<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head><title>ESL, EFL, EAP, ELT, TESOL Web Resources - Online Self Access Centre</title> <meta name="Description" content="ESL, EFL, ELT, TESOL, EAP web resources including online course development for teachers, students and researchers"> <meta name="KeyWords" content="ESL, EFL, ELT, tesol, EAP web resources, online course development, English language, elearning, OSAC, ESOL, TESOL, IELTS, distance learning, online learning, dictionary, newspaper, tv, video, radio, translator, libary, books, articles, language testing, english exercises"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-gb"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name="Author" content="Angie Phillip"> <meta name="Classification" content="Education"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .style1 {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; } --> </style> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16609" name="GENERATOR"> </head> <body> <center> <p><font color="#000099"><b><img height="95" src="../globenew.gif" width="76" border="0"></b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="7">English Study Direct</font></p> <hr> <p><b><font size="+2" face="Arial,Helvetica">ESL, EFL, ELT, EAP, TESOL ONLINE WEB RESOURCES</font></b></p> </center> <h1></h1> <center> <p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="+2">ONLINE SELF ACCESS CENTRE (OSAC) </font></font></b></p> <hr> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b>Award:</b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.webenglishteacher.com/esl.html"><img height="68" hspace="0" src="WETaward4.gif.gif" width="179" align="middle" border="0" ></a></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">&nbsp;</p> </center> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">The EAP, EFL, ELT, EAP, TESOL&nbsp; web resources are intended for students, teachers and researchers of English as a second language. On the inner pages of each section you will find a short description next to each English study resource (giving the language level where appropriate). </font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="dicmenu.htm">1&nbsp; Dictionaries, Translators, Search engines &amp; more</a> </font></b></p> <blockquote> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="diceng.htm">a) Dictionaries: English English</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="diceol.htm">b) Dictionaries: English and Other Languages</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="dicmulti.htm">c) MultiReference tools e.g. dictionary + translation tool</a> </font></b> </p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="dicmisc.htm">d) General Reference e.g. grammar, quotations etc</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="dicconc.htm">e) Resources for Corpus Linguistics (concordancers)</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="dicsearch.htm">f) Search engines</a> </font></b></p> </blockquote> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><b><a href="langacmenu.htm">2. Language activities for students</a></b><a href="langacmenu.htm"></a></font></p> <blockquote> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="langacls.htm">a) Listening &amp; Speaking</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="langacrv.htm">b) Reading &amp; Vocabulary</a></font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="langacwr.htm">c) Writing &amp; Study Skills</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="langacgr.htm">d) Grammar</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="langacmix.htm">e) Combined Activities</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="langactp.htm">f) Test Practice - IELTS, TOEFL, CAEL, Cambridge</a></font></b></p> </blockquote> <p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="exammenu.htm">3. Tests - IELTS, TOEFL, CAEL, Cambridge, Michigan etc</a> </font></b></p> <blockquote> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="examIELTS.htm">a) IELTS (International English Language Testing System) </a></font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="examTOEFL.htm">b) TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) &amp; related Tests</a> </font></b> </p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="examCAEL.htm">c) CAEL (Canadian Academic English Language Assessment)<br> </a></font></b><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="examFCE.htm">d) Cambridge EFL Examinations (FCE, CAE etc)<br> </a></font></b><a href="examMichigan.htm"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>e) Michigan Proficiency Tests<br> </strong></font></a><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2">f<a href="../ocexprep.htm" target="_blank">) Online IELTS &amp; TOEFL Courses<br> </a></font></b><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="langacmenu.htm">g) Free Practice Exercises</a></font></b></p> </blockquote> <p><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="mediamenu.htm">4. Newspapers, Radio &amp; TV Online</a> </font></b></p> <blockquote> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="medianews.htm">a) Newspapers</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="mediatv.htm"><font size="2">b) TV and Radio&nbsp;<br> </font></a></font></b><a href="mediavideo.htm"><b>c) Video English </b></a></p> </blockquote> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="ebookmenu.htm"><strong>5. Virtual libraries: books &amp; journal articles online</strong> </a><em>&nbsp;</em></font></p> <blockquote> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="ebookvlibs.htm">a) Virtual Libraries</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="ebooksubj.htm">b) Online publications &amp; resources - all subjects</a></font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="ebookappling.htm">c) Applied Linguistics/ TESOL/ ELT&nbsp; articles &amp; journals online</a></font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="ebookedu.htm">d) Education articles &amp; journals online</a></font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="ebooklit.htm"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><font size="2">e)&nbsp; English Literature</font></span></a></font></b></p> </blockquote> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="TESOLmenu.htm"><strong>6. TESOL &amp; applied linguistics: teaching &amp; research resources</strong> </a><strong> </strong></font></p> <blockquote> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="TESOLprofass.htm">a) Professional Associations</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="TESOLnews.htm">b) Newsgroups, Newspapers &amp; Magazines</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="TESOLres.htm">c) Resources for Teachers &amp; Researchers</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="ebookappling.htm"><font size="2"> d) Link to Library section for TESOL Journals &amp; Online Articles</font></a> </font></b></p> </blockquote> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><a href="weblessonsmenu.htm"><strong>7. E-Learning &amp; Online Course Design</strong> </a><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></font></p> <blockquote> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="weblessonsbasic.htm">a) Basic Netskills for staff &amp; students</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="weblessonslang.htm">b) Netskills &amp; E-Course Design for language teaching</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="weblessonssoft.htm">c) Software for creating interactive language exercises</a></font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"> <a href="weblessonssitebuilding.htm">d) Build your own online classroom (VLEs, podcasts, audio/video streaming)</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="weblessonscopy.htm">e) Copyright, Free Image Resources, Digital Picture Editing</a></font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="weblessonsblog.htm">f) Blogs for learning</a></font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"> <a href="weblessonsmarketing.htm">g) Market your educational website</a></font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="weblessonsREF.htm">h) Readings + resources (inc. full text articles)</a></font></b></p> </blockquote> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="LTOmenu.htm"><strong>8. Language testing online</strong> </a><strong> </strong></font></p> <blockquote> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="LTOinfo.htm">a) General Information</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="LTOtools.htm">b) Projects &amp; Tools for Creating Tests Online</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="LTOresearch.htm">c) Research</a> </font></b><br> &nbsp;</p> </blockquote> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="ODLmenu.htm"><strong>9. Open &amp; Distance Learning online</strong> </a><strong> </strong></font></p> <blockquote> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="ODLprac.htm">a) Practical Information &amp; Resources</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="2"><a href="ODLassoc.htm">b) Associations</a> </font></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><b> <font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="ODLresearch.htm"><font size="2">c) Research</font></a> </font></b></p> </blockquote> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="webtools.htm"><strong>10. 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