1. S. Kathleen Kitao Doshisha Women’s College Kenji Kitao Doshisha University

2.  General resources  Web pages with many lists of links, exercises, etc.

3.  Compleat Lexical Tutor http://www.lextutor.ca/http://www.lextutor.ca/  Wide variety of resources for students, researchers, and teachers  Tests for students’ vocabulary level  Printed out  Online  Word lists  “Grouplex”

4.  Vocabulary Teaching Ideas for ESL Teachers http://www.eslflow.com/vocabularylessonplans.ht ml http://www.eslflow.com/vocabularylessonplans.ht ml  Links to ideas for teaching vocabulary  Exercises  confusing words  topical vocabulary lists  suggestions for vocabulary word “maps” and vocabulary notebooks  vocabulary games

5.  Vocabulary.com http://www.vocabulary.com/http://www.vocabulary.com/  List of links for vocabulary web sites

6.  Lesson Plans, Worksheets, and Teaching Ideas  Can be used directly or adapted to particular situations  Worksheets can be used in class or as homework assignments  Generally organized by content area or part of speech  Interactive exercises can be used in computer lab or assigned as homework

7.  ESL Tower http://www.esltower.com/vocabularyteachers.htm l http://www.esltower.com/vocabularyteachers.htm l  Printable worksheets, organized by part of speech, content area, affix, etc.

8.  Idioms http://www.rong-chang.com/idioms.htm  List of links to resources related to idioms and teaching idioms  Dictionaries of idioms and slang  Exercises  Topical lists of idioms

9.  ESL Teacher Lesson Plans & Worksheets http://www.usingenglish.com/teachers/lesson- plans/ http://www.usingenglish.com/teachers/lesson- plans/  More than 150 lesson plans and worksheets

10.  Vocabulary Games and Puzzles  Pre-made activities that can be used as they are  Puzzles or games customized for a particular class  Can be useful in introducing or reinforcing vocabulary  a warm-up activity  a pre-reading or pre-listening activity to introduce the vocabulary in a passage  as a review of vocabulary already covered

11.  Learning Vocabulary Fun ＊ http://www.vocabulary.co.il/ http://www.vocabulary.co.il/  wide variety of vocabulary related games  word search  crossword puzzles  word matching games  unscrambling words

12.  Free Online Puzzle Maker (demo)  http://www.puzzle-maker.com/ http://www.puzzle-maker.com/  Can be used to make crossword puzzles or word search puzzles

13.  ESL Galaxy ＊  Large number of puzzles, games, and worksheets at different levels  Board games http://www.esl-galaxy.com/board.htm  Crossword Puzzles http://www.esl-galaxy.com/crosswords.htm  Vocabulary Worksheets http://www.esl-galaxy.com/vocabularysheets.html

14.  Vocabulary Learning Strategies  Important not just to teach specific vocabulary words but to teach how to learn.

15.  English Vocabulary Learning Advice Sheets http://lc.ust.hk/~sac/advice/english/advocabcont. htm http://lc.ust.hk/~sac/advice/english/advocabcont. htm  Advice about learning vocabulary  How to choose words to learn  Organizing your vocabulary learning  Remembering vocabulary  Learning parts of words  Evaluating progress  Learning phrases or idioms

16.  Word Lists and Word Frequency Resources  Useful for helping teachers find out what words students might not know  Academic Word List, lists of irregular verbs, etc., helps teacher figure out what which words to teach

17.  JACET 8000 Word List (demo)  JACET 8000 Level Marker http://www.tcp-ip.or.jp/~shim/J8LevelMarker/j8lm.cgi  V8an – Revised web edition http://www.tcp- ip.or.jp/~shim/j8web/j8web.cgihttp://www.tcp- ip.or.jp/~shim/j8web/j8web.cgi

18.  Academic Vocabulary (demo) http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~alzsh3/acvocab/ http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~alzsh3/acvocab/  A corpus-based list of words used in academic writing, divided into levels  Highlighter  Gapmaker  Advice about teaching and learning

19.  Teaching Collocations  Learning vocabulary involves not only learning individual words but learning the words that they should go with.  “strong coffee” rather than “thick coffee”

20.  Collocations http://www.englishcorner.vacau.com/vocabulary/ vocabulary.html#colls http://www.englishcorner.vacau.com/vocabulary/ vocabulary.html#colls  Matching exercises, gap fill exercises, etc., for learning collocations

21.  Vocabulary Notebooks  Notebooks in which students record words they are learning and information about them for ease of review and reference

22.  Word Surfing Notebook http://wordsurfing.co.uk/resources/WORDSURFI NG-VOCABULARY-NOTEBOOK.pdf http://wordsurfing.co.uk/resources/WORDSURFI NG-VOCABULARY-NOTEBOOK.pdf  Printable pages for a vocabulary notebook with suggestions for how to use it

23.  Flashcards  Can be used by students to work individually on learning vocabulary words

24.  Free Printables for Teachers—Flashcards http://www.mes-english.com/flashcards.php

25.  Interactive Activities  Activities done online, with responses provided

26.  English Vocabulary Games with Pictures http://www.manythings.org/lulu/ http://www.manythings.org/lulu/  Games for learning names of animals, food, household items, clothing, etc.

27.  Academic Vocabulary Quizzes http://www.eslgold.com/vocabulary/academic_qu iz.html http://www.eslgold.com/vocabulary/academic_qu iz.html  Different types of exercises that help students learn words from a list of academic vocabulary

28.  Word Engine http://www.wordengine.jp/  Identifies student’s vocabulary level and provides individualized practice  Based on staggered repetition  Fee depending on course

29.  Online learner’s dictionaries

30.  Cambridge Dictionaries Online http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ http://dictionary.cambridge.org/  Longman English Dictionary Online http://www.ldoceonline.com/

31. The End S. Kathleen Kitao kkitao217@yahoo.com Kenji Kitao kkitao@mail.doshisha.ac.jp