CALL Websites

Language Learning Resources Online

General	Listening	Glossaries
Grammar	Reading	Vocabulary
Pronunciation & Speaking	Blogs	Writing
Young Learners/Elementary	Fun Stuff	Reference
Games & Activities & Exams	Tools	Jeff's Faves

Jeff's Favorite Sites (totally subjective)

• UsingEnglish.com - reference and forums 
• FreeESLMaterials.com
• RachelsEnglish.com
• EnglishCentral.com
• English Listening Lesson Library Online
• Englishpage.com
• ESLGold.com
• Lyricstraining.com
• Wordcount.org
• Free Rice
• AgendaWeb.org
• Internet TESL Journal Links
• Sounds of American English
• ISLCollective.com & Busyteacher.org (printable handouts)

General/Mixed Purposes

• Internet TESL Journal Links
  
• English-Zone.Com
• ToLearnEnglish.com
• Learning English with EnglishClub.com
  
• ESL Flow
• English Daily
• Englishforeveryone.org
  
• UsingEnglish.com
• English, baby - Student Community
  
• Activities for ESL Students
• Learning English Online
• Dave's ESL Cafe
  
• ManyThings.org - Interesting Things for ESL Students
• British Council - Learn English
• Discoveryeducation.com
• Virtual Language Centre (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
  
• Call4all.us
• Teacher Training Videos
• TeacherTechVids.com
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  CALL Glossaries

• ICT4LT Glossary
• Walt's Internet Glossary
• Glossary of Internet Terms by Matisse Enzer
• Glossary of Internet & Web Jargon by UC Berkeley
• Computer Dictionary - Technology, Network & Internet Terms

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Games & Activities

• AgendaWeb - Free English Exercises
• Englishpages.com
• FreeESLMaterials.com
• SpellingCity
• Busyteacher.org (printable handouts)
• English Language Centre Study Zone
• Language.com
• Exercises for Beginners
• Learningchocolate.com
• Learn-english-online.org
• Manythings.org
• Jezarka's Interactive Exercises
• Elllo.org - English Listening Language Lab Online
• A4ESL.org - Activities for ESL/EFL Students (English Study)
• ESL Blues
• Real-English.com - ESL Videos ESL Lessons.
• Business English Grammar Lessons
• English Exercises Online
• English Works! Exercises Main Index
• Teaching ESL
• 5 Minute English
• Rong-Chang.com
• Adult Learning Activities | California Distance Learning Project
• Learn English Online at Open English World
• English Learing Activities List (Emily Chen)
• ITESLJ's links to Games & Quizzes

 Sites designed specifically to provide exam preparation

• http://www.gettoefl.com/practice.htm
• http://www.easyenglish.com/
• http://www.english-test.net/
• http://www.eslgold.com/
• http://www.selfaccess.com/ (click 'free samples')
• http://www.examenglish.com/
• http://toefl.practice-tests.learnhub.com/

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Listening

• English Listening Lesson Library Online
• Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
• Adult Learning Activities - California Distance Learning Project (news stories and Interactive exercises)
• Learning Resources (news stories from CNN and CBS and interactive exercises)
  
• BBC Learning English: Watch and Listen
• The English Listening Lounge
• English Listening Room
  
• English Listening Exercises
• Voice of America - Special English
  
  Music
  
• Lyricstraining.com
• Lyricsgaps.com
•  Learn English By Songs.- another EFL music resource
• Musicalenglishlessons.org
• Teaching with Songs - ESL music materials from Isabel Perez
• Songsforteaching.com
• Tefltunes.com  - ESLSong Lessons Songs For Teaching Grammar
• Lyrics Mode - find lyrics to popular English songs  
• K-POP MADNESS: Lyrics
  
  Online Karaoke
• Karaokeparty.com
• Singsnap

Podcasts

• Podcastsinenglish.com
• Stuff You Should Know podcast
• Business English Pod and Video Vocab
• ESLPod
• VOA Podcast
• Grammar Girl
• Esl.culips.com
• Languagecaster.com (English through football)
• BBC Elementary Podcasts
• ITESLJ Podcast List
• Shambles ESL Podcast List

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Pronunciation & Speaking

 Top Practice Sites

• RachelsEnglish.com
• Sounds of American English
• Englishcentral.com
• Sozoexchange.com
• PUFS Pronunciation

 Other Sites

• American English Pronunciation Practice
• LearningEnglish Pronunciation
• EnglishPronunciation at EnglishClub.com
• English Pronunciation/Listening (OkanaganUniversity, Canada)
• Eva Easton - Pronunciation
• Emily's Pronunciation Class
• Listen & Repeat Machine
• Common Korean Errors
• Ear Training

Debate Sites

• Procon.org (click on Topics A~Z to see a long list) 
• Debate.org/big-issues
• Debatewise.org

Conversation Questions ITESLJ.org/questions ESLdiscussions.com ESLconversationquestions.com Chatbots are automated chat tools that can be pre-programmed to say certain things or interact with users. Text to speech chatbots allow you to create a speaking character (or  avatar) Naturalreaders.com Voki.com Oddcast.com (multilingualdemo) Vozme.com(allows you to create an mp3 file from text) ReadtehWords.com(allows you to create an mp3 file from text)

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Vocabulary

• Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun! 
• Vocabulary Learning 
• Wordcount.org (how common are words?)
• Vocabulary Zone from English-Zone.com
  
• Vocabulary Lessons and Activities from eslflow.com
  
• Vocabulary Lessons from EnglishClub.com
  
• Word Based Games for ESL Students
  
• Vocabulary University
  
• Vocabulary Exercises
  
• Vocabulary Web Games
• Business Vocabulary
  
• Vocabulary for K-12 and ESL Kids
  
• VocabAhead.com
• Vocabtest.com
• Playknoword.com

 

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Reading

• English E-reader - a nice selection of graded readers that include recent publications
• BooksShouldbeFree.com public domain audio books available for browsing
• The Online Books Page (University of Pennsylvania)
  
• Amazon.com/books  (book reviews, bestsellers, and more)
• English reading from EnglishClub.com
  
• Great Books
  
• BBC Schools (for ages 4-11, ages 11-16, and ages 16+)
  
• Classis Bookshelf
  
• Online Library of Literature
  
• The Literature Network
  
• Open Directory: Literature
  
• Online Children's Stories
  
• Repeat after Us - Online Library and Language Lab
• Extensive Reading Foundation

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Writing

• Online Writing Lab (OWL) - Purdue University   OWL Exercises 
• Englishpage.com
• ESLFlow Academic Writing Guides

• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
• Advice on Academic Writing
• My-English-Writing.com
• Writing Resources for English Language Learners - Ohio University ESL
• Writer's Web - University of Richmond
• Hypertext Writer's Guide - University of Victoria
• Advanced Composition for Non-Native Speakers of English
• Rong Chang Writing
• Academic English Cafe
• Collocation Worksheets

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Grammar

• Azar Grammar Materials
• Guide to Grammar and Writing
• Roadtogrammar.com
• Grammar Bytes Exercises Handouts & Presentations
  
• Grammar Help
  
• Hyper Grammar
  
• English Grammar Zone
  
• Guide to Grammar and Style
  
• Grammar in English Daily

Grammar Checkers

• Spellcheckplus.com
• Grammarly
• Grammarcheck.net
• Nounplus.net/grammarcheck
• Prowritingaid.com
• Languagetool.org
• Proofreadbot.com
• Gingersoftware.com
• Spinbot (rewrites text)
• BestFreeSpinner 
• Chrome Grammar Check Extensions 
• MS Word Grammar Checker (English Language Pack required 32bit 64 bit)
  (sample essay here for comparison purposes)

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Young Learners / Elementary

• Eslkidstuff.com
• Kindersite.org
• SpellingCity.com
• Starfall.com
• PBSGames
• BritishCouncil Games
• KidsEslGames.com
• Eesl4kids.net
• Vocabulary for K-12 and ESL Kids
• Sesamestreet.org
• Dogonews.com
• Abcya.com
• ESLGamesWorld
• Mark's English School
• List of ESL Games
  
  Storybooks, Digital Storytelling, and ReadAloud
• Storybird.com  Allows users to make their own visual stories using contributed illustrations. Thousands of user generated stories to read and discuss.
  (example Seven Ways to Survive School)
• StoryboardThat.com  (friendly, powerful comic strip generator)
  Curated Storyboards    Lesson Materials   Recent Boards (copy)
• Storylineonline.net - well known books read by celebrities 
• Toondoo.com - Browse Toons   * How-to Guide
• StoryJumper  (how to, create, examples) Student created stories with some recordings of students reading their own stories
• Zooburst (make your own 3D book) 
•  Utellstory.com  Overview   How-to Video  Example
• ZimmerTwins.com
• Slidestory - add audio narration to your original stories
• Freekidsbooks.org
• ChildrensLibrary.org
• Bookbox.com
• Magickeys.com/books
• Tarheelreader.org
• Archive.org Children's Library
• List of Children's Books for Reading
• Make 'fill in the blank' Stories
  • British Council Storymaker
  • Storyteller
  • Madglibs.com

See the publication below for descriptions of other sites for young learners. 

Direct Link

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Reference

• Dictionary.com
• Thesaurus.com
• TheFreeDictionary.com
• UsingEnglish.com
• Visualthesaurus.com
• Wordcount.org
• Ozdic.com - collocation finder
• Blachan.com/shahi/ (visual dictionary)
• Automatic Readability Checker
• Lexile Analyzer
• ER Central Online Graded Text Editor

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Mobile Tools

• Google Translate - Android  iPhone
• Conversation English
• iVocabulary
• English Phrasebook m(Idioms)
• 15,000 Useful Phrases
• AccelaStudy
• Classting.com
• Classdojo.com

Make your own comics and animations

• Makebeliefscomix.com/Comix
• Comicmaster.org.uk
• Stripcreator.com/make.php
• Wittycomics.com
• Blank Cards
  Videos
• Goanimate.com
• XtraNormal

Assorted Tools

• Graphic Organizer Links & Gliffy.com (mind mapping and chart building)
• Barry Fun English Tools
• Online Clocks & Stopwatches
• Mrs. Dell's Tools List

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Fun Sites  (personality tests)

• Lots of tests at: Similarminds.com/personality_tests.html
• Variety of Mental, Personality and Life Tests at: ARealMe.com   Mental Age, IQ, Career, Meyers-Brigg, Health, English Level, Geography
• Right Brain/Left Brain
• MBTI
• Statements 
• Word Choice
• Descriptions of MBTI Types More Descriptions
  

• Alabe.com Free Astrological Profile
• Western Astrological Compatibility
• Oriental Astrology Reading
• Chinese Zodiac Compatibility
• Tarot Card
• Brainfall.com (Quizzes like - What drink are you? What type of mom are you? Which Star Wars character?)
• Quizony.com (What color are you? What is your brain good at? What season are you?)
• Quizrocket.com

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Photo Manipulation Tools    Screencast Guide Here

• Photofunia
• Funtasticface.com
• Dumpr.net
• Loonapix.com
• PhotoMorph  MorphThing.com
  Jeff's lovely kids  
• Funphotobox.com
• Cartoonize.net
• Apps:  Picsart  PhotoLab  Lots More:  Iphone  Android

Make your own comics and animations

• Comics in the classroom
• Storyboardthat.com
• Makebeliefscomix.com/Comix
• Bitstrips.com
• ToonDoo
• Comicmaster.org.uk
• Stripcreator.com/make.php
• Wittycomics.com
• Blank Cards

Picture Sources

• ELTPics.com  ELTPics Sets
• Wellcomeimages.org 
• Openclipart.org
• Commons.wikimedia.org 
• Creative Commons Search Page - select sources and types of license
• Morguefile.com
• Flickr Advanced Search (select 'Only search within Creative Commons-licensed content)  
• Google Advanced Image Search (check usage rights)
• What's the Difference - TMZ - What's the Difference
• Times Photos of the Year
• Interesting Flickr Photos
• The Big Picture
• National Geographic

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QR Codes QRStuff.com QR Code Generator  (create a QR Code image)

QR Reader Apps (read a QR Code on your phone):

Android: QR Droid    Barcode Scanner Apple  QR Reader          Scan

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EFL Blogs   Blog Lists

• International Edubloggers Directory of ESL & EFL blogs
• Lexiophiles list of Top 100 Language blogs
• EFL Blog List
• Moving Forward's Education Blogs by Category
• Top 100 high school teachers who blog
• Teacher Lingo Teacher Blogs

Here are some EFL Related blogs and blog lists.

Blogger Blogs Graham Stanley, Spain Nelba Quintana, Argentina Doris Molero, Venezuela FCE Blog, Claudia Ceraso, Argentina Michael Ivy, Italy English with Rosa Michael Ivy, Rome Daniel Kirk, Japan Maria Jordano, Spain Larry Rhoe, China Michael Coghlin, Australia Nancy McKeand,  USA Jimbo (Jim Hall), Japan Dennis Newson, CTJ Online, Germany Marie Irene, Venezuela Vance Stevens, UAE

More EFL Teacher blogs Larry Ferlazzo's EFL Edublog Langwitches Mr. Horne's ESL Class Blog Aniya's The English Teacher KinderKids Aaron Campbell, Japan Bee Dieu, Brazil Richard Firsten, USA Teaching English in Korea, James Trotta Scott Sommers, Taiwan Neil Whitfield, Australia Nina Liakos, Maryland USA Brad Stephenson, Japan Nathan Bauman, Korea Other News & Tech Blogs Lifehacker.com EHub Freetech4teachers.com Jane's Pick of the Day

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Open Online Courses Most sites gathered from:  http://www.mooc.ca/courses.htm

• Coursera list of courses
• MIT Open CourseWare (course materials only)
• Stanford's Free Online Courses
• Megalist of Open Courses
• Connectivist MOOCs - MOOCs that conform to the original format developed by George Siemens and Stephen Downes
• Carnegie Mellon University Open Learning Initiative
• Class Central - Stanford, Coursera, MIT and Harvard led edX (MITx + Harvardx + BerkeleyX), and Udacity
• Curricki - open curricula
• Edx courses
• iTunesU - some courses - guide from DIY University (Apple doesn't provide a list of courses, naturally); list of affiliates
• Open Learn - Open University (UK), see menu at left
• P2P University - courses
• Udacity courses
• Udemy list of online courses
• University of the People - course catalog
• WikiEducator content
• Wikiversity - 'schools'
• Open Yale courses