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English Language Institute
PO Box 117051
315 Norman Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-7051
Phone: (352) 392-2070
Fax: (352) 392-3744
email: StudyEnglish@eli.ufl.edu

General ESL Listening: Native, ESL Reading and Writing: Native, ESL, Vocabulary Grammar Lesson Plans ESL Discussion MOO's and Chats

ELI Links

General ESL Links

• Dave's ESL Cafe
• Linguistic Funland TESL Page
• Tman's TESOL Page
• Learn English effectively at Antimoon.com English learning secrets
• ELTWEB
• ESL Independent Study Lab
• Jamaby News Free ESL Newspaper Readings
• links maintained by Internet TESOL Journal
• ESL Gold
• Breaking News English

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Listening Links

• Raw Materials
  • PBS Online -- PBS offers many audio links to programs such as the Online Newshour. Text materials also.
  • Audio On-Demand -- A RealAudio site. Listen to radio news programs from around the world, in English and other languages.
  • Online NewsHour: RealAudio files -- RealAudio programs from PBS. Stories include transcripts and pictures.
  • Welcome to NPR --These programs are excellent sources for a variety of interesting topics. Archives and current shows of All Things Considered and Morning Edition, as well as many others.
  • Timecast: Your RealMedia Guide -- A guide to RealAudio and RealVideo sites. This site includes: live broadcasts of music and news, radio stations from around the world, archived news programs, live concerts, etc . . . . In other words, everything.
  • Web Resources for Listening: University of Pittsburgh -- This site has links to other listening resources.
• ESL Listening Links
  • Global Views -- Interviews with ESL students in Okanagan College, Canada. (Shockwave). These students have posted their opinions and ideas in text and audio. A great place to learn about other ESL students.
  • Cutting Edge CALL Demos -- These are some beginning level interactive listening activities using Shockwave. They aren't nearly as useful as they are interesting in their design. They mostly focus on minimal pair discrimination, plus two preposition activities.
  • English Pronunciation -- The people who created Takako's Great Adventure and Global Views have also created these sound discrimination exercises. Activities include QuickTime videos demonstrating correct pronunctiation, tongue twister activities, minimal pairs, and dictation. If you have a Mac and a microphone, you can even download their net phone software and speak to native English speakers live.
  • An Online Pronunciation Guide for English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and other languages

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Reading and Writing Resources

• Raw Materials
  • PROJECT GUTENBERG INDEX
  • The New York Times on the Web
  • Environmental Organization WebDirectory!
  • USA TODAY
  • ABCNEWS.com
  • CNN Interactive
  • Time Warner's Pathfinder!
  • PBS Online
  • Welcome to washingtonpost.com
• ESL Reading/Writing
  • English Englisch Anglais Inglese Ingles Learn Lernen Apprendre ESL
  • ESL Quiz - Reading Comprehension - Easter (Barbara Donnelly) I-TESL-J
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Current news for EFL and ESL learners (Bangkok Post)
  • English Through the Internet
• Vocabulary
• A.Word.A.Day Home Page
• Focusing on Latin-Greek prefixes, roots, suffixes, English cross references, word lists, definitions, vocabulary activities

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Grammar Links

• English Basics
• Grammar Quizzes (Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students)
• Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students

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Lesson Plan Links

• ESL Plans -- Links to lots of good lesson plans and resources.

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ESL Discussion Links

• Language Learning & Technology -- an online journal on language learning and technology
• Internet TESL Journal -- another TESL journal. This one has articles, lesson plans, and online activities.
• TESL-EJ Master Page -- This is an archive of discussions on the TESL-EJ list. Since the list is so large, it is easier just to look at the archives.
• EFL in Asia
• Welcome to the CATESOL Homepage
• English Direct

MOO's and Chats

• Welcome to schMOOze!

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