Listening Links

www.focusenglish.comclick on "everyday English in conversation" (dialogs with all types of idioms to hear and read along- great!)

www.eleaston.com/pronunciation(many funny little listening pieces)

www.englishlistening.com(short 1-5 minute conversations with follow-up online activities)

www.esl-lab.com(short 1-5 minute conversations with follow-up online activities)

www.cdlponline.org/(audio & video news stories with sequencing, vocabulary, etc...) "using idioms in conversations"

www.manythings.org(listening and pronunciation pairs)

http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/esl/index.html(great Listening site with audio and video clips from Canadian Broadcast Co. and exercises at different levels, Carleton University)

http://www.musicalenglishlessons.org/(song lyrics with grammar exercises)

http://science.nasa.gov/NASA site with some listening files, great visual schema)

http://odeo.com/listen(Great list of Podcasts, news and interesting stories to create activities from)

News Audio Sites

www.npr.com

www.abcnewsradio.com

www.cnn.com

www.cbsnews.com

Writing Links

www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar.(writing with MLA formatting and 170 quizzes!)

www.ruthvilmi.net/hut/LangHelp/Writing/index.html(resources for all aspects of writing)

www2.actden.com/writ_den(click on "Tips")

Purdue University Writing Center(great site)

Reading Links

www.iteslj.org

www.ohiou.edu

www.academics.smcvt.edu(good general link site)

www.42explore.com (excellent explanations of strategies of skimming and scanning and many good reading links)