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      In this section you will find links to web resources for English teachers sent in by contributors around the world.

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      Visuwords

      Visuwords is a free online graphical dictionary, linked to Princeton University's WordNet.

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      Honoloko Island

      Students have to make decisions that affect the health and environment on the fictional island of Honoloko. As students make decisions they see changes taking place on the island.

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      Teachers TV - Education in India

      The series is part of a British Council project to share practice and enrich the curriculum through international connections.
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      Playground Fun

      This is a site all about Playground Games. Teachers could use the site for students to learn some classic playground games some of which can be used in the classroom

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      iPass IELTS

      iPass is a new IELTS preparation website which may be useful for teachers and their students.

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      BBC Learning Resource for home and school

      This site from the BBC provides excellent supplementary material for the United Kingdom's National Curriculum.
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      TESOL academic

      Visit this site to watch a series of webcasts about TESOL-based research. Submissions include work from leaders in the field such as Keith Johnson and David Nunan.
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      Garfield's Scary Scavenger Hunt Part 2

      An interactive game for all types of young learners in which Garfield has to enter a haunted building and find objects by clicking on them. This site would link in well with the theme of Halloween.

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      Sky Software House (software)

      Producers of the pedagogically sound and widely used series of programs: Sky Pronunciation, Active Listening in English, Read Up-Speed Up, Murder Mystery, Tense Tester and English for Hotel Staff.
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      Podcasts in English

      This podcast site has real conversations in English at 3 levels from elementary to upper intermediate. Each listening is from 3 to 7 minutes on a whole variety of interesting topics.

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      DevelopingTeachers.com

      A pretty comprehensive resource site that features a large number of lesson plans which can be downloaded in pdf format, useful teaching tips that go into a bit more depth than is customary, useful information on phonology, and articles on a wide range of ELT issues.

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      Dfilm - Make your own movie

      Students can make their own movies by following step-by-step instructions. Students can choose their own backgrounds, characters, write the scripts and then watch your creation and email it to other students.

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      DHD Photo Gallery

      A searchable collection of over 20,000 stock photographs, clip-art images, sounds and video clips produced mostly by amateurs.

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      Dictionary.com

      This on-line dictionary provides word definitions, plus a few extras. These include a thesaurus mode which produces long lists of synonyms (which often need to be sorted), together with daily word puzzles.

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      Digital research tools

      This wiki collects information about tools and resources that can help teachers and learners conduct research more efficiently or creatively.