Selected CALL resources and links

Books:

·             Dave Sperling's Internet Guide (1998): Prentice Hall

·             Dave Sperling's Internet Activity Workbook; Prentice Hall Regents ISBN 0-13-010325-X, 1999

        Paperback

·             Dave Sperling's Internet Activity Workbook: A Workbook and Companion Web Site for ESL/EFL Students (1999) http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/sperling/

For reviews of the second two: http://iteslj.org/Reviews/Bradley-SperlingsWorkbook.html

·             Teeler D. and Gray P. (2000) How to Use the Internet in ELT,: Pearson ESL; 1st edition

·             The Internet (from the series Resource Books for Teachers, Alan Maley, Ed.); Scott Windeatt, David Hardisty, & David Eastment (2000), ISBN 0-19-4372235, Oxford University Press

·             Dudeney, G. (2000) The Internet and The Language Classroom. CUP, Cambridge.

CALL bibliography:

·             Vance Stevens: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4631/call_bib.htm

Online Journals:

·             Language Learning and Technology http://llt.msu.edu/default.html

·             Humanising Language Teaching: http://www.hltmag.co.uk/

·             The Internet TESL Journal (Articles, Research Papers, Lessons Plans, Classroom Handouts, Teaching Ideas & Links) http://iteslj.org/

Teaching/Learning combined sites:

·             ELT Forum: http://www.eltforum.com/

·             Language Fun Farm: http://www.teflfarm.com/

·             English to Go: http://www.english-to-go.com/

·             One Stop English: http://www.onestopenglish.com/ (free quality printable lessons available on free registration)

·             Dave's ESL Café: http://www.eslcafe.com/

·             E. L. Easton.com: http://eleaston.com/

·             Aardvark's English Forum: http://www.englishforum.com/00/

·             Canterbury Christchurch University College:

http://arts-humanities.cant.ac.uk/Language-Studies/resources/tefl_res.htm

·             Robert Porter's EFL Pages: http://www.robertporter.freeserve.co.uk/

·             BBC World Service Learning English: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml

·             English Club: http://www.englishclub.com/

·             The Language Advocacy Project: http://www.albany.edu/lap/weblinks.htm

Selected Online Quiz and Exercise Sites:

·             E. L. Easton.com: http://eleaston.com/

·             Quia.com: http://www.quia.com/dir/esl/

·             Activities for ESL Students: http://a4esl.org/

·             Grammar Safari: http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/web.pages/grammarsafari.html

·             Hot Potatoes sites: http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/sites.htm

Online Listening (mostly North American Accents):

·             Randall's ESL Cyberlistening Lab: http://www.esl-lab.com/

·             Pronunciation, e.g. "Okanagan University English Pronunciation"  - US: http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/

·             http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/

·             http://pronunciation.englishclub.com/index.html

·             http://listening.englishclub.com/

·             The English Listening Lounge: http://www.englishlistening.com/

WebQuests:

·             One Stop English: http://www.onestopenglish.com/ has a selection available to use. Register (free) to get access.

·             The WebQuest Page (San Diego University): http://webquest.sdsu.edu/ (go to "Examples" for a full matrix)

·             SESD Teacher Resources: WebQuests: http://sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/webquests.htm

Downloadable Software for authoring and then uploading exercises:

·             Half-Baked Software (incl. Hot Potatoes, TexToys and Quandary): http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/

Online Quiz and Exercise Generator Sites:

·             Charles' Kelly's Online Quiz Generators: http://a4esl.org/c/

·             Web Author: University of Pennsylvania Language Resource and Research Center http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/larrc/webauthor.html

·             Interactive Exercise Makers: http://lang.swarthmore.edu/makers/index.htm

·             TeachNology: http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/

·             Discovery.com: http://school.discovery.com/quizcenter/quizcenter.html

·             Quia.com: http://www.quia.com/

Free web site hosting (build your own):

·             GeoCities: http://geocities.yahoo.com/

Chat:

·        Dave's ESL chat central: http://www.eslcafe.com/search/Chat/

·        schMOOze University: http://schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu:8888/

·        La Trobe University EFL/ESL Student Discussion Lists: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/education/sl/sl.html

·        Begum's Online chatting: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/4843/chatclients.html

·        Abrexa UK (list of and links to discussion and chat clubs for ESL/EFL students): http://www.abrexa.co.uk/Education/English_Language/English_as_a_Second_Language/Chats_and_Forums/

Discussion Forums:

·             Dave's ESL Café: http://www.eslcafe.com/discussion/

·             Yahoo Groups (start and manage your own restricted email discussion group): http://groups.yahoo.com/

·             Ruth Vilmi's International Writing Exchange: http://www.ruthvilmi.net/hut/Current/iwe.php

·             Free bulletin boards reviewed: http://www.emailaddresses.com/email_bb.htm

Teacher Discussion Forums (free subscription):

·             IATEFL Computer SIG Forum: http://www.paddocks64.freeserve.co.uk/CompSIG2/callsig.htm

·             IATEFL Learner Independence SIG: http://www.geocities.com/jo_mynard/index.htm

·             NETEACH: http://www.ilc.cuhk.edu.hk/english/neteach/main.html

·             TESL-L: http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/~tesl-l/

·             TESOL Arabia Independent Learning SIG: sign up page: http://ilearn.20m.com/ (very active)

Recommended authoring programs (not free) - visit these sites for previews

·             The Clarity suite: http://www.clarity.com.hk/

·             WIDA: http://www.wida.co.uk/

·             CamSoft: http://www.camsoftpartners.co.uk/ (also does lots of other resources in the CALL field)

Concordancing:

·             Collins Cobuild online sampler: http://titania.cobuild.collins.co.uk/form.html (recommended)

Online Dictionaries (free)

·             Your Dictionary: http://www.yourdictionary.com/

·             Cambridge Dictionaries: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

others to choose from: http://www.freeality.com/dictiona.htm

and http://www.britishcouncil.org/virtual/dictionaries/online/onlin.htm

Web Searching Techniques:

·             Search Engine Watch: http://searchenginewatch.com/facts/article.php/2156021

Pen Pals (student-student):

·             The English Club: http://penpals.englishclub.com/

·             ePals: http://www.epals.com/

·             World Pen Pals: http://www.world-pen-pals.com/

·             ESLtown.com: http://www.patsula.com/esltown/penpals/index.shtml

·             The Internet TESL Journal: ESL - Penpals and Communicating with Others: http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Penpals_and_Communicating_with_Others/

·             The Electric Postcard: http://postcards.www.media.mit.edu/Postcards/

·             Lots of other links here: Keypal Opportunities for Students by Kenji Kitao and S. Kathleen Kitao: http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/staff/visitors/kenji/keypal.htm#student

Young Learners

·        IATEFL SIG: http://www.countryschool.com/younglearners.htm

·        1-Language.com: http://www.1-language.com/memorymatchelem/index.htm

·        Knowledge UK Young Learners: http://www.britishcouncil.org/infoexch/knowledgeuk/knowledgeuk-younglearners.htm

WEBPAGES FOR TEACHERS: RESOURCES

USING WEBPAGES WITH STUDENTS

1. Examples of web projects you can do with students.  Go to http://uk.cambridge.org/elt/chlt/internet/teaching/ and click on Sample Web Project.  You then have to download a small .program called project.exe which installs the eWEBS sample web projects on your computer.
2. This is the hard copy (book!) version of the above.  Worth looking at as it has more detail than the online version.  Dudeney, Gavin.  2000.  The Internet and the Language Classroom CUP. Pp142-147. 

WEB EDITORS

3. A comparison of the different tools you can use to create web pages.(written by a teacher; not a computer expert). http://uk.cambridge.org/elt/chlt/internet/webtools/editors.htm

4. If you want to teach yourself how to use FrontPage, here is an online manual http://staffweb.peoriaud.k12.az.us/docs/FrontPage_Manual.htm

TOOLS FOR BUILDING WEBSITES

5. Free Internet tools (eg buttons, backgrounds, etc) for enhancing the appearance of your webpages.  

http://www.allfree-clipart.com/main.html

HTML

6. An overview of creating webpages (part of the ICT4ELT project) which mainly focusses on creating HTML code at http://www.ict4lt.org/en/en_mod3-3.htm
7. Andy Carvin's HTML Crash Course for Educators at http://edwebproject.org/htmlintro.html
8. CUP site which accompanies Gavin Dudeney's book "The Internet and the Language Classroom" at http://uk.cambridge.org/elt/chlt/internet/  Click on Web Design.  Here you will find Web Page Design primers I-IV.   (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download these).
9. W3 schools.com at http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp - a step-by-step course for beginners
10. My own tutorial on creating webpages - though please note that I wrote this before I had started using FrontPagehttp://www.volny.cz/brabbs/designingyourownwebsite.htm
11. Dudeney, Gavin.  2000.  The Internet and the Language Classroom CUP. Pp134-142