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Often, the first knowledge a teacher has of an English Language Learner (ELL) in the classroom is his name on a roster. It may look different from typical U.S. names. You may not know how to pronounce it. Sometimes you may be able to guess what language an ELL speaks by looking at his name and sometimes not. How can you prepare to best welcome this learner?

A useful site that helps with characters and symbols in European languages not usually found on an English keyboard. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Languages,+Culture+&+International+Projects

Find hundreds of ESL videos lessons on a range of subjects and difficulty. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English+As+An+Additional+Language

This is a useful news site which provides the same news story written at three different levels of English, making it a wonderful tool for ESL classes and differentiating for different age groups. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English+As+An+Additional+Language

Coloring pages can help to learn english language. Pictures with vocabulary and alphabet for children. Free to print online.

Speaking American Accent is different from other type of spoken English.This course has been developed to help you learn the basics of english speaking skills and develop your accent. You'll will be helped to develop some proficiency in key areas of language skills through which your communication gets better and your accent gets influenced. You'll also explore how to organise the words and communicate in a faster way. By the end of the course you will be able to speak fluently and your communication gets stronger to the extent to communicate in world class.

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A superb virtual world for children for learning English. Move your flamingo around completing games and missions. Basic account is free. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

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A pedagogical approach to technology in language teaching

This site looks amazing and a clever way of using the power of crowd sourcing to translate the web. Translate text into another language to learn Spanish, German, French, Italian and Chinese. The text is levelled to your ability. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Languages%2C+Culture+%26+International+Projects

This book has been written and designed primarily with English language teachers in mind though the majority of the resources and tools contained in the book will have much wider use than just language teaching. The book contains more than 70 tools and resources and these have been hand picked because they represent a broad cross-section of what is at present available.

cannot effectively conduct research on the Internet. These are the products we have developed thus far in pursuit of that mission. Our Web Sites: SweetSearch, a Search Engine for Students, searches only 35,000 Web sites that have been approved by our staff. SweetSearch allows students to choose the most relevant result from a list of credible results, without the distraction of unreliable sites.   SweetSearch Web Links To help educators introduce students to great Web resources, we have published model Web Links pages. All links have been evaluated and approved by Dulcinea Medias expert Internet researchers and librarian and teacher consultants. Web Links pages are free, intuitively organized, and accessible. FindingDulcinea, the Librarian of the Internet, guides students to credible and complete information online for thousands of subjects. We find the best links, organize them, and provide context, insight and research strategies. Follow findingDulcinea: EncontrandoDulcinea, a Bridge for Spanish Speakers, is our Web site for bilingual Spanish-speaking Internet users. Content from findingDulcinea has been translated into Spanish, providing Spanish language guidance to the best English and Spanish language Web links by topic. FindingEducation, a Community Tool for Educators, is a free tool that helps educators find the best online education resources, to manage, organize and share links with students and other educators, and to create Web-based assignments. Follow findingEducation: © 2009 Dulcinea Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Diigo Web Highlighter (1.5.1)  Highlight   B

Online tutoring has been famous for quite some time now. It's an interesting concept because it works wonders breaking down the language barrier by helping non-English speakers learn the language through native speakers. It allows easy-access for homeschooling for people who cannot go to school and it allows people to share their own set of skills with another. Here's how you can earn money while sharing your skills with others. Read more http://www.make-lots-of-money.com/make-money-tutoring-online/

We are teachers of English as a Second or Other Language (ESOL) who are committed to promoting a 'poor' pedagogy, that is, a pedagogy unburdened by an excess of materials and technology, a pedagogy grounded in the local and relevant concerns of the people in the room.

We are teachers of English as a Second or Other Language (ESOL) who are committed to promoting a 'poor' pedagogy, that is, a pedagogy unburdened by an excess of materials and technology, a pedagogy grounded in the local and relevant concerns of the people in the room.

A superb English vocabulary site from the makers of Dictionary.com. Test your knowledge of words and their meanings to build your word power. The site also has levelled sections and resources for learning French, Spanish and Latin. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

A great site where you can find songs with cloze text of lyrics from songs in many languages. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Languages,+Culture+&+International+Projects

Check the rules for the choice of topic and other criteria here. 1. Any student, young professional or employee, aged between 13 to 30 years of age is eligible to participate. 2. The Topics chosen must be non-political in nature, avoiding any use of vulgar slangs or any kind of offensive language. 3. The Content must be intriguing, preferably relevant to the current scenarios in the world or the society at large and must be spoken from a neutral point of view, backed by facts and statistics instead of mere opinions. 4. A time slot of maximum 9 minutes is available for each speaker. 5. A panel of 3 judges will be adjudging the participants based on the following criteria- Content, Expression, Body Language and Grammar. 6. In the Second Round, the selected candidates will be required to visit the main office for their video to be shot while speaking. 7. The best out of the selected participants will be chosen based on the engagement received on their respective videos, in addition to the aforementioned criteria. 8. The Best Speaker will be awarded. The candidates selected in the second round also get a chance to work with the entire Let's Talk team for future events and projects. Break a leg! For any queries, contact- 7409468668 You may also drop a mail at- thetalkroom13@gmail.com