Comments on: The Best Internet Sites For English Language Learners — 2008

By: Dave Kristie

Dave Kristie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:26:08 +0000

I am surprised that the Daily English show doesn’t at least get a mention. I know that at least some university age students seem to love it.
http://www.thedailyenglishshow.com/about.html

By: Websites for Learners of English | The LLD Project Blog

Websites for Learners of English | The LLD Project Blog — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:57:37 +0000

[...] Today you tried some listening, reading, and viewing activities on the Go4English site. Larry Ferlazzo, a teacher in California, recommended that site (Best Internet Sites for English Learners – 2008). [...]

By: Fran Lo

Fran Lo — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:24:13 +0000

Larry – Thanks for all you do. I am tasked with helping two ESL students, just about entirely using the internet, so your links have been very helpful. I work for a private school with no sped, and no classes for ESL. I don’t think this is nearly enough, but it’s a start. Thanks again, Fran

By: David

David — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:19:12 +0000

Larry,

As always GREAT LIST and I’m looking into a few of the sites mentioned – not on my radar screen!

I”ve also championed Mingoville. Awesome and truly something a teacher might fully integrate as an English lab. I hope this kind of learning takes off in schools. Students learn in the lab while the teacher works with a small number of students in real “personal’ (effective) communication practice. Whole class teaching is really a dinosaur and an ineffective way for students , especially Netizens, to learn a language….

Thanks for the list! Might be great to make a diigo slideshow of these. I often do that when presenting a list of sites of teachers.

I’ll also add – I think EFL Classroom 2.0 is a great place for ELLs (no bias here ). Despite our ups and downs, I hope to develop an English Everywhere chatroom through the new site Chatroll. Cool place and I hope other blogs/sites will embed and then we can share ONE place where learners can get real time, serious chat practice. http://chatroll.com/people/english-everywhere The problem at the moment is that all the learners are scattered, this viral, embeddable chat might work to create a community – anywhere, anytime….. So anyone, please promote this chatroom – a place where native speakers/teachers and students can gather and meet.

David
http://eflclassroom.ning.com

By: Elsebeth

Elsebeth — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:30:21 +0000

Hi Larry,
As a Dane, I feel (in an odd sort of way) honored that Mingoville is your no. 1 pick for 2008. But I also feel that I have to tell you that it isn’t free of charge. It’s 30 dollars for 3 months, 45 for 6 months and 60 for one year. When it was first introduced here a few years ago, I checked out the Teacher’s Guide and was somewhat miffed to find a number of grammatical errors and spelling mistakes that should have been caught before the material was published. I’ve just skimmed a few pages again – and the errors are still there. While it may seem like a small thing, I think that if you want to sell a product targeted at English learners and teachers, you have to be professional enough to make sure that your English is impeccable. And it may seem unfair, but for that very reason I have felt no inclination to recommend the system to my own students – future English teachers in Denmark. While it’s OK for “ordinary” L2 speakers to make mistakes, it’s not a luxury afforded by people who want to earn a living teaching others how to speak and write a foreign language. Having said that, I’m sure the teaching material has a lot to offer – I’m just a bit suspicious, that’s all.

Thanks for sharing your discoveries of great tools and sites. Do keep it up – many of us depend on you!