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  • Senior Citizen Travel Website - A Daily Travel Blog for Seniors by Jim Becker
    Go directly to the Senior Travel title and touch today's article in Red
    Each day I focus on a different travel topic...you can follow the daily blog here.




  • English will help us all over the world






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    "If we study this site Donkey, we'll learn lots of English"





  • TESOL Organization's Home Page
  • Welcome to the new TESOL Journal
    The TESOL EFL Journal is a unique journal for Language educators that is devoted to discussions on English as an International Language and its growth and development especially as it relates to the global spread of English language teaching and learning.
  • Related LINKS to the above



  • Northern Iowa/ Overseas Recruiting Fair/ Listing
    2012 FAIR: Many international schools registered, representing more than 70 countries. One of two major recruiting fairs in the US. Overseas Placement Service for Educators.
    This is a BIG ONE. February 3-5, 2012

  • English Portal
  • Master List of Language Schools from all over the world
    Language schools and immersion programs in Spanish, Italian, French, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and many other languages will help you learn a language of your choice. Deciding on a particular language school is never easy but we will help you through the process. More than 35,000 people, many just like you, have chosen AmeriSpan Study Abroad programs.
    A one-stop shop

  • Celebrate the English Language/A totally loaded site for learning English
    Welcome to one of the most complete and comprehensive language-learning websites, with tools and resources that are 100% FREE!

  • Using English.com
    UsingEnglish.com provides a large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools & resources for students, teachers, learners and academics. Browse our grammar glossary and references of irregular verbs, phrasal verbs and idioms, ESL forums, articles, teacher handouts and printables, and find useful links and information on English. Topics cover the spectrum of ESL, EFL, ESOL, and EAP subject areas. Great site.
    Both of the next two sites "must be seen" as they are loaded.
  • Great ESL Links for students & teachers

  • Free English Lessons Online
    Learning English Online - English Grammar, Vocabulary, Exercises, Exams - information for learners of English as a foreign language. You will find a lot of information about the English language on this site.
  • ESOL Courses : Free English Lessons Online and lots of them
  • Free English Lessons Online
  • Interesting Things for ESL Students
    This web site is for people studying English as a Second Language (ESL) or English as a Foreign Language (EFL). There are quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, slang expressions, anagrams, a random-sentence generator and other computer assisted language learning activities. Even though the primary focus is for ESL, native English speakers may also find some interesting things on this site. This site is non-commercial and has no advertising. TESL/TEFL teachers may want to recommend this site to their students.
  • Cool Sites for ESL Students/U of Chicago



  • Julie Madigan's Listing of ESL Sites- Rich Site

  • ESL Listings - Lots of them
    Study English through the Web

  • TESL/TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL JOB Links - Rich Site
    Maintained by The Internet TESL Journal.



  • English Vocabulary Tutorial Index
    Another great NEW FIND... loaded too! American English Vocabulary with Pronunciation.
  • Teaching Words and Phrases in English (12)
    Words! Words! Words! That's what our site is about. We have word games like madlibs, hangman, and wordsearches. We have funny words like anagrams, spoonerisms, oxymorons, and stinky pinkys.
  • Learning Chocolate/a vocab. learning game

  • Speaking of English Globally
    Now communicate with the world
  • Ethnologue:Languages of the world
    An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world's 6,909 known living languages
  • The 10 Best Places to Teach English Abroad
  • ENGLISH PRACTICE/Learn English Online for Free
  • Some Poets to Savor/A loaded site
  • Learning English from the BBC / Rich Site!

  • A powerful tool that manages your high school or college assignments
  • Word of the Day | NY Times Edition
  • Grammar from the archives site/TEFL & Travel Resources
  • Language Resources for Teachers
  • Top 100 Teacher Sites


  • Fluent Future/multiple English language videos
    Fluentfuture is a community-based language exchange platform. You can learn languages for free
  • Learn English Online with videos
    Try this free program for improving your English
  • Learn English Online for FREE
    Links compliments of GOOGLE...
  • The Newseum
    Displays these daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form.
  • Media Glyphs Project: the sentences are converted to mediaglyphs
  • Speaking of English Globally
  • A website produced by Cambridge English Online Ltd.
    A fantastic way to teach or introduce the fun which can be had with phonetics and IPA symbols
  • Phonetics via YouTube
  • Learn English Communicatively - WordSpark
    Many varied categories to explore here...

  • A free podcasting service
  • I Quiz Maker
    This website brings the hugely popular i-Pod into the learning environment by providing a free quiz maker

  • Create customized worksheets in less than 5 minutes
  • WorldWise Travel Quiz from National Geographic

  • A Youtube style video upload website

  • My Language Exchange
    An excellent website for independent learning

  • Have some fun with language
    Acronymns, Mistranslations, Apocrypha and more
  • Similar to the one above but has a Facebook interface
  • ESL Resource Center
  • Crossword Puzzles for ESL Students - Not So Easy
  • English for Kids / Great new site.
  • Kids and Teens: School Time and ESL
    For learners and teachers of English
  • English Fun links for Kids and Teens
    This is a loaded site with many helpful links
  • English as a second language
    This is a site with many helpful links
  • Mel Belin's Iberian Travels
    All this with sound...lots of examples
  • Using English for academic purposes: Learning to write well
  • English Gateway
    English Gateway is an advanced English language learning portal that helps you learn to 'd2talk the talk'd3'd0 understand and communicate the way Americans really do.
  • Teach English Abroad - TESOL/TEFL Teachers
  • Teach English in Asia
    Your place for information about living and working in Asia
  • Larry Ferlazzo's Teacher's Page
    Hundreds of ESL links for teachers and students
  • Mark's ESL World
  • Language Course.net
    Worldwide most visited independent site for booking language courses
  • Teaching English Tips
  • English First: Teacher Recruitment and Training
  • Hello World/Rich site full of drills, games and dictionary
  • WordWeb Free Version
  • Learn English and Feel Good

  • The Homeschool Mom
    This one talks Spanish so be ready to turn it off or down.
    It is a fun site for beginning students and tourists.

  • Hello World for English

  • The Grammar Cracker:Unlocking English Grammar
  • English Grammar The Easy Way
  • English Grammar Exercise Table
  • Learn English Free/70 Units of Grammar/Rich source!
  • BING finds you dozens of English Grammar Tests
  • English Grammar
    Grammar lessons, exercises, and rules for everyday use.
    This is one great new discovery. Try it!
  • Learn to Speak English for Free
    Free Grammar Lessons: We have prepared some free online grammar lessons in order to help you improve in your English grammar. The top of each page has a teaching box with examples. The answers are listed on the bottom of each page.
  • Ten More Neat Sites just like the one above only for ENGLISH
    If you want to learn English grammar, this is the site for you! The English Language Club gives simple suggestions on learning English, and includes an excellent grammar table to help when you are confused.
  • English Grammar Practice
  • English Grammar Lessons, rules and news for everyday use
  • Multiple ESL Language Sites/Rich!
  • Daily Grammar/Rich Site!
  • Daily Vocabulary Quiz
  • Vocabulary Drills and Games

  • Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
  • ESL Link sites/Rich!
  • CATESOL WWW ESL Links/Rich!
  • Rong-Chang Li's multiple sites/Rich resource!
  • Top TESL/TESOL Programs in the USA




  • ESL Teachers Board
  • Oxford Seminars ESL Resources
  • Free ESL Study and Learning Materials

  • Judie Haynes ESL Teacher Site
  • Everything About ESL w/Lesson Plans
  • ESL Teachers Resources from Purdue University
  • ESL Resource Center



  • ESL Flow.com/multiple sites
  • Breaking News English/ESL lessons
  • English Grammar Exercise Table
  • CURSO DE INGLES MULTIMEDIA ONLINE GRATIS
  • Shambles EAL/ESL/EFL/Very Rich!
  • TESL: Lessons/Very Rich!
  • The English Forum/Rich Site
  • TESL Links for Teachers
  • TESL Links for Students
  • What's New in TESL
  • ESL24.com site/Very rich/Try this one!
  • Connect with English site
  • Apply ESL.com
  • Learn English Online/Very Rich!
  • Linguistic Funland for TESOL
  • Reading and Math Help/Rich Site!
  • Resources, Handouts and Exercises
  • Lots of practice from Greece
  • Linguistic Funland TESL Page
  • Teaching Abroad/Amherst College
  • From EarthLink/On-Line Reading Exercises
  • TESOL Listing of Reading Exercises
  • 1,000 Most Common Words in English
  • One New Word A Day
    (English, Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish, and German)
  • Pick A Sentence
    And hear it in English...
  • Home of Vocabulary University...many many choices
  • Help for Learning Common English Vocabulary/Nice!
  • Vocabulary Learning/Long Listing of Sites
  • TESL Business English





    Games & Handouts

  • ESL Games
  • Games, puzzles and other activities to make learning English fun
  • Geography Games
  • Big Fish Games
    Can all be played for free for an hour
  • Digital Dialects
    Games for Learning English

  • ESL HANGMAN games
  • ESL Wordsearches
  • Online ESL Quizzes
  • Language Games for Learning English
  • Games and Puzzles for ESL
  • ESL Flashcards

  • Clip Art for ESL Flashcards
  • ESL Games
  • Quia games and quizzes
  • Esl Quizzes/Rich!
  • ESL Games
  • ESL Games:Crossword Puzzles
  • ESL Games, Ideas and Links
  • Handouts for Classroom Use
  • Linguistic Funland
  • Game Samples




  • Activities for ESL/EFL Students/Rich
    Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL)
  • Activities for ESL/EFL Students/Rich
    Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL)
  • Clipart for making ESL Flashcards
    Some of these picture may seem "funny looking" to adult eyes, but in tests these are the ones that get the biggest reaction from the kids.
  • Online ESL Quizzes
  • Answers.com on ESL

  • ESL Monkeys
    English Language Teaching, Learning Resources + Jobs

  • English Club English Grammar
  • eslflow.com


  • ESL Base/Rich!
  • A super collection of listening comprehension audio links
  • Learn English and Study ESL Online: Intermediate Listening - Taking Notes


  • ESL : Listening Links
    Links of Interest to Teachers and Students of English as a Second Language
  • ESL Directory
    ESL Directory - Program Search: Welcome to the ESL Directory Search, the number 1 resources for ESL students around the world to research and locate English as a Second Language programs from all around the world.

  • Improve your ESL skills w/Zozanga
  • ESL Links - Learning English...tons of them!
  • Linguapress
    Linguapress.com is a portal for teachers and learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) and English as a second language (ESL)
  • Rong Chang's help for ESL students
  • A TON of ESL Sites by Lewis Armstrong

  • Genki English, ESL games, songs and ideas...fun and colorful
  • ESL Lounge/Free ESL lesson materials
  • EFL/ESL Sites/Rich!
  • Speakeasy Links for ESL
  • ABC English
  • TESOL Software site
  • ALLE software site
  • Purdue Univ. ESL Resources/Rich!
  • ESL Magazine OnLine
  • ESL Sites from Mid Del Schools

  • ESL Curricular Resources
  • ESL Help Desk- and lots of it
    Welcome to the ESL HELP! Desk, where all activities and exercises are authentic English,from learners of English. Be sure to check out our many aspects of our website, including our blog, our Vocabulary lessons, and our Library, by clicking on the many links above.

  • TESL Links
  • ESL Magazine
  • EduHound for ESL sites
  • Activities for ESL Students
  • Web English Teacher/ESL
  • Similes in the ESL Classroom
  • ESL Sites
  • ESL : Bilingual : Spanish English
  • Idioma Inglés para Hispanohablantes
  • From EarthLink Bob Bowman's ESL Links
  • Welcome to 1-language.com's ESL Center!
  • ESL Lesson Plans/Activities

    Journals, Texts and Materials
  • Longman texts
  • The ELT-Journals
  • The ELT Journal
  • TEFL Web Journal
  • The Journal:ESL Sites
  • The Very Best TESL:Internet TESOL Journal




  • Wikipedia's Definition of Bilingual Education
  • US Dept of Ed Bilingual Education Sites
  • Bilingual Ed Websites for ESL Teachers
  • California Bilingual Ed Site
  • Google on Bilingual Education
  • National Association for Bilingual Education
  • Stephen Krashen's...Why Bilingual Education?
  • The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition
  • California Association for Bilingual Sites



  • Learn to Read Hieroglyphics

    Help With Writing
  • Guide to Grammar and Writing
  • Google's guide to Grammar and Writing
  • Writing Essay Exams
  • Writing Well: Suite 101
  • Writing Well: Strategic Streamlining
  • Writing Resources
  • Writing Work and Difficulties
  • Teaching Writing/E.L. Easton



  • Origin of Phrases, Sayings, Terms and Cliches
  • The Origin of Words in the English language
  • Word Origins
  • Everyday use of words and phrases
  • Funny English Mistakes from Around the World
  • English Forum resources for ESL/EFL
  • Multiple English Sites
  • Multiple Verb Vocab Sites
  • ESL EFL Activities
  • The English Language/Rich!


  • NPR Concert Videos /Enjoy the music


  • Listen to live guitar music here but be ready to turn it down...

  • ESL/EFL Job Seekers Site
  • ESL jobs/Find your next job here
  • ESL Jobfeed Site
  • O'Hayo Sensei/ Teaching Jobs in Japan
  • Jobs Abroad Teaching English
  • Teaching English ESL TEFL overseas
  • Teaching in Japan - Teaching Private Students
  • Overseas Teacher's Digest

  • ESL/EFL Jobs Site
  • Jobs and Resources for ELT Professionals
  • Website for English teachers in Japan
  • Planet English
  • Teach English Now




    Why Study a FL?
    From ACTFL: What does research show about the benefits of language learning?




    I just love English






    With all Jim's websites...
    SHREK can leap over donkeys in Sixteen Languages!
    Jim's Multilanguage Homepage with SIXTEEN languages






    An Ad For Learning Another Language
    From YouTube
    If this turtle can do it you can too.






    I just learned to conjugate 10 new irregular verbs in English. Wow !






    I'll learn your language if you learn mine, okay?


    The Romans are coming, the Romans are coming.





  • International Tourists
    No Martha, London is west Moscow is east!

    All NEW LINKS will now be found below on this side




    Learn words, phrases and expressions in 40 Languages for FREE

    ::SurfaceLanguages contains thousands of words, phrases and expressions covering a wide variety of situations in many different foreign languages. This is one super, great, wonderful, tremendous, particularly excellent, divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, sensational, splendid, superb, terrific, wonderful, dandy, dreamy, great, ripping, swell, tremendous, cool, groovy, hot, keen, neat, nifty, amazing, astonishing, incredible, marvelous, miraculous, phenomenal, prodigious, stupendous, unbelievable, wondrous, outstanding, impressive, indelible, awesome, spectacular, astounding, astonishing, confounding, breathtaking, extraordinary, dazzling, eye-opening, miraculous, mind-boggling, prodigious, supercharged SITE. Don't just sit there. Try it out and your will see for yourself. Pretty cool huh? Have fun hearing and repeating common words and phrases in a whole bunch of different languages. Use these with your students. Teach them how to count to five in Japanese, Italian, German, Russian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and dozens more. I just learned how to say Good Morning and Please in Hebrew.



  • ESL Grammar Links
    There are many online resources that are helpful to ESL students who are learning the rules of grammar.


  • ESL Quizzes
    Plus lesson plans, worksheets, games, exercises and a plethora of other activities. A real find.


  • Grammar Links for ESL Students
    Learning English can be a tedious task for a person whos first language is not English. Games, quizzes, and other activities can make understanding the nuances of English grammar much easier to understand and comprehend. Below are some of the best resource on the web for ESL learners.

  • Travel Language Directory
    A tremendous new FIND with dozens of helpful links for learning English.
    You will find lists of dictionaries, grammar aids, language schools, resources and translations.

  • Free English Lessons
    Learn English online with free English language tutorial. Learn English grammar and vocabulary with games, audio, online English lessons, and more!


  • CAPL Project: Authentic Photos from all over the world
    Welcome to the Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon, CAPL, the source for authentic images for language learning. 2074 images of N. America
    By Michael R. Shaughnessy, Ph.D

  • Raising a Bi-Lingual Child
    A YouTube resource.

  • Twin Babies Have a GREAT Conversation together
    Subtitled: "Teaching ENGLISH as a THIRD LANGUAGE"
    Don't miss this one as two babies "talk fluent babytalk" together for two minutes.


  • English the Easy Way
    Learn English like a native speaker. Understand how to write a resume to get the job you want. Writing assignments can be fun, and easy. Understand how to use correct punctuation and more.
    By Michael R. Shaughnessy, Ph.D

  • ESL Worksheets for English Practice
    The free ESL vocabulary worksheets and lessons in this site cover everyday slang for communication in real life situations.
    Select one of the major sections from above to explore more of this site.

  • Wiktionary the Free Dictionary
    Welcome to the English-language Wiktionary, a collaborative project to produce a free-content multilingual dictionary. It aims to describe all words of all languages using definitions and descriptions in English.

  • Word Recognition Training for ESL
    All done via YouTube.

  • How to pronounce words and use them
    This is a super new addition to this TESOL/ESL site.
    A video pronunciation dictionary and usage examples API. Learn from real life with the free video-based pronunciation dictionary and word usage examples.
    Be sure to check this site out for your students.


  • English Leap - Learning English
    Get unlimited speaking practice by conversing in real time, from the comfort of your own home. For no extra charge. This course is built by English language experts. You will not find a more effective English self-learning product.
    No more boring classrooms. Our engaging methodology will make learning English enjoyable for you. The #1 place on the internet to learn English. Spoken English improvement guaranteed! All you need to spare is thirty minutes to an hour per day on Englishleap.com.
    A great new addition to this website / Your Webmaster


  • Becoming an ESL Teacher
    Get the right Education For Teaching ESL
    The United States continues to be seen as a land of opportunity for those living in other countries / a place for their children to have a better life than they did.
    Bilingual education is critical to students. While fluency will develop over time, education that does not accommodate the needs of children learning a second language results in most of the material passing them by.


  • Online Free Spell Checker
    Email, or e-mail as it is often spelt, is a massive part of everyday life, and whether business or personal emails, the words contained within an email represent the sender.

  • Good Morning
    Good Afternoon and Good Evening
    A short extract from Big Muzzy (vol. 1) to teach ESL pupils how to greet people in the morning, afternoon, evening and night with a nice little song!

  • Welcome to ESL Sheets.com
    Free Conversation and Dialogue Sheets
    Lots of ideas and aids here.


  • Australian Slang
    G'day, mate! Learn these Australian slang words and phrases and you'll feel at home on your first day Down Under.
    A fun site just to see how things are said Down Under in Koala-Land.

  • Happy Child English Worksheets
    Welcome to the English pages at Project HappyChild. We receive many requests for help with English, so we've put together a range of free worksheets on the site here, as well as linking to excellent resources elsewhere on the Internet.


  • The verb TO BE
    All the conjugations right here.

  • A Super New FIND
    Quizlet Multiple LanguageFlashcard Sets
    Vocabulary drills and quizzes on many aspects of each language.

  • A Great Map of Interactive for the Entire World
    A closeup view of all portions of the globe
    This source will let you explore 7 million world places.


  • Top 20 Websites
    Via Alexa.com
    Recent airings.


  • ESL Herald
    ESL Herald was created with the sole intention of being, "the online headquarters for all things ESL. Our mission is simple: Help ESL teachers locate the most exciting global ESL job opportunities.


  • Teach Children ESL
    About Us- We are a small group of teachers who want to help improve the professionalism of those who teach ESL to children.


  • English4U
    This website is a completely free site for learning English specially made for ESL / EFL students in their first years of study. It especially contains the most important English grammar explanations combined with lots of exercises


  • EXERCISES - GAMES - QUIZZES
    Many helpful aids for learning English here.


  • Welcome to the ESL website
    Your specialists in language studies abroad. Our website will help you to get an idea of the numerous options that are available to you. Language courses abroad for adults and students.


  • Mark's ESL World
    Your one-stop mega-portal to everything that's ESL.



  • Real English
    A completely free site for learning English: Original videos with interactive lessons, an English teacher always present to help you when you need a hand, and a Community of teachers & students learning together.


  • Mobile Translator
    I seem to collect translators BUT this one is really different.
    I give it a TOP WEBMASTER'S CHOICE as it is well done and accurate.
    English to many languages. Don't miss it. It can do your homework for you.



  • Photoviews.org
    Hundreds of photos of cities and landscapes in the world pictures in Panoramio. A great addition to all language sites above. Choose the country then the specific areas or cities.

  • Free multilingual online dictionary
    English Spanish French Portuguese German Italian Swedish



  • How To Learn Any Language
    In this case how to learn French.

  • Vocabulary and Spelling City.com
    Do you look forward to studying for your weekly vocabulary and spelling test? Probably not. But once you start using VocabularySpellingCity, you might just change your mind. VocabularySpellingCity is a fun online study program. Imagine yourself playing online the day before your test and ending up with an A! With games like HangMouse, Word Search, Unscramble, and WhichWord?, spelling practice might go from being your least favorite activity to something you might even do for fun!
    SUPER RICH SITE - your webmaster

  • Talk English.com
    TalkEnglish.com focuses solely on English speaking. Our goal is to help you with English speaking so you can speak English fluently. Improve your spoken English efficiently!
  • How to speak English
    A good command of the English language is extremely important in business, career advancement and for academic achievements. If English is not your first language.

  • How to speak English Fluently
    Improve Your Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary and Grammar.

  • How to avoid silence in English conversations

  • English Speak.com
    What is Englishspeak.com? Englishspeak.com is a free and award winning new system for learning to speak English. The program contains lessons that give special attention to English pronunciation and everyday language.

  • Ways to learn how to speak English fluently
    Many people want to learn how to speak English, but usually, they are unable to do so because they are unaware of the easiest ways by which they can learn this prestigious language.

  • Learn to Speak English
    Learn English Free Online with Grammar, Idioms, and Songs. Here you will find 100 English Idioms, over 20 English songs (with the words), and some free English grammar lessons in order to help you learn English better.

    A site taken from my Best Japanese Websites worth sharing here.
  • A Hatsune Miku: Japanese HOLOGRAPH Plays Sold Out Concerts
    The sight of thousands of screaming fans waving glow sticks while the the holograph "performs" on stage is straight out of a science fiction novel.



  • Want to view the rest of my Best Japanese Websites?
    One of my all-time favorites:
  • Susan Boyle - Britains Got Talent 2009 Episode 1
    - A must view at least once a month. jeb
  • Learning Chocolate
    This web site aims to help students to memorize vocabulary in an easy and efficient way, by using pictures, sounds and games with dozens of categories such animals, body, fruit, numbers, tools, etc / Rich site!.

  • A Quick Online Translataor
    One of the fastest I have found in various languages | It is really fast. Just try it.
  • Learn English - Irregular Verbs
    Via YouTube.
  • Aprender inglés for speakers of Spanish
    Words, Dictionary, Verbs, Phrases, Forum, a Blog and more
  • Voice Crafters: English voice talent
    Recording samples of professional male and female English voice talents. Great for listening comprehension !
  • Online Free Translations for 100+ Language Pairs
    taking a look at folks!
  • English to ANOTHER LANGUAGE Instant Translator
    This one provides an instant translation as you type | It is a great site...check it out! Talk about a site that does your language homework...this is it!
    Your select the language you want translated from English and VOILA!


    Text to speech translator
    A powerful and fun site with sound and a variety of voices/TRY IT!


  • MANY ADDITIONAL TRANSLATOR SITES HERE

  • Teach English Abroad - Listing by Cleveland State University
    Center for International Services and Programs
  • Teach Abroad /Major Site
    Teach Abroad Resources listings
  • Boston College Abroad Information
    For those with U.S. teacher certification and some teaching experience, abundant opportunities exist to teach in K-12 schools in foreign countries.
  • DOD Homepage
    What you need to know to teach overseas at a DOD school.

    The Language Menu
    --A free teacher's site with 17 tools to make worksheets with or without pictures in 33 languages.
    N.B. This website was created by language teachers for language teachers.


    Vocabulary Games in four languages
    The Ultimate Vocabulary Trainer
    Word Champ/Great Discovery here
    Practical FL Learning Tips
    100s of different language websites
    Language Tests in Several Languages/Make your own quiz too...

    Teach English Abroad - TESOL/TEFL Teacher Training Certification Course
    A provider of TESOL/TEFL certification courses throughout the US and Canada. Get certified to teach English abroad with this TESOL/TEFL Teacher Training Certification Course.
    ESL Curriculum, Supplemental Activities for Teachers
    English Language Guide
    A super site for learning new vocabulary
    English Listening Lounge
    Multimedia English Classroom
    The website allows you to learn authentic English with multimedia material.

  • English Language Resource Website/Rich!
  • Babylon English Dictionary
    Become a true multilingual speaker by using our online English translator. Translate English words and phrases into many languages with one simple search. Nota Bene: CHECK THIS ONE OUT.



  • Check out Jim's Travel Websites
    Everything you need to make your trip special.

  • Readable Blog
    A blog of (mostly free) resources for English language learners


    Exercises/Quizzes
    Test your knowledge of your English language abilities here


  • English Level Test from Kaplan Intn'l College
    This test is designed to give you an indication of your language level. However it is only a provisional test.
  • GRE Vocabulary Review
    Here you can listen and memorize over 7500 GRE words, which have appeared in the previous ETS GRE exams

  • AllTheTests.com -> Language tests -> English as Mother language quizzes
    The correct use of language is extremely important for the fast and confident communication and understanding with your speaking partner in daily life. Moreover, for many professions it is a crucial instrument - think about teachers and docents, communication specialists, translators and interpreters.
  • AllTheTests.com -> Language tests -> English as second language quizzes
    Get your English Certificate! Gauge your actual level of knowledge through an independent and authentic assessment system. Show the world that your skill level is at par with the best. This professional certification is not free.
  • AllTheTests.com -> Get your English Certificate ->All it takes is 45 minutes to get yourself certified!
    The Searchengine and Directory to all IQ-Tests, EQ-Tests, Career-Tests, Health-Tests and much more. A good variety of tests here to check out your ability in the English language.
  • English Grammar Quizzes - Easy
    Dozens of captivities for ESL Students with hundreds of activities to help you study English as a Second Language. This project of The Internet TESL Journal has contributions by many teachers. A DON'T MISS site.


    Test Your Level of English Here
    40 short multiple choice questions
    We suggest you take 20 minutes to complete the quiz
    This test is a good one to find out how much English you know
  • TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
    An English language proficiency examination, required of applicants whose native language is not English.
  • TOEFL, TOEIC and Accent Reduction
    TestDEN.com has everything you need
  • Exam English/Powerful Site!
    This web site is for people studying for an English language exam. These pages contain free online practice tests for the most important ESL/EFL exams

  • Review for English I Exam
  • Review for English II Exam
  • Interactive Test for English level
  • Easy English Exams
  • AP: English Language
  • Test your English : ESL/EFL
  • The Internet TESL Journal/For Teachers of English as a Second Language
  • TESL : Testing
  • The Internet TESL Journal
  • TOEFL iBT Practice Online | i-Courses
  • TESL Job Finder/Lots of good help here
  • Activities for ESL Students
  • Interesting Things for ESL Students
  • Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students
  • Printable ESL Quiz Resources
  • TOEFL Quiz
  • TOEFL Practice Test Site



  • Welcome to Online Talking Dictionary
    Dictionarist provides translations in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Russian, Turkish, Dutch, Greek, Albanian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean dictionaries.
  • Words and Phrase Origins
  • English Language Courses in England

  • Teach English Abroad Course in England
    The courses are perfect for University Graduates, wanting to travel world wide and earn money on the way, planning a gap year or looking for a career in teaching.
  • Learn English Courses
  • GOOGLE's ESL teaching materials sites
  • ESL Webguide: Teacher Training
  • Lots of Interesting Things for ESL Students
  • ESL Links from Northmont Area Community Network
  • ESL Links from St. Mary's Univ.
  • Butler's Choice: Six Best Grammar Sites on the Web
  • Some ESL Conversation Favorites
  • ESL (English as a second language) - top 20 activities
  • Karin's ESL Partyland
    A fun place to learn English with many different links such as Quizzes, ESL Conversation, Videos, Music, Listening, Reading and More. A great new site for you to explore.

  • Dozens of Helpful Links/Rich!
  • Links from the Internet TESL Journal/Rich!
  • New ENGLISH website
  • Materials for Teaching & Learning
  • ESL/Writing : About.com
  • I Love Languages: English Site
  • Lesson Plans from ERIC
  • The English Club
  • English On-Line / Materials
  • Business English Exercises
  • Word Surfing in English
  • Tucson Arizona Bilingual Site
  • Grammar Slammer!
  • Ultralingua Dictionary/Neat Site!
  • What does that word mean? Tell me about it.
  • One-Look Dictionary
  • Alpha Dictionary
  • New ESL/TESOL Sites
  • Sample Lessons for TESOL
  • Hello World.com.es
    A loaded site from Hello World w/vocabulary, picture dictionary, grammar and more.
  • TESOL Matters: Wandering the Web
  • Boston Language Institute
  • TEFL course + TEFL jobs: Mexico | Boston
  • TEFL Certificate for teaching overseas
  • Certificate courses in Guadalajara, Mexico

    TEFL Sites
  • Wikipedia's definition of TEFL/Nice Site
  • Online Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (CTEFL)
  • Int. Assoc. of Teachers of English as a FL
  • The Online TEFL Course
  • TEFL Ideas
  • TOEFL Test Preparation Exercises
  • TOEFL Main Page


    Teaching Jobs and Resources


  • TEFL Jobs | Jobs for tchg Eng. Overseas | TEFL
  • Long listing of TEFL Jobs Overseas
    TEFL Jobs Overseas - TEFL Jobs, TEFL teachers, TEFL Information and TEFL Courses for teaching English Oversea
  • Learn how to teach English with TEFL Scotland courses and then find paid work abroad.
  • Language Instructors.net
    LanguageInstructors.net features second language teaching positions at post-secondary institutions, government schools, cultural institutions and some language schools. Job listings are FREE.
  • Teaching Jobs Abroad
    Teach Away offers a wide variety of international teaching jobs for licensed teachers, college lecturers, and ESL instructors.

  • Teacher Gig
    Find teacher jobs all over the world, especially in Asia.
  • Opportunities for teaching English in Korea
  • More job announcements for ESL/EFL jobs overseas
  • ESL Herald with overseas JOBS
  • Free ESL Materials, jobs and resumes
  • Jobs for TESOL w/help from GOOGLE
  • Teach English Program in Shenzhen, China: CTLC
  • How to Choose Your First Teaching English Job in China
  • ESL Teaching Jobs in China
  • Foreign Teachers Guide to Living and Working in China
  • ESL Jobs Worldwide
  • Jobs for Teaching English in Japan
  • TEFL Job placements in Mexico, etc.

    Let's all learn some Arabic, okay?

  • Best Arabic Websites



  • SUPER TRANSLATOR SITES FOR YOU TO CONSIDER


    English to Another Language or Another Language to English


    Free Translation.com
    This one is JIM'S PREFERRED TRANSLATOR SITE...with an Auto Detect recognition


    Applied Language Translator
    by SYSTRAN ...and this one rates very high for Jim as well, plus it is FAST!


    Reverso Translator
    Free online translation service with Reverso translation solutions

    Line by Line Language Translator
    As much as I like the one above...you must see this one as it is really fast
    and translates as you type...wow!

    Google Translations Services
    Good translations in a variety of languages
    A new Google Translation Help Service
    What's new in Google Translate?
    Translate text, webpages and documents
    Here's another Google very nice translator
    BING translator from Microsoft
    Well done and for several languages
    Bubbles translator site
    Free online translations/Weird name but a good site

    Online Free Translations for 100+ Language Pairs
    This is worth taking a look at folks!

    Free Online English Lessons
    Learn English online with LANGMaster!
    Tips for Learning Another Language
    From ielanguages.com / a great site
    Learn Dozens of Different Languages Here/Rich!
    NB: One of your webmaster's multilingual favorite sites
    This is a great link for studying a wide latitude of languages

    Translate a website into another language
    Input the URL and choose the destination language and BINGO!
    This one is nothing but SUPER COOL folks!


    Babylon English Translations
    New and powerful/words, sentences, full texts.



    Babel Fish An Online Translator

    From Language to Language
    18 different languages available
    Free Translation Online

    Babelfish/Alta Vista
    A Yahoo Translator
    World Lingo
    On Line Translator

  • Google Script Converter
    Can you speak a language but not read its script? If so, this tool is meant for you.
    With Script Converter, you can read text in any script you want. We currently support
    Indian languages as well as English, Greek, Russian, Serbian and Persian. Use script
    converter to either browse your favorite website in your chosen script or convert any
    text you may have.


  • From ielanguages.com

    ESL Flow

    ESL HQ

    ESL Gold

    ESL Wizard

    ESL Galaxy

    EnglishClub

    LanternFish - formerly Boggle's World

    Learn English with Jokes and Riddles

    Using English

    Dave's ESL Cafe

    Learn English Online

    English Conversations

    ELC Study Zone

    E.L. Easton - English Online

    English Grammar Reference & Exercises

    ESL Civics

    EL Civics for ESL Students

    ESL Resources for Students - From Purdue University

    The Noll's ESL Books

    Breaking News English

    PearsonLongman.com - Downloadable resources and lesson plans

    Activities for ESL/EFL Students - A4esl.org

    ESL/EFL Sites - From About.com

    Learn English with Pictures

    Resources in English as a Second Language

    Web Language Lab [site in French]

    Friends Fan Club - Transcripts of almost every episode in French and English

    Huge site for multi age-level lesson plans [site in French]

    Karen's Linguistic Issues - Free resources for teachers and students of English

    Aprender Ingles Con Sonido - Spanish site for learning English, with sound files

    ESL Dewey - Teaching English in Taiwan

    Learn English Online - Get English lessons and learn English language fast and easy.




    Jim's Multilanguage Homepage

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