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Uxbridge District reference website for English Language Learners Update: http://teacherweb.com/MA/TaftElementarySchool/ELLUpdate

United States Department of Education's Programs for English Language Learners: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/ell/index.html

Massachusetts Department of Education Recommended Sites:

· TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) - http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/index.asp Founded in 1966, TESOL is a global education association. This is an excellent source for position papers and bibliographies.

· MATSOL (Massachusetts Association of Teachers of Speakers of Other Languages) -http://www.matsol.org/ MATSOL is a research-based professional association representing over 1,200 educators.

Help for Schools: The English Language Learner Base - http://www.helpforschools.com/ELLKBase/index.shtml Base Excellent resources that range from the legal aspects concerning LEP students and programs, the identification and assessment of LEP students and development of policies and procedures for professional development. The site also provides useful links to websites that focus on ELL issues.

CAL (Center for Applied Linguistics) - http://www.cal.org/ CAL is a private, non-profit organization employing a group of scholars and educators who use the findings of research in linguistics and related sciences to identify and address language-related issues in schools. CAL carries out a wide range of activities including research, teacher education, analysis and dissemination of information, design and development of instructional materials, technical assistance, conference planning, program evaluation, and policy analysis.

The Center for Research, Education, Diversity, and Excellence - http://crede.berkeley.edu/ CREDE is a federally funded research and development program focused on improving the education of students whose ability to reach their potential is challenged by language or cultural barriers, race, geographic location, or poverty.

The Equity Assistance Center - http://www.lab.brown.edu/ The mission of the New England Equity Assistance Center (EAC) is to enable school districts to ensure equal access in the provision of educational programs and services for all children.

General ELL Sites:

Atlapedia Online Encyclopedia
http://www.atlapedia.com

Assessment Rubrics
http://www.cpecod.net/schrockguide/assess.htm

Biblioteca Infantil
http://www.biblioweb.dgsca.unam.mx/infant/index.html

Bigchalk.com
http://www.bigchalk.com

Bilingual Educational Resources
http://www.edb.utexas.edu/coe/depts/ci/bilingue/resources

Bilingual Education Network
http://www.redmundial.com/ben.htm

Bilingual Research Journal
http://brj.asu.edu

Borderlands Encyclopedia
http://www.utep.edu/border

Busy Teacher Web Site
http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/BusyT

CALI: English Language Learning & Instruction
http://www.cali.com

Center for Applied Linguistics
http://www.cal.org

Children and Bilingualism
http://www.kidsource.com/ASHA/bilingual.html

Computer Learning Foundation
http://computerlearning.org

Center for the Study of Books in Spanish
http://www.csusm.edu/csb/english

Classroom Connect
http://www.classroom.net

Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education
http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu

CNN Newsroom for ESL
http://lc.byuh.edu/CNN-N/CNN-N.html

Create Your Own Multilingual Activities
http://www.quia.com

CRESST National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing
http://www.cresst96.cse.ucla.edu

Curriculum Resources
http://www.kings.k12.ca.us/kcoe/curric/misc.curric.html

Directory of Two-way Immersion Programs
http://www.cal.org/cal/db/2way

Discovery School
http://www.discoveryschool.com

Dr. Chris Green?s Bilingual/ESL Bookmarks
http://www/starcemter/org

Educast
http://www.educast.com

Educational Resources and Organizations http://www.wuziegames.com/educationlinks.com

Educational Resources for Teachers http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/2923/school.html

ECPT (Elementary Curriculum Planning Tools) correlates lessons to Sunshine State Standards
http://www.firn.edu/doc/curric/prek12/ecpt.htm

ERIC Clearinghouse on Language and Linguistics
http://www.cal.org/ericcll

ERIC (Educational Resources Informational Center) Main page
http://www.accesseric.org

ERIC?S (Educational Resources Informational Center) search engine for all lesson plans
http://ericir.syr.edu:70/11/Lesson

ESL Resources
http://nanana.com/esl.html

ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students
http://www.tesol.edu/assoc/k12standards

Ethonologue-Languages of the World
http://www.sil.org/ethonologue/ethnologue.html

Everything ESL
http://everythingesl.net

FIRN Instructional Resources
http://www.firn.edu/instruct/frames

FIRN K-12 Lesson Plan web sites
http://www.firn.edu/instruct.html

Global Schoolhouse
http://www.gsn.org

Helpful Sites for Teachers
http://www.iloveteaching.com/techlink/index.html

Hotlinks for School Administrators
http://intech2000.miamisci.org/adminlinks

In Tech 2000 Forum
http://intech2000.miamisci.org

International Classroom Connections
http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc

Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA)
http://www.idra.org/default.htm

Intercultural e-mail classroom connections
http://www.lecc.org

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
http://www.catchword.co.uk/titles/13670050.htm

ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education)
http://www.iste.org

Internet Resources for Foreign Language Teachers
http://www.cal.org/ericell

iTeach
http://iteach.com

Joint National Committee for Languages
http://www.languagepolicy.org

Juegos y canciones para los niños
http://www.hevanet.com/dshivers/juegos

Kathy Schrock?s Guide for Educators
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguideK-3

Resources for Bilingual Educators
http://www.fishnet.net-karenm/k3.bil.res

Language Education/Krashen Articles http://www.languagebooks.com/2.0/articles/default.html

Language Learning and Technology
http://polyglot.cal.msu.edu/lit

Learning A Second Language
http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej09/r9.html

Lesson Stop: Lesson Plans and Web Site Links
http://lessonstop.org

Linguistic Minority Research Institute
http://www.1mrinet.gse.ucsb.edu

Make Your Own Puzzles
http://www.puzzlemaker.com

Modern Language Association
http://www.mla.org

NABE(National Assn. of Bilingual Ed)
http://www.nabe.org

NCBE (National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education)
http://www.ncbe.gwu.cdu

National Educational Technology Standards for Students
http://cnets.iste.org

National Library of Education
http://www.ed.gov/NLE

Net Guide for Educators
http://www.netguide.com/education

NEON-News for Educators
http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/neon

Northeast and Island Regional Educational Laboratory
http://www.multilingualism-matters.com

OBLEMLA (Office of Bilingual Ed & Minority Language Affairs)
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OBEMLA/index.html

Projects Homepage
www.eagle.ca/-matink/projects.html

Resources for Teachers
http://www.csun.edu-vceed009

River deep
http://www.riverdeep.net

Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com

STEPS (Support for Teachers Enhancing Performance in Schools) http://scholar.coe.uwf.edu/pacce/welcome.cfm

STEPS (Support for Teachers Enhancing Performance in Schools) http://www.143.88.86.98/pacee/steps/wekcome.cfm

Tammy's Technology Tips for Teachers
http://206.252.190.23/tips/index.html

Teach Net
http://www.teachnet.com

Teacher Line
http://2kbb4.pbs.org

Teachers Helping Teachers
http://www.pacificnet.net-mandel

Technology N?formation for Teachers
http://www.feit.coedu.usf.edu/tnt

Tekmon
http://www.teckmom.com

TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
http://www.tesol.edu/index.html

The Gateway to Educational Materials
http://www.thegateway.org

The National Student Research Center - NSRC
http://www.youth.net/nsrc

The Teacher's Desk
http://www.knownet.net/users/Ackley

The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation on National Education Reform Issues http://www.edexcellence.net/surfing/surfing.htm

The Web Quest Page
http://ed.web.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html

Translation Dictionary
http://www.babylon.com

Translation Site
http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com

Translation Site
http://www.e-lingo.com/browse/index/html

Translation Site
http://www.traducciongratis.com

The WWW Virtual Library
http://www.vlib.org

U.S. DOE (Department of Education)
http://www.ed.gov

U.S. DOE-SP (Department of Education for Spanish Resources) http://www.ed.gov/offices/OHA/spanishresources

U.S. Network for Education Information
http://www.ed.gov/NLE/UNEI/HPOBl.html

Web 66
http://web66.umn.edu

BBC Online
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/index.shtml

Econet
http://www.eco.net.apc.org/earthday

ESOL Home page
http://www.lang.uiuc.edu/r-li5/est

Ethnologue Database
http://www.sil.org/ethnologue

French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Latin, Linguistics Resources
http://sps.k12.mo.us/khs

GeoCities Bilingual links
http://pages.yahoo.com/nhp?h=/schools-education/bilingual

Global Translations
http://www.globalink.com/home.html

Haiti Online
http://www.haitionline.com

Hispanic Online
http://www.hisp.com

International News Bank
http://infoweb.newsbank.com
School Access:
User name: 17546
Password:17546

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide

Language Box
http://www.languagebox.com

Language Page
http://www.june29.com/HLP

Lingua Web
http://www.linguagweb.ndirect.co.uk

Multicultural Holidays
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC

Multilingual Nursery Rhymes
http://www.luakart.de/multisite

Teacher Talk Forum
http://education.undiana.edu/cas/ttforum/ttforum.html

Vocabulary Exercises
http://www.vokabel.com

Yamada Language Guide
http://www.babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides.html



Web Sites in Languages other than English:

ABC Electronico
http://www.abc.es

Association for Haitian American Development
http://www.ahad-kreyol.org

American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
http://www.aatsp.org

Aztec Web Page
http://www.azteca.net/aztec

Canadian Parents for French
http://www.cpf.ca

Cinco de Mayo
http://www.latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/cinco.html

Cultures Around the World
http://www.christmas.com

Chinese
http://www.redgum.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/-zhang/speaking

Dictionary of History and Tradition in Japan
http://www.hlkyaku.com/manga/histxtg0.html

Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com

English Grammar
http://www.english.upenn.edu/-jlynch/grammar.html

French Dictionary
http://www.europa-pages.co.uk/france

Hispanos Famosos
http://www.clark.net/pub/jgbustam/famosos.html

Hispanic Online
http://www.hisp.com

Italian
http://www.eat.com/earn-italian/index.html

Japan Center for Intercultural Communications
http://jin.jcic.or.jp

Japan Information Network
http://www.jinjapan.org

Japanese
http://jw.nttam.com/KIDS/kids-home.html

Kathy Schrock?s Guide for Educators
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/world/worldrw.html

La Escuela Virtual
http://www.escuela-virtual.org.mx/escuela-virtual

Latina Homepage
http://www.conexionlatina.com

Learn French
http://www-jump-gate.com/languages/french

Montana Association of Language Teachers
http://www.maltesite.org

Online Spanish Tutorial
http://www.studyspanish.com/tutorial.htm

Portuguese
http://www.alu.ci.uminho.pt:8888/-si17836/portugese/portles sons.html

Spanish
http://mac94.ralphbunche.rbs.edu/spanish.html

Spanish
http://www.hardlink.com/-chambers/Spanish

Spanish Lessons
http://respro.learningco.com/spanish

Spanish Lessons
http://www-june29.com/Spanish/index.html

Spanish Web Dictionaries
http://www.members.aol.com/Jsnipeabc/index.html

Swiss Bilingual Education
http://www.unine.ch/irdp

Topics in Spanish
http://www.yahoo.es

Univision
http://www.univision.net

Zona Latina: Latin American Children Resource
http://www.zonalatina.com/Zlchild.htm


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