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Here are links to some valuable web sites for ESL teachers and English learners.
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ESL Support Sites
These sites offer downloadable teacher resources, chat rooms, job listing, and other information of value to ESL teachers and students.
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Ebooks for computers and PDAs
These sites offer ebooks. Some, like Project Gutenberg and Internet Public Library, offer public domain literature free of charge. Others charge a fee. The commercial sites offer bilingual dictionaries in several languages.
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ESL software
These are some useful programs for English language learners. Rostetta Stone is the best program I've seen for beginning and intermediate students of English. Instant Immersion is useful and inexpensive. Ace Reader is a programmed reader that was designed to teach speed reading, but it can be a useful suplemental program for English learners as well.
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Publishers of quality ESL materials
Corwin Press is my publisher. Check out Structured Immersion, by Johanna Haver. Her philosophy and approach are much like those advanced in my book. Oxford University Press publishes many fine English teaching materials, including the Oxford English Picture Dictionary and Carolyn Graham's Jazz Chants. At Sopris West check out Rosalie Pedalino Porter's description of effective ESL programs, Language and Literacy for English Learners 7 - 12.
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