Always check web links and websites before use in teaching, update frequently as changes occur!! Suggested ESL Websites for StudentsA. Pronunciation
B. Listening
C. Grammar
D. Writing
E. Vocabulary
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| ESL Loop | |
| About.com http://esl.about.com/ |
Quizzes, vocabulary study pages, interactive polls, chat rooms, pen pal information, and a weekly e-mail newsletter. twmc: lots of great stuff; lots of lesson plans at all levels. |
| Visual Dictionary http://visual.merriam-webster.com/ |
Online Merriam Webster Picture Dictionary |
| English Club http://www.englishclub.com/index.html |
Games,
interaction with students/teachers around the world, study abroad
information, downloadable/copyable resources for learning and teaching
English. |
| English Listening Lounge http://www.englishListening.com |
Thirty recordings of ordinary English speakers/ every day language; includes questions. |
| English Net www.acl.edu.au/englishnet |
Resources and links for English learners. |
| English Online http://eleaston.com |
Links for teaching and learning. |
| English Page http://www.englishpage.com |
Free online English lessons & ESL/EFL resources including an on-line newsletter, grammar review, and 15 English-foreign language dictionaries. |
| The ESL Loop www.linguistic-funland.com/esloop |
Web sites/links for teachers and students. |
| ESL Online Resources Directory http://www.cal.org/ericcll/ncbe/esldirectory |
Searchable database for teachers and students. |
| Grammar Self Study Quizzes for ESL Students http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/grammar.html |
Grammar (articles, prepositions, sentence structure, etc.) materials/exercises (cloze, questions, dialogues, fill-in-the blanks) ; Beginning to advanced |
| Idioms http://www.rong-chang.com/idioms.htm |
Web links to sites teaching American idioms |
| The Language Impact http://www.languageimpact.com |
Helping Language Learners Learn Language. |
| Linguistic Funland TESL http://www.linguistic-funland.com/tesl.html |
This website for students and teachers of EFL and ESL provides teaching tips, sample activities, job listings, general advice, and links to the other sites. |
| Linguist List http://www.linglist.org/sp/LangLearnESL.html |
A long list of ESL/EFL resources compiled by Eastern Michigan University |
| Literacy Net http://literacynet.org/vtd/index.html |
Lessons in Language and Culture: Visiting the Doctor |
| Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab http://www.esl-lab.com/ |
Pronunciation exercises with downloadable audio. |
| Sara and John’s TEFL Pitstop http://lingolex.com/jstefl.htm |
Games, feedback forum, book samples, and a virtual staff room. |
| StudyCom’s EFI-English for the Internet http://study.com |
Newsletter, listening and speaking, grammar and writing, resource page. |
Teacher Resources
| Cloze exercises http://www.edhelper.com/cloze.htm |
Design on-screen cloze exercises. |
| Ed Kearn’s Language Learning Links http://www.gateman.com/favorit2.html#languages |
Reading, Listening, Speaking exewrcises |
| Edvista http://edvista.com/claire/internet-esl.html |
Links for ESL teachers – professional organizations, instructional materials, theoretical articles |
| E.L. Easton Materials for Teaching English http://eleaston.com/english.html |
Links to instructional resources: song lyrics, maps, calendars and clocks, newspapers, and country profiles. |
| Everything ESL www.everythingESL.net |
Lesson plans, teaching tips, downloadable classroom activities, discussion topics. Content-based, beginning to intermediate |
| Family Literacy ESL Curriculum Guide http://www.nwlincs.org/fmlt/Explain.htm |
Outcomes-based lesson plans for family literacy. |
| Learning Projects Homepage http://www.otan.dni.us/webfarm/emailproject/email.htm |
Collection of field tested learning activities/projects |
| Pronunciation Skills and Activities http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/english/speaking.html#PronunciationSkills |
Activities and links. |
| Puzzlemaker http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ |
Create word searches, crossword puzzles, math puzzles, and mazes. |
| Software resources http://hub1.worlded.org/docs/cesol/software.htm |
Info on selecting software, ESL software publishers, and software reviews. |
| TESOL www.tesol.org |
Membership page of ‘Teachers English to Speakers of Other Languages’ |
| TOEFL www.toefl.org/ |
The Test of English as a Foreign Language admissions requirement for international students |
Content/Topic Based Websites
| It's splitsville for Barbie and Ken. Couple 'will remain friends,' says Mattel http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story081.htm |
Story of the invention of Barbie |
| Colorful Clothesline http://easternlincs.worlded.org/docs/clothing/index.html |
Clothing, colors, and color patterns.Tests and vocabulary practice.Includes a quiz to test what was learned. Beginning level. |
| Community Corner www.communitycorner.org[English version] www.communitycorner.org/index Sp.htm [Spanish version] |
Bilingual
site with links and information to community, education and
employment-related resources for low income, ethnically diverse
populations.Each section of the site has a related featured interview. |
| Dr. Seuss http://www.seussville.com/ |
RequiresFlash 4 plugin ; games based on Dr. Seuss's books, extensive biographical information |
| Food Pyramids http://www.semda.org/info/ |
food
pyramids from many cultures. Uses the American pyramid and simply
substitutes foods from the particular culture into the American format.
The previous site shows different pyramids based on the eating
behaviors of the particular culture. For instance, the Asian pyramid
shows meat only monthly, reflecting the "traditional plant-based rural
diets of Asia." |
| Holiday Celebrations http://www.holidays.net |
Holiday
Celebrations, calendars, crafts & Recipes, music, graphics,
historical information, suggested activities, kids pages, links, and
other... |
| Idioms http://www.englishdaily626.com/ |
Includes American slang expressions, proverbs, grammar, common mistakes, song lyrics and other topics. |
| Murphy’s Law http://www.murphys-laws.com |
The history and true story of Murphy law; Many links and related laws. |
| The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/ |
Official
web site for the White House and President George W. Bush, Features a
virtual historical tour, history of American presidents and their
families, links to a kids website |
Christian Websites
| All About God www.allaboutgod.com www.allabouthow.com. |
Ever-expanding list of apologetic and discipleship materias online |
| Bible Info http://christiananswers.net/bible/about.html |
Basic information about the Bible |
| Bibles @ Ethnic Harvest http://www.ethnicharvest.org/bibles/ |
Bibles – printed and audio in many languages |
| Bible Links http://www.winternationalstudent.com/biblelinks.htm |
PDF/ ONLINE BIBLES in Chinese, French, Hindi, Japanese, Persian/Farsi, Korean, Spanish, Other languages |
| Bible on-line www.WebBible.net |
On-line Bible in 37 different languages includingtools for understanding the Bible. |
| The Bible Gateway http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible |
An excellent page for searching from various modern English Translations (NIV,NASB,NLT,NKJV) and European and Asian languages. |
| Bible Study Helps http://www.unboundbible.org/ |
The Unbound Bible (Biola University) is a collection of searchable Bibles consisting of:
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| Crosswalk.com http://bible.crosswalk.com/ |
Bible Study Tools |
| Every Tongue http://www.everytongue.com/ |
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| God’s Story http://christiananswers.net/godstory/home.html |
God’s Story – excellent – playable or downloadable in a zillion languages God's Story: From Creation to Eternity Video presenting a summary of the Bible using original art and excellent narration.Audio available in many different languages |
| Gospelcom http://www.gospelcom.net/content/realmedia/ |
Real Audio and Internet Media – great for listening exercises |
| The Hope Video www.thehopevideo.com |
dramatic overview of the ‘greatest story ever told’ |
| International Student Ministry http://www.intervarsity.org/ism/cat/37 |
Language Helps -- International Student Ministry |
| Jesus Institute www.jesus-institute.org |
Helping people of all cultural and spiritual backgrounds learn about the person of Jesus. Study guides designed for 2 min, 10 min, 30 min, and 60 min Studies, answers to common questions. Chinese version of the same website: www.cn.jesus-institute.org |
| Unshackled http://www.unshackled.org/listen_03.html |
Faithbased stories to listen to online in English |
‘Technical’ Sites
| Computer literacy http://www.instruction.greenriver.edu/avery/activities/mouse/MouseSkills.htm http://www.instruction.greenriver.edu/avery/activities/tech/computer1a.htm |
Computer literacy |
| Student activity page link: http://www.instruction.greenriver.edu/avery/activities/activity.htm |
computer practice to help students learn basic mouse skills and computer vocabulary; clear, fun, and useful. |
| Software resources http://hub1.worlded.org/docs/cesol/software.htm |
Info on selecting software, ESL software publishers, and software reviews. |
More web Sites Compiled from Veteran ESL Teachers
On language learning in general (lots of good stuff)
General and Teacher ESL sites- Learn English Today http://www.learn-english-today.com/index.html
- Dave's ESL cafe: www.eslcafe.com (Tried and true)
- Internet TESL Journal: www.iteslj.org (This tends to be scholarly, yet practical)
- ESL Jokes http://esljokes.net/ Jokes written in graded English and followed by grammar and vocabulary exercises.
- ESLflow: www.eslflow.com
- http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/s/
- http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/idioms.html
- http://www.clta.on.ca/hillsofmexico/startscreen.htm
- http://www.prenticehall.ca/esl/links.html
- http://www.esl-lab.com/
- http://www.edunet.com/
- http://www.linguistic-funland.com/tesltext.html
- http://www.lsi.edu/
- www.esl-lounge.com
- http://www.englishpage.com/
- http://wordsmith.org
- http://www.tesol.net/
- www.speechtree.com
Needs Assessment
Software for sale:
ESL resource info - send email to: tesl_resources@brigada.worldchurches.org
Studying:
- http://www.educationcanada.cmec.ca/EN/home.stm
- U. of Calgary TESL Graduate Program http://external.educ.ucalgary.ca/gder/tesl.html
- U. of Alberta TESL Program http://www.ualberta.ca/~edpsych/index.htm; http://www.ualberta.ca/edpsych/diploma_t_e_s_l.htm
- U. of Saskatchewan http://www.extension.usask.ca/ExtensionDivision/credit/Certificate/CERTESL.html
- ESL in Canada http://www.eslincanada.com/tesl.html
Even More Great Websites
Another great site is "Peggy's Place"
http://www.gospel.com/ministries/peggies-place
There is a great site called SOON, which has many ethnic links:
http://www.soon.org.uk/country/language.htm
And there's Ed Kearn's "Links to assist International Christians" site...
http://www.gateman.com/islinks.html
Association for Christians Ministering to Internationals: http://www.acmi-network.org and click on "Resources for International Student Ministry" which takes you to:
http://www.gateman.com/acmi/resource.html