TOP 20 FREE WEBSITES FOR TUTORS
of English as a Foreign Language
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Resource Type
Links
Free e-lessons,
Macmillan
printable
http://www.macmillanenglish.com/
worksheet
email-newsletters/
websites
Macmillan ‘In Company’
http://www.businessenglishonline.ne
t/resources/in-company-secondedition-resources/elessons/
Macmillan ‘Global’
http://www.macmillanglobal.com/
elessons
Description
Sign up on Macmillan’s website to
receive email newsletters with links to
new free resources: usually very good,
printable lessons from Global, In
Company and Straightforward (both
business-based topics), plus video
lessons from New Inside Out.
Really useful, printable lessons.
Macmillan ‘Straightforward’
http://www.macmillanstraightforwa
rd.com/resources/elessons/
‘Inside Out’ e-lessons
http://www.insideout.net/elessons
Macmillan ‘Hotspot’ for
betweenagers
http://www.macmillanenglish.com/
hotspot/
Free resources such as extra reading
printables.
Lesson plans and worksheets for kids,
teens, businesspeople, etc.
British Council
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org
/en/
ESL Printables
http://www.eslprintables.com/
Tools to make
worksheets,
etc.
Puzzle Maker
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeduca
tion.com/
‘The website where English Language
teachers exchange resources’.
Make free, printable word searches,
crosswords etc.
Tools for Educators
http://www.toolsforeducators.com/
Make and print free dice, bingo,
dominos
DLTK’s Crafts for Kids
http://www.dltk-kids.com/
DLTK's Crafts for Kids features a variety
of printable children's pages and
activities including projects.
ESL Flashcards
http://www.eslflashcards.com/
Free, printable esl vocabulary
flashcards (ie. actions, emotions, daily
activities)
Project Britain
http://projectbritain.com/calendars
/
Check here for extensive reference
information about British holidays and
cultural explanations.
BBC Learning English
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice
/learningenglish/
Highlights include: 6 minute English
listening, top news headlines abridged
for the English learner,‘Sounds of
English’: great little videos of each
phonetic sound
BBC Skillswise
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise
English for adults / teens with
interesting online practice and useful
online games.
Very extensive
online
reference /
Free
worksheets
Using English
http://www.usingenglish.com/
English as a second language online.
A large (extensive!) collection of (ESL)
tools & resources for students,
teachers, learners and academics,
covering the full spectrum of ESL, EFL,
ESOL, and EAP subject areas.
Learner favourites include: online
quizzes; a searchable dictionary of
phrasal verbs; a searchable dictionary
of idioms and idiomatic expressions; a
list of irregular verbs.
Teacher favourites include: handouts
and printables; lesson plans and
worksheets; teacher-training; grammar
guides (check a word’s grammar and
usage in a searchable database).
You can also analyse text content
using the free text analysis tool which
gives you statistics about a text, and
with the Gunning Fog readability
index.
For kids at
beginner level
Genki English
www.genkienglish.net/
Songs, games and exciting lessons for
children. Some material is free, such
as the online phonics chart, online
games and e-books.
Useful
facebook
pages to ‘Like’
and receive
helpful links
etc.
https://www.facebook.com/Teachi
ngResources
The websites that go along with the
facebook pages are very good, and it
is very useful, I find, to have teaching
ideas and resources pop up on your
facebook newsfeed, so you can grab
them as and when.
BBC News &
learning
https://www.facebook.com/Teachi
ngIdeas
https://www.facebook.com/english
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