ESL Skill Areas: Idioms and Proverbs

The Weekly Idiom (Comenius) is at http://www.comenius.com/
Common Proverbs, 236 commonly-used proverbs in alphabetical order or randomly chosen in groups of 10, at http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~itesls/proverbs/
Aesop's Fables Online Collection is a compilation of over 600 fables attractively displayed in "parchment" graphics. There are also Real Audio renditions of some of them, though the child's voices used might render these unsuitable for ESL. Find this comprehensive collection at http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/aesop

Common American Slang, Over 280 slang expressions presented in a quiz format, at http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~itesls/slang/

Both from:

* Charles Kelly

* Web Page: MIDI, ESL, Nagoya, Macintalk Songs, HyperCard

Mac-only software version of All Clear! Idioms in Context is available free from http://www.speakware.com

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