This page contains links to websites related to the study of World Englishes. We have compiled–and will continue to add to–these resources for teachers interested in creating syllabi and assignments dealing with related linguistic topics. These websites provide useful background information and support for teachers and students, as well as ideas, tools, activities, and samples of language to use in classrooms.
Language Archives
International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA)
The Speech Accent Archive (George Mason University)
Sounds Familiar?–British English Dialects (The British Library)
English Dialect Resources (University of Michigan)
WAAPA Accent and Dialect Collection (Edith Cowan University)
Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE)
3705 Tongue Twisters: the Largest International Collection (IvyPanda)
Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA)
Other Websites
Do You Speak American? (PBS)
Phonetics Resources (Jennifer Smith)
Diagramming Sentences (University of Wisconsin)
The CLA Collective (Middlebury College)
A resource hub promoting Critical Language Awareness (CLA) in the writing, literacy, and language classroom and curricula.
Write Like a Scientist (Middlebury College)
The Accentism Project (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Black Language Syllabus (April Baker-Bell and Carmen Kynard)