English as a Second Language (ESL)



CALL and TESOL Links
This site provides access to a wide variety of information about CALL: bibliographies, resources, projects, researchers, software vendors, training programs, professional organizations, publications, sofware, and web-based programs.

Canadian Site: Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB)
The mission of the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB) is to promote the coherence, effectiveness and consistency of adult English as a second language instruction across Canada by linking all adult ESL stakeholders, maintaining standards in ESL training, and facilitating the implementation and use of the CLB and the CLBA. The CCLB is a non-profit, federally incorporated organization.

Canadian Site: Computer Resources for ESL
The main purpose of this website is to provide an annotated inventory of software resources and websites rated according to the Canadian Language Benchmarks, and appropriate for use with ESL and LINC students.

Canadian Site: The Council of Second Language Programs in Canada
The CSLP is an association of public postsecondary institutions offering intensive language training in English or French. Their website provides information about the French and English as second language programs in each of the participating colleges and universities.

Dave Sperling Presents...Dave's ESL Cafe on the Web! Where Learning English is Fun! For ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from around the World.
A very lively, well-known, comprehensive ESL web site.

EFL in Asia. A Reference Guide to Teaching English in Asia
This site offers very good resources related to the teaching of English in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, China, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as information about finding jobs in each of those countries.

Canadian Site: English as a Second Language and English Literacy Development. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9-12
This guideline describes courses offered at Levels 1-5 for ESL and Levels 1-4 for ELD. The courses are designated according to levels of proficiency in English and literacy development, not by grade.

Canadian Site: ESL in Canada Directory
Designed for foreign students of ESL in Canada, this site lists schools, programs and provides other related resources such as accommodations, visa information, and social/cultural activities.

Canadian Site: Grade 9 and 10 Secondary School Course Profiles (incl ESL and FSL): Ontario Ministry of Education
Intended as an aid for teachers, the Course Profiles, funded by the Ontario Ministry of Education, have been developed by partnerships of school boards and subject associations to help with the implementation of the Grade 9 Ontario Curriculum. They include Course Profiles for English as a Second Language and Literacy Development, and French as a Second Language- Core, Extended and Immersion.

A Guide to Internet Resources for Teachers of English as a Second Language
Each Resource Guide in this series developed by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics offers a wealth of topical information, including links to publications, listservs, organizations, virtual libraries, and conferences. Resource Guides Online are compiled and reviewed by experts in each topic area. Other titles in this series are available at http://www.cal.org/ericcll/faqs/rgos.

Canadian Site: Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC)
The LINC program is designed to provide basic language training to adult newcomers in one of Canada's official languages, and facilitate the social, cultural and economic integration of immigrants and refugees.

Canadian Site: Learning ESL at the University of Toronto
This site describes a wide range of ESL programmes offered by the University of Toronto, including various intensive ESL courses, and a choice of ESL distance learning courses.

Links to ESL/EFL Lessons and Lesson Plans
This very extensive set of links to a wide variety of ESL lessons and lesson plans is maintained by The Internet TESL Journal.

On-Line Resources and Journals: ELT, Linguistics, and Communication
A compilation of sites in the field of applied linguistics and communication, including associations, organizations, on-line resources, journals and mailing lists. This webpage is maintained by Kenji and Kathleen Kitao of Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan.

Online Writing Lab, Purdue University
The Purdue site offers online materials, links, and services designed to help writers, writing teachers, and undergraduate researchers. To accommodate world-wide interest in the site, it also offers a wealth of well selected links to information and handouts specifically for ESL teachers and students.

Canadian Site: Ontario Ministry of Education Guidelines in Progress
This site contains draft versions of Ontario Ministry guidelines for a number of secondary school subjects at the grade 11-12 levels, including English as a Second Language, French as a Second Language, and Classical and International Languages.

Resources for Teachers of English for Science and Technology
A web page that links resources relevant to this group of teachers: discussion lists, people in ESP or EST, books, articles (full text), and links to other useful information.

Canadian Site: TESL Canada
TESL Canada is the national federation of English as a second language teachers. It organizes an annual conference and publishes the TESL Canada Journal.

TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/ESOL Links. Links of Interest to Teachers of English as a Second Language
A simply organized, frequently maintained and very full set of links about all aspects of ESL pedagogy from the perspective of the student and of the teacher.

Canadian Site: TESL Ontario
TESL Ontario is an affiliate of TESL Canada, and a non-profit provincial organization of educators in the field of English as a second language. It presents an annual conference and publishes the newsletter Contact.

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
TESOL's mission is to develop the expertise of its members and others involved in teaching English to speakers of other languages through a wide range of services, publications, and programs. Best known as the publisher of the TESOL Quarterly.

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
A site with information about test dates, registration, practice questions and study materials. The links also provide specialized information about the TOEFL to researchers and educators.

Volterre_Fr
Provides extensive links and resources for teachers and learners of English as a second language, and French as a second language. Priority is given to French and European sources.


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