aclJohn's English Language-Literature Finds

The Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project has what can only be described as an outstanding interactive resource that everyone who teaches Romeo and Juliet should probably bookmark.

Interactive Folio: Romeo and Juliet is an interactive display of the text of Romeo and Juliet. As learners read the document they can...

• click on any link in the text to view...
  • definitions;
  • images;
  • audio recordings; and
  • videos
    

...related to the content they're reading.

Conjugation is an english conjugation dictionary database for hundreds of conjugations that can be used to learn English.

One of the most complicated concepts in mastering English for ESOL/ESL/EFL/etc., learners is the conjugation. A conjugation refers to the arrangement of a verb in various voices and tenses – a critical part of written and spoken English.

To start...

• type any verb into the search box or click one of the most popular verbs listed on the home page.
  
• Each verb will...

What could be more wonderful than the original manuscript? From the British Library Online Gallery , this manuscript is the original version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, the pen-name of Charles Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician.

"Urged by friends to publish the story, Dodgson re-wrote and enlarged it, removing some of the private family references and adding two new chapters."

Take a closer look yourself at http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/...

LoudLit is a good place to find free audio recordings of well known works of literature.

Many websites do this, but what makes LoudLit unique, and useful for practitioners, is the option of reading the text online while listening to the reading of the text.

LoudLit is a great resource for struggling readers.

Learners can...

• use LoudLit to follow along with the reading of a text.
• use individual computers to progress at their own pace.

My son emailed me with this link...

Create poems, for Twitter, using  magnetic words.

To use...

• drag words onto the 'page'
• click the swap words button, to change those words you don't wish to use
• write/compose the text
• Post the poem on your twitter account (if you have one) or publish to the Twitter Magnets Account

Note: Snippy or other screen capture tools could be used to record the end result without publishing to twitter.

Try it out at http://www.twittermagnets.com/.