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Job Openings
Useful websites
- Miami-Dade Public Schools Adult Education portal
- Adult and Community Educators of Florida (ACE of Florida)
- Florida Department of Education
- Career and Adult Education
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics
- The Discovery Channel
- Education Week
- Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
- Code of Ethics - MDCPS
- Literacy Link
- National Center for Educational Statistics
- US Department of Education
- Post-Secondary Code of Student Conduct
- US Census Bureau
- The National Assessment of Educational Progress
- Purdue Online Writing Lab
- Spelling City
- United Teachers of Dade (UTD)
- Council on Occupational Education (COE)
- Constitutionday.com
- Comprehensive Industry Certification List
Workforce Florida, in collaboration with the Florida Department of Education and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, annually approves and publishes the state's Comprehensive Industry Certification List. This list is used by school districts in planning and designing programs that support their regional economies. Additions to the list are considered for occupations that are either in demand or tied to emerging industries, or meet certain other criteria.
Constitution Day. This event commemorates the formation and signing of the Constitution of the United States on September 17, 1787. It also recognizes all who, by coming of age or by naturalization, have become US citizens. www.constitutionday.com
Dictionaries
- Wordreference.com: Translate any word in any Web page, using the Collins translating dictionaries.
- YourDictionary.com: Language portal with more than 1500 dictionaries representing more than 230 languages, and incorporating The Web of Online Dictionaries.
- Bab.La / Loving Languages!: The bab.la language portal offers you dictionary translations, language quizzes & games, vocabulary lessons for learning and much more.
Language
Look at the language you are interested and click on the links. Please note that some links may require special character sets. You can also search for relevant materials and information by using one of the search engines available on the internet.
Spanish
- Mundo Latino: publications from Spanish speaking countries, and the rest of the world.
- Spanish online: links to Spanish language learning sites.
- BBC / Languages / Learning Spanish homepage: Learning resources and advice for all abilities.
- LearnSpanishFeelGood: over 100 free quizzes on various aspects of Spanish grammar and vocabulary and a "Spanish for travellers" section.
- Destinos: a 52-episode mystery story, useful listening comprehension practice material for beginner to intermediate level learners.
- Spanish Language and Culture with Barbara Kuczun Nelson: useful website for tense, verbs and usage.
- LANIC: Latin American links by country and subject.
- Latin World: links by country to information and newspapers (Spanish, Portuguese and English).
English
- BBC Worldservice / Learning English: Homepage to English resources.
- Learn English / British Council: Offers interactive games, competitions, grammar exercises, and stories.
- Learning English: Everything for people who are learning English as a second language: free learning on-line, directory of language schools, news, etc.
- EL Easton / English Online: Materials for teaching & learning, business English, grammar, quizzes & tests.
- 1-language.com ESL Center: Free, comprehensive ESL site with a host of resources for students and teachers of English.
External links are provided for information only. They are intended as starting points for further browsing and The English Center can take no responsibility for the contents of these sites, and does not support any political views expressed by the sites. Every effort is made to keep these links up to date. If a link doesn't work or appears incorrect, please email the webmaster.
Other links
- iLoveLanguages.com: Links to a wide range of resources - search under 'Language' and then select from the sub categories.
- Languages: Links to materials for teaching languages. Links back to The Languages and Linguistics WebRing.
- The Paperboy: Links to over 3,000 newspapers from 119 countries.
- Vocabulix: Learn German, Spanish and English online.
