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www.halfbakedsoftware.com - site where teachers can download 'Hot Potatoes', which is a tool for creating interactive quizzes. You just choose an activity type, like gap fill, then enter the quiz data and the pro gram will prepare the exercise for you. It is free as long as long as you don't make any money with it 
www.howstuffworks.com - fun, educational sites that students can visit when they are surfing the net anyway 
www.eleaston.com - materials for teaching and learning including a rich bank of links to useful sites. Also an interesting section on the varieties of English 
www.eflweb.com - information and resources for new and prospective EFL/ESL teachers. 
www.eslgold.com -features free materials for students and teachers. All materials are categorized by skill and level for quick and easy access 
http://iteslj.org/ - The Internet TESL Journal 
http://a4esl.org/ - Activities for ESL Students 
www.langpix.com/index.shtml- a portal site for photos to use in your language lessons 
www.language-Iearning.net -large online database of language schools worldwide 
www.tefl/net - a site for EFL professionals with jobs, training and courses 
www.tefl.com - a general website for practising teachers 
www.teflfarm.com/teachers/index.htm - an online magazine for teachers, containing interviews with EL T authors and methodologists, reviews of recent publications, and practical articles on teaching ideas and activities 
http://www.real-english.com/REONLINE/index.htm - free video clips for ESL teachers. It includes lots of authentic material for elementary levels up. 
www.english-forum.com - a resource site for teachers of English 
www.sitesforteachers.com - top educator sites ranked by popularity 
www.volterre-fr.com - English and French language resources 

Business English    www. besig.org - Besig is the business wing of IATEFL 

Professional associations 
www.britishcouncil.org - the United Kingdom's international organisation 
www.tesol.org - the International education association 
www.iatefl.org/newhome.asp - The International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language 

EFL/ESL examination bodies 
www.cambridge-efl.org - for FCE, KET, PET, EL TS etc 
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www.ielts.orgwww.ielts.org - for the International English Language Testing System 
www.toefl.org - for the Test of English as a Foreign Language 

Links for teachers using Iiterature in ELT / ESL 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/books/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/
http://members.tripod.com/ppbugm/cgi-bin/english/links/literature.htm 

Game generating sites for education 
http://clear.msu.edu/dennie/matic/concentration 
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com 
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked 
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~ites!j/quizzes/help/write-mc.html 
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/work_sheets 
http://vic.polyu.edu.hk/Authoring/authorin.htm 

Useful source websites for EL learners: 

General: 
		- www.nationalqeoqraphic.com/kids 
- www.scholastic.com/maqicschoolbus/home.html 
- www.hhmi.org/coolscience 
- www.anthings.org/proverbs 
- www.yahoo.com/recreation/travel 
- www.thestoryteller.orq 
- www.historychannel.com 
- www.howstuffworks.com 
- www.letssingit.com 
- www.bioqraphy.com 
- www.lyrics.com 
- www.film.com 
- www.hollywood.com 
- www.festivals.com 
- www.teachit.co.uk 
- www.funbrain.com/qrammar 
- www.thefactmonster.com (especially JTIE) 
- www.celebritvicon.net 
- www.aikids.com 
- www.countryschool.com/vsliq 
- www.enchantedlearninq.com/Home 
- www.wuzieqames.com/index.html 
- www.qeocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1979/qames.html 
- www.primaryqames.com - educational games for students around the world 
- www.kids-space.orq-creationoftheKids·SpaceFoundation.this a website' of kids, for kids, 
by kids'. 
- www.kidscom.com - a focus on fun, learning and Internet safety. Large assortment of games, chat rooms, forums, music, jokes, stories and more. 
- www.eslkidstuff.com - created specifically for those teaching ESL or EFL to children and include a very good selection of flashcards, games, song sheets, class tips and articles. - http://itesILorq/ESL/Kids - collection of children's ESL links 
- www.kidsdomain.com/holidav - collection of holiday resources including information on Earth 
Day, Cinco de Mayo, Chinese New Year and Ramadan 
- www.theholidavzone.com - includes discussion topics, language activities, reading comprehension, poems, songs, arts and crafts, worksheets and links 
- www.holidavs.net - holiday stories, poetry, crafts, music and even movies 
- www.maqickevs.com/books - contains over 33 illustrated stories for children of ail ages 
- www.on-this-daV.com - brings you information on any news event in history which occurred on 
the day of logging on 
- www.encompassculture.com 
- www.literature-biblioqraphies-tbooks.htm 
- www.bbc.co.uk/historv/historic figures 
- www.teachinqenqlish.orq.uk/think/literature.shtml - a set of articles on how to use literature and 
poetry in your classroom. 
www.developinqteachers.com/articles tchtraininq/litemma1.htm - an article which takes a look at why we should use literature in the classroom. It focuses on children's literature and gives some good task types. 
www.teachinqenqlish.orq.ul/download/britlit/britlit.shtm1- from the British Council Teach English website. Contains 'packs' of materials based around a particular contemporary writer or poet. www.poetrvzone.ndirect.co.uk/index2.htm - this site has a wealth of resources aimed at kids from 4-18. 
www.bartlebV.com - a site full of e-books and e-poems that you can download to read. 

www.teachinqenqlish.orq.uk - a British Council and BBC website providing resources for teachers from lesson plans and practical weekly articles to radio downloads and complete books. www.educationforachanqe.com - great song index of more than 300 songs classified according 'to global issues 
www.enqlishtenseswithcartoons.com - great fun! 
www.tlpeace.orq.au - teaching and learning for peace: tasks and activities for adults and children 
       www.rte.ie 
www.irish-times.ie    www.independent.ie www.newspapers.com www.newsdirectorV.com www.quardianunlimited.co.uk www.bbc.co.uklschools www.vahooliqans.com/content/news/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/ http://edition.cnn.com 
www.timeforkids.com - Time magazine's website for children and consists of news, games, a homework helper and a poll zone http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews-containsnews,games,quizzes,movies,TV and music 
www.BreakinqNewsEnqlish.com - this offers free, daily lessons based on current news stories with worksheets, listening materials etc available in both 'easier' and 'harder' versions. http://simpleenqlishnews.com - news made more understandable for those learning English 

Re writing tasks: 
www.ks-connection.orq    - an international meeting place for schoolchildren and teachers; children can find pen pals from all over the world, check out interesting projects and join cool clubs. 
www.searsportrait.com/storvbook/storybook storyindex.asp - (e.g., Back to School, Christmas, Birthdays), fill in the blanks and out comes an illustrated story www.kidauthors.com - enables kids to share their stories and poems with other around the globe. Stories are organised by age group and theme 

Irish interest: 
www.irishfood.com   www.finditireland.com www.vms.utexas.edu/~jdana?irehist.html www.luminarium.orq/mvtholoqv/ireland www.iol.ie/-batespd/Leqweb/index.html www.iol.ie/ednet 
www.elaston.com www.inqeb.orq/catei.html 

Specially designed, as you may already know, is http://www.onestopenqlish.com/News/Maqazine/News/news.htm 
One stop English (Macmillan) with the Guardian Weekly bring you ready made lessons each week. Based on an article from the Guardian Weekly these lessons come in 3 ready-made levels. Lessons normally feature a 'Before you read' activity; comprehension questions, a vocabulary focus, a grammar focus and some follow-up discussion. 
http://lc.bvuh.edu/CNN-N/CNN-N.html 

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This site links you to the CNN Student News. This is a 30 minute programme which is broadcast Monday-Friday at 04.30AM Eastern Time (USA) on the regular CNN channel. It is free of charge to schools etc and here you will find activities to do that are connected to the programmes. 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learninqenqlish/newsenqlish/index.shtml
The BBC World Service has a section called Learning English. Here one section is totally devoted to the news. The site is divided into 3 parts: Words in the News; Try this week and News in Britain. 
(for the 3 specially designed sites above, I  have taken the information from an IA TEFL Issues article by Adrian Tennant) 
Don't forget to look on the main publishers' websites (given below) for worksheets; graded readers sites; learner dictionary sites and much more! 
Cambridge University Press - www.cambridqe.orq/elt Macmillan - www.macmillan.com 
Oxford University Press - www.oup.com/elt 
Pearson Education (Longman) - www.elt@pearsoned-ema.com Thomson Heinle - www.eIt.thomson.com 
Adult learners 
www.insideout.net
www.reward-english.net 
www.skyline-english.com 
www.getrealenglish.com 
Teenage learners 
www.shine-english.com 
www.smart-macmillan.com 
www.moveahead-english.com 
Young Learners 
www.the-bus-stop.net 
www.wavahead-english.com 
First Certificate 
www.readyforfc.com 
Business 
www.businessonline.net