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Links


The following is a list of links to various internet sites which are relevant to students of oral English.  You will find places to listen to authentic English, sites designed for learners of English, and others concerned with linguistics and teaching English.


Internet radio

British public radio, covering many different topics, including the arts (/arts or /radio3 and learning
English (/worldservice)
http://www.bbc.co.uk

American public radio (excellent searchable archives)
http://www.npr.org

Australian public radio (some transcripts)
http://www.abc.net.au

Canadian public radio (searchable archives)
http://www.cbc.ca

Irish radio
http://www.rte.ie



Other sites with audio files and transcripts

The brain
http://www.dana.org/books/radiotv/

Poetry
http://www.writersalmanac.org

Current affairs
http://www.commongroundradio.org

Literature
http://town.hall.org/Archives/radio/IMS/HarperAudio




Links to other places to listen


More American public radio
http://www.npr.org/about/programs/other.html

Directories of international online radio stations
http://www.pandia.com/radio/
http://www.radio-locator.com/

Storytellers
http://www.storyteller.net/stories/audio

Internet radio and TV sources
http://www.clet.ait.ac.th/sall.htm




Sites for English learners

BBC site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml

ESL/EFL computer resources
http://www.linguistlist.org/sp/LangLearnESL.html

Online language learning resources
http://www.ilovelanguages.com/
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/
http://www.usingenglish.com/links/Listening/
http://www.soundsofenglish.org/links.htm

Pronunciation
Phonetics links
http://asso.univ-lyon2.fr/aloes/links.htm


Pronunciation practice
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Pronunciation/

http://www.soundsofenglish.org/activities/index.htm

More pronunciation sites
http://www.kotesol.org/pubs/tec/webwheres_0211.shtml
http://www.sunburstmedia.com/PronWeb.html
http://members.aol.com/pronunciationsig/Psites.htm
http://tecfa.unige.ch/~sun/Cool_links.html


Local effort: Phonemes of English by Riitta Blum and Shona Whyte


General advice for learning languages
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/policies/lang/languages/lang/reasons_en.html
http://www.lingualearn.co.uk/learners/advice.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/learn/success.shtml




Dictionaries

http://www.yourdictionary.com/
 
The
French page will probably suit.



Study abroad

Studying English in Britain
http://www.britishcouncil.org/english/

Studying English abroad
http://www.linguistlist.org/sp/LangLearnESL.html



Linguistics

Online resources for linguists
http://www.linguistlist.org

Linguistic Society of America
http://www.lsadc.org

Linguistics Association of Great Britain
http://www.lagb.org/



For teachers of English

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
http://www.tesol.edu/

Online applied linguistics resources
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/links/langcult/linguistics.htm

Teaching and learning resources
http://www.linguanet-europa.org

For French learners and teachers of English
http://clinique-edouard-rist.scola.ac-paris.fr/home.htm

Teaching foreign languages
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/policies/lang/languages/lang/teaching_en.html
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/