Literacy and Language

The following sites may be helpful starting points for your topic of research:

• General
• Applied Linguistics
• Reading, Stories and Storytelling
• Lesson Plans and Activities
• Language and Literature
• Directories/Digests
• English as a Second Language (ESL)
• Languages Other than English (LOTE)

General WebSites

• Literacy and Numeracy for Teachers

• TESL Canada    
• Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers
• TESOL Online
• CAL- Centre for Applied Linguistics    
• Languages Other than English : Education Queensland  

Directories/Digests

• Bamboo : digest of English Language Education and Applied Linguitics research from Asia 
  

Applied Linguistics

• Applied Linguistics Association of Australia    
• Centre for Applied Linguistics    
• LingNet Global Language Network    
• American Association of Applied Linguistics    

English as a Second Language (ESL)

• Dave’s ESL Café    
• ESL Loop    
• Everything ESL    
• The ESL Centre   
• Interesting Things for ESL    

Languages Other than English (LOTE)

• Yamada Languages Guide    
• Fonetiks.org : online resource for language and pronunciation    
• iLove Languages : online guide to languages    
• Jump Stations resources in German    
• Globe Gate culture and language super site    

Lesson Plans and Activities

• Zut! Interactive Activities for French Teachers and Learners    
• Omniglot guide to writing systems    
• EFL Teacher   
• Teaching in Japan Page    
• BBC World Service- learning English    
• Activities for ESL Students    
• English to Go- English Language Lessons    
• Lesson Plans and Resources for ESL   

Language and Literature

• Language and Literacy Project: a directory of resources organised by the University  of Illinois 
• Learning to Read: an excellent directory of resources organised in clear subject categories
• Education World's Language and Literature Centre: a key source of resources from the Education World directory
• Kathy Schrock's Literature and Language Arts Directory: an index of sources organised and assessed by Kathy Schrock

Reading, Stories and Storytelling

• Folk Links : a directory of folk and fairytale sites
• Reading a-z.com : a site containing printable readers and reading schemes
• Electronic Poetry Centre : a site for poetry on the web and author information
• Guys Read : a literacy initiative for boys
• Omniglot : an online guide to writing systems

This page is continually under review.  If you know of useful sites that may be appropriate links for this page, please contact your Faculty Librarian