

​Prof. Dr. Sabri KOÇ
::: your humble partner in learning :::
LINKS TO USEFUL ELT WEB SITES
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www.britishcouncil.org.uk - 18 pages of excellent links including teacher resources, student resources and authentic materials
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www.english-forum.com/teaching - Another comprehensive list of links - 17 pages in total, including lesson plans, teaching organizations, jobs, online exercises and instant lessons.
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www.eleaston.com - A very comprehensive site of links including tons of authentic material, resources, lesson plans and information.
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www.tripod.com - Possibly the best all-round site for English learners, with plenty of links to other sites
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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
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www.awl-elt.com/dictionaries - The Longman online interactive dictionary. Lots of activities and ideas for all levels.
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www.cambridge.org - Search four Cambridge University Press dictionaries on line.
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www.dictionary.com - Offers many different dictionaries and directories including a multitude of languages, Roget's Thesaurus, and language discussion forums.
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www.voycabulary.com - A desktop dictionary that can be used to check the meaning of words whilst surfing the Net in many different languages.
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Grammar
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www.learnenglish.org.uk - The British Council UK's offering of activities for children, teens and adults at a range of levels, including games, poems, and grammar.
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www.home.net/englishzone - Loads of activities for all sorts of grammar, vocabulary, idioms, jokes, hours of self-access material for students and activities for teachers.
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www.english-forum.com - A mix of grammar, vocabulary and idioms for a range of levels.
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www.educationalsoftware.co.uk - Includes grammar page, downloads of EFL games, tips for teachers, easy to move around and use, especially useful for self-access.
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www.englishclub.net - Simple activities for intermediate levels.
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News
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www.thepaperboy.co.uk - Links for newspapers from all over the world.
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www.guardianunlimited.co.uk - Probably the most useful and user-friendly newspaper site, with a search facility so that you can find articles on, say, Venezuela at the touch of a button.
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Puzzles & Games
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www.kidcrosswords.com - Just as it says . . .and other puzzles too
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www.puzzlemaker.com - Every kind of puzzle you can imagine
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www.manythings.org - Random collection of activities and puzzles
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Skills
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www.hio.ft.hanze.nl/thar/listen - Excellent listening exercises in real-audio with activities.
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www.advanced.org - This site gives all the stages for effective writing.
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www.thinkquest.org - Help with story writing
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Songs
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www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/nov/music - An excellent site with links and suggestions for using music and songs in class. A very lively and usable site.
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Story Sites
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www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm - Great kids' site with the Grimm fairytales
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www.storyarts.org/classroom - Includes lesson plans and methodology and a great story library.
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Teacher Resources
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www.english-forum.com - A good variety of resources and research tools.
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www.onestopenglish.com - A good variety of teaching resources.
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www.eduplace.com - Resources for English as well as math, science, social studies. Includes sites for students too.
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www.english-to-go.com - Reuters provides online news. A, free lesson every week, but you need to subscribe to receive endless lessons.
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www.tesol.com - Enter the English Zone for everything from reference material to resources to chat.
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www.iteslj.org/links - Very comprehensive site of links from planning lessons, to web authoring.
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www.homestead.com - A very comprehensive site pitched at 3 levels elementary, pre-intermediate and intermediate.
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www.smic.be - Worksheets can be copied into word for use in class, includes vocabulary, grammar and dictation at intermediate level and above. Lessons for the movies, - include a plot summary, a list of characters, a glossary of vocabulary and various cultural references and questions for ESL class discussion.
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www.about.com - Very big resource for everything from grammar, TOEFL to clipart.
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Young Learners & Teenagers
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Search Engines
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www.yahooligans.com - A search engine that provides for "safe surfing".
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Teenagers
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www.mysterynet.com - Stories to read and mysteries to solve, as well as scary stories and magic tricks!
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www.homeworkhigh.com/english - Answers all you problems with grammar, - send an email and wait for the answer. Also has help with other.
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Young Ones
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www.toweroflondontour.com - Quizzes and activities.
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www.home.com - Nursery rhymes and songs for kids.
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www.alfy.com - Excellent educational site for young kids with stories, theme-related activities, great potential once you know what's on there.
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www.billibear.com - Billi Bear's kids site. Just a small page which can be used alone or with the Muzzy series of books and videos.
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www.bbc.co.uk/education/wordsandpictures/phonics - The BBC phonics page.
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www.askmytutor.co.uk - On line help, advice, cartoons, and idioms.
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www.teflfarm.com - A nice site for resources for young learners (but is intended for native speakers), has stories, poems and quizzes.
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www.preschoolrainbow.org - Resource of rhymes and activities for use with young ones.
LINKS FOR TEACHERS
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Learning Forward
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Current Issues in Creativity
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Creativity Research Journal
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Creativity in the language classroom
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http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/creativity-language-classroom
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Ronald Carter: Language and Creativity. The Art of Common Talk
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http://www.humiliationstudies.org/documents/MatosReviewBookCreativity.pdf
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Creativity in English language teaching
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ESL Teachers Board
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http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/column/index.pl?read=192
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Creativity and Brainstorming in ELT
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The English Teacher
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Creativity and Mental Health
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