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Note for all visitors: I don't have neither the time nor the intention to keep a totally comprehensive list on my site, especially since there exist already quite a few of them and search engines have become highly efficient ... the addresses below are just the ones I use every now and then.

Happy surfing! 

 

 

 

Superb link-collections and Current Topics

 

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To start with: Sprachlernportal

adapted to the Bavarian curriculum  

previewed web resources for (American) teachers  

how to learn English with  Kathy Schrock

...and all about HANDHELD COMPUTERS and other "digital gadgets" 

Landesinstitut für Pädagogik und Medien in Saarbrücken   

from Germany's South: Sester's...

Mister Heigl's from Regensburg

...and Mister Schlamp's  for all school subjects

Zentralstelle für Unterrichtsmedien

Looking for dumb laws? Go and see Dumblaws!

Newspapers and the Electric Library

 

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News Galore - chosen by a search engine 

The Times Literary Supplement

This week's TIME Magazine

New Scientist Planet Science: The Last Word Science Questions and Answers

The New York Times Learning Network Lesson Plans for Teachers  

The Irish Times

The Inkpot

and - don't miss them:

E-LIBRARY: America's biggest pay text database (I have found a lot of useful texts there ,,,)

Internet Public Library - a tremendous source of sources

and nearly the same for free: ABOUT  

 

Links to texts and literature 

 

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Tongue-twisters, Virelangues etc. 

Monty Pythons Flying Circus - Transcripts of all the sketches

Literary Criticism  

Texts with Questions (and Solutions) up for Subscription           

Go and see the best: the British Library

PROJECT GUTENBERG INDEX

The Dickens Page

Shakespeare Web

The List of Libraries and Electronic Books from Germany

 

Language Learning

 

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Living on Earth  weekly environmental news and information program, for intermediate students, the latest shows can be downloaded (with transcription of the text!) and used in class or in the Bavarian "Jahrgangsstufentest", grade 10 - searchable archives going back as far as 1991!

ELLLO - the English Language Listening Lab Online - listening comprehension in all its facets - TOEFL and all - a tremendous source!

If you work together with a good "Leistungskurs" - try poems read out by non-professionals

Listening Comprehension and Note-Taking - for Students in Higher Education - fascinating for teachers ;-))

Ulrich Koch's Page: Teaching English and German ...with Hot Potatoes

Common Errors in English

Englishtown - the place to learn English    

 

BBC Radio and Television

 

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Guardian TV Listings

Links to all digital TV and radio stations

BBC Radio

Radios to be found at the Surfy Search Engine

News from Washington in superb quality      

Voice of America: News in simplified English  

American and English literature, read out by professionals  - for sale!

     

Movies and Music

 

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The Internet Movie Database  

Movie Review Query Engine  to hunt for Movie Reviews

All-movie Guide

All Music Guide  

Folks Songs, Gospel Songs, Spirituals, Hymns and much more 

Instrument Encyclopaedia  

The Rap Dictionary  

Online Music Terms  

 

Miscellaneous Political Items

 

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The British Monarchy

Houses of Parliament

House of Lords

House of Commons

Liberal Democrats

Labour Party

Liberal Party

Green Party

Conservative Party

 

Maps and Geography

 

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Maps and Weather

Mapquest

and the background: THE CIA FACTBOOK  

National Geographic  
World Atlas from Expedia

 

Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias

 

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Words in Context (English, French, German, Dutch)

Xrefer - the best encyclopaedia you can use for free 

Australian Slang   

Front-end to help you research all kinds of data - hopelessly outdated ...

Encyclopaedia Britannica  - completely on-line - but you must pay now :-(

Longman Web Dictionary - up-to-date online dictionary for 10 pounds a year 

Random House Webster's College Dictionary  

Computing Dictionary  

Encyclopedia for Kids  

OneLook Dictionaries

On-line Dictionaries

 

Biographies, History and Religion

 

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(mostly American) Biographies  

short glimpses into the past: The History Channel  

search engine for Antiquity  

Religious Terms

 

last updated and checked 20-04-2006