ESL / Bilingual

 
 
 

 
 

 

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ESL/Bilingual Resources

Foreign Language Dictionaries at YourDictionary.com - http://www.yourdictionary.com/ - This Web site might have that dictionary you are looking for.

ePals - http://www.epals.com - Communicate with students and teachers in another country. ePals provides free child-safe email accounts as well as translations from English to a foreign language and vice versa.

Bilingual/ESL Network- www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/nysben.html- provides resources in Bilingual and ESL education including links to state and national professional associations and related Web sites.

ESL Magazine - http://www.eslmag.com/modules.php?name=Web_Links - A bi-monthly magazine for ESL/EFL teachers that promised to provide links to many different kinds of ESL resource sites. See if it has been completed.

Speakeasy Publications - http://www.speakeasy-mag.com/ - ESL students and teachers can find news, tips, links, exclusive interviews and more, and discover 5 great magazines for all levels of ESL learners.

Dave's ESL Cafe - http://www.eslcafe.com/ - Web site for students and teachers of English as a second language and English as a foreign language. Features forums and chat, and links to other sites in the field. Include also sections on idioms, phrasal verbs, quizzes, slang, separate forums for teachers' and students'. To get directly to a huge collection of related Web links go to http://www.eslcafe.com/search/index.html.

Bilingual Education Resources - http://www.eltweb.com/liason/Bilingual_Education/ Collection of links from Dr. Martin Levine of California State University, Northridge.

SEARCH TIP: If you have one relevant site, one way of finding other sites is by finding out what sites link to the site you have. To find out what other sites link to the ESL Cafe, go to Google or other search engine and type in linkto:www.eslcafe.com and you will find 2,180 sites (some of the may be useful because they are similar) that have linked to the ESL Cafe.

Listening Comprehension Online- http://www.esl-lab.com can give your students practice with listening comprehension. You must have Real Player to be able to download the listening exercieses. Prelistening activities and comprehension checks are also provided.

Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking Practice- http://www.eslgold.com- provides many listening, reading, writing and speaking opportunities for students as well as materials to support teaching. See also their Web links in diverse areas.

National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)- http://www.nabe.org- a national organization exclusively concerned with the education of lanuage-minority students in American schools.

Other resource links at http://www.bilingualeducation.org/links_n.html and http://www.cde.ca.gov/el/resource.html and http://www.estrellita.com/bil.html