Academic English Learning Resources

http://www.ucd.ie/englishanddrama/undergraduatestudies/onlineresources/

Close reading can be fun or awful

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2014/11/response_close_reading_can_be_fun_or_awful.html
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2014/11/response_close_reading_is_a_life_skill.html

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2014/11/response_teaching_close_reading_-_part_three.html

Better English?

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/sep/03/the-sense-of-style-the-thinking-persons-guide-to-writing-in-the-21st-century-steven-pinker-review

Having trouble with your studies?

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2009/december-09/helping-failing-students-2.html
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2010/january-10/helping-failing-students.html

Pontificating Professors and pointless Powerpoints

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2014/03/powerpoint_in_higher_education_is_ruining_teaching.html

A Decade of BuzzWords

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/entries/decade-of-buzzwords.html?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MEDO%2008-01-2014%20(1)&utm_content=

Larry Ferlazzo and the best sites on the web for English Language Teachers and Learners

For anything to do with English Language Learning, and in fact teaching and learning in general, you must follow the indefatigable Larry Ferlazzo :
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/
Larry has just updated one of his Best Of..lists, this one for The Best Sites on the web for English Language Teachers and Learners :

The Very Best Sites On The Web For ESL/EFL/ELL/ELT Teachers

Colour distinctions in different languages

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinction_of_blue_and_green_in_various_languages

The crayola-fication of the world: How we gave colors names, and it messed with our brains (part I)

Chinese Student Life in Christchurch, New Zealand

A video made by Chinese students studying in Christchurch, New Zealand. They talk about food, travel, accommodation and their studies at the University of Canterbury.

What does Popular mean?

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/08/magazine/the-culture-package.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0#/#item_01