ELL

ELL (English Language Learners)

ESL Basics - http://www.eslbasics.com/

ESL Basics provides short video vocabulary lessons for beginning and advanced ESL students. Teachers can browse videos by subject or check the site everyday with their students for the daily lesson. Each post includes the featured vocabulary word, a video describing the word, the word’s grammatical classification, synonyms, and any ‘extra’ information.

My English Images

My English Images - http://www.myenglishimages.com/Home.html

My English Images is a collection of drawings demonstrating words, phrases, and parts of speech. The drawings are intended to provide visual aids for students who are beginning to learn English. The images are organized into collections for conversation, grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary. In addition to the images, teachers can also find worksheets and games on the site.

Idiom Dictionary

Idiom Dictionary - http://www.idiomdictionary.com/

The Idiom Dictionary is a website aimed to help ELLs understand the meanings of more than five thousand English idioms. To use the Idiom Dictionary, students simply enter a phrase or part of a phrase into the search box and an explanation of that idiom will appear. Each entry also includes comparable idioms, an example, and a ‘Notes’ section. The main page of the site also features the most common English idioms for students to browse.

Voxy

Voxy – http://voxy.com/

Voxy uses current articles from world news, pop culture, and sports to help students acquire language. As students read an article they can click on highlighted words and hear them pronounced. Clicking on highlighted words also adds them to a study list. The study lists can be used for quizzes and games.

Learning Chocolate

Learning Chocolate - http://www.learningchocolate.com/

Learning Chocolate aims to help students memorize vocabulary in an easy and efficient way, by using pictures, sounds and games. The site offers six learning activities in dozens of word categories. Students pick a word category such as ‘animals’ or ‘clothing’ then listen to the pronunciations of the words in that category. After reviewing the pronunciations, students can choose from five different activities. Each word category offers three matching games, a fill in the blank game, and a dictation activity in which students spell the words as they're read to them.

Many Things

Many Things - http://www.manythings.org/

Many Things is a website offering ESL students and teachers an extensive collection of games, quizzes, and other online learning activities. In addition to games and quizzes, users will also find listening activities made possible through the use of MP3 recordings.

Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us - http://www.repeatafterus.com/

Repeat After Us is an online library of copyright-free English texts and audio recordings whose purpose is to provide ESL students with a place to read and hear proper pronunciations of English words. The texts on the site are arranged into eight genre categories including children's stories, prose fiction, and prose non-fiction. Recordings can be listened to online and or downloaded from Repeat After Us.

22 Frames

22 Frames - http://www.22frames.com/

22 Frames is a site that provides a central location for locating captioned videos online. For each video, 22 Frames provides a list of idioms, slang words, and commonly mispronounced words in the video. 22 Frames tells viewers where each use of idioms, slang, and commonly mispronounced words appears in each video. Viewers can click on any of the words in the lists provided by 22 Frames to find a definition for each word and to find pronunciation tips.

EL Civics


EL Civics - http://elcivics.com/

EL Civics is a site full of lessons, activities, and virtual tours designed to help students learn about American civics. EL Civics has lessons that cover the functions of government, important holidays, and US History.


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