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Many Things for Esl Japanese Version
This is the Japanese version of the well-known Interesting Things for ESL site (the authors are professors teaching in Japan). The Japanese site has many of the same features as the English Only version in fact, it usually goes to the...
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Many things.org: American Literature for English Learners
American literature presented in text and audio for English language learners. Students have the ability to listen to the audio as they read the text. Links to 57 audio programs and text by American authors. MP3 is required for the audio...
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Many things.org: American History for English Learners (Esl/efl)
American History presented in text and audio for English language learners. Students have the ability to listen to the audio as they read the text. Links to more than 250 audio programs and text with information presented in...
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Many things.org: Match Word for English Study: Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers
Concentration game helps students practice matching cardinal and ordinal number names.
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American English Pronunciation Practice Minimal Pairs
24 lessons based on words that sound similar in English, e.g., they/day, see/she, said/sad. Practice listening to and saying each pair, then listen to a sentence and identify the word used.
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Many things.org: Listen and Read Along
Read along and listen to different articles and stories to strengthen vocabulary and listening skills.
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Many things.org: Esl Videos
Links to videos in English on a variety of topics, intended to strengthen listening skills. Some include text to follow along with.
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Many things.org: In 1845, Republic of Texas Faces a Choice
An explanation of the difficulties the Republic of Texas encountered when deciding whether to join the Union. Also discusses President James Polk's efforts to expand the territories held by the United States, which brought him into...
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Easy Things for Beginners: Interesting Things for Esl
Those familiar with ESL web sites will probably recognize this comprehensive site. On this page, the editors helpfully highlight a dozen or so word games and vocabularly activities geared to beginning ESL students and newcomers to the...
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Interesting Things for Esl: Commonly Used American Slang
Over 280 examples of American slang, each used in a sentence and replaced with a literal "translation." Some examples may be too explicit for younger learners.
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American History: Election of 1960 Brings Close Race Between Kennedy, Nixon
This program from Voice of America, The Making of a Nation, presents events in American history. This segment begins with a review of the Eisenhower administration as a background to the campaign and election of 1960. Read or listen to...
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Many things.org: English Vocabulary Games With Pictures
Choose from several simple word-to-picture matching games to enhance basic vocabulary.
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Many things.org: About Places
Read along and listen to historical information about several American monuments and icons.
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Many things.org: Stories About People (Biographies)
Read along and listen to biographies about famous people, mostly Americans.
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Many things.org: Words and Their Stories
Listen and read along to several articles about common idioms, proverbs, adages, and interesting words to enhance English learning students' vocabulary.
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Many things.org: Studying in the Usa
Read along and listen to several articles about foreign students' experiences studying in the United States of America.
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Many things.org: Everyday Vocabulary Anagrams
Links to several activities and resources for learning more about anagrams.
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Many things.org: Commonly Used Proverbs
Links to several activities to test knowledge of over two hundred English proverbs and sayings.
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American History: Election of 1896: It Came Down to a Question of Money
This program, part of The Making of a Nation from Voice of America gives a very good description of the issues in the presidential campaign of 1896. Learn about the differences between the gold bugs and silverites, a third party...
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Many Interesting Things: Basic Esl Vocabulary Word Lists
Collection of word lists in a variety of categories such as baseball, geography, cooking, and transportation. Learning activities include word finds, hangman, and even typing practice.
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Many things.org: Jig Word for English Study: Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers
Interactive matching game helps students identify cardinal and corresponding ordinal numbers.
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Word Based Games for Esl Students
Games that focus attention on different trouble spots in English language learning: irregular words, homonyms, prefixes, and more.
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Many Things Esl: Japanese English Quizzes in Romaji
Test your knowledge of English vocabulary with these simple, interactive games. This site is related to, and has many of the same quizzes as, the Internet TESL Journal's Japanese-English Quizzes (you'll see a link to it) but these...