Educational Resource List

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/

From the website: “I teach Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced English Language Learners (as well as native English speakers) at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California… In addition to writing this blog and maintaining my website, I write regularly for the In Practice blog. “In Practice” is written by a group of teachers from around the world who teach in low-income communities. Alice Mercer began In Practice in 2007.”

http://getitwrite.com/

From the website: “Search for goods and services on Writing, Is all Writing Creative, Writing Contest, Short Story and more.”

Although their limited “about” text doesn’t mention it, they also seem to have a helpful blog, at least in archive. I recently linked to one on dashes and hyphens.

http://www.theconferencecalendar.com/default.cfm

From the website: “Our directory provides up-to-date conference information that allows you to choose conferences that best meet your needs. We will continue to include conferences with both a strong technology track and participation by those who influence the use of technology.”

http://www.etprofessional.com/

From the website: “Each issue is packed with a wide range of feature articles covering practical techniques for teaching, written by leading authors, experts and professionals. In each issue, we also provide reviews of the latest books and products, competitions, practical tips, and advice on personal and professional development.”

http://creativechalk.com/

From the website: “Our mission is to provide free online tools to ESL teachers that enable them to connect and share ideas and teaching materials online.”

http://motivatedgrammar.wordpress.com/

From the website: “A lot of people make claims about what “good English” is. Much of what they say is flim-flam, and this blog aims to set the record straight. Its goal is to explain the motivations behind the real grammar of English and to debunk ill-founded claims about what is grammatical and what isn’t.”

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/

From the Wikipedia: “Language Log is a collaborative language blog maintained by University of Pennsylvania phonetician Mark Liberman.

“The site is updated daily at the whims of the contributors, and most of the posts are on language use in the media and popular culture. Google search results are frequently used as a corpus to test hypotheses about language. Other popular topics are the descriptivism/prescriptivism debate and linguistics-related news items. The site has also occasionally held contests in which visitors attempt to identify an obscure language.

“Language Log is now one of the most popular linguistics blogs in the blogosphere. As of August 2007, it receives an average of about 9,500 visits per day.”

http://www.geocities.com/vance_stevens/lnxmainp.htm

From the website: “Vance Stevens is a Lecturer in Computing at Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi. From 1997-2003 he was CALL (computer-assisted language learning) coordinator at the Military Language Institute in Abu Dhabi. He has been an ESL teacher since 1975, and has implemented CALL since 1979. He has conducted research, produced numerous publications and CALL software, and was for 2 years Director of ESL Software Design at a software publishing company in California.”

http://www.readableblog.com/

From the website: “This blog exists to help adult English language learners improve their English skills. You may find new ways to study, especially if you live in an area with few English speakers. There is a limit to what anybody can learn in class. It might sound strange for an English teacher like me to say, but most real learning happens outside of class. But studying on your own can also be very frustrating, so I hope the tools and information I post can help you.”