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Following is a very limited list of ESL sites for students and for teachers who want resources. I'm sure the list will grow as I have a chance to visit links and recommend resources. Have fun with the ones below!

http://www.eslcafe.com/

This is one of the oldest and most successful ESL sites on the Web. It keeps expanding with wonderful activities, exercises, quizzes, and other interesting stuff. Following are some basic links from Dave Sperling's site. I attended one of Dave's all-day workshops prior to a TESOL conference in Orlando a few years back and found him to be a very caring, student-oriented person. Great site!

ESL Cafe News
Address Book | Announcements
Bookstore | Chat Central | Discussion Forums
FAQs | Help Center | Hint-of-the-Day | Idea Cookbook | Idioms
Job Center | Mailing List | Message Exchange | Phrasal Verbs | Photo Gallery
Quizzes | Quotes | Search the Web | Slang | Student Email | Teacher Email | Today in History | Web Guide Links

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslstudent.html#grammar

This Perdue site has all sorts of help for native and non-native English speakers. After you browse the ESL items, browse through the tutorials and Power Point slides on other language items. REALLY worth visiting and using.

http://esl.to/

This site has a number of fun links for teachers and students. Click on on eof the links that this page offers and find real audio explanations, on-line quizzes with instant results and fun exercises.

Online ESL Teacher
Real Audio Advanced
Grammar Lessons
ESL Advanced Grammar
Exercises
ESL Chat Room
Test your English!
"Ask Us A Question"
Bulletin Board
Answers to our Weekly
Newsletter Quiz

http://www.esl-lab.com/

This is one heck of a site for listening and video exercises. Review the list below for an idea of what this site offers. One work of caution is that "Easy" on these pages really requires intermediate or higher level skills.

General Listening Quizzes with RealAudio®
(Download an Audio Player for these listening quizzes.)

Listening Quizzes for Academic or Specific Purposes
(Download an Audio Player for these listening quizzes.

Long Conversations with RealVideo®
(Download an Audio Player for these listening quizzes)

Short Listening Exercises
[All short quizzes use .wav sound files | "*" Quizzes with RealAudio sound]

http://www.teachers.net/mentors/esl_language/

From their Home Page: "Welcome to the ESL/EFL Chatboard. This resource is dedicated to discussions related to teaching English as a second language and English as a foreign language. Please bookmark this resource and contribute often, and subscribe to our ESL/EFL Mailring. Be sure to tell your colleagues about the many free resources for teachers on Teachers.Net! "

I haven't joined any of the chats, but some of the hundreds of topics discussed sound interesting.

http://members.aol.com/adrmoser/esl.html

Lots and lots and lots of very intriguing links to information (science, games, and other resources) focusing on young people but with some useful items for al ages. Good reading material.

http://lc.byuh.edu/cnn_n/CNN-N.html

This page features Grammar and Vocabulary exercises for ESL Students. It is based upon a favorite (usually from Wednesday's) weekly Newsroom or WorldView Broadcast by Turner Educational Services Inc. and is available on a private, noncommercial basis each Monday throughout the school year.

"Every Monday through Friday at 4:30 am Eastern Time (USA), two 15-minute, commercial-free news and features programs are aired via satellite or cable throughout the world on the regular CNN TV channel. Unfortunately, copyright laws restrict videotaping and later classroom exhibition of most programming--including regular CNN! However, since August 14, 1989, Turner Educational Services, Inc. have been airing the daily CNN Newsroom and, since the fall of 1995, the CNN Newsroom WorldView for classroom use.

Any school may use these programs free of charge, the only requirement being to fill out and mail a simple and free School Enrollment and Licensing Form to Turner Educational Services, One CNN Center Box 105366, Atlanta,Georgia 30348-5366 USA; the form may be obtained by calling 1-800-344-6219. Or you can now enroll at The CNN Newsroom Enrollment WEB Site! Upon enrolling, educators may tape CNN Newsroom at school or at home for use in their classrooms, and the tapes may be kept as long as they are needed, provided they are used only within the enrolled school's curriculum. Any country that has access to CNN through satellite or cable also receives CNN Newsroom and may take advantage of the educational opportunities that accompany it."

This site includes a number of very well developed exercises to reinforce grammar and vocabulary. Reading can be downloaded and used in class. would call this an advanced site. The exercises have fill-in-the-blank options which are corrected on-line. Another option allows you to print the exercise for students to complete off-line. The readings are great and stimulating, with lots and lots of variety.

http://www.toefl.org/

This site provides information and practice exercises for taking the TOEFL exam. For advances students only.

http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gwvcusas

This page has some quality links to other sites. Check the list below.

READING
WRITING
VOCABULARY
CONVERSATION
GRAMMAR
LISTENING
DISCUSSION
STUDENT

Following is a list of links from the READING section, as an example. (http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gwvcusas/shreading.htm)

ESL Quote Page
Here you will find an interesting quotation with the name of the person who said it. You can also request to see quotations that were posted in the past. This page is part of Dave's ESL Cafe. *Student review available.
The Quotations Page
This is a very rich page. You will find "Quotes of the Day," "Quotes of the Week," "Random Quotations," and "Quotation Links." You also have the possibility of searching for a quotation. This page is maintained by Michael Moncur.
Fluency through Fables
Here you will find a short fable to read. Then, if you wish, you may choose to do one or more of the following activities: a matching vocabulary exercise, a true and false comprehension exercise, a vocabulary completion exercise, and a written discussion exercise. You can also go to an Index and find five other fables with accompanying exercises.
Impact Online
This is a hypertextual news reader for intermediate and advanced ESL students. Here you will find many news stories to read. Each story has certain vocabulary items highlighted. You can click on any word to see its definition and to hear its pronunciation. Or you can use the Glossary at the end of the newstory to see all of the words with their definitions at the same time. * Student Reviews Available
U.S. Holidays
If you are interested in holidays, you will enjoy visiting this site created by Suzan Moody. You can read about the following holidays: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Martin Luther King Day, Groundhog Day, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Passover, Easter, and Memorial Day. * Student Reviews Available
Newspapers and Magazines
You will find a list of links to newspapers and magazines online. *Student Review Available
Internet Movie Data Base
This is a wonderful site! You can read about more than 120,000 movies! You can search by movie title, actor/actress, director, writer, character, keyword, or quotation. You will also find a glossary of movie terms and a movie quote of the day. *Student Reviews Available
Notable Citizens of Planet Earth
This is a biographical dictionary. It's fun to read about famous people. You can search by
name, keyword, or date.
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Museums
You can find a directory of online museums and museum-related resources. Choose a museum and take a virtual tour!
Dave Sperling's Quiz Center
Test your knowledge of geography, history, people, science, or world culture. Or Test your
reading comprehension. Select an online multiple-choice quiz and then submit it for immediate
evaluation.

http://www.comenius.com/fables/

This is a very attractive site that has short fables with questions following. Students fill in the blanks and get scored immediately. Fables are wonderful teaching tools. They are short, ease, and invite wide critical discussion. Visit this one. Intermediate students can handle the language. Lower level students will need help from their peers. Use this one!