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Alternative resources

Clip Art Collection for Foreign Language Instruction: collection of clip art (simple line-drawings) to be used by foreign language instructors. Drawings are designed to be as culturally and linguistically neutral as possible. You can use these drawings freely so long as they are used for not-for-profit educational purposes.  

Learn English with Pictures is a free, online, resource to learn English words in a fun way. The site has over 400 words and photographs ranging from animals to kitchen appliances.
The interface is simple and both kids and adults who are learning English will find this educational website entertaining and useful.

Names of Animals, Babies and their Groups: you''ll also find animal print-outs, quizzes, basic information, rhymes and colouring if you follow the links at the bottom of their page. 

American and British English

Sites on which you can find information about differences between American and British English.

Michigan Proficiency Exams

The very best of British

Articles

Are We Making Teaching Too Difficult? P.S.Westwood 2002. See also related discussion list summary on Differentiation in the members'' area.  

Developing Thinking Skills in Primary Students, by Maria Susana Obiglio. See also discussion summary on ''Learning Strategies'' in the members'' area .  

Why, How, and When Should My Child Learn a Second Language? Should my child learn a second language? What are the benefits? Is it best for my child to learn a language in Elementary school? How are languages taught to children?

The Place of Storytelling in Language Teaching, by Peter Falvey and P. Kennedy.

Teaching Japanese-English Bilingual Children to Read English at Home: by Craig Smith of Kyoto University  

Classroom Research

Research database - list of ongoing research by YL members

Research Moodle for ongoing research

Recommended YL books

CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning

Language Across the Curriculum: resources for developing and administering CLIL programmes.

Dragonfly: excellent resource describing various nature project activities.

CPL Kids: Useful site with general info on other countries. Info varies in terms of ''child friendliness� depending on country.

Educación Bilingüe en E.S:

Collaborative learning

Global SchoolNet Foundation: The original resource for global project-based learning, problem-based learning, and online collaborative learning.maps; to increase awareness of geographical and cultural diversity.

Global Schoolhouse: Joint Global SchoolNet / Microsoft venture aiming to bring educational resources to students, educators, parents and the extended learning community.

IMUNA: not-for-profit NGO dedicated to furthering global issues education at the secondary school level.

Model United Nations: Participants learn about other people, cultures and international relationships while developing a global perspective on real issues in the world community today. The Elementary and Middle School version of this United Nations simulation can be found here.

UNICEF Voices of Youth Home Page: educational meeting and learning place - some useful ideas pitched primarily to students at the primary and secondary school level; includes a fairly age-graded set of materials for each topic.

English Through the Internet and the Internet through English: virtual course aiming to teach the Internet and improve the reading and writing skills of the participants, including young learners. Not updated but still useful.

Commercial publishers

bab.la The bab.la language portal offers dictionaries, language quizzes, language games, a phrasebook, vocabulary lessons and many other products to learn foreign languages. It currently covers 16 different languages. Users are encouraged to participate by contributing their own content or rating existing content.

Cambridge ELT : info and extension activities for Cambridge ELT Young Learner courses.

English Gateway: online vocabulary topics for intermediate and advanced ESL learners. Exercises on idioms, phrasal verbs and collocations.

FunSongs is a small, independent ELT (English Language Teaching) publishing company that provides English teachers and young learners with original action songs and study material based on the FunSongs method of language learning.

Grandma''s Stories: Grandma''s Stories Ltd. Bilingual books, fun educational programme and audio CD. These fictional stories, firmly based on archaeology, progress from the Ice Age to The Roman Empire. While learning English children learn history and geography. There are language skills projects, topics for discussion, suggestions for activities, art, drama and encouragement to use the internet. The bilingual books are designed so that adults can improve their English while reading, in their mother tongue, to children.

Instant Lessons from English to Go: hundreds of English Language lessons, warmers and grammar tips at various levels. A free weekly sample lesson is offered: the rest are available by subscription.