, and research.
• www.shsw.wisc.edu/library/aanp/freedom/index.html - Freedom's Journal. Digitized PDF
versions all 103 issues of the first African-American owned and operated newspaper published in
the US, dating from 1827 to 1829. Maintained by the State Historical
• www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/collections/jdavis/ - The Jackson Davis Collection of African-
American Educational Photographs. Photos taken between 1915 and 1930 presenting African-
American education at "colored schools" in the Southern US and also including views of Africa.
Maintained by the Special Collections Department at the University of Virginia.
• northstar.vassar.edu - The North Star. A journal of Afro-American religious history.
• www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html - Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Includes
photographs and texts on African-American history. Examples include African-American Women
Writers of the 19th Century; Images of African Americans from the 19th Century; Harlem 1900-
1940: An African-American Community, and The Schomburg Legacy: Documenting the Global
Black Experience for the 21st Century.
• www.nps.gov/undergroundrr/contents.htm - Underground Railroad: Special Resource Study.
This National Park Service site contains information from a 1990 study of the Underground
Railroad, including "a general overview of the Underground Railroad, with a brief discussion of
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slavery and abolitionism, escape routes used by slaves, and alternatives for commemoration and
interpretation of the significance of the phenomenon.
• http://www.undergroundrailroad.com/ - The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center educates the public about the historic
struggle to abolish human enslavement and secure freedom for all people. The Freedom Center
teaches lessons of courage and cooperation from Underground Railroad history to promote
collaborative learning, dialogue, and action in order to inspire today's freedom movements.
• www.journale.com/withoutsanctuary/ - Without Sanctuary. Searching through America's past
for the last 25 years, collector James Allen uncovered an extraordinary visual legacy:
photographs and postcards taken as souvenirs at lynchings throughout America.
• www.cetel.org/programs.html - Ancestors in the Americas. This site accompanies "the first indepth
television series to present the untold history and contemporary legacy of early Asian
immigrants to the Americas, from the 1700s to the 1900s." Movie clips from the television
program are included.
• www.lib.uci.edu/new/seaexhibit/index.html - Documenting the Southeast Asia Refugee
Experience. The content of an exhibit of the UC Irvine Main Library, including text, photos, and
documents.
• http://www.aarweb.org/ - American Academy of Religion. Web site of the American Academy of
Religion. Founded in 1909, the AAR is the world's largest association of academics who research
or teach topics related to religion."
• http://www.arda.tm/ - American Religion Data Archive. A repository of data files on American
religion, such as surveys and membership.
• religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu - New Religious Movements. A site on new religious
movements, maintained by Jeffrey Hadden for a sociology course at the University of Virginia.
Includes links to relevant Internet resources, definitions, and lecture outlines.
• http://www.al-islam.org/ - Al-Islam. An attractive, well-organized site to resources on all aspects
of Islam and Muslim peoples. Created by the Ahlul Bayt Digital Library Project.
• www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Buddhism.html - The Hindu Universe. A good site with information
on all aspects of Hinduism and Hindu culture, but many sections are still under construction.
• moa.umdl.umich.edu - Making of America. A digital library of primary sources in American
social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
• http://www.materialreligion.org/ - Material History of American Religion. This site from the
Divinity School at Vanderbilt University "studies the history of American religion in all its
complexity by focusing on material objects and economic themes.
• http://www.cr.nps.gov/ - National NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act). The site for National NAGPRA -- the government branch that regulates the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
• http://www.thehistorychannel.com/ - The History Channel. The website of the popular cable TV
channel of the same name.
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• www.cr.nps.gov/NR/twhp/ - National Park Service - Teaching with Historic Places. Teaching
with Historic Places (TwHP) uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National
Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other
subjects. TwHP has created a variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic
places into the classroom."
• http://www.chnm.gmu.edu/ - The Center for History and New Media. The Center's web pages
provide electronic access to extensive directories, journals, sources, and professional discussions
related to historical issues. The Center's resources are designed to benefit professional
historians, high school teachers, and students of history.