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ESOL Websites - TKI feed
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/esol/esolonline/students/links/games_pri_e.php
Skillwise has put all their literacy and numeracy games together in one place
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/games/
Drag the pictures of a road accident or a cricket game into the right order. Practise sequencing sentences to build a
paragraph (BBC - Skillswise Words).A few phonology-related links
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/writing/paragraphs/game.shtml
Interactive quiz on adverbs (BBC - Skillswise Words).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/adverbs/quiz.shtml
An interactive web site for students. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/
A collection of flash animation "games" that reinforce number concept effectively.
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/index.htm
Grammar, reading, vocabulary and puzzles. Graded and appropriate for primary - secondary students.
http://eslbears.homestead.com/
The resources on this site are designed for beginning/emerging English language learners. Resources include listening
activities, vocabulary, games, reading practice and grammar.
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ESL Games, Quizzes and Classroom ESL Activities http://www.teflgames.com/games.html
Free ESL classroom games and quizzes with over 800 printable questions arranged into graded sets. Many other
related materials also available.
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Interesting Things for ESL Students http://www.manythings.org/
Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more.
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Internet4classrooms http://www.internet4classrooms.com/month2month.htm
Interactive educational games with audio that focus on beginning literacy and numeracy.
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Learning with iAdventures http://warrensburg.k12.mo.us/iadventure/index.html#anchor2127666
Problem solving activities in which students determine the direction and outcome of a content-rich storyline, using
resources available on the Internet.
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National Geographic Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
Interactive site for younger students. Includes games, stories, news, animals, pictures, postcards.
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The Official Berenstain Bears Website http://www.berenstainbears.com/
Interactive site with links to the Berenstain Bears' story books, games and activities related to Berenstain Bears.
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Oxford University Press Student Sites http://www.oup.com/elt/students/?view=student&cc=global
Interactive games and exercises from Oxford University Press.
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Room 108 Kids Stories http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/108b.html
Room 108 is an educational activity centre for students with stories that have sound and animation. There are also
songs, art, games and more.
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Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students http://a4esl.org/q/h/
A very large collection of quizzes for English study, this web site has over 1,000 activities to help you study English.
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UptoTen.com http://www.uptoten.com/
Interactive site for students. UptoTen is available in six languages: English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Italian, and
Korean.
ESOL Websites
Idioms
http://www.doghause.com/idioms1.html
Interactive Idiom Crossword Puzzle (for Terry’s)
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/cw/1/ck-animalsimile.html
The English Listening Lounge
http://www.englishlistening.com/
Grammar Quizzes
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/grammar.html
The ESL Quiz Center
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/#grammar
Mouth Workout (Tongue twister exercises to improve problem consonants)
http://www.elfs.com/MMz.html
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Interactive Lessons with sound; TOEFL practice
http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/chorus/call/cuttingedge.html
California Distance Learning Project
http://www.cdlponline.org/
E-Square (ESOL students have written about their experiences with civics,
health issues, and computers)
http://www.alri.org/esquare/
Refugee Service Center – Learn about the people of Somalia, Haiti, Cuba,
Bosnia, and Iraq
www.cal.org/rsc/
There are also songs, art, games and more. Self-Study Quizzes for ESL
Students A very large collection of quizzes for English study, this web site
has over 1,000 activities to help ...
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/esol/esolonline/students/links/games_pri_e.php
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A few phonology-related links
http://www.developingteachers.com/phonology/phonology.htm
http://www.speechinaction.com
Richard Cauldwell's site of articles & research
http://pers-www.wlv.ac.uk/~le1969/psig/fsites.htm
Six articles from the IATEFL Pronunciation
Special Interest Group site.
http://faculty.washington.edu/dillon/PhonResources/PhonResources.html Phonetic Resources
http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipa.html
The International Phonetic Association.
http://www.faceweb.okanagan.bc.ca/pron/
OUC's ESL Pronunciation Online
http://www.englishlistening.com/
Lots of listening - free & for members.
http://esl.about.com/homework/esl/cs/pronunciation/index.htm
Pron stuff from About.com
http://www.esl-lab.com/
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab - lots of listening fro you &
your students to explore.
http://www.lasatha.org/vald/
A Vulcan Academy Linguistics Department Web Booklet
More ESOL Web-sites
ESOL on Line - Websites Suitable for Student Self Access
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/students.html
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/esol/esolonline/students/links_pri_e.php
Vocabulary Lists: First Thousand Words Worksheets and Tests (TKI / Unitec): (Free)
Lists for ... GRE Vocabulary List (Jessica Defores): Words, their parts of speech and ...
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Vocabulary/Lists/
English as a Second Language (ESL) Resources, Handouts and Exercises
This website has material suitable for upper primary to tertiary level ESOL students. It provides
resource pages, handouts, and exercises for both students and teachers. Includes resources for teaching
grammar, spelling, and parts of speech.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/index.html
Fenetiks: The sounds of spoken language
This site contains animated libraries of the sounds of English, German, and Spanish. For each
consonent and vowel there is an animated articulatory diagram, a step-by-step description, and an
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audio-visual clip of the sound being spoken in the context of a word. Flash 7 is required to view the
animations, and can be downloaded from the site.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/
Ten Conversation Lessons with Stories, Vocabulary Practice, Questions, and Activities
These lessons provide an opportunity for silent reading or listening to text being read out aloud lesson objectives can be decided by teacher. There are activities for practising new vocabulary,
questions to stimulate debate, and proverbs and quotes to generate spontaneous speech and class
discussion. Oral activities include teacher modelling and peer exercises.
Suggestions for Using the Lessons
The Story
Depending on the main objective(s) of the course, the teacher may choose to read the story aloud asking the students not to look
at it or ask the students to read the story to themselves silently and as quickly as possible.
Vocabulary Practice
The teacher may ask the students to answer the vocabulary questions as soon as they are through with the story. Students should
use the text in order to guess the meaning of each vocabulary item.
Questions for Discussion
The questions posed under this section are meant to stimulate spontaneous speech and class discussion. The teacher may ask
several students to answer the same question for different possible opinions.
Activities
Here the teacher may ask students to pair up and tell each other the story in their own words and he himself may act as a cocommunicator or a counselor. He can also ask one student to tell the whole class the story in his/her own words. Then the teacher
may act as a model and pronounce the words under this section and ask the students to repeat the words several times. Finally,
the teacher may use each word in a full sentence and ask the students to repeat for possible contextual effects.
Miscellany
A variety of statements such as proverbs and quotes can be found under this section. The statements are deliberately chosen to be
provocative to spark off spontaneous debate and discussion. Thus, the teacher may choose each of these statements as a topic for
class discussion.
http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Sharifian-Conversation.html
Vocabulix
This site contains lessons, vocabulary builder exercises, verb drills, and other tools for creating lessons
and activities for teaching and learning languages. Languages include Spanish, German, and English,
but the tools can be adapted for other languages.
http://www.vocabulix.com/
iPod in the Classroom - Lesson Plans
This page from the Apple Education website provides a collection of lesson plans created by teachers
for using iPod in the classroom to enhance curriculum learning. The lesson plans are in PDF format,
and include audio (and some video) examples. [ Metadata record ]
http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu_mobilelearning/ipod.html
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http://images.apple.com/education/products/ipod/iPod_Getting_Started_Guide.pdf
ESOL Lesson Plans & Handouts
http://www.usingenglish.com/lesson-plans.html#all%20levels
Select from 130 free downloadable PDF lesson plans and handouts, with answers and teachers' notes where needed, for all
levels, including exam lessons for ESL/EFL teachers.
Beginner Level
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Alphabetical Order with Answers
Christmas- Adverbs of Frequency with Answers
Christmas- Going to for plans and predictions with present evidence
Christmas- Past Tense Mimes
Christmas- Present Simple & Continuous Mimes
Colours Word Puzzle with Answers
Conjunctions
Driving Rules (Modal Verbs) with Answers
Easily Confused Words with Answers
Elementary Revision Rotating Board Game
Formal Letter Writing with Answers
In, On or At
Irregular Adjectives Word Puzzle with Answers
Likes & Dislikes- Snakes and Ladders Game
New Year Resolutions- Adverbs of Frequency
Phonetics Exercise 1 with Answers
Phonetics Exercise 2 with Answers
Prepositions of Location with Answers
Prepositions of Place and Location
Prepositions of Time
Present Simple (Adverbs of Frequency) Completion Game
Present Simple and Progressive
Present Simple Men and Women Guessing with Answers
Professions Word Puzzle with Answers
Pronunciation of Regular Past Tense Verbs with Answers
Scrambled Sentences with Answers
Social English - Polite Offers
Sports and Hobbies Collocations Pellmanism Game with Teachers' Notes
Telling the Time - Part 2
Telling the Time - What Time Is It?
Verb Patterns Pellmanism Game (Beginner) with Teachers' Notes
Intermediate Level
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Adjectives that look like Adverbs Word Puzzle with Answers
Although & Even Though with Answers
Business English 'Going to' Game
Business English Advice Guessing Game
Business English Alibi Game Worksheet with Teachers' Notes
Business English- First Lesson Questions with Teachers' Notes
Business English- Silent letters and syllables
with Answers
Business English- tense review
with Answers
Business Writing Comparatives Game
Cambridge PET Sentence Completion Part 1 with Answers
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Cambridge PET Sentence Completion Part 2 with Answers
Christmas Superstitions- 1st Conditional
Christmas Trivia- Numbers Pairwork
Christmas- Describing Foods Bluff Game
Christmas- Modals of deduction with Teachers' Notes
Christmas- Predictions with 'will'
Conversation - Smiling on the outside
Gerunds and Present & Past Participles with Answers
Holidays
How do you say it? with Teachers' Notes
Jobs- Compound Nouns Matching Pairwork with Answers
Language Learning- Opinions
Modal Auxiliaries - Winter Conditions
Modal Auxiliaries: Possibility and Prediction
Modals and Conditional Sentences with Teachers' Notes
Movie Genres with Answers
Narrative Tenses- Guess the Year Game
New Year- Continuous State Verbs
New Year- Future Perfect
Number Practice- Idioms & Proverbs
Office Equipment Inventions- Past Tense review
Personality & Gender- Guessing Game
Phrasal verbs- Reversi Game with Teachers' Notes
Prepositions - Hallway with Answers
Present Perfect Games & Activities
Presentations - Advice on Cultural Differences with Answers
Pronunciation of 'ough' with Answers
Punctuation with Answers
Short Answers with Answers
Spelling with Answers
Technical English Mimes
Technical English Words and Expressions that can and cannot be shortened in English
Telephone Problems- Board Game
The Language of Interrupting with Teachers' Notes
The language of trends- Spot the difference
The Passive Voice
Until
Verb Patterns Pellmanism Game (Intermediate) with Teachers' Notes
Zero Conditional Completion Game
Advanced Level
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101 IELTS Speaking Part Two tasks about people, places, actions, things and times
101 IELTS Speaking Part Two tasks about the Past, Present and Future
101 IELTS Speaking Part Two topic cards that tie in with IELTS Speaking Part One
A Minister Resigns with Answers
Adverbs of Frequency - Gender Policy
Bird Flu with Answers
Business English- Christmas Cards Do's & Don't's with Answers
Christmas Party- Negotiations
Christmas Traditions- Passives Bluff Game with Teachers' Notes
Earthquake in Iran with Answers
Editing Skills - Punctuation with Answers
Editing Skills - Spelling with Answers
Editing Skills - Spelling (2) with Answers
Editing Skills - Unnecessary Words with Answers
Editing Skills - Word Choice with Answers
Electoral Reform with Answers
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Fresher Week- Academic Vocabulary Game with Teachers' Notes
Gap Fill with Answers
Gender Roles Case Studies with Answers
General Election called in the UK with Answers
How British is your Financial English? with Answers
IELTS Speaking Part 1- Tense Review
IELTS Speaking Part 2- Unusual or difficult topics
IELTS Speaking Part 2- Transport & Travel
IELTS Speaking Parts 1 & 2- Past and Future Questions
IELTS Speaking Parts 1 & 2- Work Prepositions
IELTS Speaking- Candidate & Examiner Game with Teachers' Notes
IELTS Speaking- Spot the Mistakes
IELTS- Work & Study Vocabulary Game
Language Learning Course Case Study with Teachers' Notes
Lebanese Politician Assassinated with Answers
Multiple Literacies with Answers
North Korea's War on Long Hair with Answers
Personality Traits with Teachers' Notes
State of Emergency in Nepal with Answers
Student Loans with Answers
Teaching Science with Answers
The English Language with Answers
The Fox and the Crow with Answers
The Fox and the Grapes with Answers
Tokyo Share Crisis with Answers
Topic Sentences with Answers
Verb Patterns Pellmanism Game (Advanced) with Teachers' Notes
All Levels
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Common IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) Symbols
Fun for all the Family 1- 22 Games to Practise Numbers
Fun for all the Family 2- 26 Alphabet & Spelling Games
Fun for all the Family 3- Games to Practise Articles and Determiners
Irregular Verb List
Needs Analysis- Level Check First Lesson
Needs Analysis- Level Check Interview Form with Teachers' Notes
ESOL Lesson Plans/Activities
Adult Education ESL Teacher's Guide. Although designed for adults, the lessons and activities provided at
this site can be adapted for secondary school students. Features include: Beginning ESL Lessons and
Accompanying Teacher Training Modules; Intermediate ESL Lessons and Accompanying Teacher Training
Modules; and Teaching Non-Literate Adults. All materials and worksheets are provided.
CNN Newsroom & Worldview for ESL. Grammar, vocabulary, and discussion questions for ESL students to
be used in conjunction with the CNN Newsroom television program produced by Turner Educational Services
Inc. The site includes information concerning how your school can subscribe to the programs and what
support is offered from CNN once your school has subscribed.
Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom. A wide range of topics, each with a set of questions,
that teachers will find useful as springboards for oral production practice or as prompts for journal writing
assignments. Opportunity is also provided for teachers to add topics and questions.
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Dave's ESL Idea Page. A special place on the Internet for teachers from around the world to share IDEAS
about learning and teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language.
EnglishCLUB Teachers' Room (ESL Resources) The site includes classroom activities, lesson plans and
student handouts.
Ernie's ESL/EFL Activity Page. Games and other activities suitable for all levels of ESL/EFL classes.
ESL/EFL Games from the Taiwan Teacher. Although the games are meant for children, many can be
adapted for all levels of English language learners.
ESL Games.Com. Games and other ideas for teaching about and learning ESL.
ESL Ideas of the Week. Dan Joslin offers suggestions for using games, the daily newspaper and various
writing activities in the ESL classroom.
ESL Lessons and Games. Lessons and activities for enriching ESL classes. The site also includes links to
other relevant ESL materials.
ESL Web Guide: Lesson Plans. Dave Sperling of the ESL Cafe presents lesson plans and materials useful to
ESL classroom teachers at all levels.
everythingESL.net. Everything ESL is a collection of K-12 lesson plans, geared to TESOL ESL standards,
teaching tips, resource links, and discussions for teachers of ESL students.
For Second Languge Teachers. Sponsored by the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers, it
features a wide variety of ESL and foreign language lesson plans and activities.
Games for ESL Teachers. Simple touching games, phonics games, circling games, board writing, spelling
games, pattern games and vocabulary games.
Handouts for Classroom: TESL. Seventy-five handouts for ESL teachers to use in their classrooms.
How To Teach English With Fun And Games. Manual produced by Ian Hewitt, a Japan-based English
teacher. Includes 18 proven English teaching games and successful techniques and variations for ALL levels,
plus much more.
Internet TESL Journal for Teachers of ESL. A monthly Web magazine of lesson plans and lesson ideas.
Karin's ESL Party Land. Provides teachers with lessons and printable materials to use in class and students
with over 50 interactive quizzes,15 discussion forums, and additional links.
Lesson Plan for Newcomers. Suggestions for those brand new students who have just entered school and
speak little or no English. For a companion resource, click on Action Words Activity.
Lessons: TESL Lesson plans and activities for the ESL classroom. Teachers can also find these related
categories: Teaching Techniques and Teaching Tips and Ideas.
Links to ESL/EFL Lessons and Lesson Plans. Maintained by The Internet TESL Journal, this is a source for
lessons and activities suitable for grades 7-adult education.
Otan Forum: ESL Lesson Plans. A series of ESL lesson plans provided by the California Department of
Education's OTAN (Outreach and Technical Assistance Network). Although designed for adult ESL learners,
they are easily adaptable for use in grades 7-12.
Pizzaz! A Resource for Scribblers and Teachers of English as a Second Language. Leslie Opp-Beckman's
PIZZAZ! is dedicated to providing creative writing activities and reproduceable handouts for use in the class
room.
The Quiz Zone. An interactive site featuring carefully selected ESL quizzes and links prepared by an ESL
teacher.
TeacherVision.com. Lesson plans and activities for ESL, French and Spanish classes.
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Teaching with the Web: TESOL. Activities, resources and materials for using the World Wide Web as a
teaching tool in the ESL class.
Teaching Tips: Using Video in Your Classroom. Some ideas are presented on how video can enhance your
students' English language learning experience.
Teflers of the World Unite. A site for teachers, with lesson plans that include grammar presentations and
vocabulary activities. Also featured are games, songs with learning objectives, an advice center and jobs
offered.
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ESL Resources
AAA EFL Links. Included in this site are online teaching materials, discussion pages, links to hot EFL sites,
other on-line information, and much more.
Ask a Linguist: (The Linguist List). Ask-A-Linguist is a service provided by The LINGUIST list, an Internet
network for professional linguists. It is designed to be a place where anyone interested in language or
linguistics can ask a question and get the response of a professional.
Boggle's World ESL Resources. For kids and adults, the site offers crosswords, word searches, flash cards,
verbs, songs, creative writing, work sheets, phonics, potion book, spell book and a chat room.
California Department of Education Resources for English Learners. The English Learners Web site at the
California Department of Education focuses on the education of English learners-i.e., students with a primary
language other than English who are limited-English proficient.
Clip Art Collection for Foreign/Second Language Instruction. A series of hand-drawn pictures illustrating
verbs, adjectives, and common nouns that teachers can print out and use in the classroom.
Common Errors in English. This site simply and entertainingly explains a number of common spelling and
usage errors in English. It was developed by Paul Brians, Professor of English at Washington State University
in Pullman, Washington.
Dave's ESL Cafe on the Web. Don't miss Dave's ESL Cafe which is open 24 hour a day for ESL students and
teachers from around the world. Scroll down the page and select from a variety of cafe items. You can take an
interactive quiz in the ESL Quiz Center, receive help with questions related to English in the ESL Help Center,
search for something in the cafe or on the Web in the One-Stop ESL Search Page, share your experiences with
others in the ESL Idea Page, read and add your own writings to the ESL Graffiti Wall, or ask a question of
Dave on the ESL Question Page. There are also links to other ESL information for both students and teachers,
an interactive message exchange, and an ESL email connection.
Developing Teachers.com.This is a web site for the developing language teacher. There are two free e-mail
newsletters, a Weekly Teaching Tip, a Monthly Newsletter containing teaching themes, activities, lessons, links,
jobs and computer/net links. Teacher training by e-mail is also offered.
EFLWeb (English as a Foreign Language Magazine). EFLWeb is an on-line magazine for those teaching and
learning English as a Foreign Language. Includes articles, Web resources, information on books and software,
product reviews, events and conferences and more.
ELT Newsletter. Teachers of ESL and EFL can read weekly articles on topics of interest, gather teaching
tips from the weekly articles, discuss their thoughts on anything to do with English Language Teaching in the
ELT Forum, find links to other sites of interest to English teachers (and learners) and submit articles to for
publication here in their weekly column.
English as a Second Language. The site, designed by Anthony Halderman of Cuesta College, provides
students and teachers with useful information, lessons, exercises, games, and other resources.
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English Forum. This is a comprehensive web portal with a variety of resources for students and teachers of
English (ESL/EFL). Included are Interactive Exercises, Message Boards, ELT Bookshop, Good School Guide,
Web Directory, World News, Links, and Cool Tools.
English Grammar Links for ESL Students. Do you have a question about prepositions? Do you need to find
out how to use the future tense? Do you want to practice for a grammar test? On this page, created by Karen
M. Hartman, you will find links to grammar references, exercises and quizzes that can help.
English Grammar Online. Send in your English grammar question and a professional teacher will answer it.
EnglishLearner.Com. Interactive practice for learners of English. The site includes tests, quizzes,
crosswords, a mailing list and more.
English Programs Around the World. A directory of ESL school websites in the United States, Canada,
United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
English Second Language Resources. Among its many resources, this site includes English language
newspapers and magazines, learning spoken English on-line, how to pronounce the English alphabet,
grammar, pen pals, English language idioms, quizzes, on-line English classes and much more.
English Teacher's Assistant. A periodical designed for ESL and EFL teachers who wear many hats--teachers
who want fresh ideas and activities for teaching conversation, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and
pronunciation. Subscription information is available.
ESL Emporium A Public Service for Learners of English. Practice your listening skills online, learn a new
word everyday by Email, learn idioms, take an online ESL student assessment as a guide for identifying your
level of English language ability, and learn how to apply to an American University.
ESL Hub. The site, prepared for ESL students, contains a wealth of interactive activities including an Idiom
of the Week, Chat Room, Cool Link Directory, ESL Tutoring and Proofreading Services, Keypal Email
Exchange, All About TOEFL, and Colloquial English Page.
ESL-Lounge. The Lounge provides lesson materials which are free and printable and include grammar,
reading comprehension, worksheets, song lyrics, board games, pronunciation, flashcards, surveys, role plays
for many levels of ESL. Also included is a Teachers' forum and ESL links.
ESL Online Catalog: ESL Software. Listing of ESL software products for Windows, Macintosh, Apple II,
CD-ROM.
ESL Superstore.Quick and Easy Access to Over 30 ESL Publishers.
ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students. The ESL Standards are clustered by grade level (pre-K-3, 4-8, and 912) and address varying degrees of proficiency (beginner, intermediate, advanced) as well as the needs of ESL
students with limited formal schooling. The standards use vignettes of actual instructional sequences in which
teachers help students meet the standards in diverse settings (e.g., social studies, math).
ESL Through Music. The site provides teachers with tools which may help foster the acquisition of English
through music. It Includes teacher-made and tested lesson plans, materials such as books, videos, and
tapes/CDs, and articles supporting the use of music in the ESL classroom.
everythingESL.Net. Features resources for ESL, bilingual and classroom teachers working with K-12
language minority students. Includes information, staff inservicing, lesson plans, activities, bulletin boards and
more.
EXCHANGE (Online Magazine) This online magazine publishes writings of non-native English speakers
from all over the world.
Grammar Bytes! A grammar review by Robin Simmons. The site contains explanations, handouts for
students and teachers, and interactive exercises.
Hands-on English Current Events Activities. Current events activities appropriate for adults and high
school students learning English as a second language. Teachers are given permission to print, copy and use
the activities in their classrooms. Updated monthly.
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Holidays. Kathy Schrock provides links to holidays which include Chinese New Year, Christmas, Halloween,
Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, St. Patrick's Day and Valentine's Day among its links.
Holidays (Loogootee Community Schools). The site provides links to resources for holidays occuring in
January, February, April, October, November, December. An index of topics is also available.
Interesting Things for ESL Students. There are quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, slang
expressions, anagrams, a random-sentence generator and other study materials at this web site for ESL and
EFL students.
International Lyrics Server. Teachers can find the lyrics to over 56,000 songs.
Learning English on the Web. This site is a starting point for ESL learners who want to learn English
through the World Wide Web. Includes listening, speaking, reading and writing activities.
Making Hearts Sing (International Fables). A collection of fables based on traditional values such as
kindness, respect and friendship which teachers can print out and use in the ESL classroom. The stories are
inspired by tales from China, Russia, Japan, Korea and France.
Mayan Folktales. Stories told to Fernando Peñalosa by don Pedro Miguel Say, a famous Q'anjob'al
storyteller from San Miguel Acátan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Each month new folktales will be reprinted.
Useful as reading material in ESL middle and high school classrooms.
Online Directory of ESL Resources. Presented by ERIC and the National Clearinghouse for Bilingual
Education (NABE), the site provides an online reference for the most useful ESL resources primarily for
teachers and students. The resources can be searched by topic, or browsed by category. The most popular
keywords for searches are: Megasites, Online Activities and Sites for ESL students.
Performance and Portfolio Assessment for Language Minority Students. NCBE Program Information Guide
Series, Number 9, Spring 1992, prepared by Lorraine Valdez Pierce and J. Michael O'Malley.
Reader's Theater Editions. Reader's Theater Editions are short scripts adapted from stories by Aaron
Shepard and others-mostly humor, fantasy, and retold tales from a variety of cultures. The grade levels for
performers fall mostly between grades 3 and 9. Useful for enriching the ESL reading curriculum. Among the
tales and legends featured are those from the U.S., India, Pakistan, Africa, the Middle East, and Finland.
Copying, sharing, and performing the scripts are permitted for any educational, non-commercial purpose.
Resources in Language Testing. Links to everything you always wanted to know about language testing.
Self-study Quizzes for ESL Students. Features multiple choice, true or false and fill in the blanks type
quizzes and provides immediaate feedback.
Tales of Wonder (Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World). Stories from many parts of the world
suitable as reading material for intermediate and advanced ESL students.
Teaching ESL. A newsgroup (electronic bulletin board) that deals with issues concerning teaching English as
a Second Language. You can read what others have to say about teaching ESL and can even post your own
messages.
Teaching with the Web. Prepared by Lauren Rosen, the site is a compilation of ideas for using WWW
resources as a teaching tool as well as other links to sites that have pedogogical information.
TEFL Virtual Library. The site was prepared by Kenji Kitao and S. Kathleen Kitao and features Resources,
Lesson Plans, Teaching Materials, Student Projects, Reference Materials for Lessons, Computer Assisted
Language Learning (CALL), Papers, Articles, and Essays for Teachers.
TESL/TEFL Links Maintained by The Internet TESL Journal TESL/TEFL Links is a mega index of
resources for the ESL teacher. It provides links to a wide variety of sites from Associations and Computer
Assisted Language Learning, to Games, Poetry, and Song Lyrics.
TESOL Online. TESOL Online, from Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, the international
professional association of ESL teachers, includes links to publications available from TESOL, as well as
selected articles from TESOL Journal and TESOL Quarterly.
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Thanksgiving on the Internet. Thanksgiving links for kids and families.
TOEFL OnLine. Everything you want to know about the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
Includes registration information, contact persons, frequently asked questions, and preparation materials and
practice questions.
Tower of English. Online reading, writing, and vocabulary activities, an e-mail pen pal page (TowerPals), a
chat room, and links to other valuable resources.
TPR (Total Physical Response). Information on the TPR approach to second language learning. The site
provides a catalog of TPR books, games, teacher kits, student kits, and video demonstrations.
U.S. Holidays. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with more to follow.
Valuing Our Differences: A Diversity Calendar. The University of Kansas presents a Diversity Calendar
useful in the ESL classroom. The calendar features ethnic, national, religious, and other types of holidays.
Virtual CALL Library. The Virtual CALL Library aims to be a central point of access to the diverse
collection of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) software scattered across the Internet and
available for downloading.
Web Sites Guides for ESL Students:Using Real-Life English Materials Found on the Internet. The aim of
this site is to introduce ESL students to selected pages designed for native-speakers, and to assist them in
understanding and using those pages.
Weekly Idiom.New idiom each week with definition and example dialogue.
Yahoo ESL Resources. List of Links to a variety of ESL resources compiled by searchers at Yahoo.
Yuki's EFL/ESL Bulletin Board. At this site you can get information on English teaching situations in other
countries and exchange opinions and ideas on EFL with EFL teachers. Students are also able to exchange
letters and e-mail. Links to other ESL/EFL sites are also featured.