- Learning
Reading and Writing through World Holiday Activities
- Welcome
to Ling-hui's holiday page. There are lot of
interesting American and Chinese holiday links for
ESL teachers and students to surf for their reading
and writing resources. For more information of other
countries' holidays, please go to Mohamed's page "Using
Holidays in TESL".
Chinese
Holidays
- Chinese
Holidays: Introduction to Chinese major
holidays and festivals. Contents: Lunar New Year, Lantern
Festival, Ching Ming, Dragon Boat Festival, Moon
Festival, October Holidays.
- Festivals
& Culture: By Taiwan Tung Nan Junior
College of Technology Chinese New Year, Lantern Festival,
Birthday of the Goddess of the Sea, Lukang Folk Arts
Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese Food Festival,
Ghost Month, Moon Festival, Birthday of Confucius, Double
ten, Temple celebrations, Chinese Folk Arts, Rice Dough
Figures and Candy Sculpture, Chinese Knotting, Paper
Cutting, Chinese Oil-Paper Umbrellas, Carvings, Dragon
and Lion Dances, Colorful Aboriginal Festivals.
- Personalized
Digital Card: By Chinese Cyber City. A lot of
cards collection for different purposes and holidays are
available.
- Chinese
Holidays & Festivals: The Chinese, like
other peoples, observe two sets of holidays, official and
traditional. Including minority nationalities.
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American
Holidays
Religious Holidays
- Christmas
Central: Absolutely the WWW's largest guide to
Christmas animations, clip art, crafts, virtual cards,
Christmas music, holiday recipes, Christmas events and
links.
- Christmas
on the Net: The history of Christmas, the
story of the Christ child and Christmas, the Christmas
tree, the Christmas stocking, holiday pictures to print
and color, the voices of Christmas, holiday music,
Christmas books, music, and videos.
- Easter:
Religious art of Easter, Easter symbols, eggs,
stamps, games, and greeting cards.
- Easter
Facts: Ukrainian history of Easter, Easter's
date, a site regarding the creating of those beautiful,
Ukrainian Easter eggs. Include the origins of the Easter
bunny, and menus and recipes for Easter.
- Happy
Easter: Easter symbols and legends, Easter
symbols from the passion of Jesus Christ, Easter dating
method, catholic online - stations of the cross, meaning
of lent, and Easter around the world.
- Easter
Eternal: More Easter information through
religious viewpoints such as Shrove Tuesday: "Party
for tomorrow may be lent!", Dirty Feet, the Last
Supper, Simon of Cyrene, facts about the crucifixion,
comprehending the cross, and several other Easter links.
- Easter on
the Net: The story of Easter, the symbol of
Easter, the story behind the colors, Easter bunnies and
chocolate rabbits, Easter movies to download, an Easter
bunny craft project, holiday books, music, videos,
Easter greeting cards, holiday message board, and holiday
web directory.
- The
History of Easter: The Easter lily, history of
the Easter bunny, the empty egg, three trees, and Easter
links.
- Passover
on the Net: The story of Passover, the
Passover Seder, the music of Passover, Passover greeting
cards, and holiday web directory.
- St.
Patrick's Day: A description of who is St.
Patrick, a legend of St. Patrick, what does green mean,
and how to get good lucks in this day. St. Patrick Day's
E-cards are available. Songs to sing in St. Patrick's
Day. Cocktail for St. Patrick's Day.
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National
Holidays
- Happy
Fourth of July: Patriotic music, Independence
Day, the star spangled web site, declaration of
independence, preventor--Fourth of July safety, U.S.
history front page and the Constitution of the United
States of America, etc.
- Happy
Birthday America: The story of America's
Independence, the text of the Declaration of
Independence, the signers of the Declaration, fireworks,
the presidents of the United States of America, holiday
books, music, and videos.
- Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day: King's biography, Martin
Luther King, Jr. from Stanford University, a quiz,
on-line discussions, and a study guide.
- Memorial
Day: A history of Memorial Day, the honored
dead, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - in Washington, D.C.,
and a virtual tour about the memorial, Memorial Day web
sites - a collection on war and peace.
- More
Memorial Day: Brief history of the Grand Army
of the Republic, Memorial Day poetry, Memorial Day
prayer, the National Memorial Day concert, memorials and
cemeteries.
- Memorial
Day: Get the real meaning online--The Vietnam
War photo album, the facts about Arlington National
Cemetery, and Memorial Day E-cards.
- New
Years: The customs and history of New Years
Day.
- New Year's
Day: A look at history, custom, traditions,
and activities for celebrating the New Year around the
world.
- Thanksgiving:
The first Thanksgiving, Plymouth history, and the search
for religious and political freedom, food recipes from
magazines, Thanksgiving menus and frequently asked
questions about turkeys, poetry, and E-cards for
Thanksgiving.
- About
Thanksgiving: Largest guide to Thanksgiving
animations, clip art, virtual cards, Thanksgiving
history, Thanksgiving travel, Thanksgiving recipes,
Thanksgiving events and links.
- Rexanne's
Thanksgiving: On this page you will find links
to Thanksgiving cooking sites, kid links, Thanksgiving
history links, graphic sites and other good general
Thanksgiving web pages.
- Bountiful
Thanksgiving on Kate.net: Free wallpaper from
Kate.net! history/documents, educational materials,
cards, Thanksgiving Day parades, preparations/the big
day, food/recipes, food safety/holiday health, crafts
& decorating ideas, activities/games/puzzles,
stories/poems/songs, clip art, backgrounds, icon, and
computer goodies.
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Other
Holidays
- Groundhog
Says: Groundhog Day legend,
celebrations, activities. related stories, and
sites.
- Groundhog
Day History: Origins, the movie, facts, send a
card, Punxsutawney present weather and 5-day
forecast.
- Halloween:
A great visit to a haunted house decorated by
schoolchildren, old pictures showing Halloween
symbols and customs, Halloween cards from family planet,
a Halloween word search puzzle - holiday vocabulary,
party help such as costumes, Halloween treats, recipes
for spooky Halloween food, ideas for Halloween
decorations, and Halloween magazine in the link of the
official Halloween safety game.
- Halloween.Com:
A lot of topics related to Halloween such as Vampires,
witches and werewolves, ghosts/haunted, cemeteries,
scary tales, fun, and games,
miscellaneous/costumes/props, Halloween humor, and spare
CPU cycles.
- Halloween
Hits: Horror movies, costumes and make - up,
haunted houses, Jack-O-Lanterns, ghosts, ghouls,
and goblins, humor link sites, sounds, and
graphics.
- About
Halloween: Largest Halloween guide to
Halloween animations, clip art, virtual cards, Halloween
costumes, events, party recipes, pumpkin carving,
haunted houses and Halloween links.
- Clemson
University Halloween Links: Alphabet
soup, Billy Bear's Halloween party, growing pumpkins,
Halloween Carols, Halloween fun, magazine, recipes and
safety, pumpkin festival, and trick or treat.
- Valentine's
Day: The history of Valentine's Day, the facts
of Valentine's Day, the electronic postcard, helps and
ideas for writing a Valentine's letter and doing romantic
things.
- Happy
Valentine's Day: History of Valentine's Day,
Valentine's Day cards, jokes, tongue twisters, facts,
superstitions, stories, poems, and coloring page. Cupid.
- P.J.'s
Happy Valentines: Beauty and love in poetry,
prose and songs, Valentine word search, flowers' meaning,
facts and superstitions, Valentine symbols, history of
the Valentine, and Romeo and Juliet.
- Holidays in the seasonal order
Spring
Summer Fall
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Local
Festivals
- Mardi
Gras 1999: What is Mardi Gras? You may find
the origin of it and learn how people celebrate it around
the USA. Surf the sites and enjoy Mardi Gras' music.
- Mardi
Gras Link Extravaganza: Get information
on Mardi Gras attractions, general sites, video, audio,
history, parades, jargon, photo links, and more...
- Mardi
Gras Links: Mardi Gras live! Mardi Gras tour
guide in New Orleans, Louisiana fun festivals, Gay Mardi
Gras, Mardi Gras Indian, and more...
- Jazz
and Heritage Festival: New Orleans Jazz &
Heritage Festival - official site. Showcases strong
gospel, rhythm and blues, soul, and jazz acts.
Information on photo gallery, schedule, and all-around
guide to New Orleans during Jazz Fest.
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Hard
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Read
and Write Aids
- Reading
Skills: A list aids you in finding relevant
educational resources on the world wide web on reading
skills such as how to be a flexible and faster reader,
how to take notes quickly, read university texts and
journals articles effectively, etc..
- Writing
Online: An introduction to an on line world,
suggestions of different activities in considering the
conversational level of online writing, directions to get
you ready for internet writing, and a list of resources
for conducting searches. A good site for beginning users
of internet writing.
- The Online
Writery: Looking for help with your writing!
Just send questions or texts to the cybertutor gang. You
will get on-line writing tutorial help. On line
referential materials, research on the world wide web,
internet research help, other writing WWW sites, and help
for teachers such as miscellaneous resources (reviews and
cerebral exercise essays) are available.
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ESL On-line
Links
- Englishtown:
English learning activities through cultures, games, and
stories. Online instruction for all language skills using
for distance learning. Teacher's Inn is the section for
teachers including brain bar, pen pals, lesson lounge,
and job lobby. Different kinds of information such as
CD-ROM shack, bookstore, study abroad, and finding EF
friends for students.
- LinguaCenter:
It is made by students of the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign's. You can explore English grammar and
vocabulary with authentic materials, practice your
listening comprehension with authentic materials, learn
American holidays, and start your search of the web from
LinguaCenter's search page. There are many links to ESL
resources, teacher resources, and web-based resources to
help prepare TOEFL, GRE, GMAT, and TOEIC.
- Dave's ESL Cafe:
Fun things for ESL students and teachers to do on the
web. Includes e-mail connections, idea
exchanges, chat room, a job center, links for
students and teachers, idiom and phrasal verb pages.
- Linguistics
Funland's TESL Page: A mega-collection of
resources for teachers and students of English including,
TOEFL information, activities for students, a job center,
culture sites, e-mail pen pals, mailing lists, lists of
organizations and journals, articles and essays, teaching
resources, grant information, aids for creating web
sites, electronic journals for students, lists of study
programs and schools.
- Frizzy
University Network (FUN): A relaxed and
comfortable environment in which students can improve
their writing. A lot of on-line links for students to get
grammar helps, find writing references and study
information, create your own page, and search more things
from world wide web.
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Teaching
Resources
- Archive of weekly lesson plans: Having trouble creating
wonderful lesson plans? You may find stimulating ideas
from online lesson plans for the 95-99 school year.
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Learning activities
- TOEFL
Prep: A lot of instructions, information, and
exercises for students to prepare TOEFL test. This site
also provides other related English learning sites for
students.
- Holiday
Quizzes: This site provides many questions to
test your knowledge of various holidays of USA and other
countries.
- Karin's
ESL PartyLand: There are over 50 interactive
quizzes and links that direct you to hundreds of others.
Discussion Forums for ESL students and teachers. Practice
your English as you learn about and discuss movies.
Discover how you can use the internet to learn English!
And more...
- CNN's
Interactive: The online version of CNN news.
Good source of short readings on current international
topics. CNN.com's daily news, sports, and entertainment
quizzes. Live discussions of different topics.
- Fluency
Through Fables: Online sites and
references for students and teachers of English. Fables
and idioms help you to improve your reading comprehension
of English.
- Learning
English Online: Exploring the web media
through lots of online links including current events,
newspapers, televisions, radios and magazines.
- Interactive
Learning Resources: These web pages focus on
utilizing current news stories for educational purposes.
Teachers can use the lessons for group activities and
students can work at their own pace for individualized
learning.
- Hotpot
Quiz: How much do you know about Chinese New
Year? Test it out.
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Who is Ling-hui Hsu
I am a graduate student in University of
Florida. I am from Taiwan. Formosa is another name for Taiwan
which means a beautiful island in Portuguese.
I am the one wearing shorts with
my sister
in Tamshui's Public Train Station
in Taiwan.
Interests:
Play different kinds of sports
Listen to music
Watch TV
Bike
Chat
Check out this
site to access more TESOL resources
Way to reach Ling-hui Hsu:
Email address: lhsu@grove.ufl.edu
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