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What Was New 1997

Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 036, 14 December 1997

  • New Page in Volterre-Fr:
    Linguistics and Foreign Languages | Langues Etrangères et Linguistiques
  • On La Page d'Anglais
    from Guadeloupe, Jean Sahai has new information on the Agreg '98. Also see in Volterre-Fr AGREG et CAPES.
  • In Email Lists for Teachers
    ESL, an unmoderated discussion list
  • Dans Courrier Electronique | Email Lists
    Ademir: Association pour le Développement dans l’Enseignement de la Micro-Informatique et des Réseaux. Bulletin et site Web en français.
  • In Web Links for Teachers
    Ervin's ESL Net

    Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 035, 30 November 1997

  • Dans Liens Web pour les Profs et les Etudiants
    A delightful "Twas the Night Before" poem in French and English by Pete Jones in Canada.
  • Dans Literature | Littérature
    Premiers Pas sur Internet -- French children's books reviewed by children
  • In Software
    C@lling Japan Software Reviews

    Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 034, 16 November 1997

  • In Liens Web
    NOEL | Season's Greetings -- Pete Jones has a wonderful Christmas page: English, French, German, Spanish... and turn on your speakers for the music!
  • In Searching Tips
    a) Internet Tutorials
    b) This page has been updated with other information
  • In Television & Radio on the Internet
    BBC News Online
  • In Web Links for Learners of English
    Anglais de Spécialité/Général Anglais | English for Special Purposes

    Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 033, 2 November 1997

  • In Education Nationale
    Rapport officiel de l'Inspection Générale de l'Education Nationale sur l'utilisation du multimédia dans les enseignements.
  • In Email Lists for Teachers
    CETEFL for EFL teachers living in Central and Eastern Europe.

    Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 032, 19 October 1997

  • In Searching Tips
    Updated: see Search Engine Watch and OU CALL
  • In Web Links for Teachers of English
    You Be The Judge! Prince Charming and Cinderella Go To Trial!
  • In Web Links for Learners of English and In Liens Web pour les Profs et les Etudiants
    VIFAX-anglais and VIFAX-francais
  • In Web Links for Teachers
    EFL Tech - France for EFL teachers for mechanical engineering
  • In Teacher Training
    The British Institute in Paris

    Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 031, 5 October 1997

  • New in Château de Tennessus
    Visite avec goûter et Ateliers Médiévals. A wonderful idea for school children!
  • New File in Volterre-Fr Keypals and Penpals
    Places to find email partners or partner schools for your students
  • In Web Links for Learners of English
    1) ESL Listening Neighborhood by Kent Trickel
    2) ESL Slang Page by Dave Sperling
  • In Search Engines
    Presence Web for DNS searches

    Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 030, 21 September 1997
    Dedicated to Dr. Roy Bowers 1949 - 1997

  • New File in Volterre-Fr Business English for Teachers and Learners
    http://www.volterre-fr.com/businessenglish.html
    by Linda Thalman
  • New file in Volterre-Fr
    Gender Issues on the Information Highway: An Analysis of Communication Styles in Electronic Discussion Groups by Paolo Rossetti, 1997
  • In Epreuves | Examinations
    Les Corrigés du Bac 1997
  • In Ecoles sur le Web
    mis à jour | new additions

    Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 029, 7 September 1997

  • In Electronic Publications
    The Paperless Classroom? by Tom Robb in Japan
  • In Page d’Agrégation d’Anglais
    http://www.outremer.com/~sharad/index.html
    Updates and energy as the orals approach.
  • In Web Links for Learners
    1) Ruth's Web Writing World, an online writing course. A must-see site!
    2) Network from BBC English, a magazine for learners and teachers.
  • In Email Lists for Learners of English
    BBC-ELT Network, a discussion group for learners and teachers of English - and especially for those interested in using the Internet
  • In Around & About Paris
    Thirza Vallois will be giving a lecture and slide show on 2 October 1997 at the French Institute in London. "From the Baron Haussmann to Josephine Baker - A Time of Social and Artistic Revolutions"
  • In Literature | Littérature
    Lexique des Etudes Littéraires
  • In Internet Projects
    1) The Bangkok Post newspaper has new sections: translation, visit Thailand and vocabulary building
    2) CeT-Link, a project for junior and senior high school students.
  • In Email Lists for Teachers of English
    1) TWO-L: Teaching Writing Online List
    2) N&V-L: email list for teachers of English in South American countries
  • In Search Engines
    1) Inference Find, a parallel web search engine
    2) Northern Light
  • In Web Links for Learners of English
    Page d'Anglais Spécial, English for Special Purposes exercises

    Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 028, 17 August 1997

  • In Internet Television and Radio | Télévision et Radio sur Internet
    1) Le Monde de la Radio: live radio
    2) Emerging Technologies: Real-time Audio and Video Playback on the Web by Bob Godwin-Jones, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • In Internet Projects
    1) Global Travel Guide, a project by Heidi Shetzer and her students
    2) Culture Pages from Dresden, Germany in English by Udoka Ogbue and his students
    3) English for Science and Engineering by Joseph Greenman in German
  • New File: Using Video Cassettes and the Internet
    by Linda Thalman, http://www.volterre-fr.com/videoweb.html
  • In Email Lists for Teachers of English
    ERIC News Educational Resources Info Center Bulletins
  • Dans Liens Web
    Bien-dire, quarterly journal for Francophiles and learners of French.

    Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 027, 26 July 1997

  • In Liens Web pour les Profs et les Etudiants
    French Language Course: basic French online course.
  • In Web Links for Teachers
    Technology Education via the World Wide Web: ideal for teachers with technology students
  • In Testing
    Computer Adaptive Testing Project
  • In Pronunciation
    Some Techniques for Teaching Pronunciation
  • In Australia
    Australian Links for ESL Students by James Christensen
  • In In Electronic Publications
    1) On-Line and Off-Line Texts of Non-Native Speakers: Distinguishable Text Types?
    2) English Teachers, Prepare Yourselves for the Digital Age
  • In In Web Links for Teachers
    Writing Suggestions & Ideas from Clay Bond in Indiana
  • In Search Engines
    France Telecom's "Les Pages Web"
  • Dans Liens Web
    Améliorez votre orthographe et Textes de dictées de Pivot
  • In Literature | Littérature
    1) French literary texts -- a nice selection of full text versions.
    2) The Case - mini-mysteries with a twist

    Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 026
    One Year Anniversary Issue, 7 July 1997

  • The Virtual Classroom
    This is a new file in Volterre-Fr, kindly provided by Roger Hudson of ELS in Australia.

    Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 025, 29 June 1997

  • In Email Lists for Teachers of English
    CALL-ED, for teacher trainers or educators to discuss issues relative to Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL).
  • In Professional Organizations
    The English Teachers Association, Switzerland, ETAS
  • Dans Académies sur le Web
    L'Académie de Toulouse: Anglais
  • In Television and Radio on the Internet
    CNN Newsroom

    Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 024, 15 June 1997

  • In Web Links for Teachers
    Stories in the News and English-Language News Sources, by John McVicker, Ohio University
  • In Web Links for Learners
    University of Victoria English Language Centre Online English Writing Course, by Martin Holmes
  • Software is a new file in Volterre-Fr.
    Andrew Taber has kindly contributed this. Thanks!
  • Internet Television and Radio | Télévision et Radio sur Internet is a new file in Volterre-Fr.
  • In Books for Teaching Languages Using the Internet
    Net Lessons: Web-Based Projects For Your Classroom, Laura Parker Roerden
  • New on WebFrance International
    Formavision, in partnership with the Centre Nationale d'Enseignement Distance (CNED) has put up two teacher files and two student files (in French) of two videofilms on basic communication for free downloads from the Formavision web site. The workbooks are written by teachers in the French education system and are aimed at high school students and adult learners. http://www.formavision.com

    Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 023

  • In Dictionnaires / Dictionary Resources
    the Newbury House Online Dictionary
  • Dans Liens Web
    M. LIMPARFAIT EST MORT À PICKERING!!!! new from Pete Jones and his Cooperative Learning in the French Class Web site.
  • In Email Lists for Teachers
    EDU-ONLINE, for distance learning and more.
  • In In Books for Teaching Languages Using the Internet Net Lessons Net Lessons: Web-Based Projects For Your Classroom, Laura Parker Roerden
  • New on WebFrance International
    1) ETMA
    European Training Media Association http://www.etma.org/

    Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 022

  • In Email Lists for Teachers of English
    1. ECOMP-L, College English Composition mailing list
    2. CyberESL: Email and Beyond, by Tom Robb (PCI Coordinator), Deborah Healey and Ron Corio
  • In Distance Learning
    A Guide to British Master's Degrees in TESOL by Distance Learning, Daniel Dunkley, Aichi Gakuin University
  • Clip Art for English Language Teaching
    is a new file in Volterre-Fr
  • In Professional Organizations
    IALL, The "International Association for Learning Laboratories
  • In Paris
    How Far Is It? Calculate the distance from Paris to the closest city near you.

    Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 021

  • Books for Teaching Languages Using the Internet
    A new file prepared by Linda Thalman
  • Dans Courrier Electronique | Email Lists
    Nouvelle adresse pour Edufrancais [Excellent email list in French]
  • In Job Links
    AngloFiles latest issue called "True Stories" on getting working papers in France [not easy!]
  • In Search Engines
    Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists
  • In Literature | Littérature
    LitWeb and
    Le signet hebdomadaire, dans le site de l'Ambassade de France à Ottawa

  • New on WebFrance International
    RTV Voyages Travel Agent in Paris
    http://www.wfi.fr/rtvvoyages/
    Promotion: Egypt, Marrakech, Madrid, Ephese (Turkey), Tunisie,...

    Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 020

  • In Web Links for Learners
    English Grammar Pages by Jonathan Revusky; Intermediate & Advanced English learners
  • In Testing
    Resources in Language Testing Page from the University of Surrey, UK
  • In Dictionnaires | Dictionaries
    Travlang's Translating Dictionaries and Foreign Languages for Travelers
  • In Poetry
    Poets Corner for EFL Learners
  • In Email Lists for Teachers
    ETNI: list for English teachers in Israel and the rest of the world
  • In Electronic Publications
    ETNI (English Teachers Network in Israel)
  • Dans l'Enseignement à Distance (EAD) | Distance Learning
    C.R.V. Comité Réseau des universités
  • La Page d'Agreg
    This site has new resources especially in the Pedagogy and Didactics sections. This site is now located in Guadeloupe. See also AGREG & CAPES in Volterre-Fr
  • In Pronunciation
    Minimal Pairs, Homographs and Homophones by John Higgins
  • Dans Liens Web
    Index Page for Pete Jones' small group cooperative learning strategies (FLE)
  • In Job Links
    U.S.I.A. -- Fulbright Senior Scholar Program
  • New on WebFrance International
    • Around and About Paris, Vol. 3
      http://www.thirzavallois.com/
      New Horizons: Haussmann's Annexation, Arrondissements 13 - 20 by Thirza Vallois. For the Real Lovers of Paris!

    Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 019

  • Sponsorship on Volterre-Fr
    http://www.volterre-fr.com/sponsor.html
  • TOEIC France
    http://www.toeic-france.com/
    Test d'Anglais Professionnel | Test of English for International Communication, Ian Bell, Director. The Web site offers full information in French on the TOEIC exam, listening and reading extracts in English from the test, and more.
  • Dans Liens Web
    Le Monde Francophone / The World of French, Lara Hausch
  • In Search Engines
    Netscan, for documents in French
  • In Searching Tips
    the Webmaster's Guide to Search Engines
  • In Literature | Littérature
    The complete works of Shakespeare
  • In Journaux en France et dans le Monde en ligne | Newspapers online in France and Worldwide
    Courrier International (in French)
  • In Web Links for Teachers of English
    ESL Internet Address Book, from "Sterling" Mr Dave Sperling
  • Dans Liens Web
    • Applications pédagogiques de l'internet
    • "Mon Ami Imaginaire" by Pete Jones
  • In Paris
    The weather in Paris (-- live!)
  • In Learn French in France
    Université Montaigne-Bordeaux III, Département d'Etudes de Français Langue Etrangère
  • New on WebFrance International
    • RTV Voyages
      Tailored Travel Packages, Good Value Round Trip Flights, Package Tours... Your travel agency in Paris from A to Z for France and around the world. http://www.wfi.fr/rtvvoyages/
    • TOEIC France
      http://www.toeic-france.com/

    Links: Volterre-Fr Newsletter 018

      March 1997

      February 1997

      January 1997

    What Was New in 1996

    The What's New and Was New file was started in June 1996. Additions to Volterre-Fr from September 1995 through May 1996 are not indexed. Conference announcements are not archived either. For current conference announcements see Conference Announcements in France and Conference Announcements Worldwide.

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