Language
Sites
ESL
- Sites of Interest to Students and Teachers
English Language Tests
English Grammar
Dictionaries
Literacy Sites
Literacy
Organizations - Local
Literacy Organizations - National
Math
Spelling
Stories
Book Clubs
NEW! TumbleReadables - an online collection of read-along titles for elementary, middle school, and high school students which features adjustable online text and complete audio narration. Sentences are highlighted as they are being read and the pages turn automatically. The collection features chapter books, early readers, YA/Teen Novels, high interest/low level books for both middle school and high school students, plus classics of American and English literature, including Shakespeare.
Rosetta Stone Language Learning software is accessible from designated PCs at Main and each community library. Languages are English, French, Spanish, German and Italian.
Language
Sites
ESL
- Sites of Interest to Students and Teachers
Test
Links Links to all kinds of websites including
grammar, spelling as well as to dictionaries,
quizzes and games.
1-Language.com
ESL for everyone learning English
About.com
Guide to English as a Second Language
BBC - Learning English
CBC - Learning English with the CBC
Dave’s
ESL Café
English
as a 2nd Language
Oxford University Press - I'm Learning English online practice
Rong-Chang
Li’s English as a Second Language Site
The
Tower of English - ESL Guide to the Internet
English Language Tests
TOEFL
- Test
of English as a Foreign Language - Required
at many English-speaking colleges and universities
worldwide.
IELTS-International
Language Testing System - Measures ability
to communicate in English for people who intend
to study or work where English is the language
of communication.
TOEIC-Test
of English for International Communication
- Standard test for workplace English language
proficiency worldwide.
ETS
Canada-Educational Testing Service Canada
- A private educational testing and measurement
organization.
Canadian
Academic English Language Assessment Test
- Standardized test of English in use for academic
purposes.
Conestoga
College is an IELTS test centre.
English
Grammar
Grammar
Safari
Guide
to English Language Grammar and Style
OWL-Online
Writing Lab: Exercises on grammar, spelling
and punctuation
Dictionaries
OneLook
Dictionaries
Wiktionary:
Multilingual dictionary
YourDictionary.com
Online
Dictionaries
English
to Farsi dictionary
BBC - Learn Languages Online
For
more information on KPL's resources for Language,
please look at our Resource
Lists for Language.
Literacy
Sites
Literacy
Organizations - Local
ProjectREAD
Literacy Network WaterlooWellington - provides
literacy assessment and referrals
The
Literacy Group of Waterloo Region -
provides help with reading, writing, and math
The
Literacy Project - A portal which brings together
literacy information from organizations world
wide.
Literacy
Organizations-National
ABC
Canada - promotes literacy issues
AlphaPlus
Centre - provides help and materials to literacy
organizations in Ontario
East
End Literacy: Clear Language and Design
Frontier
College - recruits and trains volunteers to
work with students
Laubach Literacy
of Canada - works to improve basic literacy
skills
Movement
for Canadian Literacy - national voice for
literacy
NALD
- National Adult Literacy Database
Ontario
Native Literacy Coalition
World
Literacy of Canada
Math
ABC
Canada Math Literacy
Spelling
Spelling:
A Key to Good Communication
Stories
Learning
Resources
Book
Clubs
Golden
Oak Adult Literacy Book Club - adult reading
program sponsored by the Ontario Library Association
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