FAVOURITE SITES
 

ENGLISH LINKS

Reference Desk
Everything you need !

The New York Times reference center : this is a very useful address.
 It is the one the NYT has put together for the use of their own  writers and reporters

The Drudge Report
La presse mondiale, les actualités minute par minute ...

The Times
Le site du quotidien britannique The Times , intéressant et bien fait.

The Wordwizard
Pure magic with words.
 
 
 

Need a dictionary ?
Tous les dictionnaires.

Online English Grammar

Slang dictionary

Soon
Magazine international en anglais simplifié.  Différentes rubriques: aide à l'apprentissage; visite de l'Angleterre; coin étudiants, livres ...

"Britishisms"
du cousin Richard Smith à Toronto ... it's a long way from Birmingham !

alt-usage.englishFAQ
...  très intéressant, se lit comme un bon roman.

http://www.wolinskyweb.com
Pour les passionnés des mots, de la grammaire et des origines... vous ne serez pas déçus.

Dave Sperling's Café

 

- très convivial et constamment renouvelé - vaut le détour!
 
 
 
 

Etymology Page
by Dave Wilton

"Word  Detective"
excellent travail et de l'humour en prime ...
 

"Word for word"
Terry O'Connor in Australia.

Eleaston
Quizzes, exercises ...

Yahooligans
Word games et plus ...

Teflfarm
Amusant et très varié - constamment renouvelé.

Volterre
Site d'anglais très complet.

English learner
Des exercices et plus...

The Grammar Lady
Problèmes en grammaire ?

NOE
Connu - des choses intéressantes à voir
 

Phrase Finder
Looking for that saying ?

GUIDE TO GRAMMAR AND WRITING
Excellent site which will answer all your questions.

English Grammar Clinic
 

Links for English teachers
 

English exercises

L'argot en V.O.

Quia ! English Activities

Amazon -pour commander des livres en anglais en G.B.

Ye Olde English Sayings

Take our word for it

Richard Lederer's Verbivore

Good English Bad English

PeakEnglish - interactive exercises, games

Collins Cobuild - experts ...

Phrase and Fable - A hypertext edition of the famous dictionary of "Phrase and
                                Fable ... lots of interesting information ...

Schumann's Vocabulary Tests  -  Vocabulary tests in English, French,
                                                        German,    Italian, and Spanish.
 
 

TIME Magazine for kids -  Plenty of interesting articles for the classroom
 

The Linguist List - Guide to grammar and style with David Lynch

L'Académie de Toulouse  - beaucoup de sites d'anglais

Teaching English in Taiwan  - lots of information and good links.

 Karin's party in San Francisco - great party, with lots of things to do ...

John's ESL/EFL Resources  - really worth seeing ...

CARTOONS  - The most compelling use of editorial cartoons is to interest
                           students in discussions of current events.

ABOUT COPYRIGHTS:  You may reproduce the cartoons for  classroom use without asking permission, under the "fair use" provision of the copyright law. You must ask permission from each    cartoonist for other uses, such as printing a cartoon on a poster or in the school newspaper. Contact information  accompanies each cartoon.

Greeting Cards, Postcards, Flowers & Virtual Gifts -  Over 80 sites to choose from.

Dillon's online vocabulary tests
 

English-to-go
The number 1 place on the Internet for teachers and learners of English. Free resources that are ready to go ! Lessons based on real news stories from Reuters News.

Origin of Phrases      why do we say .. ?

Alta vista translations ... "approximate" translations which can be hilarious
 

Puzzlemaker - Discovery Channel School   ...make your own puzzles.

Everyday expressions     meanings and origins

Nursery RhymesCry baby bunting ...

Creative Writing through Chain Stories

Chain stories are used as a means of getting students to do creative writing. Students can continue the stories at any point, with a motivation that they will be published on the web. Can be done individually, in groups or as a class.
 

Online collaborative projects

The participants are from schools around the world. The projects are coordinated, with teachers in contact and working together through the project coordinator.
 

Treasure Hunt

3 levels of difficulty. Participants find the answers by searching the web. Inquiry-based learning.
 

BBC  -learning English
Lots of ideas and up to date news articles to use, - record it for use in the classroom.

Brain Candy

 Riddles, Jokes, Insults, Word Play...

Professeurs d'anglais au collège        Un nouveau site plein d'idées ... à voir
 

Surfing the net with kids   - plenty of games for all ages
by Barbara J. Feldman
 

Pour les amateurs de karaoké      (surtout les Beatles)

Children's Music- lyrics, nursery rhymes - an impressive selection
 

Safety for all - an excellent site with lots of teaching material to download. Everything you
                       need to know about safety on the roads.
 
 
 
 

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