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"The Newseum displays these daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form. Some front pages may contain material that is objectionable to some visitors. Viewer discretion is advised." This would be very handy, and easy to use, for adult ESL/EFL, social studies classes, or cross-cultural study: What is considered important in each location? How is the same news story treated differently in different cities or different parts of the world? Excellent for visual learners.

This would be very useful for h.s. social studies or an adult ESL/EFL class where students can compare how the news is presented in different newspapers, or compare what is considered important in different cultures.

Part of Interesting Things (Kelly Bros.)--gives you audio and words and sometimes video as well.

This page has short readings. After reading your time will be displayed and there are a couple of comprehension questions. Good for additional reading practice. You could assign a class a reading and then have them write about it at Google Docs.

An audio Web service that allows recording from any phone, including Skype or an in-browser widget. Recordings can be shared with aFlash widget, embedding, RSS, download, etc. Staring at $4.95/month.

Here are all of Randall's sites for American English listening and pronunciation on one easy to use web site.

Sue Lister's blog - Though this seems to end at 2006, each one of these descriptions of a student teaching situation is a gem! Sue describes lessons she tried and the outcomes. A great model for teacher blogging.

Sue Lister's blog

These teaching ideas are very useful