Syllabuses for Sec Sch (Eng)
Syllabuses for Sec Sch (Eng)
Website addresses are subject to change. Sometimes websites come and go;
sometimes they cannot be accessed for reasons such as different Internet
access software or because a different Internet service provider is being
used. If a site has been moved , use a search engine such as YAHOO or Alta
Vista to search for it , using the name of the site. The addresses given below
were accurate at the time this syllabus went to press. They are grouped
under the following 19 headings: Associations , Dictionaries/Thesauruses ,
Encyclopaedias , ESL-related Centres in HK , ES L/EFL Publications , Games ,
Grammar, Idioms , Lesson Plans and Materials , Links for Students , Mass
Media , Meeting Other Teachers , Oral English , Poetry , Publishers , Resources
and Databases , Student Internet Projects , Search To 呦, and Writing. The list
is not exhaustive but should provide useful links and reference.
Associations
ACW (http://english.ttu.edu/acwl)
Alliance for Computers and Writing
CA Ll CO (http://www.calico.org/)
The Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium
IRA (http://www.reading.org/)
International Reading Association
.τne websites Ii sted here have been revised and updated for the reprinting ofthis syllabus in 2001
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NCTE (http://www.ncte.org/)
The National Council of Teachers of English
Dictionaries/Thesauruses
Longman Dictionaries
(http ﹒ //www.awl-e役 .com/dictionaries/)
Synonym Dictionary
(http://vancouver-webpages .com/synonyms. html)
This home page carries lists of English synonyms
Encyclopaedias
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ESL-related Centres in HK
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ES L/EFL Publications
EFLWEB (http://www.u-net.com/eflweb/l
An on-line magazine for those teaching and learning English as a foreign
language
τESL-HK (http://www.tesl-hk.org.hk/l
On-line newsletter for English language teaching professionals in Hong Kong
offered by the City University of Hong Kong
Games
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Disney.com (http://www.disney.com/)
Interactive site for people of all ages
Etymologic!
(http://www .i ntuitive.com/cg 卜 local/etymologic.cgi/)
Interactive games for guessing the origins of English words
KidsCom (http://www.kidscom.com f)
Interactive and fun site for children
Wordland (http://www.wordland.com/)
Students can play interactive word games with other players from around the
world
Grammar
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Idioms
Animal Idioms
(http://www .eckersley .co.uk/Richard' s %20Pages /V…animaq.html)
An on-line exercise to help students learn expressions containing various
animal references
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Lesson Plans and Resources for ESL, Bilingual , and Foreign Language
Teachers (http://www.csun.edu/-hcedu013/eslindex.htm l)
Resource from Marty Levin of California State University , Northridge , υSA
Mass Media
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TeleNex (http://www.telenex.hku.hk!)
Teachers of Englìsh Language Educatìon Nexus ìs a computer network run by
the Department of Currìculum Studìes at The Unìversìty of Hong Kong to
enhance Englìsh language standards and the qualìty of Englísh language
teachìng ìn Hong Kong. The sìte comprìses a prìmary network and a
secondary network
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些旦旦
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Virginia library
Publishers
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Search Tools
Google (http://www.google.com/)
A fast and user-friendly search engine
Yahooligans (http://www.yahooligans.com/)
A search engine for kids
型企迦旦
GeoCities (http://www.geocities.com!)
Free home page for students to do their Web publishing
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