Links
This is a page of links provided for students who wish to make the best possible use of Internet resources possible. All links are to the many legal and free resources available online, and they are arranged by category.
Some of the categories will be related to class activities, and some won’t, but you should feel free to explore them all. I’m adding links constantly, so don’t forget to check back for more!
- bt.etree.org
This is a bittorrent site for downloading free and legally distributed recordings of live concerts by artists who don’t mind these recordings being shared by fans. There is a TON of music here for you to explore, most of it with English lyrics. - Librivox
Do you want legal, free books on tape? How about in MP3 format? There are dozens of books, stories, and poems read by volunteers, all free for download on this site. - This American Life
The famous and wonderful American National Public Radio program that is made up of a bunch of short narrations by all kinds of people with interesting stories to tell. Highly recommended for students who want to develop their listening. - Channel4.com
FourDocs is the place to upload or download four minute documentaries.Tons of great, interesting little short documentaries ideal for EFL students can be found here! - Public Domain Torrents
Hundreds of old and B-grade films available here as legally public domain, free, bittorrent links. - The American National Archives
Hosted by Google.com. A lot of really old newsreels and films. - Youtube
The world’s most popular UCC/video-upload website, with millions of clips available for viewing. - DailyLit
Subscribe to a book by email. Read it a page a day, or at whatever rate you like. You’ll finish it before you ever imagined! - Manybooks.net
This site has incredible numbers of books available, all free. (And most of them legal all over the world.) Many formats are available for each book, so check your cellphone’s reading program for compatibility. - Project Gutenberg
This is THE number one archive of texts in electronic format, period. - Azureus
For a lot of the legal Bittorrent-format files linked on other pages in my links list, you’ll need a Bittorrent client (program) to handle the download. I recommend Azureus; it comes with Korean-language support. - Internet Archive
Perhaps the world’s biggest archive of media online. Public domain video, audio, and more! - LegalTorrents.com
A site that has many different media resources for bittorrent download, all free and all legal! - BSplayer Download Site
If your software doesn’t handle the .srt or .sub formats available on most sites, try this software. Scroll down to the Free version, it’s good enough. Then drag and drop the movie and your subtitle file. - DivX Movies Info Site
This page explains how to use subtitles for a beginner. There are links to subtitle players and also to sites with specialized subtitles in foreign languages. - DivX SubTitles (registration required)
Subtitles in many languages. You must register to download. - eXTratitles.to
Subtitles in many languages. You must register to download. Watch out for an annoying popup window — use a popup blocker if you can. - Subscene
You can search for subtitles here. Many languages, and it seems like no registration is required. - Book Review Guide (at Scholastic)
This is a simple and helpful guide to how to write book reviews. It’s written for kids but worth reading, as a lot of the advice is very good for any level. - Book Reviews – Danny Yee
Danny Yee has reviewed over 900 books! He has many examples on his page. - Book Reviews: New York Times
The New York Times always has some new book review examples for you to check out. - Business Letters Format
This explains the format for business and other professional letters. It’s worth a look! - Business/Cover Letter Examples (many)
This page links to many different examples of business and official letters: letters of resignation, cover letters, reference letters, and so on. Check them out. - Cover Letter & Resume Examples
This site has a lot of examples and advice about writing resumes and cover letters! - Cover Letter Examples
More cover letter examples, this one courtesy of California State University CHICO. - Music Reviews – BBC
This is the BBC’s music review site. - Music Reviews — Jazzreview
Another music reviews site, this features reviews of jazz albums. - Music reviews examples
This site contains many different reviews of music and CDs. - Short stories — Wikipedia
This is the entry on short stories at Wikipedia. It includes many links to famous short stories. - Short Stories: Classic Short Stories
There are many links to famous, great short stories here. You should read one or two! - DailyLit
Subscribe to a book by email. Read it a page a day, or at whatever rate you like. You’ll finish it before you ever imagined! - Monologues: by Eugene O’Neill at Script Archive
Script Archive’s collection of Eugene O’Neill monologues. - Monologues: Colin’s Movie Monologue Page
Monologues from various movies, of various levels of quality. - Monologues: Monologue Archive
These monologues are very well arranged into genres and male/female, which extra sections for seniors and children. - Monologues: someone’s private collection
A collection of monologues from famous plays. - Monologues: The Script Archive
These monologues are of various levels of challenge, from medium to high difficulty. - One Act Plays – a collection
Some one-act plays are collected here. - One Act Plays: Sartre’s No Exit
A famous play about being in hell, and how “hell is other people.” - AbeBooks
Looking for used textbooks? This online used book locator service is the place to check: shipping can be pricey but you save on the cost of the book. - Better World Books
An excellent online American bookstore that sells used (and new) books, offers cheap shipping overseas, and is environmentally friendly. - What The Book?
This is an independent English-language bookstore based in Seoul. The prices on imported books are often cheaper than at major Korean bookstores, there’s a Korean-language page, and free shipping if you buy enough books.