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The web sites listed here are arranged alphabetically by subject. Click the hyperlinks to move to topics of interest to you.
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Culture and History |
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http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Learn about the major periods of American History, as well as famous Americans and U.S. Presidents.
This web site offers visuals, including moving images and sound from the Library of Congress.
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http://www.topics-mag.com/index.html
Share and explore information with other ELLS. Read what people of similar backgrounds have to say about their lives, families, and customs and explore the cultures of other countries.
There are many contributions on this site from other English language learners. |
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http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/introduction.html
This unit on immigration from the Library of Congress focuses on many groups, including immigrants from Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Africa.
Of special interest:
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Dictionaries |
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/
The most famous American English dictionary is also online with sound, so you can hear the word pronounced..
Do you need another word with a similar meaning? There is a thesaurus on the site, plus a Spanish-English dictionary. |
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http://www.langtolang.com/
Look up and translate to/from these languages:
English, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese Brazil, Portuguese Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish.
Try the “Daily Word Quiz.” |
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http://translate.google.com/translate_dict?hl=en
Translates between English and French, German, Italian, Korean, Russian, and Spanish
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English Review |
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http://www.bpl.org/electronic/index.htm
You will need a Boston Public Library eCard. Sign up for free online for an eCard at http://www.bpl.org/ > Choose Register for a Library Card Online>Choose eCard.
To access LearnATest and many other databases through Boston Public Library, choose Electronic Resources> choose the letter L>choose LearnATest>Choose TOEFL exam practice OR Skills Improvement with Spanish Instructions OR High School Skills Improvement OR Writing Skills Improvement.
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Practice, with sound, your listening, reading, speaking and writing skills to prepare for the TOEFL test.
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Practice, with sound, your writing skills with Spanish instruction.
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Take reading diagnostic tests and practice grammar, vocabulary, and other reading and writing skills.
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Review history for the U.S. Citizenship test.
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Review other school subjects including math .
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http://www.esl-lab.com/index.htm
Find easy, medium, and difficult listening quizzes. Listen to enactments of everyday conversations. Choose a topic and read along while you listen. |
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http://a4esl.org/
This site is offered by The Internet TESL Journal (iteslj.org) .
Find thousands of “quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language.”
Choose the level that's right for you as you practice your English skills.
Read and listen to podcasts from the Voice of America. You will learn English and about America at the same time. |
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http://www.eslcafe.com>choose "Stuff For Students"
The student portion of www.eslcafe.com provides help with many aspects of English
Check out the:
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www.manythings.org/
There is much to explore on this site:
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http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Bilingual/.
The Internet TESL Journal. provides links tobilingual pages in many languages.
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Grammar |
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http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/
This is a college site, with the index page arranged by topic. It is easy to navigate, with information on whether there is animation, sound, etc. for many of the links.
It provides lots of opportunity for grammar review, and there are tutorials on vocabulary and reading comprehension as well.
There are diagnostic quizzes to pinpoint topics you may need to review.
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http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslstudent.html#grammar
Purdue University's recommended web sites for grammar and spelling.
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Graphic Organizers |
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Read Write Think >Choose "Student Materials" ****
http://www.readwritethink.org/ >Choose "Student Materials"
These web-based graphic organizers may help with assignments.
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Bio-Cube Use this online “cube” to record important information about a person
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Book Cover Creator
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Character Trading Cards help with describing a character in a work of literature
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Essay Map****
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Persuasion Map Use this to map an argument or to construct an outline for a persuasive essay.
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Find more graphic organizers under “Student Materials” at readwritethink.org
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http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/graphic_organizers.php
Use these graphic organizers to help you summarize and interpret what you are reading or studying:
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Homework Help>After hours ****
http://www.bpl.org>
You will need a Boston Public Library eCard. Anyone living in Massachusetts can sign up for an eCard free!
Sign up online for an eCard at http://www.bpl.org/ > Choose Register for a Library Card Online>Choose eCard.
Live Homework Help in English or Spanish
.Help is provided at these times:
Choose your grade level and subject to talk to a tutor online.
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This is part of the World Book database. Click the Spanish-Language Encyclopedia tab at the top of the page.
An Ebsco database.
To access from home, have your Dedham Public Library card handy, and click HERE FOR OUT OF SCHOOL ACCESS .
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http://www.mundolatino.org/
Helpful for Internet research. A selection of the best international web sites in Spanish: includes hundreds of educational sites and Spanish language resources.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/languages/
“News and audio in 33 languages: Choose your language.”
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Reading Recommendations |
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See the list of books headed "English Language Learners" under the "Categories Tab" on our library's catalog at http://library.dedham.k12.ma.us
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Translations |
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http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/
Translate a block of text or a web page to/from English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, and seven other languages.
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http://translate.google.com/translate_t
Translates text or a web page to/from English in these languages: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
The site notes: “machine translation doesn't approach the fluency of a native speaker or possess the skill of a professional translator. Automatic translation is very difficult, as the meaning of words depends on the context in which they're used. While we are working on the problem, it may be some time before anyone can offer a quick and seamless translation experience. In the interim, we hope you find the service we provide useful for most purposes.”
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http://lii.org
Type “translating” in the search box to view recommended Internet sites.
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Vocabulary |
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http://vocabulary.co.il/
With animation, pictures, and sound.
Play games and review English:
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Word Search
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Crosswords
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Hangman
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Match Game
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Vocabulary Quiz
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Unscramble
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http://iteslj.org/v/ei/
“This is a part of The Internet TESL Journal's Activities for ESL Students”
“Quizzes to Help You Learn and Review Vocabulary”
Nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
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More Links |
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http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslstudent.html#purdue
Are you looking for more resources?
Check out this college site for links to the finer points of grammar, conversation sites, practice quizzes and much more.
There are also helpful handouts.
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http://iteslj.org/links/
This site, maintained by the Internet TESL Journal, has a very good basic list of helpful links for students trying to learn English.
It includes self-help and teaching activities designed for students by ELL teachers, including several sites focusing on teaching English (with an audio component), dictionary links, grammar information and more.
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Last Updated /L.Davies 5/01/08
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