Internet Resources

INTERNET RESOURCES FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING

AUDIO

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/directory   (British news, TV & radio)

http://www.podseek.net  (podcast search engine)

http://www.podomatic.com  (all about podcasts: excellent!)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clips  (check rude language beforehand)

http://www.cnn.com/services/podcasting/  (USA news: check CNN Student News)

http://www.abc.net.au/vod/tv/  (Australian news, TV & radio)

Audacity: audio editing
Audacity tutorials

http://www.erightsoft.com/S6Kg1.html  (free video converter)

http://www.teachertube.com  (different categories and levels)

http://www.radioblogclub.com  (French language)

www.elllo.org (listening comprehension with quizzes and keys)
www.videojug.com  (videos-different topics)
www.australiannetwork.com/englishbites/  (news clips with transcripts & quizzes)
http://www.englishclub.com/listening/news.htm  (news online)
www.breakingnewsenglish.com

www.learnenglish.britishcouncil.org (listen & watch)
www.euronews.com (listen & read)
www.podcastsinenglish.com (3 levels) 

 http://www.shertonenglish.com/links/listening/

READING

http://www.youkioske.com/ (International press)
http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/  (articles on different topics)
http://www.euronews.net/  (read & listen)
http://redroom.com/  (all about literature)

WRITING

http://bogglesworldesl.com/creativewriting.htm (creative writing worksheets)
www.writingfun.com 
http://www.grammarbook.com/default.asp (online punctuation and other writing rules)

SPEAKING

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omaccents/contenidotematico.htm (English accents)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/  (Pronunciation tips)

VIDEO

http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie  (movie maker/lab)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/videonation/ (video sharing/network)

http://dotsub.com/ (to subtitle videos)

http://www.ehow.com/videos.html (video tutorials: different channels and topics)

http://eslvideo.com (different levels; French: http://flevideo.com )

http://www.howstuffworks.com/ (video tutorials: different channels / topics)
 http://www.jingproject.com (to create narrated videos showing how to do something on a computer)

http://keepvid.com/ (program to download videos)

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx (windows downloads)

http://www.wmrecorder.com/  (program to download videos)

http://sclipo.com/content/videos (videotutorials: different channels / topics)

http://www.ted.com/ (talks with subtitles in different languages/different topics)

http://video.google.co.uk/  (search by topics)

http://vimeo.com/ (video sharing)

http://vixy.net/ (program to download and convert videos)

http://yappr.com (English lessons/videos with subtitles and different leves)

http://www.youtube.com

http://www.videojug.com/ (funny videos)
http://eflclassroom.com/books/premium/youtubeinclass.pdf  (Youtube videos for teaching English + TV commercials)

MISCELLANEOUS

http://bubble.us (free software to create mind maps)

http://www.funquizcards.com/ (quizzes online; different topics)

http://www.gliffy.com (free software to create diagrams)

http://issuu.com (to create a book online)

http://www.mindmeister.com (software to create mind maps; Spanish)

http://www.mindomo.com (online mindmapping)

http://www.mystudiyo.com/ (online quiz creator)

http://www.goanimate.com (to create a digital story)

http://www.glogster.com (digital poster)

http://www.toondoo.com (online comic creator)

http://www.wallwisher.com  (notes creator)

http://www.wordle.net/ (mind maps and word clouds)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
http://www.eslprintables.com  (to exchange resources)

www.mentimeter.com

www.qrcode.kaywa.com

SHARING RESOURCES

http://www.mister-wong.es/groups/TICTRUCOS/  (Spanish)

http://studyvisiteoimaspalomas.blogspot.com (Study Visit blog)

BLOGS

http://advancedenglish2.wordpress.com (sample blog: EOI Valencia)

http://inglescomercial.wordpress.com (sample blog: EOI Valencia)
http://englishinguiaintermedio.wordpress.com  (sample blog: EOI Guía)
http://eoiblogghiamo.blogspot.com (sample blog: EOI Maspalomas)

http://studyvisiteoimaspalomas.blogspot.com (Study Visit blog)

http://tictrucos.blogspot.com (ICT Tricks)
http://lenguasymas.wordpress.com/ (sample blog: EOI Puerto del Rosario/Gran Tarajal/Morro Jable)

CREATE YOUR BLOG

http://www.blogger.com

http://www.blogia.com

http://netvibes.com

http://www.wordpress.com

CREATE YOUR SOCIAL NETWORK

http://www.ning.com

http://www.grouply.com/ (free)

CREATE YOUR WIKI

http://pbwiki.com

http://www.wikispaces.com

CREATE YOUR INTERACTIVE EXERCISES

http://hotpot.uvic.ca/  (Hot potatoes: English)

http://clic.xtec.net/es/index.htm (Jclic: Spanish)

http://webardora.net/index_cas.htm (Ardora: Spanish)

http://www.educalim.com (Create your books: different languages)

http://recursostic.educacion.es/malted/web/ (MALTED: Spanish)

PUBLISH YOUR MATERIAL

http://www.archive.org (all kind of files; including audio and video; you can get code to embed in wordpress)

 http://www.authorstream.com (powerpoint, also audio)

http://blip.tv (video)

http://www.box.net (all kind of files; including audio and video)

http://www.divshare.com (all kind of files; including audio and video)

http://www.dropbox.com/ (all kind of files)

http://www.esnips.com (all kind of files; including audio and video)

http://www.goear.com  (audio)

https://docs.google.com (you can file documents and work online)

http://www.issuu.com (pdfs)

http://www.mediafire.com/ (you can file and share documents without registration)

http://www.mypodcast.com (audio, you can record podcasts online)

http://www.scribd.com (all kind of documents: Word, Excel, pdf, ppt)

http://www.slideshare.net  (powerpoint, to add audio select “slidecast”)

http://www.teachertube.com(all kind of files;  including audio and video)

http://www.zoho.com/ (you can file documents and work online)

LANGUAGE EXCHANGE

http://www.epals.com (classrooms and schools worldwide)

http://www.etwinning.net/es/pub/index.htm (projects and schools in Europe)

http://www.mylanguageexchange.com (online language exchange; text and voice chat)

http://www.language-exchanges.org./ (language partners via Skype)

http://www.learnenglish.de/englishchat.htm (different resources to learn English; chat)

http://www.livemocha.com/ (social language learning online)

http://www.google.com/talk (chat and videochat)

http://www.paltalk.com (videochat)

http://www.sharedtalk.com/ (online language exchange; text and voice chat)

http://www.skype.com (videochat)

http://www.tokbox.com/ (videochat)

http://voicethread.com (record and share voice comments)

ARTIFICIAL VOICE

http://www.expressivo.com/ (software to listen to written documents)

http://www.odiogo.com/ (it turns sites and blog posts into audio files)

http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_tran_example.php?clients (text-to speech translator)

http://www.spokentext.net/ (it converts text into speech)

http://www.talkr.com/ (it reads websites)

http://tarheelreader.org/ (it reads stories, several languages)

http://www.voki.com/create.php  (to create and customize a speaking character)

http://www.vozme.com/ (text-to-speech converter; to mp3)

http://www.xtranormal.com/ (you can create comics with voice)

http://www.yakitome.com/ (text-to-speech converter)