- College Reading & Learning Association
CRLA is the oldest professional organization dedicated to reading and learning assistance at the college level. The friendliness and willingness to share information has been a trademark of CRLA through the years.
- Learning Resources
Learning Resources offers Web-delivered instruction for adult literacy using current and past CNN San Francisco bureau news stories. Included are the full text of each story with interactive comprehension tests. Options are provided for reading and listening to the text, or viewing a short video clip of the story.
- Bangkok Educational Services for EFL/ESL Reading Specialists
This site is geared for teaching English as a Second language through the use of the Bangkok newspaper. The feature focus is a five-day program that includes an archive of feature stories with lessons for applying reading strategies.
- On-Line Dictionaries
Guide to Web-based dictionaries including Webster's Electronic Dictionary and "yourdictionary.com."Your dictionary includes over 80 specialty area dictionaries with language tools such as the thesaurus and word search tools for rhyming, pronunciation acronyms, synonyms, homophones, antonyms, and spelling. Also provided is a link to the "Electric Library."
- 1000 Useful Words
Look at the upper right hand corner of the page. Go to Learning Materials. Choose 1000 Useful Words--Lists with Definitions. This site presents a hypertext list of 1000 college-level vocabulary words linked to their definitions. It also provides information and learning materials on improving reading, vocabulary, English grammar, and writing.
- English Network
Create your own interactive quizzes using resources from the Internet. This includes links to downloadable programs from which you can create interactive quizzes, puzzles, games, exercises, etc.
- Quia
Links to over 500,000 activities in the content areas including English, science, foreign language, mathematics, etc.
- PBS On-line
Includes links for reading about the arts and sciences and current affairs.
- Web sites for Reading Instruction & Research
Web sites for Reading Instruction & Research houses Web sites relevant to the teaching of reading and the research that drives this instruction. Surf the Reading Web, a Web site dedicated to college reading and study skills has become a part of WRIR.
- Penguin Online Auditorium
This exciting online seminar series offers professors and students the opportunity to talk directly with such leading and legendary authors as Arthur Miller, Dorothy Allison, and Julia Alvarez.
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