IELTS - English for International Opportunity

IELTS - English for International Opportunity: "ELTS is the International English Language Testing System. It measures ability to communicate in English across all four language skills – listening, reading, writing and speaking – for people who intend to study or work where English is the language of communication. Since 1989, IELTS has been proven and trusted worldwide to provide a secure, global, authentic and customer-focused test which measures true to life ability to communicate in English. Close to 5,000 education institutions, faculties, government agencies and professional organisations around the world recognise IELTS scores as a trusted and valid indicator of ability to communicate in English. More than 700,000 people a year are now using IELTS to open doors throughout the English-speaking world and beyond. The test is taken every year across 120 countries, and is one of the fastest growing English language tests in the world, and sets the standard in integrity, research and innovation."

Professional Activities and Expreiences

Professional Activities and Expreiences : " Professional Activities and Experiences Teaching Conversational Farsi to Overseas Students, TTU, Summer 2002 Visiting Scholar,Depatment of Language Education,UBC,Canada,1997-98 Head,Department of Foreign Languages,Tehran Teacher Training University,1993-Present Director,Research Institute of Applied Linguistics,Teacher Training University , 1992-present Teaching in-service training courses to English teachers in Iran,1991-2001 Teaching graduate courses of Linguistics & TEFL and supervision of theses,1990-present Teaching various undergraduate EFL courses,1977-85 Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director of IJAL,1994-present Member of Editorial Board , FLT Journal in Iran,1995- 2001 Member of Editorial Board , Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics,January 2001-present Member of Editorial Board , Language and Literature Journal,1998-present Member of Editorial Board , Journal of Persian Language and Human Sciences , 2000-present National Research Coordinator of LES ( Language Education Study : An international project conducted under the auspices of IEA ) , 1994-96 Director , Scholarship Program and International Relations , Teacher Training University, 1980-85 Part-time tranlator of the UNESCO Bureau in Tehran,1981-83 Volunteer ESL teacher , Ohio University,USA ,1967-77 Return to main page"

ELT websites

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WWW
Useful Sites
Promoting EFL / ELT
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• www.TESL-EJ.com
• Eric clearinghouse
• www.Asian EFL journal.com
• the language teacher on line
• Forum online
• www.PARE online.com
• www.tc.columbia.edu
• http://www.greatwritings.com/
• www.thinkexist.com
• www.acu.edu
• www.btinternet.com
• www.elearnaid.com
• www.conferencealerts.com
• www.ceps.georgiasouthern.edu
• http://en.wikipedia.org
• www.linguistlist.org
• http://cndls.georgetown.edu
• www.wsu.edu
• www.complete-review.com
• www.poetrymagic.co.uk
• www.hku.hk
• www.novitasroyal.org
• www.owl.english.purdue.edu
• www.writing.com
• www.talewins.com
• www.denza.fhda.edu
• www.vocabtest.com
• www.a4esl.org
• http://accurapid.com/journal/
• www.learningandteaching.info
• www.findarticles.com
• www.imdb.com
• www.rhymezoone.com
• www.wordsmith.com
• www.poetry.com
• www.vocabularya-z.com
• www.onlinejournalism.com
• www.lingulangu.org
• www.englishforums.com
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• www.laklak.ir
• www.adinebook.com
• www.asiatefl.org/journal
• www.sagepub.com (free journal download)
• http://writing-world.com/
• http://wordsmith.com/
• http://poetry.com/
• http://custompapers.com/
• http://www.absolutewrite.com/
• http://dmcwriter.tripod.com/
• http://writing.com/
• http://writers.com/
• http://www.writesparks.com/
• http://www.asian-efl-journal.com
• http://www.eslcafe.com/
• http://www.english-4u.com/topsites/
• http://www.eslteachertalk.com/
• http://www.eslteachertalk.com/
• http://www.mes-english.com/
• http://www.iteslj.org.
• http://www.englishclub.com/
• http://www.free-english.com/Assessment.aspx
• http://semumf.tripod.com/
• http://elsevier.com/
TESOLEJ: http://iteslj.org/
CAL center for applied linguistics www.cal.org
The language teacher journal: http://www.jalt-publications.org
The electronic journal of foreign language teaching http://e-flt.nus.edu.sg
• http://www.matsda.org.uk
• http://www.tesol.org
• http://tesolarabia.org
• www.sceincedirect.com
• www.onestopenglish.com
• www.ihes.com
• www.who2.com
• www.teachingenglish.org.uk
• www.linguistic-funland.com
• www.dmoz.org
• www.diploma.or.jp
• www.eurydice.org
• www.cilt.org.uk
• www.lib.byu.edu/spc/tesl
• www.esllearning.com
• www.langoworld.com
• www.slbase.com
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• www.realiaproject.org
• www.englishraven.com
• http://www.britishcouncil.ru/ - The British Council Russia
• http://www.britishcouncil.org/ - The British Council Russia (Main site)
• www.britishcouncil.org/english/eltecs/index.htm - English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme
(ELTeCS)
• www.cambridge.org/elt/ - Cambridge University Press ELT
•mis.britcoun.org/archives/eltecs-l.html - Archives of ELTECS-L@LIST1.BRITISHCOUNCIL.ORG
• www.britcoun.org/ukraine/ - The British Council Ukraine - Home page
• www.countryschool.com/ylsig/ - Teaching English to children: IATEFL YL-SIG web resources
• http://www.iatefl.org/ - IATEFL Website Home Page
• www3.oup.co.uk/eltj/ - ELT Journal
• www.eubank-web.com/William/t-links.htm - TESOL Affiliate Links - TexTesol - MidTesol - ESL
• www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/links/ - TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links
• http://www.tesol.org.au/ - Australian Council for TESOL Associations
• http://www.tesol.org/ - The English Zone - Learn English, ESL, EFL, TESOL, for Students and
Teachers
• mason.gmu.edu/~swidmaye/tesol.htm - Sharon's TESOL and Applied Linguistic Links
• www.discover.tased.edu.au/english/ - English Learning Area home page (Tasmania)
• www.oup.com/elt/global/teachersclub/ - Oxford Teachers' Club
• http://www.wordsurfing.co.uk/ - a vocabulary learning strategy which encourages students to
develop good language habits by keeping well-organized and personal notebooks.
• uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/wordsurfing/ - an open forum to discuss "Word Surfing" or anything
else connected to helping students with their vocabulary development and overall language
learning efficiency/enjoyment.
• http://www.indivisible.org/ - Indivisible: Stories of American Community. "An exploration of
community life in America by some of this country's most accomplished photographers, radio
producers, and folklorists."
• http://www.bartleby.com/ - "The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference, and verse
providing students, researchers, and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and
information on the web, free of charge."
• etext.virginia.edu - Electronic Text Center. Based at the University of Virginia, the ETC's goal is
to "build and maintain an Internet-accessible collection of texts and images, and to build and
maintain a user community adept at the creation and use of these materials." Includes an African-
American collection.
• http://www.fairvote.org/ - The Center for Voting and Democracy. The web site of a non-partisan,
non-profit organization that studies how voting systems affect participation, representation, and
governance.
• www.magenta.nl/crosspoint/ - Crosspoint Anti-Racism. The Internet's "biggest collection of links
in the field of human rights, anti-racism, refugees, women's rights, anti-fascism, Shoah, and
more.
• http://www.amherst.edu/~aardoc/ - AARDOC - African-American Religion: A Documentary
History Project. "[Our] goal is to produce a comprehensive history of African-American religion,
from the earliest African-European encounters along the west coast of Africa in the mid-fifteenth
century to the present day."
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• lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html - The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress
Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. A guide to the institution's African-
American collections. It covers the nearly 500 years of the black experience in the Western
hemisphere including Colonization, Abolition, and Migrations.
• memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html - African American Odyssey. Collection of
narratives, songs, government documents, and maps that illustrate over 200 years of African
American achievement and struggle.
• digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/toc.html - African American Women Writers of the 19th
Century. Prepared by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture the collection
contains essays, poetry, fiction, and autobiographical narratives.
• xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/wpa/wpahome.html - American Slave Narratives: An Online
Anthology. A sample of the 2,300 interviews conducted by the Works Progress Administration
(WPA) writers. The complete transcripts are available In The American Slave: A Composite
Autobiography, edited by George P. Rawick.
• newdeal.feri.org/asn/ - "Been Here So Long": Selections from the WPA American Slave
Narratives. A selection of 17 interviews of former slaves conducted by members of the Federal
Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Also features an introductory essay,
three lesson plans, and a modest annotated guide to related online resources.
• blackhistory.eb.com - Black History -- The Encyclopaedia Britannica Guide. A highly
recommended and rich site. It includes a timeline linked to articles on events and concepts,
extensive photographs, images, and AV clips, and biographical entries on key people. A
bibliography is included.
• docsouth.unc.edu - Documenting the American South. An electronic collection sponsored by
the Academic Affairs Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides access to
digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture. It
supplies teachers, students, and researchers at every educational level with a wide array of titles
they can use for reference, studying, teaching, and research.
• www.shsw.wisc.edu/library/aanp/freedom/index.html - Freedom's Journal. Digitized PDF
versions all 103 issues of the first African-American owned and operated newspaper published in
the US, dating from 1827 to 1829. Maintained by the State Historical
• www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/collections/jdavis/ - The Jackson Davis Collection of African-
American Educational Photographs. Photos taken between 1915 and 1930 presenting African-
American education at "colored schools" in the Southern US and also including views of Africa.
Maintained by the Special Collections Department at the University of Virginia.
• northstar.vassar.edu - The North Star. A journal of Afro-American religious history.
• www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html - Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Includes
photographs and texts on African-American history. Examples include African-American Women
Writers of the 19th Century; Images of African Americans from the 19th Century; Harlem 1900-
1940: An African-American Community, and The Schomburg Legacy: Documenting the Global
Black Experience for the 21st Century.
• www.nps.gov/undergroundrr/contents.htm - Underground Railroad: Special Resource Study.
This National Park Service site contains information from a 1990 study of the Underground
Railroad, including "a general overview of the Underground Railroad, with a brief discussion of
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slavery and abolitionism, escape routes used by slaves, and alternatives for commemoration and
interpretation of the significance of the phenomenon.
• http://www.undergroundrailroad.com/ - The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center educates the public about the historic
struggle to abolish human enslavement and secure freedom for all people. The Freedom Center
teaches lessons of courage and cooperation from Underground Railroad history to promote
collaborative learning, dialogue, and action in order to inspire today's freedom movements.
• www.journale.com/withoutsanctuary/ - Without Sanctuary. Searching through America's past
for the last 25 years, collector James Allen uncovered an extraordinary visual legacy:
photographs and postcards taken as souvenirs at lynchings throughout America.
• www.cetel.org/programs.html - Ancestors in the Americas. This site accompanies "the first indepth
television series to present the untold history and contemporary legacy of early Asian
immigrants to the Americas, from the 1700s to the 1900s." Movie clips from the television
program are included.
• www.lib.uci.edu/new/seaexhibit/index.html - Documenting the Southeast Asia Refugee
Experience. The content of an exhibit of the UC Irvine Main Library, including text, photos, and
documents.
• http://www.aarweb.org/ - American Academy of Religion. Web site of the American Academy of
Religion. Founded in 1909, the AAR is the world's largest association of academics who research
or teach topics related to religion."
• http://www.arda.tm/ - American Religion Data Archive. A repository of data files on American
religion, such as surveys and membership.
• religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu - New Religious Movements. A site on new religious
movements, maintained by Jeffrey Hadden for a sociology course at the University of Virginia.
Includes links to relevant Internet resources, definitions, and lecture outlines.
• http://www.al-islam.org/ - Al-Islam. An attractive, well-organized site to resources on all aspects
of Islam and Muslim peoples. Created by the Ahlul Bayt Digital Library Project.
• www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Buddhism.html - The Hindu Universe. A good site with information
on all aspects of Hinduism and Hindu culture, but many sections are still under construction.
• moa.umdl.umich.edu - Making of America. A digital library of primary sources in American
social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
• http://www.materialreligion.org/ - Material History of American Religion. This site from the
Divinity School at Vanderbilt University "studies the history of American religion in all its
complexity by focusing on material objects and economic themes.
• http://www.cr.nps.gov/ - National NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act). The site for National NAGPRA -- the government branch that regulates the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
• http://www.thehistorychannel.com/ - The History Channel. The website of the popular cable TV
channel of the same name.
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• www.cr.nps.gov/NR/twhp/ - National Park Service - Teaching with Historic Places. Teaching
with Historic Places (TwHP) uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National
Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other
subjects. TwHP has created a variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic
places into the classroom."
• http://www.chnm.gmu.edu/ - The Center for History and New Media. The Center's web pages
provide electronic access to extensive directories, journals, sources, and professional discussions
related to historical issues. The Center's resources are designed to benefit professional
historians, high school teachers, and students of history.

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Do Cholesterol-Lowering Foods Really Work?
Cholesterol-Lowering Additives in Foods Can Provide Some Benefits
Mar. 22, 2005 - As you cruise the supermarket aisles, or flip through TV channels, you'll find a barrage of food items — and even a new orange juice — that claim to be able to lower your cholesterol.
But are they good medicine — or just good marketing?
A little bit of both, said ABCNEWS' Medical Editor Dr. Tim Johnson. Some of the new foods contain substances called plant sterols, which studies have shown can reduce cholesterol levels by about 10 percent.
"We have known about plant sterols since the 1950s, but it is an only in the last 10 years that we have learned how to put them in the foods without changing taste or texture," Johnson said. "Since they are a chemical cousin of cholesterol they block the absorption of real cholesterol in our intestines, and therefore modestly lower the levels of bad cholesterol in all blood."
Plant sterols are present naturally, but in small quantities, in many fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, cereals, legumes, vegetable oils, and other plant sources.
The new products contain plant sterols as additives. While doctors say the cholesterol-busting foods can certainly help those with moderately high cholesterol levels, those with high-risk cholesterol levels, above 240, should turn to prescription drugs — namely, statins.
"Plant sterols are not anywhere close to the cholesterol-lowering potency of the statin medications," said Dr. Peter Schulman, an associate professor at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, Conn. "The newest drugs lower the bad cholesterol by close to 50 at the starting dose. Sterols lower cholesterol by approximately 10 percent."
Nonetheless, anything that lowers cholesterol safely is a good thing, he said.
The products that boast cholesterol-lowering abilities include spreads and margarines, such as Benecol, Take Control and Smart Balance, and soy snacks such as GeniSoy Crisps. Minute Maid Premium Heart Wise orange juice, to be released in November, is the first orange juice to contain plant sterols.
Manufacturers have a sizable audience to target. An estimated 105 million American adults have total blood cholesterol values of 200 mg/dL and higher, and of these about 42 million American adults have levels of 240 or above, according to the American Heart Association. In adults, total cholesterol levels of 240 or higher are considered high risk. Levels from 200 to 239 are considered borderline-high risk.
Check the Labels
When you look at the label, look for the words "plant sterols," on the ingredient list, Johnson said. The label should also tell you how many grams of plant sterols can be found in each serving or pill.
According to a report from the National Cholesterol Education Program in Bethesda, Md, plant-derived sterols can lower LDL cholesterol levels by 6 to 15 percent, and the maximum benefit comes from consuming about two grams of cholesterol per day.
But keep an eye on the calories, Johnson says. If you are getting too many calories from the sterol-containing products you end up offsetting the benefits of the sterols. Because they can only lower cholesterol by about 10 percent, the plant sterols make the most substantial difference for the 100 million Americans who have borderline high cholesterol, with levels between 200 and 239.
However, even if you have a cholesterol level that is higher than 240, and require dug therapy, the new sterol-containing foods can help you further reduce your cholesterol levels, Johnson said.
In addition to watching the calories in plant sterol-containing products, there are other impacts.
"There is some evidence that these plant sterols can reduce the absorption of certain vitamins like vitamin A and E which may interfere with the prevention of heart disease often attributed to these vitamins," Johnson said. "Some say if you use products with plant sterols you should also take a vitamin supplement." Cholest-off, a supplement taken as a pill has one gram of plant sterols, so those who are trying to reduce cholesterol are advised to take two a day.
Another new product called GeniSoy Crisps are made of soy, and manufacturers say it can also help reduce cholesterol. Many studies have shown the healthful effects of soy, so these may be beneficial as well, Johnson said.
With all of the products on the market, there is a risk that some people who get screened at a health fair and find out they have high cholesterol may simply start stocking up on cholesterol-cutting foods and avoid going to the doctor, Schulman said. That can be a risky course of action.
"There are other conditions that may cause elevated cholesterol such as diabetes, underactive thyroid, excessive alcohol consumption," he said. "Treating those conditions may eliminate any need to take cholesterol-lowering medications. Not treating them may result in premature death or disability."
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