English learning tips

 Compiled by Aarno Rönkä, last updated on 1st December 2004. Recommended sites are marked with / eli siten on merkitty erityisen suositeltavat linkit/. Links for students' self study are marked with / eli siten on merkitty itseopiskelulinkit. Lisäksi: pka = peruskoulun alaluokat, pky = peruskoulun yläluokat, lu = lukio.

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Links in Finland

Linkkivinkki: Englanti S

EFL/ELT links with content details, compiled by TOP Centre in Turku, with recommendations for primary / lower secondary/ upper secondary levels. /Turun TOP-keskuksen ylläpitämä linkkilista englannin opetukseen ja opiskeluun.(pka, pky, lu) 

Opetuksen LinkkiVinkit  S

Links for all school subjects by TOP Centre / Linkkilista kaikkiin kouluaineisiin (pka/pky/lu).

Perunakellari S

Interactive exercises on grammar, vocabulary and phrases (also audio files) for primary and lower secondary levels  / Itsenäisesti tehtäviä englannin harjoituksia (pka/pky).

YLE: Englanti S

Materials by YLE, the Finnish Broadcasting Company / YLEn kielisivut: Kieliohjelmiin liittyvää verkkomateriaalia opetukseen ja opiskeluun (kpa/pky/lu) 

Yle: Abitreenit - englanti S

Practice materials for the matriculation examinations by YLE / lukio.

WSOY Koulukanava: Englanti S

Krista Kindt-Sarojärvi's Homepage 

This site by an English teacher at Helsingin yhtenäiskoulu contains a lot of materials and links

Foreign Language Links

Compiled by Professor Seppo Tella (Media Education Centre, Helsinki University). These links are intended to help understand some of the SLA/FLL theories and models as well as conceptions of man, knowledge and learning. / Vieraiden kielten opetukseen ja kielididaktiikaan liittyviä linkkejä.

International Writing Exchange (IWE)

A popular collaborative writing activity, It's a flexible communicative project, with students writing to and receiving feedback from their global peers as well as their teacher. For upper secondary school and higher levels. Run  by Ruth Vilmi. / Kansainvälinen kirjoittamisen projekti.

SOLKI, Soveltavan kielentutkimuksen keskus 

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Language Exercises

Dave's ESL Cafe  S

Lots of activities and materials for learning and teaching  English./ Runsaasti englannin oppimateriaalia.

ESL Quiz Center S

Multiple choice exercises with feedback / Monivalintatehtäviä eri aiheista ratkaisuineen.

ESL Idioms Page S

ESL Phrasal Verbs S

ESL Web Guide   S

Links to numerous sites for learning English./ Englannin opiskelun linkkejä.

ESL Chat Links S

ESL Idea Cookbook

Ideas and hints for teachers.

BBC Languages S

e.g. French, German and Spanish On-line Programmes: Spanish Steps S

Spywatch S (pka,pky)

A comic strip adventure. Based on the popular BBC Schools television series of the same name. / Piirretty seikkailu englannin opiskeluun.

Adesso S

Learn about Italian culture.

Active Worlds S

In Active Worlds you can:

Aadvark's English Forum.com S

Resources for students and teachers of English.

e.g. Interactive Language Exercises S

Activities for ESL Students S

There are over 1,000 activities on the a4esl.org website to help you study English as a Second Language. This project of The Internet TESL Journal has contributions by many teachers.

    Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students S

    Quizzes by The Internet TESL Journal.

ESL ABOUT.COM Homepage

A lot of materials for teachers and learners of English, for example: Free TOEFL Study S

English International Lyon Exercises (ya lu) S

Over 250 web exercises.

Global English

Providing English language instruction to over 250 corporations and one million users worldwide (Not Free)

Interesting Things for ESL Students

Word games, puzzles, quizzes, slang, proverbs and much more.

Common Errors in English  (lu) S

A list of common errors compiled by Washington State University.

Discovery School's Puzzlemaker S

Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists.

Larry Rosen: Teaching with the Web  

Various useful sites listed

A Word A Day (lu) S

Come, explore the world of words, share it with other wordlovers, and delight in the joy of words.

Ye Olde English Sayings S

Star Quiz Proverbs S

Hot Pot Exercises S

English-to-Go (maksullista oppimateriaalia) S

Self Access English Study Centre (maksullinen)S


Grammar (including exercises)

Grammar Safari S

About.Com Grammar Quizzes S

Purdue's OWL Handouts: Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation  (lu) S

SpeakSpeak Grammar Practice (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced) (pka pky lu)S

Guide to Grammar & Writing (rules & exercises by Capital Community College) (ya lu) S

OHIO ESL English Grammar (rules & exercises) (pky lu) S

English Club English Grammar S

Cyberteacher's Exercises (aa,ya) S

Online English Grammar (ya) S

English Grammar Links for ESL Students S

The Internet Grammar of English (Free trial period of use) S

The American Heritage® Book of English Usage

English Grammar on the Web

This site was planned to give ESL/EFL teachers background information on teaching grammar in ESL/EFL classes as well as material to use in their classes. By Department of Applied Linguistics & ESL, Georgia State University.


Writing

    Purdue's Online Writing Lab (lu) S

    Online Resources for Writers (lu) S

    Blue Mountain (ya) S

    Writing and sending e-cards.

    Writing Letters - Useful Phrases (ya) S

    How to write a resume  S

    Pizzazz! Creative Writing S

PIZZAZ! is dedicated to providing simple creative writing and oral storytelling activities with copyable (yes, copyable!) handouts for use with students of all ages.

    The Semantic Rhyming Dictionary  (Loppusointusanakirja esim. runojen kirjoittamiseen) S

    FUN Writing 

Frizzy University Network (FUN) is a relaxed and comfortable environment in which students learning English as a foreign or second language (EFL/ESL) can improve their writing. FUN students explore, discover and share their ideas, opinions and feelings in written English without the pressure of working for grades or credit. Here, students are motivated from within to learn and have FUN in the process! 


Listening

OHIO ESL: Links to Listening Exercises

Sounds of the World's Animals S

Pronunciation Online (Examples of sounds)

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Dictionaries

Merriam-Webster Online

Roget's Thesaurus 

FinnPlace Dictionary (English-Finnish/Suomi-Englanti)

ARTFL Project: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Dictionary.Com

TRAVLANG - Foreign Languages for Travelers

Cambridge Dictionaries Online

Longman Web Dictionary

Plumb Design's Visual Thesaurus (Mindmaps of word meanings)

The Word Spy  (Site that tracks new words)

NASA Thesaurus (Links to other dictionaries)

Dictionaries Links (UP, Germany)

OneLook Dictionary Search

YourDictionary Links 

    YourDictionary.Com Specialty Dictionaries

Yahoo: Dictionaries

The American-British British-American Dictionary

American-English English-American Translation Guide (glossary)

Dictionary of American Regional English

Acronym Database (What do acronyms like HTML, IBM or IELTS mean?)

The WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server

Tietotekniikan sanasto (Englis-Finnish & Suomi-Englanti on Information Technology)

Silicon Valley Slang

Jargon File (hacker slang)

FOLDOC (Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing)

Mathworld (mathematical vocabulary etc.)

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations  

A searchable, cross-indexed, listing of many familiar quotations, each traced to the original author.

BARTLEBY  

Including Columbia Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, Roget's II New Thesaurus, American Heritage Book of English Usage & Simpson's Contemporary Quotations

The Dictionary of Mountain Bike Slang

Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang

The College Slang Page

Commonly-Used American Slang

Dictionary of Slang (British)

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English Literature


Media

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School Links


Resources for Teachers

iLoveLanguages

iLoveLanguages is a comprehensive metasite of language-related Internet resources.

Language Hub

A metasite of the Internet language resources.

Hot Potatoes Home Page

The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is not freeware, but it is free of charge for non-profit educational users who make their pages available on the web.

LANGUAGE INTERACTIVE

A Trailguide to Creating Dynamic Web Pages

The Webquest Page

Information about making webquests.

Quia

Tools for making online quizzes, games etc. if you register (free 30-day trial).

ICT4LT: English Homepage

This website is dedicated to Information and Communications Technology for Language Teachers.

Web Enhanced Language Learning

The prinicipal aim of the WELL Project (Web Enhanced Language Learning) is to promote wider awareness and more effective use of the World Wide Web for Modern Languages teaching across Higher Education (HE) in the United Kingdom (UK).

Center for Applied Linguistics

A lot of links.

 Common European Framework

 Common European Framework (portal)

 European Language Portfolio

 Research Center for New Media in Language Learning (Monash University)

Second Language Acquisition Topics

ERIC (portal)

Ask ERIC Language & Arts

Ask ERIC Lesson Plans 

ERIC Digests

ERIC Digests are short reports on topics of prime current interest in education
Language Learning & Technology 

Articles about LL/LT & Technology. Archives. Free subsription.

Agora Language Marketplace  

Books & other materials

The British Council: English Language Centre 

Information about English Language learning opportunities

TESOL Newsletter  

Paid membership required for the materials

TESOL Publications 

Catalog of publications to be oredrered

EUROCALL

The homepage of the European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning.

Lotelinx

A site for language teachers' professional development in Victoria, Australia

Global Learning Environment

An example of project-driven language learning from Australia

Electronic Journals in the Field of Education


Articles about Language Teaching & Learning on the Web

An ‘Uneasy Alliance’ of Media Education and Multiculturalism, with a View to Foreign Language Learning Methodology. 

An article by Seppo Tella in OLE Publications, Helsinki (1997)

A Developmental Perspective on Technology in Language Education  

An Article by Mark Warschauer in TESOL Quarterly

 Theory and practice of network-based language teaching

An article by Kern, R. & Warschauer, M. (2000)

The Impact of the Web on CALL

An article by Uschi Felix, Monash University, Melbourne (2000)

Web-based language learning: A window to the authentic world

An article by Uschi Felix, Monash University, Australia (1999)

A CASE FOR USING A PARALLEL CORPUS AND CONCORDANCER FOR BEGINNERS OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE 

An article in Language Learning & Technology by Elke St. John

 

Web Tools for Information search (A-Z)

Search Engines

Topicwise Search Menus

Internet Address Search

Reference & Encyclopedia

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