Exciting New Internet Resources and Online Libraries to assist English Teaching and Learning

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Exciting New Internet Resources and Online
Libraries to assistEnglish Teaching and Learning

• John Hickok, M.A., M.L.I.S
• Instructor / Librarian
• California State University, Fullerton, USA

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About me

• - TESOL Instructor
• - teach ESL students
• - teach TESOL postgrads
• - Librarian (Library Instructor)
• - teach ESL students
• - teach TESOL postgrads
• California State University
• (Fullerton campus, near Disneyland)

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• Research problem
• - Frequently there is a lack of supplemental
  ESL teaching materials beyond a textbook
• - Textbooks are limited in what they can
  offer (no audio, interactivity, or feedback )

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• Research solution
• - Tapping into FREE ESL resources and online
  libraries on the Internet (now, rich with
  audio/visual interactive features)

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• So where are all these sites???
• Where can I find them???

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• So where are all these sites???
• Where can I find them???

Compiled directories!
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Major Internet directories

• Google Directory
• http//www.google.com/Top/Arts/Education/Language_
  Arts/English/English_as_a_Second_Language/Director
  ies/?il1
• Yahoo Directory
• http//dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Linguistics_an
  d_Human_Languages/Languages/Specific_Languages/Eng
  lish/English_as_a_Second_Language/Lessons_and_Tuto
  rials_Online/
• About Directory
• http//dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Linguistics_an
  d_Human_Languages/Languages/Specific_Languages/Eng
  lish/English_as_a_Second_Language/Lessons_and_Tuto
  rials_Online/

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And these lead you to additional directories

• TESL Internet Journal Directory
• http//iteslj.org/links/
• ESLcafe Directory
• http//www.eslcafe.com/search/index.html
• Individuals directories (like mine)
• http//guides.library.fullerton.edu/tesol/websites
  .htm

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• But dont these directories just point to dot.com
  commercial sites?

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• But dont these directories just point to dot.com
  commercial sites?

Not necessarily!
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Youll find

• Professional Sites
• -TESOL
• -CAL
• -ELIB
• -and many, many more!

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Youll find

• Free e-journal sites
• -TESL Electronic Journal
• -Internet TESL journal
• -Asian EFL journal
• -and many, many more!

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Youll find

• Resource sites!
• (Filled with activities, lessons, sample quizzes,
  tutorials, and much more)

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Youll find

• Resource sites!
• (Filled with activities, lessons, sample quizzes,
  tutorials, and much more)
• Admittedly, yes, many of these are dot.com
  commercial sites. But! Dont let that turn you
  away from them. Nearly all of them offer FREE
  sample materials you can access. For example

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Example of READING help site(linked from
Internet TESL journal)
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Example of READING help site
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Example of READING help site
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Example of WRITING help site (linked from
Daves ESL Café)
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Example of WRITING help site
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Example of WRITING help site
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Example of WRITING help site
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Example of LISTENING help site(linked from
Daves ESL Café)
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Example of LISTENING help site
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Example of LISTENING help site
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Example of SPEAKING help site(liked from
manythings.org)
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Example of GRAMMAR help site(linked from
Internet TESL Journal)
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Example of VOCABULARY help site(linked from
Google Directory)
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Online Libraries
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Online Libraries

• There are many free e- libraries on the
  Internetthat is, sites you can go to read
  stories, e-books, newspapers, magazines, etc. in
  English.

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• Magazines Newspapers
• www.onlinenewspapers.com
• www.magatopia.com

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• Reference books (encyclopedias, etc.)
• www.ipl.org
• www.libraryspot.com
• www.refdesk.com

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• Literature
• Online Free Library www.thefreelibrary.com
• Bibliomania www.bibliomania.org
• Project Gutenberg www.gutenberg.org
• Google Books www.googlebooks.com
• Bartleby www.bartleby.com

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Thank you