Saturday, September 15, 2007

Movie Making

http://mm.dfilm.com/live/home.html

http://www.firstlightmovies.com/

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

Photography and Storytelling

http://www.scribd.com/doc/24999/30-of-the-Best-Magazine-Covers-Ever

http://openphoto.net/

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

http://www.bubbleshare.com/new

http://www.buzznet.com/www/userbuzz.php

http://cefirelda.infoville.net/album/index.asp

http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml

http://www.istockphoto.com/index.php

http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools

http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

http://www.inalbum.com/gallery_ip.html

http://www.slidestory.com/

http://creativecommons.org/image/

http://www.jakesonline.org/photostory.htm

http://jingproject.com/

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

http://www.morguefile.com/

http://www.planetestream.co.uk/

http://www.shutterstock.com/

http://www.slide.com

http://www.tripod.lycos.com/guides/photoalbum/

http://www.masternewmedia.org/where_to_find_free_images_and_visuals/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_image_resources

Cartoons

http://www.fat-pie.com/

http://kidzdom.com/tutorials/

http://www.infotours.net/cartun.htm

http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/getcreative/

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

Mindmapping and Brainstorming

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=mindmapping&fulltext=Search

http://www.mindomo.com/

http://www.mindmeister.com/

http://www.bubbl.us/

http://thinkature.com/

http://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/servlet/SBReadResourceServlet?rid=1180119458133_1566509717_34175&partName=htmltext

http://cmap.ihmc.us/

http://cmapspublic.ihmc.us/servlet/SBReadResourceServlet?rid=1180990425722_443146376_53216&partName=htmltext

http://www.google.com/educators/globalwarming.html
brainstorming

http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dc244wq9_5hnj8n5&revision=_latest&pli=1

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Cartoons

http://www.fat-pie.com/

http://www.infotours.net/cartun.htm

http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/getcreative/

http://kidzdom.com/tutorials/

http://www.friendso fed.com/extras/1590592077/cartoon.html

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Some Places to Visit in Malaysia

1
Hot springs

South of Surkai

2
Kampung Guruh,

Gopeng, 20 mins south of Ipoh
Orang Asli and Rafflesia flowers

3
Kuala Selangor
Fireflies

4
Taman Negara Nature Reserve, near Merapoh
Tigers

5
Maxwell Hill Hostel, Taiping, at top of hill
20 r per night

6
Gurung Jerai
Large mountain near Butterworth

7
Warisan Heritage Resort
058591224


8
Wildlife Dept for Perak, Shabrini
Camp for schools, reach by boat, - animal tracks, rafting, jungle walks

9
Pehilitan Park
Camp to educate kids about wildlife – how not to get lost, longhouse

10
Sunkai, 50 minutes south of Ipoh, Seledang
Wildlife department reserve
Capture and preservation of prehistoric deer

11
Salang Pusaka Resort, Tioman
094195034
Nice resort. No cars. Great restaurant. Iguanas in garden.

12
Ladang Bukit Gantang – homestay farm, Bukit Gantang, near Taiping
Tropical fruit, livestock, agro-touris
058554967
0195208744

13
Nipah Water Front Hotel, Pangkor Island
056855485

14
Pos schools near Kuala Kangsar, Perak.
Hydro-electric dam. Great trip through jungle to reach them.

15
Bukit Gantang Homestays
012 587 7972
Fax 05 855 3991

Classroom Language

Asking for something
Can I have a pen, please?
Do you have a pen for me?
May I have a pen, please?
May I borrow your pen?

Apologising
Excuse me.
I’m sorry.
Sorry about that.
Sorry I’m late.

Asking about meanings of words
What does bbbbbbbbbbbb mean?
What’s the Bahasa for bbbbb?
What does the word bbbbbbbbb mean?
How do you say bbbbbbbb in English/Bahasa?
How do you spell the word bbbbb?
How do you spell bbbbbbbbb?
How do you pronounce the word bbbbb?
How do you pronounce bbbbbbbbbbb?
What’s the past/past perfect for bbb?

Asking for help
I don’t understand.
Can you help me, please?
Is this right/correct?
Is this wrong/incorrect?
Is this true or false?
Can you say it again, please?
Can you repeat it, please?
Can you play it again, please?

Repeating
Could/can you repeat that, please?
Can you say that again, please?
Pardon?

Saying hello and goodbye
Good morning/afternoon/evening/night.
Have a good weekend/day/night/holiday/time/game.
Hello/hi.
Goodbye/chow/see you.

Checking answers
What did you get/put/write for number (X)?
How did you answer number (XX)?
I agree.
I don’t agree.
What do you think?
I think that’s right.
I think that’s wrong.
Let’s ask the teacher.
Is this correct?
Is this right?

General
I don’t know.
Is this right?
Is this correct?
Is this ok?

Thanking
Thank you. That was a very interesting lesson.

Praising
Well done!

Ordering
Line up.
Move the tables and chairs.
Clean the blackboard.
Open the door/window.
Close the door/window.
Switch on/off/the light/air con.
Stand up.
Sit down.
Open/close your books.
Answer the questions.
Write the answers.
Work alone/in pairs/in groups.
Ask you partner these questions………
Answer your partner’s questions.
Listen and repeat.
Make the question.
Find the answer/meaning.
Listen to the tape and answer these questions.
Copy this into your notebooks.
The homework/exercise is on page ………………

Asking for clarification or more details
What exactly do we have to do?
And what about………….?
What do you mean?
Really? Why?
What do you think?
I didn’t hear what you said.
I didn’t get you.
I didn’t understand.
I don’t understand.
So then what happened?
What are we supposed to do?
What are we supposed to be doing?

Conversation fillers
Well,……….
You know, ……………….
You see, …………..
Do you know what I mean?
I mean, …………
Actually, ………………….
Responding to conversations Yes, I guess so.
No, I guess not.
Oh, that’s great.
Oh, that’s awful/terrible.
Really? That’s interesting.
You’re kidding!
You’re having me on!
You’re pulling my leg!
Pull the other one!

Sharing information
Who’s going to start/begin?
Which role are you going to take?
Age before beauty.
Beauty before the beast.
The dirt before the brush.
Whose turn is it?
I think we’ve finished. What should we do now/next?
You start.
Let’s start.
I’ll be ………… You be ……………..
It’s my turn.
It’s your turn.
Stop cheating!


Source
http://www.eltnews.com/features/kids/015_ml_3.shtml

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Cause/Effect

http://www.literacymatters.org/content/text/cause.htm


http://www.writefix.com/writing/cause/traffic.doc

Links for Logic and Critical Thinking

Some Links for Logic and Critical and Creative Thinking compiled by Dot MacKenzie edited 6th May 2006


1 Templates and links
http://www.edhelper.com/logic_puzzles.htm

2 Kick start your creativity
http://members.optusnet.com.au/%7Echarles57/Creative/Basics/kickstart.htm

3 Exercise
http://members.optusnet.com.au/%7Echarles57/Creative/Basics/exercise.htm

4 Islands of brilliance
http://members.optusnet.com.au/%7Echarles57/Creative/Basics/islands.htm

5 Mind maps
http://members.optusnet.com.au/%7Echarles57/Creative/Mindmap/index.html

6 Cartooning
http://members.optusnet.com.au/%7Echarles57/Creative/Humour/cartooning.htm

7 20 characteristics of a genius
http://members.optusnet.com.au/%7Echarles57/Creative/Genius/genius20.htm

8 Pest control
http://eduscapes.com/info/kirkman.pdf

9 Lateral thinking puzzles
http://www.mycoted.com/creativity/puzzles/puzzles.php

10 Lateral thinking puzzles
http://brainyplanet.com/index.php/Lateral%20Solution

11 Links to puzzles
http://rec-puzzles.org/

12 Puzzles
http://puzzleshq.com/

13 Links to puzzles
http://www.puzz.com/

14 Links
http://encyclozine.com/

15 Links to puzzles
http://www.puzzle.dse.nl/links_us.html

16 Links for maths logic
http://world.logic.at/

17 Logic mazes
http://www.logicmazes.com/

18 Information about creative thinking
http://www.virtualsalt.com/crebook2.htm

19 Creativity/Problem Solving/Critical Thinking Lesson Plans and Resources
http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edcreative.htm

20 Creative thinking
http://www.ideachampions.com/free_the_genie/index.shtml

21 Critical thinking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_thinking

http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/critical_thinking

http://philosophy.hku.hk/think/project

Friday, May 04, 2007

Passive Voice

http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blpassive.htm

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Useful links to other sites

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/
The 161 section has work for intermediate writing, e.g. classification, comparison and cause and effect.

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~kuoll/

www.jawischools.blogspot.com
Links for children

www.allwritejawi.blogspot.com
Examples of children's writing

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~elu_sci/
Includes examples of call project materials

CALL Syllabus for TOEFL


CALL Syllabus Based on Topics in Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test by Deborah Phillips.


http://www.dida.vbaitullah.or.id/notes/summary-TOEFL/node3.html

http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/

144 Prepositional phrases
http://grammar.uoregon.edu/phrases/prepositionalP.html

145 Verbs and expressions of quantity
http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/l2agr.html

146 Inverted verbs
http://www.dida.vbaitullah.or.id/notes/summary-TOEFL/node10.html

http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~xtag/tech-report/node175.html


148 Verb agreement
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sv_agr.htm

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/subverag.html


152 Parallel structure with coordinate conjunctions http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/sample/advanced/gs/gs_54.htm

http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/#130

153 Parallel structure with paired conjunctions http://college.hmco.com/english/raimes/digitalkeys/keyshtml/paralle4.htm

154 Parallel structure with comparisons
http://www.dida.vbaitullah.or.id/notes/summary-TOEFL/node12.html

158 Comparatives and superlatives http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/regcom.htm

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/grammar_handbook/comparatives_superlatives.htm

http://www.bartleby.com/116/203.html

http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/comparatives_lessons.htm

164 Have and past participle
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/participlepast.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_participle

165 Be with present or past participle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_participle

166 Will, would, and other modals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_auxiliary_verb

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9704/ck-michigan1.html


169 Past with present
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbs

170 Have and had
http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz/have.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb

172 Time expressions and correct tense http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/index.shtml

173 Will and would
http://www.englishpage.com/modals/modalintro.html

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/modals/modals_frames.htm

http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Thompson-Modals.html


178 Passives
http://a4esl.org/q/h/9704/ck-michigan1.html


179 Active and passive meanings http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_actpass.html

182 Singular and plural nouns
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#parts

183 Countable and uncountable nouns http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#parts

185 Irregular plurals of nouns http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/irrplu.htm

http://www.esldesk.com/esl-quizzes/irregular-nouns/irregular-nouns.htm

186 Person or thing
http://www.better-english.com/easier/person.htm

http://www.esl-lab.com/ppp1.htm

190 Pronouns
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/pronouns1.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/pronouns.htm

191 Possessive adjectives and pronouns http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/poss.htm

http://a4esl.org/q/h/fb005-bp.html

http://www.possessive-pronoun.com/

193 Pronoun reference http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/pronref.html

http://ace.acadiau.ca/english/grammar/pronoun.htm

http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm

196 Adjectives and adverbs
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#parts

http://www.english-zone.com/vocab/adj-adv.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/537/01/

198 Adjectives after linking verbs
http://englishpage.com/minitutorials/adverb.html

http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/adverbexercisec.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adjectives.htm

200 Adjective and adverb position
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/adverbs.htm

http://adjective.flooringdistributorstl.com/adjective_33.html

204 -ly adjectives
http://www.users.qwest.net/%7Eyarnspnr/writing/adverbs/adverbs.htm

http://home.flash.net/~dmcb/grammar/fifteen/tsld015.htm

205 Predicate adjectives
http://www.lessontutor.com/eesPredAdj.html

http://www.lessontutor.com/eesPredAdjA.html

http://www.myenglishroom.com/predicate_adjectives_and_nominat.htm

http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/grammar/course/speech/1_4a.htm

206 -ed and –ing adjectives
http://a4esl.org/q/h/9807/km-ed-ing1.html

http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/boreding.htm

http://online.ohlone.cc.ca.us/~mlieu/participles/what_h.html

210 Articles with singular nouns
http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/l2the.html

211 A and an
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_%28grammar%29

212 Article and noun agreement
http://dida.vbaitullah.or.id/notes/summary-TOEFL/node20.html

213 Specific and general idea
http://www.studyskills.soton.ac.uk/studytips/reading_skills.htm

http://www.uefap.com/reading/readfram.htm

http://www.education.ex.ac.uk/dll/studyskills/reading_skills.htm

http://www.learningenrichment.org/reading.html

217 Prepositions
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/prepositions.htm

http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/prepositions.htm

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslprep.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslprep2.html

221 Make and do
http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/makedo.htm

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/make-do.html

222 Like, alike, unlike and dislike
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/like

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=like

http://www.emse.fr/~yukna/ENG/lessons/toefl40a.htm

223 Other, another and others
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/anothertheother.html

http://www.englishoutlook.com/focus/grammar/another.html

Gerunds
http://grammar.uoregon.edu/verbals/gerund.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#parts

Some Links for TOEFL

1 http://www.kaplan.com/intl/toefl_top.html
Information about TOEFL test

2 http://www.toefl.org/
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)

3 http://www.ets.org

4 http://www.testden.com/

5 http://www.testwise.com/

6 http://www.princetonreview.com/testprep/testprep.asp?TPRPAGE=35&

7 www.princeton.edu/~intlctr/esl/esl.html

8 www.testmagic.com/toefl/

9 www.stuff.co.uk/toefl.htm

10 http://toefl.microedu.net/
Daily tests

11 www.toeflpod.com
TOEFL podcast

12 www.eslgold.com/toefl.html


©Dot MacKenzie Sept 2006

Links for Vocabulary Building

1 Online dictionaries
http://www.yourdictionary.com/

http://www.alphadictionary.com/index.shtml

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

http://www.webster.com/

www.askoxford.com

2 Prefixes, suffixes, roots
http://www.wordfocus.com/vocabulary-resources.html

http://www.virtualsalt.com/roots.htm

http://www.vocabulary.com/

http://www.wordfocus.com

3 Academic word list
http://www.edict.com.hk/textanalyser/wordlists.htm

http://www.edict.com.hk/lexiconindex/awl/

4 Games
http://www.orst.edu/Dept/eli/july2000.html


5 Advanced
http://www.english-zone.com/vocab/index.php?CID=3

6 General
http://www.english-zone.com/vocab/index.php

7 Links
http://www.vocabulary.com/

8 Teaching
http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/ConceptsTch.htm

http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/linguisticsissues/teachingvocabulary.html


9 Tests
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vocabulary.html

http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/student_internet_res.html#reading

10 Software
http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r21270/textools/web_vp.html


11 Concordance
http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/concordance/

12 TOEFL

(If you type TOEFL vocabulary in a search box, you will find thousands of other sites) http://www.toeflvocabulary.com/

http://www.southampton.liu.edu/academic/pau/course/webword.htm

http://www.vocaboly.com/

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_toefl2.htm


©Dot MacKenzie September 2006

Remedial CALL Syllabus for Grammar

Remedial CALL Syllabus for Grammar

There are many sites on the Internet that help students to learn English. The links below are only some of the ones that you can access if you want to study a particular grammar point. Save them as favourites and you will be able to access them again quickly. As you work through your course book, you will discover points that you need to practise.



1 Parts of speech
http://www.gamequarium.com/partsofspeech.html

http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/partsp.html

http://www.eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/POS/pos.htm

http://www.shared-visions.com/explore/english/parts.html

2 Sentence construction
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#construction

3 Grammar/Games
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/grammar_home_frame.html

http://www.english-zone.com/

4 Agreement
http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/GrammarSafari/journal_svagree.html

5 Be

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/grammar_home_frame.html

6 Have/have got
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv323.shtml

7 Nouns
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm

8 Verbs
http://english-zone.com/verbs/index.html

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/esltensverb.html

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/verb.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_verbs

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_seqtense.html

9 Determiners
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm

10 Pronouns
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#parts

11 Present simple Active/Passive
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/esltensverb.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#parts


12 Past simple Active /Passive
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/esltensverb.html

13 Passives
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/esltensverb.html

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/passivevoice.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_actpass.html

14 Irregular verbs
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#parts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_irregular_verbs

15 Present perfect with for and since
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv322.shtml

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/esltensverb.html

16 Present and past perfect
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/pastpf.htm

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/esltensverb.html

17 Verbs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb

18 Participles
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_verbals.html

19 Articles
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#construction

20 Phrasal verbs
http://english-zone.com/index.php?ID=199

http://eslcafe.com/pv/

http://www.eflnet.com/pverbs/index.php

21 Adjectives - Comparatives/Superlatives
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#parts

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm

22 Adverbs
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#parts

23 Prepositions
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#parts

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/prepositions.htm

24 Modals
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/esltensverb.html

http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/GrammarSafari/journal_modals.html

http://english-zone.com/index.php?ID=49


25 Idioms
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslphrasal.html

http://eslcafe.com/idioms/

26 Irregular plurals
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#parts

27 Practice TOEFL tests
http://www.examenglish.com/

http://www.testmagic.com/toefl/

28 Vocabulary

See separate list

29 Quantifiers

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/determiners/determiners.htm

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm

30 Grammar exercises
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/grammar/index.htm

http://www.english-zone.com/

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm

http://a4esl.org/

http://bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

http://britcoun.org/

http://www.churchillhouse.com/english/

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm

http://www.edunet.com/

http://www.english-forum.com/interactive/

http://www.english-zone.com/

http://www.eslcafe.com/

http://eslgames.com/teachingsongs/edutainment1/

http://www.Pacificnet.net/~sperling/wwwboard2/wwwboard.html

http://www.manythings.org/voa/

http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/student_internet_res.html#reading

http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/GrammarSafari/student_sa_journal_index.html

31 Grammar quizzes
http://quizzes.englishclub.com/grammar.htm

http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm

http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes.grammar.html

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-test-test-your-level.htm

32 Verb exercises
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html

http://www.iei.uiucedu./GrammarSafari/journal_tense.html

33 Grammar rules
http://grammar.uoregon.edu/toc.html

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/
Grammar rules and writing style, listed alphabetically

http://textant.engl.unr.edu/grammarbook/title.html
Grammar and structure explanations with quizzes

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#parts

Intermediate Grammar Links

Intermediate Grammar Links


Simple past
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_tenses2.html

Progressive
http://www.longman-elt.com/ae/azar/FCtoc_UUEG.htm

Simple present
http://www.longman-elt.com/ae/azar/FCtoc_UUEG.htm

Future
http://www.longman-elt.com/ae/azar/FCtoc_UUEG.htm

Subject/verb agreement
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/sv_agr_quiz.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/agreement_add2.htm
There are several quizzes on the same topic in this site

Modals
http://www.longman-elt.com/ae/azar/FCtoc_UUEG.htm

Passives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_passive_voice

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_actpass.html

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/passive.htm

http://www.smccd.net/accounts/sevas/esl/reviewlesson/passivesum.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_tenses2.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/grammar/g_passive.html

Grammar quizzes
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm

Azar workbook
http://www.longman-elt.com/ae/azar/FCtoc_UUEG.htm

Grammar links
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/grammar.html

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm

http://www.edunet.com

http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/

http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/web.pages/grammarsafari.htm

http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/structure/structure1/salzmann_index.html

http://www.iei.uiuc.edu/web.pagesgrammarsafari/.html

http://www.manythings.org/voa/

Humorous grammar rules
http://www.creativeteachingsite.com/humorgrammar.htm

Grammar exchange
http://www.longman.com/ae/azar/grammar_ex/index.html

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Computing for Newbies

How to be Good at Computing

If you need more help or information, type the topic in a search box and you will find thousands, if not millions, of other sites.


1
Hardware

www.howstuffworks.com


2
How to email

http://edit.europe.yahoo.com/config/mail?.intl=uk


3
How to format computers

http://www.whitecanyon.com/how-to-format-computer.php


4
How to search the Internet

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html


5
How to update files

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2000/HA011364061033.aspx

6
PowerPoint

http://www.actden.com/pp/

http://www2.umist.ac.uk/isd/lwt/apt/ppclass/home.htm

7
Building a website

http://www.tripod.lycos.com/

http://www.2createawebsite.com/

8
New devices, e.g. ipods

www.howstuffworks.com

9
Computer viruses

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus

http://www.howstuffworks.com/virus.htm


10
New operating systems

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system

11
Photoshop

http://www.good-tutorials.com/

http://www.adobe.com/products/tips/photoshop.html

12
Photos

http://picasa.google.com/
Can be downloaded from Google website

13
Access

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access/default.aspx

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/default.aspx

14
Copyright issues

http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Copyright/

15
Computing terms

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/computers/data/m0044494.html

http://yourdictionary.com/

http://foldoc.org/

16
Creating blogs

http://www.blogger.com

17
Learn the net

http://www.learnthenet.com/english/animate/animate.htm

http://www.learnthenet.com/english/section/intbas.html



©Dot MacKenzie Nov 2006

Friday, October 20, 2006

Links for Science and Maths

Introduction

Some of these links are listed in www.jawischools.blogspot.com and http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/, both of which have other links for science, maths, CALL and English language learning.


1 Pronunciation of science and maths’ terms
www.answers.com/main/science.jsp

2 Websites for maths
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/bjmath.html

http://www.sciencegems.com/math.html#1

http://www.mathstories.com/

3 Chemistry terms and vocabulary
http://www.onelook.com/?loc=pub&w=chemistry

4 Pronunciation of scientific terms
http://www.genome.gov/glossary.cfm
Talking glossary of genetic terms

http://www.answers.com/main/science.jsp
Maths and science

5 Sample questions for science
http://www.qca.org.uk/7857.html

http://www.qca.org.uk/6.html

6 Questioning techniques
http://www.nexus.edu.au/teachstud/gat/painter.htm

http://changingminds.org/techniques/questioning/questioning.htm

http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/3/cu5.html

7 Grammar
www.jawischools.blogspot.com

8 URLS for maths’ projects
http://www.courseworkbank.co.uk/GCSE/Maths_Coursework/

http://mathforum.org/geometry/geom.projects.html

http://camel.math.ca/Education/mpsf/

9 URLs for science projects
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/

http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/

http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/

10 Poems for maths
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Div/Winchester/jhhs/math/poetry/mathpoet.html

http://www.americanpoems.com/searches/m/45

http://terri.zone12.com/other/poetry/

11 Websites for children
www.jawischools.blogspot.com

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~elu_sci/

12 Dictionary for scientific terms
http://yourdictionary.com/

13 Teaching materials for science
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
Science fair

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0772964.html

14 Computer assisted language learning
www.jawischools.blogspot.com

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~kuoll

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~elu_sci

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/

15 Maths’ jokes
http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~borishandal/MathsInternetGuide/MathsHumour.htm

16 Games for science
http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/science.html

17 Science activities
http://news.fen.com/article/0,1120,1-11420,00.html?wtlAC=FE_Grades_3-5_2005-05-17,email-h

18 Geology/earth sciences
http://education.usgs.gov/

http://earthscience4kids.cr.usgs.gov/

http://www.data.scec.org/

http://nesen.unl.edu/tsunamikit.htm


19 Science for under 11s

http://www.planet-science.com/under11s/index.html

20 Bad science
http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadScience.html

21 Astronomy
http://www.badastronomy.com/

http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/

22 Physics
http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/
Physics in movies

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/09mar_conference.htm?list1090077
Cutting edge physics

http://www.physlink.com/Fun/Links.cfm

23 Graphic organisers
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/storymap/

24 How everything works
http://science.howstuffworks.com/

25 Lesson plans for maths and science
http://lessonplanz.com/gradelevels.shtml
Lesson plans for maths and science

http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/
Lesson plans for maths and science

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/math/index.htm
Lesson plans for maths and science

http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/index.asp
Biology, chemistry, physics

26 Lesson plans
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/

http://www.eslkidstuff.com/LinksMenu.htm
Links to other sites

http://sitesforteachers.com/index.html
Links to other sites

27 Blogging
www.blogger.com


28 Readings for science
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/sciencetech.html

29 Maths, science, technology
http://www.surfnetkids.com/directory/

http://www.xplora.org/ww/en/pub/xplora/about.htm


http://www.athenaweb.org/
Research and science in Europe

http://www.scienceacross.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.showhomepage
Projects for science across the world

http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
Maths

http://www.brainpop.com/

http://fi.edu/explore.html

http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/index.html
Space science

30 Games for maths
http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html

http://www.cleverisland.com/limited/eversave/registration_v11_step2.asp?refcode=6136

31 Phonetics and phonology
http://www.celt.stir.ac.uk/staff/HIGDOX/STEPHEN/PHONO/PHONOG.HTM
Phonetics and phonology course

http://www2.unil.ch/ling/english/phonetique/table-eng.html
Phonetics’ course

32 Online dictionaries
http://www.onelook.com/browse.shtml

33 Links for ESP
http://www.unav.es/espSig/esponweb.html

www.jawischools.blogspot.com

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/


34 Charts, graphs, diagrams
http://smartdraw.com/exp/ste/home/

35 History of maths
http://turnbull.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/HistoryTopics.html

36 Clipart www.the-tutor.com

http://biology.about.com/cs/biology/clipart/

37 Webquests
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/

http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/

http://www.oswego.org/Staff/CCHAMBER/webdesign/web_quests.htm

http://www.ih.k12.oh.us/estech/webquestworkshop.htm

http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests.html


38 Workshops for maths

http://mathforum.org/alejandre/spreadsheet.html


©D MacKenzie September 2005

Links for Science & Scientific Writing

http://www.geocities.com/dygonza/unitsyllabus.html
Architecture

http://www.daveseslcafe.com/
ESP

http://www.virtualsalt.com/
Prefixes

http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/centers.html
Links to Writing Centers

www.english-zone.com/writing/para-strctr.html
Writing paragraphs

http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/presentation.html
Presentations

http://www.dictionary.com/writing
Links to writing resources

http://www.puzzlemaker.com/
Create online puzzles

http://www.eslgames.com/teachingsongs/edutainment1/
Songs for learning English

http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/sefer.cgi/Games
Games for learning English

http://www.quia.com/dir/
Activities for science students

http://firstscience.com/site/poems.asp
Science and nature poems

http://www.chemsoc.org/timeline/pages/timeline.html
Chemistry time line

http://www.fauxpress.com/kimball/w/logo.htm
Exercises for scientific writing

Some Fun Sites

©D MacKenzie

1 Alphabets
Go to http://your.dictionary.com/fun.html and write your name in exotic alphabets. You can also count to ten in thousands of languages


2 Poetry
If you go to http://www.wordcentral.com/mus/versecomposer.html, you can write online poetry


3 Sites for Learning English
http://www.english-zone.com/
Lots of topics/all levels

http://a4esl.org/
Self-study grammar quizzes, exercises & puzzles

http://www.eslgames.com/teachingsongs/edutainment1/
Songs to help you learn English

http://www.nanana.com/grammarlinks.html
Grammar links for kids

http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/sefer.cgi?Games
Games for learning English

http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/sefer.cgi?Kids
Exercises for kids

http://www.britcoun.org/
Websites for kids

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
News articles to help you learn English

http://www.theenglishprofessor.com/
Listening activities

http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/test.html
Tests, quizzes & crosswords


4 Make a Thunderstorm
http://www.ucar.edu/40th/webweather/tstorms/tstorms.htm


5 Online Maths
http://www.aaamatch.com/
Excellent online math practice on a variety of topics. Children can use all or some of the pages to develop their knowledge of math.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsme/gameswheel.htm
Games for math

http://mathforum.org/sum95/math.forum/middle.projects.desc.html
Interesting links for many subjects

http://www.enc.org/


6 Sites about Ancient Egypt
http://library.thinkquest.org/%20CR0215615/


7 Ancient History Projects
http://www.internet-at%20work.com/hos_mcgrane/ancient_history/eg_history_intro.html


8 Quiz about Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/games/brainteaser/egypt.html


9 Activities about Ancient Egypt
http://www.seaworld.org/Egypt/


10 Animals
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/

http://www.yahooligans.com/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/


11 Shopping


http://www.amazon.com/

http://www.imaginarium.com/

http://www.hamleys.com/


12 Space
Site about Astronomy
http://kidsastronomy.about.com/

Games about science and space
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/Science_Games/

Photos and facts about space
Http://www.spacekids.com/homework_homepage/

http://www.spacekids.com/spacenews/solarsystem-ez.html


13 Websearching
http://www.teacher.scholastic.com/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythistryfun1.html


14 Science
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/tryfun10.html
Interesting experiment about a water clock

http://www.nationalgraphic.com/kids/activities/index.html#science
Lots of interesting experiments

http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/Science_Games/
Science games

http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/Print-n-Play_Games/
Puzzles and crosswords

http://yuckykids.com/
Yucky experiments

http://www/chem4kids.com/
Chemistry website

http://www.planet-science.com/
Fun site

http://www.firstscience.com/
All areas of science

15 Movies
Visit http://www.yahooligans.com/, then click on movies.

16 Recipes
http://www.britegg.co.uk/kidssection/startsection.html
Recipes for eggs

http://www.hookerycookery.com/
Kids' recipes

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/recipes/banana_bread.html
Healthy recipes

17 Fun
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/fun.shtml

18 Health
http://www.kidshealth.org/,

19 Other Interesting Sites
If you go to http://www.yahooligans.com/ you will find lots of interesting sites on a variety of topics. Click on the buttons on the left and follow the instructions on the screen. There is enough information here to keep you busy for hours!

20 Geography
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/matrix.html
There are many printable exercises on geographical topics in http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography. You can download the exercises and then complete them. Interesting topics include the Middle East, deserts of the world, the Earth, world flags, continents and oceans quiz, and labeling the world map. You can also try

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/.
Different activities about geographical topics

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/
Information about earthquakes

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/
Maps of world

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/
Quizzes about geography

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/
Maps

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/
Activities and pages for geography

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/
Geography games and quizzes

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/quiz/geonews2/1.html
Countries in the news quiz

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/quiz/travel/1.html
Travel quiz

Http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/geogame/
Geography game

21 Calendars and Holidays
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/calendar to make your own calendar. Print out the pages.

If you print out the weather calendar, you can glue pictures on your calendar. Http://www.enchantedlearning.com/calendar/2002weather/.

If you go to http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0760942.html, you can mark Islamic holidays on your calendar.


22 Holidays
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/History_Games/
Holidays

http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/holidays/
Holidays

http://www.timeandate.com/calendar/
Website for making Islamic calendar with Saturday as the first day of the week

http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/main.html
Multicultural calendar

23 Making a Homepage
Go to http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/pagebuild.html and follow the instructions telling you how to make a homepage.

24 Health
If you go to http://www.kidshealth.org/, enter kids and click on word, you will find definitions for words used in medicine.

25 News from Around the World
Http://www.kidnews.com/news.html

26 Clipart
Go to http://www.kidsdomain.com/clip/. You can download the art and save it as a
screensaver, or use it to make cards to send to your friends.

27 Brain Boosters
Go to http://www.school.discovery.com/. Click on students and brainboosters. You will find lots of puzzles to help you learn English.

28 Puzzles
Go to http://www.puzzlemaker.com/. You can have fun with your friends by making up your own puzzles, crosswords and cryptograms.