ESL [ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE]:
A SELECT WEBLIOGRAPHY OF FREE ESL RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS: UPDATED for MAY 2012
This website was designed by IRO Stephen Perry, with assistance from the IRC at the U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa, DRC. A State Department Public Diplomacy Officer for fifteen years, Stephen is now with a U.S. Embassy in W. Africa. A brief biography may be found at the bottom of this page.
NOTE: The terms ESL, ELL and EFL are used interchangeably for the purposes of this webliography of free Internet Resources.
ALSO: the other web site I maintain with links to free, quality resources in ALL subject areas, including many freely accessible Power Points, is: www.tinyurl.com/6dfaxn
NEW! THE 2012 ACCRA IRC HANDOUT ON RESOURCES FOR THE DIGITAL FUTURE (ALL NEW AND ALL FREE, QUALITY RESOURCES): eLU HANDOUT ACCRA INTERNET RESOURCES FREE 2012.pdf (updated May 8, 2012) Note the many Google Tutorials and the Lesson Plans Google is now offering: ready-made for English classes with an IT Flavor!
Lesson Plans are here: http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/lessons.html
A POWERPOINT ON SEARCH ENGINE CUSTOMIZATION: HOW TO TRAIN GOOGLE TO SEARCH ONLY RELIABLE WEB SITES (such as your favorite ESL sites) FOR THE BEST RESULTS: GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE CUSTOMIZATION INSTRUCTIONS 2012.pptx
SIMPLIFIED GOOGLE CUSTOMIZATION INSTRUCTIONS: GOOGLE CUSTOMIZATION SIMPLIFIED INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING A CUSTOMIZED GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE.pdf
FREE DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSES: PRACTICE ADVANCED ENGLISH WITH THESE COURSES AND *FIND* COURSES IN YOUR AREA OF INTEREST! FREE DISTANCE EDUCATION ONLINE SOURCES 2012.ppt (revised April 23, 2012)
CLICK TO ACCESS CURRENT ARTICLES ON ESL AND EFL from OPEN ACCESS DATABASES
How to Research ESL Topics in Free Databases:
Directory of Online Access Journals: over 7620 journals covered (AS OF APRIL 2012), the vast majority are in complete Full Text: http://www.doaj.org (AN AMAZING RESOURCE, ABSOLUTELY FREE!!! READ THE COMPLETE FULL TEXT OF 98% of the articles indexed in this free service!)
THE ESL and LINGUISTICS (LANGUAGE) portion of DOAJ may be found here:
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=subject&cpid=122&uiLanguage=en
The following sites are also fantastic for researchers and ESL Students: 700 journals covered
http://www.icast.org.in/ejournal/ejournal.php
Web based resources and free EJournals gathered by Emporia State University librarians and professors (Kansas) http://ejw.i8.com offers free web based resources as well free eJournals in many subject areas, including ESL resources, Medical and Health, Communication (covering Media and Journalism) and other subjects as well.
The ESL portion of this Web Site may be found here: http://ejw.i8.com/engweb.htm
In addition, the new Table of Contents Service (TOCS) from Heriot Watt University: http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/ is another highly useful resource for researchers and students.
All these free databases above cover the latest in ESL Research and ESL Strategies.
Refer to the PP on Empowering Women available at: www.tinyurl.com/6dfaxn for hints on how to find full text dissertations and theses from prestigious institutions in the USA, many of which deal with ESL research.
PLEASE ACCESS the new 2011 ESL PP HERE: English Language Teaching Resources on the Internet AUGUST 2011.pptx.ppt (updated August 29, 2011)
NEW!!! If you want print handouts of the ESL Bibliography, revised October 1, 2011, feel free to access the printable version here: ESL BIB 2011.pdf (this is provided as a courtesy to the American Corners / Centers / IRCs/ American Spaces around the world.)
FREE QUALITY RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET THAT EVERY SERIOUS RESEARCHER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT: FREE QUALITY RESOURCES 2011.ppt
NEW! A NEW GOOGLE CUSTOMIZED SEARCH ENGINE FOR FULL TEXT THESES AND DISSERTATIONS: Feel free to give this new search engine a whirl to locate free, quality, research materials: please access the new Custom Search Engine here:
http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=011094389090557246315%3A-f5tlirivsw
VOA FACEBOOK: USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO TEACH ENGLISH: http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/theclassroom/home
NEW WEB SITE: AMERICAN ENGLISH ONLINE: (JUNE 2011)
http://exchanges.state.gov/americanenglishonline/index.html
FREE ONLINE BOOK ON BUSINESS ENGLISH: BUSINESS ENGLISH FOR SUCCESS
http://catalog.flatworldknowledge.com/bookhub/reader/4311?e=mcleanbuseng-chab
EMPOWERING WOMEN/EMPOWERING ALUMNI PPT:EMPOWERING WOMEN TO BE BETTER RESEARCHERS 2011.pdf
HOW TO ACCESS FREE THESES AND DISSERTATIONS FROM SOME OF THE TOP UNIVERSITIES IN THE U.S: THE FULL TEXT OF THE DISSERTATION OR THESIS IS PROVIDED AT THESE UNIVERSITIES. UNIVERSITIES INCLUDE MIT, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, HARVARD, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, CORNELL, VIRGINIA TECH, etc.
DETAILS HERE: Theses and Dissertation Research 2012.pdf (UPDATED with NEW resources added, April 17, 2012)
This webliography now includes a new search engine designed by me where you can search all these resources at once!
IMPORTANT NOTE AND CAVEAT: NOT ALL THESE UNIVERSITIES NOTED ABOVE MAKE *ALL* OF THEIR DISSERTATIONS / THESES FREELY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, JUST THOSE THAT THE AUTHORS DECIDE TO MAKE PUBLIC. Still, I have found that roughly 88% of the DISSERTATIONS/THESES I HAVE LOCATED IN THESE SITES ARE AVAILBLE FREE OF CHARGE AND IN FULL TEXT FORMAT.
NEW! OPEN ACCESS DATABASES THAT ANYONE CAN ACCESS FREE OF CHARGE, and AVAILABLE FOR ALL SUBJECTS, including ESL topics, ARE LISTED HERE: OPEN ACCESS DATABASES 2012.pdf (newly revised and updated with more sources, April 30, 2012)
ACCESS THE BEST ESL WEB SITES OF THE YEAR: HERE (includes FREE DOWNLOADS on iTUNES and the LATEST WEB SITES as of 2012!)
(includes Lesson Plans for Spelling)
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Additional resources at: http://www.tinyurl.com/6dfaxn:
a) This site has an updated Power Point of ESL Internet Resources: all free and all evaluated as the best by outside experts including RELOs at the U.S. Department of State.
b) This site has many other free Power Points as well, in many different subjects, all available for free downloading.
c) This site does include an updated RESEARCHERS TOOLKIT for students and teachers, and also has many unique ESL resources.
BIOGRAPHY:
IRO Stephen Perry serves as Regional Public Diplomacy Officer with the U.S. Department of State -- he joined the State Department in August 1998, and before that, was a University Professor at a research, land-grant University in the U.S. from 1975 through 1998. He has given numerous ESL and Internet workshops throughout his State Department career, including workshops in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, North Africa, and Latin America. Presently, he is working at a U.S. Embassy in West Africa, with regional responsibilities. He has Graduate Degrees in Linguistics, with a concentration in Romance Linguistics and Phonology, and a separate Graduate Degree in Latin American Studies. He also has another Graduate degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Texas at Austin. Please write him c/o iro@sent.com with any suggestions or ideas or corrections. All constructive suggestions are warmly welcome!
UPDATED MAY 2012 (with even more free resources added to the Grammar Section, the Writing Section, the Distance Education section, as well as the section on Improving English Language Vocabulary and the Best New Free ESL Web Sites.) Also, many more PowerPoints have been added to this web site in 2012.
NOTE: **EVERYONE** has full viewing rights and full and complete access to this wiki.
Comments (4)
Alain Mesa said
at 10:57 am on Mar 15, 2010
Steve: You made available a wonderful tool tool most English teachers in Africa. Wherever talents of tiredless people are being tested, this wiki is the answer. Alain, Kinshasa
Alain Mesa said
at 11:12 am on Jun 11, 2010
And the CALI community will also get profit of this rich site. Pierre, IRC Kinshasa
STEVE PERRY said
at 10:32 am on Nov 6, 2011
THANK YOU ALL, IN MY REGIONAL CONSULTATIONS IN AFRICA AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST, FROM CAIRO to BURUNDI, FROM CONGO TO SIERRA LEONE and to ANGOLA, from LIBERIA to BRAZZAVILLE, I HAVE USED THIS WEB SITE TO DEMONSTRATE FREE, QUALITY ESL RESOURCES for ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFESSIONALS.
THANK YOU IRC KINSHASA FOR HELPING ME CONSTRUCT THIS WEB SITE AND FOR YOUR CONSTANT SUPPORT!!!! /steve
STEVE PERRY said
at 12:45 pm on Mar 6, 2012
Thank you, Ms. Jacqueline Gardy, US DOS, in the RELO OFFICE in DC, for all your support and fantastic websites! Your suggestions and encouragement, and additional resources, throughout have made this web site what it is! Thank you!
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