Helpful/Interesting Language Links

Resources for Language Learners and Teachers

The following is a growing collection of some of the resources that students and teachers of English might find helpful. Feedback and input is welcome. Please send comments and suggestions to the webmaster.

Online Dictionaries and other Resources

• Oxford English Dictionary (The UdS is an institutional subscriber)
• Merriam-Webster Online
• Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
• Cambridge Dictionaries Online
• Macmillan English Dictionaries
• Online Etymology Resource
• LEO
• German <-> English Dictionary (TU Chemnitz)

Teaching Materials/Resources

• onestopenglish.com (Macmillan Publishers Ltd) 
  • Ideas and activities related to writing 
   
• Saarland Bildungsserver 
• "A Process Approach to Writing" (article) 
• British Council / BBC: Teaching English
• Essay writing
• Writing and punctuation

Selected News Sources

• BBC News
• The Economist
• Guardian Unlimited | Audio
• The Independent
• The Irish Times
• The New York Times
• Orion Magazine 
• The Progressive
• The Times
• The Times of India
• Buffalo Report

Radio/Podcasts (listening to English)

(The following XML links can be entered into your favorite podcast software [iTunes, available for both Windows and Mac OS X, is a good choice].)

• ABC podcasts | Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National
• BBC podcasts | British Broadcasting Corporation
• CBC podcasts | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• NPR podcasts | National Public Radio (U.S.)
• Ropecast
  •  (Web page) A podcast by Saarland University for advanced learners of English.
  •  Ropecast: enhanced podcast feed
  •  Ropecast: mp3 podcast feed

Publishers

• Oxford University Press
• Pearson/Longman

Professional Societies/Associations/Publications

• International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
• Internet Teaching English as a Second Language Journal