LET: The Treasure Hunt Club

Marcel Van Amelsvoort
（Kanagawa Prefectural College of Foreign Studies）
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This month I think many teachers are busy getting ready for the new
term, or starting to think about it anyway. So I thought I would list
a few sites that feature good video content. Most of the sites I’ll
list are best suited for self-access or self-study but could be used
classrooms with computers.

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Marcel Van Amelsvoort
（Kanagawa Prefectural College of Foreign Studies）
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Are you looking for a good place to send your adolescent learners for
an interactive learning experience on the web? Whyville might be a
good choice. Whyville is an educational site that is a little like a
controlled 2D Second Life with a focus on education. Young users make
their own avatars and then explore the island of Whyville, playing

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Marcel Van Amelsvoort
（Kanagawa Prefectural College of Foreign Studies）
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Welcome to 2010. Happy New Year everyone. This month, I’d like to
introduce a site which has collected spoken samples of speakers from
629 languages speaking the same short paragraph in English, some sites
where you can find or share teaching ideas, and a site learners can
use for self-study of vocabulary.

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Marcel Van Amelsvoort
（Kanagawa Prefectural College of Foreign Studies）
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Hello everyone and welcome to the last Treasure Hunt column of 2009.
This month I have another mixed bag of online resources to share with
you. And since I know everyone is busy in December, I’ll get right to
the goods.

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Marcel Van Amelsvoort
（Kanagawa Prefectural College of Foreign Studies）
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This month I’d like to focus on some search tools that mostly
specialize in vocabulary. I don’t feel really comfortable using the
term “search engine” since most people associate that with the

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