ESOL Links for Teachers

Teaching Resources

Accent Neutralization-Accent Reduction
 

Links to articles on how to reduce your accent. 

http://esl.about.com/library/howto/htpronounce.htm

ESL/ELL Links for Beginners:

Virtual Language Center:

http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk

Dolch Reading Books: http://www.netrover.com/~3384mary/storyall/index.html

English Pronunciation:

http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/

Beatrix Potter Online (Real Audio Books): http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm

Focus on English:

http://www.focusenglish.com/

Every Day English:

http://www.everydayenglish.com/

Real English:

http://realenglish.com/

Easton American English Pronunciation:

http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/

Parts of a Sentence: http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/sentence/index.htm

Internet Picture Dictionary:

http://www.pdictionary.com/

Babel Fish - Translate a Web Page Tool: http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish

Fun and Games

Alphabetizing Games 1st and 4th Grade Levels

Spelling Games

Make a Story by Filling in a Word Type

Online Robot - MABEL

What's The Word?

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

http://collections.ic.gc.ca/literacy/esl/esl.htm

http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/collections/beginning.html

http://hub1.worlded.org/docs/connections/Waters3.pdf

http://www.insideout.net/e-lessons.htm 

http://www.fi.edu/time/Journey/JustInTime/contents.html

http://www.onestopenglish.com/index.htm

http://www.languageguide.org/english/

All About Computers and the Internet

http://www.todayskills.com/introcomp/introcompute.htm#_Toc14573001

This is a very short description of all the parts of a computer and what they are used for.

http://training.peoriaud.k12.az.us/Basic_Keyboarding/Basic%20Keyboarding%20Skills.htm

Complete keyboarding skills for someone who has never used the computer.

http://www.typingpal.com/ 

Keyboarding practice and advice for free!

http://www.learn2type.com/ 

Free keyboarding practice.

http://www.senselang.com/ 

Free keyboarding practice.

Sites for Practice

Reading or Reading Plus

http://www.cdlponline.org/

 Various reading, writing and listening activities about culture, employment, health and other issues for immigrants in the U.S.

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/strat/

Strategies for improving your reading.

http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/reading.html

Reading exercises for all levels.

http://home.earthlink.net/~eslstudent/read/readdo1.html 

Reading exercises for all levels.

http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/main/reading.html

Short readings with exercises at about intermediate level.

http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/

Reading and listening from Voice of America.

Listening or Listening Plus

http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/ 

Links to various listening activities on the Web.

http://www.usingenglish.com/links/Listening/ 

A wide selection of sites and exercises with ratings.

http://www.englishlistening.com/ 

A few free listening exercises at various levels with more available for a monthly fee.

http://www.eslhome.com/esl/listen/ 

Links to listening web sites with reviews of the sites.

http://esl.about.com/cs/listening/ 

Listening exercises at all levels.

http://www.1-language.com/esllistening/ 

Conversations among people with different accents.  (A bit unnatural, but useful.)

http://www.focusenglish.com/dialogues/conversation.html 

Short listening exercises with common idioms and expressions.

http://www.esl-lab.com/ 

Listening exercises of all levels with questions and transcripts.

http://www.englishlistening.com/ 

Listen to English from around the world. A few exercises are free, or you can sign up for $60 -$70 for three months.

http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/ 

Listening and reading from Voice of America.

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/index.html 

Readings and videotaped interviews from PBS.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ 

Stories in the news with video and audio.

Mixed Skills

http://towerofenglish.com/eslsites.html 

Links to various kinds of ESL and other sites about English.

http://www.eslpartyland.com/linkspages/links.htm

Great list of links for all topics and skills.

http://iteslj.org/links/

A list of various sites covering all skills and levels of ESL.

http://www.manythings.org/

Various fun and grammar activities for all levels.

http://www.myefa.org/login.cfm?fuseaction=default

A free Web-based multimedia system for adults learning English.

http://english-zone.com/index.html

Many free pages, but for $20/year, you can access more than 2500 pages on various topics and grammar points. Site includes a chatroom, bulletin board and access to a teacher via email.

http://www.smic.be/smic5022/Onlineexercises.htm

Mixed exercises at all levels.

http://www.soon.org.uk/

British and world English site with various information—an Ezine.

http://www.easyenglish.com/

Lots of quizzes and tests with links to sites for further study.

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/8255/begin101.htm

Quiz Zone-various quizzes on all topics.

http://a4esl.org/q/h/

Self-study quizzes in grammar, vocabulary and some holiday trivia.

http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

An excellent guide to grammar and writing.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

A writing guide from Purdue University. Click on OWL.

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/

A list of common errors in English.

http://www.rong-chang.com/

A list of grammar help sites, including Grammar Slammer, written by the maker of the list.

http://www.grammarbook.com/

An excellent resource for grammar rules and a few exercises.

http://www.top20composition.com/

A list of all kinds of sites, from grammar to professional writing.

http://www.virtualsalt.com/roots.htm

A list of some word roots and prefixes and their meanings.

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/index.html

An excellent writing guide from the University of Wisconsin.

http://www.eslbee.com/verb_tenses.htm

Review of verb tenses with quizzes.

http://www.englishpage.com/

Great explanations and grammar quizzes of verb tenses.

Vocabulary

http://www.englishdaily626.com/conversation.php?002

Idioms in conversational contexts.

http://www.english-zone.com/idioms/idioms.php

Tons of idioms at English-Zone.

http://www.elfs.com/2nInX-Title.html

Idioms in context with sound!  Listen and take quizzes.

http://www.goenglish.com/Index.asp

A great source of idioms with explanations, example sentences and quizzes.  You can receive a new idiom every day for free on your computer.

http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/

The famous Dave’s Café list of idioms.

http://www.idiomconnection.com/

Lists of idioms in categories—for example, animal idioms, clothes idioms, etc. with quizzes.

http://a4esl.org/q/h/idioms.html

Self-study idioms in quizzes.

http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Idioms_and_Slang/

Links to many pages with idioms and slang.

http://www.idiomsite.com/

Written for native speakers; explains the origin and meaning of idioms.

http://eslus.com/LESSONS/IDIOMS/idiom.htm

A small site with idiom quizzes.

http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/student/idioms/idiomsmain.html

English idioms and proverbs.

http://www.quia.com/jg/66234.html

A few fun activities with idioms including parts of the face.

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/ 

A large selection of common idioms explained.

Other

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/index.jsp

An online visual thesaurus (list of synonyms and antonyms of words; can be used once without paying each time you log on.

http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html

Various activities to improve business vocabulary, grammar, letter writing, etc.; first 10 lessons free.

http://www.1-language.com/

Written for children but fun for all ages

http://www.englishclub.com/learn-english.htm

http://members.aol.com/eslkathy/esl.htm

Links to several interesting sites for ESL students

http://www.peakenglish.com/slang/dailySlang.jsp

Sign up for new slang expressions every week

http://www.ask.com/

“Ask Jeeves” uses a search engine that searches in a different way from Google

http://www.esl-english.com/english-place/esl-linklist.htm

Links to sites for teachers and students.

http://www.esl-english.com/english-place/esl-linklist.htm

http://www.geocities.com/vance_stevens/lnxmainp.htm

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslstudent.html