Saint Michael's College

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Reference

Websites

• General Resources

Christine Bauer-Ramazani's Links to Useful TESL/CALL Resources
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/useful_sites.htm
This resource site contains more than 7,000 links for learners and teachers of languages, in particular English as a Second Language.  Popular resources include online dictionaries with pronunciation, business English, online games, grammar, listening, music in ESL. pronunciation, reading, speaking, study skills, vocabulary, WebQuests, writing, K-12 links, and jobs.

EnglishClub.com
http://www.englishclub.com
Site is intended for both learners and teachers of ESL and includes grammar lessons, vocabulary, pronuncation guides, quizzes, interactive games, jokes, forums, and information on study abroad.

Second Language Acquisition and Application
http://www.languages.umd.edu/SLAA/resources.htm
Links to teaching, conferences, and professional development opportunities.

Summer Institute of Linguistics' Encore IPA Fonts
http://www.sil.org/computing/fonts/encore-ipa.html
Tired of writing out phonological diacritics by hand? Here are some free download-able IPA fonts. 

• Organizations

American Dialect Society
http://www.americandialect.org/index.shtml
"Founded more than a century ago, the American Dialect Society still is the only scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America - and of other languages, or dialects of other languages, influencing it or influenced by it."

ACTFL 
http://www.actfl.org/
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

CALICO 
http://www.calico.org/
Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium

MLA 
http://www.mla.org/
The Modern Language Association of America

Northeast Conference 
http://www.dickinson.edu/nectfl/
Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

TESOL
http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/index.asp
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

• Selected Online Journals

The Internet TESL Journal
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/
Monthly articles, over 4000 web links for ESL teachers, and a projects section (including puzzles, quizzes, treasure hunts, games and jokes).

TESL-EJ
http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language Electronic Journal