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* Integrate the language of learning and content (09:2)

* Utilizing on-line media to learn English (09:1)

* Ready-made lessons from English teacher Sean Banville! (08:4)

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

* Writing for a real audience! (08:3)

* Språklänkportalen – a web resource for teachers of English! (08:2)

http://www.spraklankportalen.se/

* A news corpus of American English! (08:2)

http://www.americancorpus.org/

* Sweden in English (08:1)

http://www.sweden.se/

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/europe/sweden

http://www.sverigeturism.se/smorgasbord/

http://www.thelocal.se/

http://www.sr.se/international/index.stm

* Work with well-known authors and literature (07:4)

http://uk.agathachristie.com

http://www.aidanchambers.co.uk/

http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/dickensov.html

http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Bronte.html

http://cslewis.drzeus.net

http://www.lostgeneration.com/hrc.htm

http://www.janeausten.co.uk/

http://www.jaffebros.com/lee/gulliver/

http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/literature/golding/help.html

http://www.marktwainhouse.org/

http://www.roalddahl.com/

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/

http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/merchant/swf/words.html

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/index.html

http://www.readprint.com/

http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/jo/ebook.html

* Inspiring thematic activities at the Babelnet Theme Park! (07:3)

http://babelnet.sbg.ac.at/themepark/

* Try out the new on-line corpus of American Time Magazine! (07:2)

http://corpus.byu.edu/time/

* Use on-line radio for listening comprehension! (07:1)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

http://www.npr.org/

http://www.rcinet.ca/rci/en/

http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/index.asp?nyheter=1&ProgramID=2054

http://www.radiodiaries.org/

http://www.loe.org/

http://www.hpol.org/

http://www.cartalk.com/

* Do like Christer Fuglesang – enter space with NASA! (06:4):

http://www.nasa.gov

* Become a WebRanger – explore American national parks! (06:4):

http://www.nps.gov/webrangers/

* The BBC helps kids find information about interesting topics (06:3):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/guides/default.stm

* On-line dictionaries and encyclopedias (06:2):

http://www.onelook.com/

http://www.yourdictionary.com/specialty.html

http://lexikon.nada.kth.se/lexin-en.shtml

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

* Learn English while talking and writing about important issues! (06:1):

http://www.britkid.org/

* Christmas time! (05:4):

http://members.tripod.com/~newyearseve/

http://www.northpole.com/

http://www.sentex.net/~kdor/christmas.html

http://www.topshelfmarketing.com/christmas/

http://www.christmas-carols.net/

http://www.carols.org.uk/

* Working and playing with words (05:4):

http://www.wordcentral.com/

* Time for sports! (05:3):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/default.stm

* Work with the history of the English language! (05:2):

http://www.etymonline.com/

http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/hel/hel.html

* On-line newspapers from the English-speaking world (04:4):

The age (Australia) http://www.theage.com.au/

The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) http://www.smh.com.au/

The New Zealand Herald http://www.nzherald.co.nz/

The Hindu (India) http://www.hinduonnet.com/

The Indian Express http://www.indianexpress.com/

The Jamaica Observer, Trinidad & Tobago Express and other Caribbean newspapers http://www.caribbeannewspapers.com/

Canada Newswire http://www.newswire.ca/en/

CBC News (Canada) http://www.cbc.ca/news/

The Scotsman http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/

The Irish News Online http://www.irishnews.com/

Newswales http://newswales.co.uk/

* British and American English (04:3):

http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/

* Enter the world of your students (04:2):

http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/main/homepage/intro.html

http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/home.asp

http://www.hp-lexicon.org/

http://www.lordoftherings.net/

http://www.theonering.net/index.shtml

http://www.lordotrings.com/noflash/default.asp

http://www.fifa.com/en/index.html

http://www.manutd.com/home/default.sps

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/

http://www.arsenal.com/

http://www.ubl.com

http://www.penpalgarden.com

* Inspiring activities for students (03:3):

http://towerofenglish.com/

* Common errors in English (03:2):

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/

* Playing with words - websites on puns in the English language! (03:2):

http://www.punoftheday.com/

http://www.punsgalore.com/

* Reading exercises + on-line dictionary (02:4):

http://www.manythings.org/reading/

* Listen to on-line radio programmes! (02:4):

http://www.comfm.com/live/radio/

* Exercises shared by teachers of ESL/EFL (02:3):

http://www.smic.be/smic5022/ (English Exercises Online)

http://www.edumatic.qc.ca/English/activities/vocabularypower.htm#vocab (Vocabulary Power)

http://www.suzanneh.com (Suzanne's ESL Page)

http://www.esl-lab.com (Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab)

http://a4esl.org (Activities for ESL students)

http://www.englishforum.com/00/interactive ( Aardwark's English Forum)

http://www.english-zone.com (English Zone) DT>

* An on-line dictionary of British slang (02:3):

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/index.htm

* What about a history class in English? (02:1):

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html

* Mainly for fun - a site that can cheer up students and teachers alike! (01:4):

http://www.avigsidan.com

* Learn English with the BBC! (01:4):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml

* Getting the corpus into the classroom. Check out Tim Johns' data-driven learning page (01:3):

http://web.bham.ac.uk/johnstf/timconc.htm

* Business and pleasure for teachers and students of English at The English Club: exercises, business English, games, penpals , discussion forum, information about language holidays and e-books etc. (01:1):

http://www.englishclub.net/

* Learn English and learn about the world – at the same time! (00:3):

http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/

* Plenty of tips for English teachers: vocabulary exercises, lesson plans, penpal lists and many other things (00:2):

http://esl.about.com/education/esl/mbody.html

* An interesting website on vocabulary (00:1):

http://www.quinion.com/words/