Introduction

On March 9, 2023, Kountiala Jean de Dieu SOME shared a Radical collaboration project idea with Members of the Burkina English Teachers Association (BETA) for the co-collection of resources that can be centralized into one accessible product for any educational need of English Teachers in Burkina Faso. After six days of expectations, he got only one source from one ESL teacher, a resource with downloadable materials. 

Creating this type of material was well appreciated in the WhatsApp group, where many teachers have often reached out for specific text of listening, speaking, reading, or writing materials. We would sometimes share those materials, and from chat to chat, they disappear, and one day the same need comes again from a different teacher. 

Kountiala Jean de Dieu SOME Put this together and believes it could be useful to most of you.  Share any resource that could be added to the list through this link.

List of resources for ESL Teachers

1. EFL Burkina Faso

Let’s start with this national resource that gives you access to a lot of past national exams and other texts that could be useful as they are linked to national curricula: 

http://www.efl.elearning-burkina.com/index.php 

On this site, too, you would have access to a lot of personal development materials.  

2. MY ENGLISH PAGES

My English Pages website provides teachers with free resources for speaking, Listening, writing, and reading classes. There are many resources for all levels and guides on how to teach them. But remember, as a teacher, it is your role to adapt them to your student's levels and cultures. Click on any of these links to access the resource you need.

• Link to the reading resources: https://www.myenglishpages.com/english/reading.php

• Link to the writing resources: https://www.myenglishpages.com/english/writing.php

• Link to the speaking resources: https://www.myenglishpages.com/english/speaking.php

• Link to the listening resources: https://www.myenglishpages.com/english/listening.php

• Link to grammar lessons resources: https://www.myenglishpages.com/english/grammar.php

• Link to vocabulary lessons resources: https://www.myenglishpages.com/english/vocabulary.php

• Link for various exercises: https://www.myenglishpages.com/english/exercises.php

3. Wiregrass Georgia Technical College

Wiregrass Georgia Technical College, located in South Georgia, is committed to preparing students for successful careers in an ever-changing workforce. You will find life skills lessons and resources and download books with orientation on how to use them in class. Again, you are a teacher responsible for selecting the content based on your class needs.

• Communication Beginnings (from Portland state university): An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text for English Language Learners. This is a book that you can download. It has communication resources for listening and speaking activities: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1022&context=pdxopen. If you are teaching in a remote area and will not have internet access to listen to the audio online, you can click on this link and download all the audio on your computer. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/pdxopen/18/. Remember, you can make a big difference in your school if you teach differently; bringing these resources into the class will positively impact your students forever. 

• This website has many links to various free resources that you can access and download whatever you want: https://wiregrass.libguides.com/c.php?g=1125048&p=8230106.

4. Jimmy ESL: This website gives access to all types of resources for all grades. You can download worksheets and use them in the classroom.

For free access to the Jimmy ESL website and its various worksheets, follow this link: https://jimmyesl.com/esl-reading-comprehension-worksheets/. Beware, some of the resources on this website will ask you to subscribe. It’s not my intention to make you pay for resources you can have for free. So, make informed choices. Here har links to the free resources:

• • These could be good reading comprehension lessons for 6e or 5e: https://jimmyesl.com/esl-reading-comprehension-worksheets/

  • https://jimmyesl.com/material/animals-oo-esl-worksheet-for-kids-and-beginners-reading-comprehension/

  • https://jimmyesl.com/material/esl-worksheet-france-reading-comprehensi/ 

  • https://jimmyesl.com/material/restaurant-esl-worksheet-reading-comprehension-for-beginners/

  • https://jimmyesl.com/material/dinosaurs-reading-comprehension-elementary/

Remember, some of the terminologies need to be contextualized. They might mean nothing to the students base on the cultural context in which they are. So, you need to explain using cultural context examples.

• These resources could be good for 5e: https://jimmyesl.com/material/holiday-esl-worksheet-for-intermediates-reading-comprehension/

• https://jimmyesl.com/material/job-interview-esl-worksheet-for-intermediates-reading-comprehension/

• https://jimmyesl.com/material/workplace-esl-worksheet-for-intermediates-reading-comprehension/

• https://jimmyesl.com/material/global-warming-esl-worksheet-for-intermediates-reading-comprehension/

• If you scroll down any of those resources, you will see the download button to download them in PDF or Word versions. I recommend the Word versions that you can adapt and mention the source.

• Their resources are good for 4e and 3e: https://jimmyesl.com/material/giving-advice-esl-worksheet-for-advanced-reading-comprehension/  

• https://jimmyesl.com/material/education-esl-worksheet-for-advanced-reading-comprehension/

• https://jimmyesl.com/material/dreams-esl-worksheet-for-advanced-reading-comprehension/

• https://jimmyesl.com/material/raising-children-esl-worksheet-for-advanced-reading-comprehension/

We all have to teach grammar, and our students know more about grammar teaching. They know that you will teach them that the rule of Simple present is S+V+C and that in the third person, they should add “s” or “es” depending on the verb's ending. That is the traditional ESL school. For you, a teacher of the 21st century who has access to billions of options, you can teach grammar differently and amaze your students. Jimmy got some ideas for you to adapt: https://jimmyesl.com/teaching-english-grammar/. This link gives ideas about making grammar lessons effective and not boring.

5. Agenda web: This website has hundreds of free exercises to learn English online:  grammar, verbs, songs, vocabulary, listening, reading, and videos. There are resources for teachers and students of all levels.

• https://agendaweb.org/

6. Adele's ESL Corner. This site is specialized in offering ESL teachers’ banks of exercises for free use. The Particularity of this site is that it prepares different types of grammar, listening, and vocabulary exercises that you can copy, adapt and give to your students. The correction of those exercises is available for you to view. Click on this link to have access to them: http://www.adelescorner.org/

7. English Language Center: This website publishes lessons regularly on various topics with exercises. Like Adele’s ESL Corner, you can access grammar, vocabulary, listening, and reading resources with exercises. Here is the link: https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/. Once on the site, click on the activities' title to access them. You can copy them to word and adapt them to your class need, acknowledging the source.

8. ELTBase: ELTbase is a database of resources for teachers and students of English as a second or foreign language. You can access worksheets, quizzes, notes, and other online resources on this site.

• The emphasis is on adult / young adult learners at levels from intermediate to advanced, although some resources are suitable for younger and lower learners. So, if you are teaching from 4e to Terminale, this is the best reference for you. Check it here https://www.eltbase.com/. Once on the side, you can choose grammar, vocabulary, function, writing, skills, and pronunciation.

• On this site, you can access books from 6e to 3e (beginner to intermediate) on specific lessons. You can download them. Here is the link: https://www.eltbase.com/

• If you are interested in a sample lesson plan on some topics, you can also have some resources on this website through this link: https://www.eltbase.com/lesson-plans

• For specific worksheets for classroom use, go to this page https://www.eltbase.com/worksheets. It has over 300 free, printable worksheets for use in the ESL classroom. Individual practice, pair work, and group activities for grammar, vocabulary, and the four skills. With this worksheet, you need little time to adapt and master them before class.

9. Learn English Network (Leo Network)

• The Learn English Network has been helping people to learn English for free since 1999. It has a rich database of English Books, English Videos, CDs, tapes, software, websites, magazines, DVDs, and courses for learning English. https://www.learnenglish.de/

• To directly access its resources for vocabulary, click here  https://www.learnenglish.de/vocabpage.html.

• To directly access its resources for grammar, click here: https://www.learnenglish.de/grammarpage.html.

• For access to other resources on the website, click here: https://www.learnenglish.de/flashcardspage.html.

10. Using English: This site could be a good reference for those interested in teaching technical English. https://www.usingenglish.com/. It has different types of resources.

• For resources about Reading comprehension, click here: https://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/ 

11. Rong Chang: https://www.rong-chang.com/ This website has resources on technical English for all levels. It is much more for adult ESL learners.

I know some of you sometimes want to download videos on YouTube for instructional purposes but don’t know how to. Here is a link through which you can download YouTube videos. You need to copy the link of the video, click on this link https://ssyoutube.com/en48/youtube-video-downloader and put the YouTube video link in, and download. For use other than teaching, you must cite the sources for intellectual property rights issues. 

If the video is on Facebook, you can download it by copying the link, clicking on this link https://fdown.net/, and putting it on the site to download the video.

12. Far Ahead

This very practical collection called Far Ahead has all 4 language skills + tasks designed for each skill. A collection of downloadable audio is also available. The 3 books (2de, 1re, Tle)  are mostly used by teachers now because they're easy to use. Here is the link: https://www.editions-hachette-livre-international.com/portfolio/far-ahead/ 

13. American Engish

This website is a resource center for teaching and learning about American English and American culture developed by the Office of English Language Programs in Washington, D.C. All programs are implemented by Regional English Language Officers (RELOs) at American Embassies or Consulates. https://americanenglish.state.gov/. For teacher resources, go to this link: https://americanenglish.state.gov/resources-and-programs. For a collection of interactive games which help practice the language  in a fun way, here is the link https://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/activate-board-games

14. An important link for English for specific purposes: https://www.bbc.com/ 

15. An important link for the academic  and professional English https://www.britishcouncil.org/

This is my contribution! I would love to read and get your feedback in the WhatsApp group.