First/Second Language Acquisition

Brain Research: Implications for Second Language Learning (Fred Genesee)
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/0012brain.html

A Child's First Steps in Language Learning
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Articles/McGlothlin-ChildLearn.html

Communicative Competence; Still Relevant After All These Years: An Interview with Dr. Sandra J. Savignon
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/98/jan/harris.html

Constructivism
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/constructivism.html

Contextual Factors in Second Language Acquisition
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/0005contextual.html

Fostering Second Language Development in Young Children: Principles and Practices (Barry McLaughlin)
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/miscpubs/ncrcdsll/epr14.htm

Language Acquisition (Steven Pinker)
http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Papers/Py104/pinker.langacq.html

Myths and Misconceptions about Second Language Learning: What Every Teacher Needs to Unlearn (Barry McLaughlin)
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/miscpubs/ncrcdsll/epr5.htm

Second Language Acquisition Bibliography (SLABIB)
http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~vcook/slabib.html

Seven Hypotheses About Language Teaching and Learning (David Nunan)
http://ec.hku.hk/dcnunan/presentations/seven_hypotheses_LTL.htm

State of the Art: SLA Research and Second Language Teaching
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/97/jul/robinson.html

Two or More Languages in Early Childhood: Some General Points and Practical Recommendations
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/earlychild.html

What is Language Development?
http://www.enfagrow.com/language001.html

Why, How, and When Should My Child Learn a Second Language?
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content3/second.language.p.k12.2.html

Language Teaching Methodology/Reflective Teaching

40 Helpful Hints & Tips, for Making Your ESL Teaching Easier and More Fun!
http://www.handsonenglish.com/40tips.html

75 ESL Teaching Ideas
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Techniques/Houston-TeachingIdeas.html

Alternative Assessment and Second Language Study: What and Why?
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/hancoc01.html

Back to Basics: A Checklist of What Good Foreign Language Teachers Have Always Done
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/94/dec/blanche.html

Being a Teacher
http://www.teflfarm.com/teachers/qualifications/being_a_teacher.htm

Best Teacher Description
http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/teacher/bestteacher

Caleb Gattegno's Silent Way: Some of the Reasons Why We Do What We Do
http://assoc.wanadoo.fr/une.education.pour.demain/articlesrrr/sw/rose.htm

Can a Nonnative English Speaker Be a Good English Teacher?
http://www.tesol.org/pubs/articles/tm0002-07.html

Classroom Behaviour & Motivation
http://www.teflfarm.com/teachers/articles/0/discipline.htm

Communicative Language Teaching: An Introduction and Sample Activities
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/gallow01.html

Content-centered Language Learning
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/cranda01.html

The Cookies of Fortune
http://www.ncte.org/ce/nov98/willard.html

Encouraging Learner Autonomy in Your Classes
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/00/mar/sh_brajcich.html

Errors and Corrective Feedback: Updated Theory and Classroom Practice
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol38/no4/p20.htm

ESL/EFL Web Sites We Would Like to See
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/c/webidea.html

Exploring How Teachers Change (Jack C. Richards)
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/00/jul/richards.html

Grammar and Its Teaching: Challenging the Myths
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/larsen01.html

Grappling With Grammar
http://www.alr.org/so99/p35.html

A Holistic Approach to Task-Based Course Design
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/00/feb/willis.html

How Much Does Correctness Matter? (Michael Swan)
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/97/sep/swan.html

Language Learning Strategies: An Update (Rebecca Oxford)
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/oxford01.html

Learning to Teach by Uncovering Our Assumptions
http://users.andara.com/~jnewman/learning.html

Looking for Ideas about Error Correction? Try One of These!
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol36/no2/p37.htm

Practical Ways to Promote Reflection in the ESL/FL Classroom
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol32/no2/p2.htm

Presentation, Practice, and Production in the EFL Class
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/97/sep/maurer.html

Professional Development of Foreign Language Teachers
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/peyton02.html

Project Work: A Means to Promote Language Content
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol35/no4/p2.htm

The Psychological Atmosphere We Create In Our Classrooms
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/97/sep/underhill.html

Reflective Teaching: The Principles and Practices
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol36/no4/p10.htm

'Stand and Deliver' Plus Self-help for Perfect Classroom [Learner-centered learning]
http://www.alr.org/nd98/fsd31.html

Student Invested Material: Structuring Activities
http://homepage.mac.com/tesolkyoto/Kathleen_Graves.html

Teacher Thinking and Foreign Language Teaching (Jack C. Richards)
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/94/aug/richards.html

TPR: Total Physical Response
http://www.tpr-world.com/

Using Active Communication to Enhance Learning
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/00/jul/molinsky.html

Using L1 in the L2 Classroom
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol37/no2/p6.htm

What Elementary Teachers Need to Know About Language
(Lily Wong Fillmore & Catherine Snow)
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/0006fillmore.html

What Is Your Classroom Management Profile?
http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/v1i2/what.html

Writing: Reflection and Research May Increase Teacher Understanding
http://e.usia.gov/forum/vols/vol31/no3/p14.htm

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Games/Warm-up Activities

The Circumlocution Game
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/97/mar/circum.html

Creative Games for the Language Class
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol33/no1/P35.htm

Fun with Pictures for ELT
http://www.teflfarm.com/teachers/articles/0/pictures.htm

Games and Activities for the English as a Second Language Classroom
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/c/games.html

Games for English Language Learning & Teaching
http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/games.htm

Game for Language Teaching
http://www.tesl-hk.org.hk/PreGen/TESLV00058505.asp?ID=8505&PaperID=0041

Getting Lessons Moving: The Warm-up Phase
http://www1.oup.co.uk/elt/magazine/issue_14/classac/classac.html

Grammar Reviewing Using a Sentence Auction
http://esl.about.com/homework/esl/library/lessons/bl_auction1.htm

Language Learning Games: Gotcha & The Spelling Officer
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Lessons/Diez-Games.html

Listen to This: Listening Games for all Levels of ESL Learners
http://www.teflfarm.com/teachers/articles/listen_to_this.htm

A Lively Vocabulary Game
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/98/jan/sh_grant.html

Making Customized Board Games in the Conversation Class
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/99/oct/sh_furmanovsky.html

"Serious" Fun: Using Games, Jokes, and Stories in the Language Classroom
http://english.daejin.ac.kr/~rtyson/cv/games.html

Six Games for the EFL/ESL Classroom
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Lessons/Ersoz-Games.html

Teacher, Let's Play a Game!
http://www.teflfarm.com/teachers/articles/play.htm

Those Ten Minutes Left!
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol35/no2/p44.htm

Two ESL Listening & Speaking Games
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Lessons/Fujioka-2Games.html

The Use of Games: For Vocabulary Presentation and Revision
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol36/no1/p20.htm

Using Games in EFL Classes for Children
http://english.daejin.ac.kr/~rtyson/fall2000/elt/games.html

Warm-Up Activities
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol37/no3/p24.htm

Speaking Activities/Discussion

12 Ways To Encourage STT (Student Talking Time)
http://www.tefl.net/ezine/a/2000/02-1.htm

Classroom Speaking Activities
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol37/no4/p22.htm

Conversation Classes or Discussion Classes: Which Do We Teach?
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol33/no4/p39.htm

Conversation Lesson: Men and Women - Equal at Last?
http://esl.about.com/homework/esl/library/lessons/bldebate4.htm

Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/questions/

Creating a New Society
http://esl.about.com/homework/esl/library/lessons/blland.htm

Discussion Forums for ESL Learning
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Techniques/Connell-Discussion.html

Eliciting Student-Talk
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol37/No2/p24.htm

Ideas on Cooperative Learning and the Use of Small Groups
http://www.howardcc.edu/profdev/resources/learning/groups1.htm

Introducing Discussion Skills to Lower-Level Students: Can It Be Done?
http://www2.gol.com/users/norris/disc1.html

Introducing Discussion Skills to Lower-Level Students: Practical Lesson Plans
http://www2.gol.com/users/norris/disc2.html

Making Jigsaw Activities Using Newspaper Articles
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Techniques/Dycus-Jigsaw.html

A Month of Discussion Topics
http://www.etanewsletter.com/discussion.shtml

Pass It On: A Flexible Activity
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/99/jan/sh_ruttan.html

The Revealing Nature of Role-playing in an Interactive environment
http://elt.au.edu/et010103.html

Talking about the Top News Stories
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Lessons/Counihan-Activities/TheNews.html

Teaching Spoken English for Informative Purposes
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol32/no2/p22.htm

Ten Conversation Lessons with Stories, Vocabulary Practice, Questions and Activities
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Lessons/Sharifian-Conversation.html

Songs/Music

Conversation Questions: Music
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/questions/music.html

Developing Speech Habits with the Help of Songs
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol35/no3/p41.htm

Going for a Song
http://www.teflfarm.com/teachers/articles/songs.htm

Listen and Learn with Music
http://www.edict.com.hk/music/

Musical Activities for Young Learners of EFL
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Lessons/Cakir-MusicalActivities.html

Music: An Internet Treasure Hunt for ESL Students
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/th/1/ck-music.html

Music and Song in Discussion
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Techniques/Cullen-Music.html

Reasons for Using Songs in the ESL/EFL Classroom
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Articles/Schoepp-Songs.html

Song Dictation
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Techniques/Cullen-SongDictation.html

Song Lyrics and Audio Files
http://www.tesol.org/pubs/magz/wanweb/wanweb0006.html

Songs as a Magic Tonic
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol37/No2/p14.htm

Songs Enhance Learner Involvement (Materials Development)
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol36/no3/p8.htm

Songs, Verse and Games for Teaching Grammar
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Techniques/Saricoban-Songs.html

Student Created Song Exercises
http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Cunningham-SongExercises.html

Using Music in the Classroom
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol38/no4/p30.htm

Using Songs in Learner-Designed Materials
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/00/feb/sh_cullen.html

Using Titles and Lyrics of Songs as Warm-Ups
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol33/no1/P29.htm

Stories/Storytelling

Enhancing English Teaching
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol33/no1/p12.htm

Fifty Words to the Wise: The Mini-Saga in Class
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol35/no3/p38.htm

Fractured Fairy Tales
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/00/mar/sh_eilertsen.html

Jigsaw Stories: A Motivating Way of Reading
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol35/no3/p50.htm

Jokes for the ESL/EFL Classroom
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/c/jokes.html

Oh, the Tales You'll Tell!
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol37/No2/p27.htm

Once upon a Story
http://www.eltnewsletter.com/back/May2000/art122000.shtml

PIZZAZ! Creative Writing and Storytelling Ideas
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html

"Realistic" Storytelling for Children
http://english.daejin.ac.kr/~rtyson/fall2000/elt/storytelling.html

Serial Story
http://www1.oup.co.uk/elt/magazine/issue_8/classac/classac.html

Short Stories to Increase Paraphrasing Skills
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/97/may/short.html

Stories and Their Importance in Language Teaching
http://www.hltmag.co.uk/sep00/mart2.htm

Stories on the Web
http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej16/int.html

Storytelling
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol33/no1/P22.htm

A Story-Telling and Re-Telling Activity
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Lessons/Gibson-StoryTelling.html

Storytelling and the Art of Teaching
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol33/no1/P2.htm

Storytelling in Early Language Teaching
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol33/no1/p38.htm

Storytelling in the Classroom
http://storyarts.org/classroom/index.html

Story Theater
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol33/no1/P6.htm

Telling Stories: Using Input and Output to Develop Both Fluency and Accuracy in Spoken Discourse
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/99/apr/sh_doyon.html

Ten Conversation Lessons with Stories, Vocabulary Practice, Questions and Activities
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Lessons/Sharifian-Conversation.html

Total Physical Response Storytelling: A Communicative Approach to Language Learning
http://www.tprstorytelling.com/story.htm

What Works: Table Topics
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol33/no2/p39.htm

A Whole Language Project: Using Story Grammars in the EFL High School Classroom
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol36/no1/p14.htm

Whose Story is it?: Conflict and Roleplay in Narrative Writing
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol33/no1/p18.htm

Video/Films

Captioned Video: Making it Work for You
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Techniques/Davis-CaptionedVideo/index.html

Checking into a Hotel in a Video-based Lesson
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Lessons/Tatsuki-Movie/Hotel.html

Content Video in the EFL Classroom
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Techniques/Furmanovsky-Videos.html

Developing Film Study Guides
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Techniques/Tatsuki-StudyGuides.html

Film as Content: An Alternative Approach
http://www.well.com/user/greg/KOTESOL/1998-proceedings/chapple.pdf

Film for Fluency
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol38/no2/p24.htm

The Group Video Presentation Project
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/97/jul/video.html

Ideas on Using Videos
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Lessons/Tatsuki-Video.html

A Middle Way Video Approach to EFL Teaching
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol33/no2/p44.htm

Narrating in Simple Past with Video
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Lessons/Tatsuki-Movie/SimplePast.html

Non-Authentic Video for ELT
http://www.teflfarm.com/teachers/articles/0/video.htm

Pronunciation & Grammar: Using Video and Audio Activities
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol38/no1/p24.htm

Practical Aspects of Using Video in the Foreign Language Classroom
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Articles/Canning-Video.html

Scene 7! Take 7! - Video Cameras in the EFL/ESL Classroom
http://www.tefl.net/ezine/a/1999/04-1.htm

Teaching Conversation Strategies Through Pair-Taping
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Techniques/Christianson-PairTaping.html

Teaching English by Using Video
http://english.daejin.ac.kr/~rtyson/fall2000/elt/video.html

Teaching with Video in an English Class
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol35/no2/p45.htm

Using CNN News Video in the EFL Classroom
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Techniques/Mackenzie-CNN.html

Using Films to Develop Learner Motivation
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Articles/Ryan-Films.html

Video in the Language Lab: Teaching Vocabulary
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Lessons/Tatsuki-VideoinLL.html

Video Presentation: Using the Camcorder to Work Miracles in the EFL Classroom
http://www.thaitesol.org/bulletin/1002/100203.html

Video Tips that Put You in the Picture
http://www1.oup.co.uk/elt/magazine/issue_12/tips/tips.html

Poems/Poetry

The Case for Poetry in the EFL Classroom: Part I
http://www.thrace-net.gr/bridges/Nelly.html

The Case for Poetry in the EFL Classroom: Part II
http://www.thrace-net.gr/bridges/t3_zafeiriad.htm

Classroom Poetics
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/99/apr/sh_carbery.html

Creative Writing
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol36/no4/p25.htm

English Language Acquisition through English Poetry in ESL/EFL
http://pc171115.pc.waseda.ac.jp/ccdl/cl_korea/0619_handout.html

From Poetry to EAP
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol33/no1/p36.htm

Poetry in the Adult ESL Classroom
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed439626.html

The Poetry Sausage Machine: Creative Writing as a Teaching Strategy
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol34/no3/p90.htm

Ten Ideas for Creative Writing in the EFL Classroom
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol33/no4/p30.htm

Using Poetry to Teach the Subordinate Clause
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAPoetry9.htm

Teaching Pronunciation

5 Tips for Teaching Pronunciation at Intermediate Level
http://www1.oup.co.uk/elt/magazine/issue_11/tips/tips.html

Pronunciation: What Are the Expectations?
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Articles/Otlowski-Pronunciation.html

Seven Suggestions of Highly Successful Pronunciation Teaching
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/97/feb/seven.html

Some Techniques for Teaching Pronunciation
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Techniques/Dalton-Pronunciation.html

The Teaching of Pronunciation to Chinese Students of English
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol36/no1/p37.htm

Teaching Pronunciation
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol37/no1/p16.htm

Teaching Pronunciation - Why?
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol36/No3/p32.htm

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Testing Articles

10-Point Short Test
http://www.thaitesol.org/bulletin/1101/1101tip01.html

ACTFL Speaking Proficiency Guidelines
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/stansf01.html

Assessment and the Language Teacher: Trends and Transitions
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/97/sep/brindley.html

Basic Concepts in Item and Test Analysis
http://ericae.net/ft/tamu/Espy.htm

Computer-Based TOEFL Test: A Complete Guide
http://www.alr.org/so98/fcb32.html

Computers in Language Testing Present Research and Some Future Directions
http://llt.msu.edu/vol1num1/brown/default.html

Concerns with Computerized Adaptive Oral Proficiency Assessment
http://llt.msu.edu/vol5num2/norris/default.html

Considerations in Developing and Using Computer-Adaptive Tests to Assess Second Language Proficiency
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/cat.html

Constructing Classroom Achievement Tests
http://ericae.net/db/edo/ED315426.htm

Dimensions in the Diversity of Language: A Language Testing Perspective
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/97/oct/porter.html

Does the TOEFL CBT Create an Opening for Competitors?
http://www.nafsa.org/publications/ie/fall98_winter99/hansen.html

English Language Proficiency Tests: Making a Test and Institutional Match
http://www.alr.org/nd99/pg35.html

English Proficiency Test: The Oral Component of a Primary School
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol35/no2/p26.htm

Ethics in Language Testing
http://taesig.8m.com/news1.html

Evaluating Oral Ability
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/97/sep/oraleval.html

Grading Students
http://ericae.net/digests/tm9505.htm

How Difficult Should a Test Be?
http://www.campus.cua.edu/www/eric_ae/digests/tm9506.htm

Language Testing and Technology: Past and Future
http://llt.msu.edu/vol5num2/Deville/default.html

Language Testing Tools and Technologies
http://llt.msu.edu/vol5num2/emerging/

More Multiple-choice Item Writing Do's And Don'ts
http://www.campus.cua.edu/www/eric_ae/digests/tm9504.htm

Norm- and Criterion-referenced Testing
http://ericae.net/digests/tm9609.htm

A Portfolio Assessment Model for ESL
http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/miscpubs/jeilms/vol13/portfo13.htm

A Review of TOEIC
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Articles/Gilfert-TOEIC.html

Talking TOEIC Around the World
http://www.alr.org/so97/ftt18.html

Teaching and Testing for Academic Achievement: The Role of Language Development
http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/ncbepubs/focus/focus4.htm

Testing Communicative Competence
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Articles/Kitao-Testing.html

Testing Deviant! Are You One Also?
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol35/no2/p48.htm

Testing Oral Proficiency: TSE and SPEAK
http://www.alr.org/ma99/fetse20.html

Testing Spoken English: As a Second Language
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol35/no2/p22.htm

University Entrance Examinations: Strategies for Creating Positive Washback
on English Language Teaching in Japan (James Dean Brown)
http://www.jalt.org/test/bro_5.htm

Web-based Language Testing
http://llt.msu.edu/vol5num2/roever/default.html

Writing Multiple-choice Test Items
http://www.campus.cua.edu/www/eric_ae/digests/tm9503.htm

Testing Web Sites & Bibliographies

International Language Testing Association
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ELI/ilta/ilta.html

The JALT Testing & Evaluation SIG [Special Interest Group]
http://www.jalt.org/test/

J. D. Brown: Selected Publications on Language Testing & Assessment
http://www.jalt.org/test/brown.htm

Michigan English Language Assessment Battery
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/eli/melab2.htm

Online Tests of IQ and Personality
http://amby.com/go_ghoti/on-line_tests.html

Oral Proficiency Testing (ERIC/CLL Minibib, November 1996)
http://www.cal.org/ERICCLL/Minibibs/OralProf.htm

Resources in Language Testing Page
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ELI/ltrframe.html

TOEFL Online [Test of English as a Foreign Language]
http://www.toefl.org/

TOEFL Research Report Series
http://www.toefl.org/rrpts.html

TOEFL's Computer-Based Test Has Arrived: What Will It Mean for Us?
http://www.nafsa.org/publications/ie/fall98_winter99/rubin.html

TOEIC [Test of English for International Communication]
http://www.toeic-usa.com/

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Gender Differences in Language

Gender Differences in E-mail Communication
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Articles/Rossetti-GenderDif.html

Gender Differences in Nonverbal Cues
http://www.soapboxorations.com/squiggles/Nvcom2.htm

Gender Differences in Teaching Styles
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol38/no4/p26.htm

Towards an Overview of Work on Gender and Language Variation
http://www.ehche.ac.uk/study/schsubj/human/english/rh/modules/337-1.htm

Political Correctness/Nonsexist Language

Guidelines for Nonsexist Use of Language in NCTE Publications (Revised, 1985)
http://www.ncte.org/issues/ncte_nonsexist.shtml

More Gender Speech Issues: Who Talks More, Men or Women?
http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/socioling/gender2.html

Politeness and Gender: Are Women More Polite Than Men?
http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/socioling/gender.html

Sexist Language Use in ESL Learners' Writing
http://www.thaitesol.org/bulletin/1001/100105.html

Using Gender-Sensitive Language
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/gender.html

Nonverbal Communication

Communication Across Cultures: Nonverbal Communication
http://www.siu.edu/~ekachai/nonverbal.html

Exploring Nonverbal Communication
http://zzyx.ucsc.edu/~archer/intro.html

Nonverbal Communication
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/speech/commcentral/mgnonverbal.html

Nonverbal Communication and the Second Language Learner:
Some Pedagogic Considerations
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/00/may/capper.html

Nonverbal Communication Research Page
http://socpsych.lacollege.edu/nonverbal.html

Positive Body Language: Increase Your Sales without Saying a Word
http://www.salesdoctors.com/diagnosis/3body8.htm

Shrug! Talking about Non-verbal Communication: A Corpus Study (Part 1 of 3)
http://www.alr.org/jf99/fst23.html

Eye Contact - Talking about Non-verbal Communication: A Corpus Study (Part 2 of 3)
http://www.alr.org/ma99/sprpt35.html

Touch: Talking about Non-verbal Communication (Part 3 of 3)
http://www.alr.org/mj99/p27.html

Linguistic Politeness

Can Requiring Politeness Help Kids? Yes, Ma'am!
http://www.usatoday.com/news/comment/columnists/wickham/wick023.htm

Politeness
http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/socioling/politeness.html

Politeness: A Bibliography
http://ilc2.doshisha.ac.jp/users/kkitao/library/biblio/polite-bib.htm

Slang/Jargon

Body Parts Used in American Slang
http://www.alr.org/ma99/slang48.html

The College Slang Page
http://www.csupomona.edu/~jasanders/slang/

ESL Slang Page
http://eslcafe.com/slang/

Information Technology Jargon Monitor (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
http://chronicle.com/free/it/jargon.htm

Taboo Language

Taboo Language for Learners of English
http://home.twcny.rr.com/lonnieturbee/taboo.html

WARNING! Cussing May Be Important to Your Students' Education - Taboo Blue
http://www.alr.org/so99/p27.html

E-mail/Internet Etiquette ("Netiquette")

Netiquette Home Page
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/

Welcome to the Netiquette Quiz!
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/netiquiz.html

Why Is E-mail Different?
http://enterprise.powerup.com.au/htmlxp/pu/emailhow.htm

Emoticons ("Smileys")/E-mail Acronyms

E-Mail/BBS Acronyms
http://www.cknow.com/ckinfo/acronyms/bbsacronyms.htm

Emoticons
http://www.cknow.com/ckinfo/acronyms/emoticons.htm

High-tech Dictionary Emoticons
http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/emoticons.html

Smileys and Emoticons for Effective Communication
http://www.windweaver.com/emoticon.htm

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Web Sites, Links Pages, & Bibliographies

Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA)
http://carla.acad.umn.edu/

Contentville.com (Order dissertations and other documents on-line)
http://www.contentville.com

Educating as Inquiry: A Teacher/Action Research Site
http://users.eastlink.ca/~jnewman/

Action Research: Educating as Inquiry (Bibliography, last update 1998)
http://users.andara.com/~jnewman/ARnotebook.html

ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics Digests
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/index.html

ESL, EFL, Language, & Linguistics Links
http://english.daejin.ac.kr/~rtyson/links/esl.html

The Internet TESL Journal's TESL : Articles
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/links/TESL/Articles/

National Foreign Language Resource Centers (NFLRC)
http://nflrc.msu.edu/

Qualitative Research Resources on the Internet
http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/qualres.html

UnCover Web
http://uncweb.carl.org/

Using the Internet for Research
http://www.purefiction.com/pages/res1.htm

Using the WWW for EFL Research and Resources
http://www2.gol.com/users/billp/birmingham1.html

Online Journals & Magazines

American Language Online
http://www.alr.org/

ELT Newsletter
http://www.eltnewsletter.com/index.shtml

English Teaching Forum Online
http://e.usia.gov/forum/

ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics Digests
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/index.html

The Internet TESL Journal
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/

The Language Teacher Online
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/

Networks: An On-line Journal for Teacher Research
http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/~ctd/networks/

Search ERIC Database
http://www.accesseric.org/searchdb/searchdb.html

TESOL Matters
http://www.tesol.edu/pubs/magz/tm.html

Research Design & Analysis

Action Research: A Brief Overview
http://qualitative-research.net/fqs/band1/e1-00art-38.htm

Action Research and Applied Research: What are the Relationships?
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/00/jul/burns.html

Action Research: Exploring the Tensions of Teaching
http://users.andara.com/~jnewman/ar1.html

Action Research: What, How and Why
http://members.nbci.com/kotesol_pubs/tecja99.pdf

A Brief Guide to Informal Survey Research
http://www.users.muohio.edu/matsudpk/purdue/resource/survey.html

A Brief Guide to Questionnaire Development
http://ericae.net/ft/tamu/vpiques3.htm

Hints for Designing Effective Questionnaires
http://ericae.net/digests/tm9608.htm

How to See: The Challenges of Integrating Teaching and
Research in Your Own Classroom (Donald Freeman)
http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/kotesol_pubs/TEC_9-98.pdf

The Nature and Quality of Teacher Research
http://educ.queensu.ca/~ar/jeff-n.htm

Research and Its Agenda (Julian Edge)
http://www.tesol.org/pubs/articles/2000/tm0012-06.html

Research Questions Teachers Ask
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/clic/nrrc/ques_r30.html

A Selection of Quotations Related to Action Research
http://educ.queensu.ca/~ar/15quote.htm

Statistics to Use (online calculators)
http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/stats/

Teacher-As-Researcher
http://ericae.net/db/edo/ED355205.htm

Teacher Initiated Research: Action Research
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol35/no1/p56.htm

Teacher Research
http://www.accessexcellence.org/21st/TL/AR/index.html

Teachers Helping Themselves: Classroom Research and Action Research
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/94/feb/locastro.html

What Issues Affect Likert-scale Questionnaire Formats? (James Dean Brown)
http://www.jalt.org/test/bro_7.htm

Writing Research Papers

APA Publication Manual Crib Sheet
http://www.wooster.edu/psychology/apa-crib.html

APA Style Essentials
http://www.vanguard.edu/psychology/apa.html

APA Style Resources
http://www.psychwww.com/resource/apacrib.htm

Documentation: Chicago Style
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocChicago.html

Documentation Styles
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Documentation.html

Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html

A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on MLA Documentation
http://cctc.commnet.edu/mla.htm

A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Styles Recommended by the APA
http://cctc.commnet.edu/apa/apa_index.htm

Learning by Doing: Research and Research Writing
http://english.daejin.ac.kr/~rtyson/cv/learning.html

Research and Documentation Online
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/hacker/resdoc/

Research and Writing: An Online Resource
http://www.clet.ait.ac.th/EL21OPEN.htm

Research Writing in a Foreign Language
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol36/no2/p34.htm

Writer's Handbook: Academic Writing
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/AcademicWriting.html

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NOTE: The links on this page are intended as resources for classes I teach. This page is not intended as a comprehensive list of all TESOL articles and materials available on the Web, but only as a starting point for class discussions, presentations, and research.

Online since: January 5, 2001
Last updated: November 27, 2002