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  • Beginner Tips - Please note this link - Learning how to use new technologies is vitally important to teaching and learning
  • See extensive list of Free Software below - See selections from many open source and freeware categories
  • Please see Free Educational Technologies Home Page for important additional links and messages

      ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL):

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    1. Bell Labs Text-to-Speech - Hear what you type (even in foreign lang.)
    2. Free Expressivo Text to Speech - Type in message - pick a reader from list
    3. Idioms, Phrases And Sayings
    4. English [Picture] Idioms - Also see Chinese renditions by Virtual Language Centre
    5. TOEFL Vocabulary Workshop
    6. 1000 Most Common Words in English - from About.com
    7. ESL information/links from About.com
    8. ESL links from Freeality.com
    9. Technology Tip of the Month - January 2001: Sites for ESL Children
    10. Technology for language teaching -ESL (Ohio Univ.)
    11. ESL: Teaching Reading (Ohio ESL)
    12. ESL Links from Salem State College (Jon Aske)
    13. Dave Sperling Presents The ESL Web Guide
    14. English as a 2nd Language - Writing links from About.com®
    15. Ohio ESL - Resources for English Language and Culture
    16. Teaching/Studying English as a Second/Foreign Language
    17. everythingESL.net: Lessons Plans
    18. The Information Age Classroom - Classroom management, ESL, and more - By Patricia Iannacone (Nassau BOCES)
    19. Interesting Things for ESL Students - games, puzzles, etc.
    20. Do-It-Yourself English Teaching Activities (Jon Fernquest)
    21. Online ESL Resources from esljapan.com
    22. The ELT Newsletter: Sponsors and Links
    23. Dictionary including phrases (cambridge.org)
    24. ESL site via a4esl.org
    25. ESL Quiz Zone
    26. Online ESL crossword puzzle by Martin Holmes
    27. Online Hangman games (12) from englishlearner.com
    28. Speak Read Write's Free Educational Materials - Idiom ebook, puzzles, pronunciation exercises with mp3...
    29. ESL Pages - The ultimate ESL site
    30. English Tenses with Cartoons
    31. ESL-galaxy Links - Many useful links
    32. Breaking News English - EFL / ESL English Lesson Plans & Podcast for studying Current Events and News
    33. The ESL Area Free-For-All Links
    34. Free English Language Lessons - See video topics
    35. 1-language.com's online English courses - Free lessons come with screen script and audio files
    36. Interesting Things for ESL / EFL Students - Numerous selections!
    37. American Idioms
    38. Reverse Dictionary - Links from Ask Kids™
    39. Online Talking Dictionary - Includes Spanish
    40. Learner's Dictionary - With audio from Merriam-Webster©

      FOREIGN LANGUAGE LINKS:

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      TRANSLATION SITES:

    1. Selection of the best free Dictionaries, Translators, and language Courses
      in the Web - For all languages
    2. Translation service via Systranet.com
    3. Translation service via Freetranslation.com

      SPANISH-SPECIFIC SITES:

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    1. English-Spanish Pictoral Dictionary for Little Explorers by Enchanted Learning Software
    2. Andy Mile's English to Spanish Business Dictionary
    3. Internet Glossary: English - Spanish (Glosario básico inglés-español
      para usuarios de Internet - Rafael Fernández Calvo)      *
    4. Spanish and technology from About.com®
    5. Dictionary of Spanish - with audible sounds
    6. Spanish Dictionaries Directory from spanishnewyork.com
    7. IspanOle! - Online Spanish Resource for Students and Teachers (espanole.org)
    8. Spanish Phrases (insidetraveling.com)
    9. Spanish Phrases from clarkson.edu
    10. Helpful Spanish Phrases for the Traveler
    11. English - Spanish On-line Dictionary
    12. English-Spanish and reverse terms plus search box from ES
    13. Translate words at Wordreference.com
    14. English-Spanish Dictionary of Common Computing Terms
    15. English-Spanish Language Resources For Library And Information Professionals
    16. Coolest Reference Site of the Year by Ken Ryan (Spanish tutorials and more) (studyspanish.com)
    17. Learn Spanish: A Free Online Tutorial (studyspanish.com)
    18. TeachSpanish.com
    19. Vocabulary Training: English, Spanish, French, and German - by vokabel.com
    20. Spanish Language Forum - Also see Links to websites(sipuebla.com)
    21. Useful Spanish Phrases
    22. hispanic.com
    23. Formulas and Tables - from Math.com in English or Spanish
    24. English-Spanish Math Dictionary - from Math.com
    25. New User Tutorial (mouse and computer) by TLN Technology Committee (Also in Spanish)
    26. Spanish Language Exercise by Juan Ramon de Arana
    27. Web Spanish Lessons, by Tyler Jones
    28. Super Spanish Resources
    29. Internet Terms in Spanish and English - See other pages to learn more Spanish

      OTHER FL SITES:

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    1. Language Learning on the Web
    2. Free Chinese Lessons - By Knowledge Hound™
    3. Chinese for Children - Click on resources to see dictionary links...
    4. Picture Dictionary Chinese & English
    5. French language links - From CLA Language Center
    6. ARTFL Project: French-English Dictionary Form
    7. Language Links - See French, German, and others plus free flash cards
    8. Learn French - Online French Lessons - Free
    9. Gail's French Language Links - Many resources for students and teachers
    10. French Language Sites - links for higher education
    11. Parismatch.com
    12. Best French Websites
    13. Best German Websites
    14. Resources for German Studies (including Medieval Germany)
    15. LEO English/German Dictionary (and other help links)
    16. JapanPoem.com is an online greeting card site
    17. Learn Japanese - Pointers from About.com®
    18. Tae Kim's Japanese guide to Japanese grammar
    19. Japanese Language Study Links: Online Dictionaries
    20. Best Japanese Websites
    21. Japanese: How to read, write, and speak it - By Knowledge Hound™
    22. Japan Foundation - Los Angeles - Educational and social links
    23. Foreign Language help from HomeworkSpot.com
    24. Japanese Symbols: kana chart
    25. Tagalog 2001 Main Page - Filipino language resources including translation
    26. On-line Dictionaries (travlang.com)
    27. Languages Other Than English - Primary School Links - see main page for ESL links
    28. VCU Trail Guide to International Sites and Language Resources
    29. Eurocosm.com - Learn foreign languages online - for free
    30. Yahoo Specific Languages links
    31. Linguistic Data Resources on the Internet - SIL International
    32. Online Language Courses from worldwidelearn.com
    33. Foreign Language Lesson Plans and Resources for Teachers
    34. Lingnet.org is a U.S. Department of Defense website which has links to world languages
    35. Interactive Audio-Picture English Lessons for Kids - Also see Chinese lessons

      GENERAL LANGUAGE SITES:

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    1. En101 - Learn 9 Languages - See Kids Section also - with audio
    2. Visit Word Central: the award-winning language site
    3. Freeality Internet Search - per category
    4. Independent Language Learning -The Theoretical Background to this Site
    5. The Internet Dictionary Project Includes downloadable dictionaries
    6. Reference Library - Yahoo!® Kids
    7. Rhyming Dictionary
    8. Rhymezone See search box
    9. Kids Konnect - See Index of topics
    10. Fun With Words - By Sue LeBeau
    11. Better English for Everyone
    12. Alan Cooper's Homonym List
    13. Wordles! - Home of word fun, word puzzles, and word play
    14. English Vocabulary Guide - Run mouse over pictures to get names of parts

      PHONICS:

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    1. Phonetics and Phonology Links (BU)
    2. See Early Reading Resources - Alphabet/Phonics (homeschooling section of About.com®)
    3. Phonics Lessons K-3 - from Canada Online via About.com®
    4. Web Sites for Teaching Phonics (UIUC)
    5. Kids Konnect: Phonics

      FREE SOFTWARE & TOOLS:

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    6. See free program for the alphabet - from the educational software collection of Owl & Mouse (yourchildlearns.com)
    7. Spanish software - many free - from spanishnewyork.com
    8. Free and Open Source Educational Software - Large list of categorized topics
    9. Free Education Software - See selections under open source software - can use in schools (SchoolForge.Net)
    10. Free Software for ESL Learners
    11. Nikamo: Open Source Language Teaching Software - Requires Sun's Java - see site details
    12. Delphi for Fun Home - Free games for download
    13. Nerd's Heaven: The Software “Directory” Directory - Search for ESL software at many different sites
    14. Online Chinese Tools - Download free JMdict/EDICT Chinese Dictionary
    15. Free Stencils Collection - Numbers, letters... from About.com®
    16. ANAGRAM: Finder - Software download
    17. Free Stencils - Alphabet - Another font style from About.com®
    18. Free Software to learn major languages - Courtesy of Byki
    19. Free Educational Software - Select which programs would suit your present needs
    20. Free ESL Books for Schools
    21. FREEWARE SECTION has outstanding FREE software - See language and special education sections

      WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION:

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    22. Academy of achievement - Find your mentor
    23. See INDEX for ACADEMIC GAMEROOM, ENGLISH, REFERENCES, etc.
    24. Search the Internet using various engines and strategies listed in INDEX
      under HOW-TO GUIDES, and WEBTOOLS (for SAFE SEARCHING), etc., e.g. -