General ESL Resources

Links verified 2/1/2017

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1. Activities for ESL Students - multiple links with activities and exercises.
2. Board Game - At the bottom of the page you will find dozens of small icons. Each is a link to a page where you can download a free board game and flash cards to review an ESL topic.
3. BookBox - audio-visual stories, ages 2 to Pre-Teen; web-based jukebox of digital books. Hear the books read in a multitude of languages. Individual words can be followed in a number of languages also. You do have to register but it is free registration. The site offers downloads of the stories for a fee, but the online books are free.
4. Business English - Each week learn a new business jargon phrase. From Open English World
5. Dave's ESL Cafe Idea Cookbook - There are currently 806 recipes (ideas) in 25 categories in this cookbook.
6. English as a Second Language Learning Materials: Free and Handy - lots of materials for learning English grammar and vocabulary
7. English-Forum by Aardvark presents interactive English language exercises for use in ESL or EFL classes.
8. English Grammar Quizzes Using JavaScript - Over 1,000 activities for ESL Students; project of The Internet TESL Journal
9. English Grammar The Easy Way - very comprehensive collection of brief grammar explanations for students. A great site for concise support.
10. English Listening Language Lab - Listen to the stories or phrases and select the correct answer. Many activities. Great for listening skills!
11. Englishpage.com - Free online English lessons & ESL / EFL resources; some intrusive banner ads, but they have good resources.
12. English Speak - This page contains a list of all the lessons in the program. Each lesson is based on a real world conversation..
13. English Study Materials and Worksheets - scroll down to find free resources
14. English Worksheets - worksheets to help improve your vocabulary and understanding of English
15. ESL Activity Zone - get lesson plan ideas here!
16. ESL Authority - 58 Free TEFL and ESL Worksheets You Can Use Today
17. ESL Cafe has a large list of Online English Courses. You might also look through the list of the other 75 topics on the ESL Cafe index page.
18. ESL Cafe Help Center - receive help from ESL/EFL teachers from around the world 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Don't be shy - ask a question! Afterwards, an ESL/EFL Teacher will try to quickly post an answer onto this page.
19. ESL Flashcards - many to choose from
20. ESL Galaxy - Free teaching materials for ESL, EFL teachers and students, lesson plans on PowerPoint, kids' worksheets, flash cards, phonetics videos, self-study videos, crosswords, word search, games, etc.
21. ESL go - Help students learn English with lessons, activities and quizzes.
22. ESL Lab - Listening exercises and quizzes. Listen to the conversation and answer the corresponding questions. Your score is immediately tabulated. Note : An Audio Player is needed for this site.
23. ESL Teacher Resources - Links to ESL sites. Scroll down to the ESL list.
24. ESL Tower - video lessons to develop vocabulary and practice listening and pronunciation
25. Everything ESL - Content based ESL lesson plans for beginning through intermediate students.
26. Family Involvement Storybook - Tomasito's Mother Comes to School. " This bilingual storybook about family involvement at school is designed to engage children and their families. For educators, the printable online storybook is an easy-to-use family involvement tool that supports literacy"
27. Foreign Languages for Travelers - Choose the language you speak and the language you want to know, then select from the following menus: Basic Words, Numbers, Shopping/Dining, Travel, Directions, Places, Time and Dates. You will also find a dictionary for translating specific words. The strength of this site is that you can hear the words pronounced.
28. General Listening Quizzes from Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
29. Idioms - English Idiom of the Week - From Open English World - Learn a new idiom each week. Conversation done orally to listen to idiom.
30. Idioms and collocations - exercises practice collocations - words that 'sound good together' (rush hour/catch a cold/soft drinks), phrasal verbs - two-or-three word combinations (consisting of a verb and particle) and idioms
31. Interactive Games for ESL - Have fun and improve your English by playing our matching games online; opposites, synonyms, general phrases and more.
32. Interactive Sites for Learning English - Activities to use in Computer Lab to help Spanish-speaking students learn English.
33. Larry Ferlazzo - "All these sections are specifically designed to assist adults and children who are learning English as their second language"
34. Learn English Feel Good - ESL site with free English grammar exercises and vocabulary quizzes, downloadable grammar handouts, videos, lists of American idioms and phrasal verbs, and more
35. Marie Nuzzi's List of Valuable ESL Resources - Here are many sites with an abundance of ESL information for teachers and students.
36. My Picture Dictionary - Pictures to help students recognize names of objects around them.
37. My Spanish Picture Dictionary - a new online resource to learn Spanish (or English) - Each word in the dictionary has an English-Spanish translation and a photograph of the item.
38. Pequenet - Spanish language site for little ones - stories, activities and more
39. Primary Themes in Spanish - From Enchanted Learning.
40. Real English - Free Online ESL lessons - This site requires a username and password. Both are available free.
41. Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students - A Very Large Collection of Quizzes for Students of English as a Second Language
42. Spanish to English -Basic Vocabulary - Spanish to English Translation Games
43. Talk English - This section is created for English speaking beginners who need help to understand the basics of speaking English. We will use very simple phrases and expressions to help you with your English speaking.
44. Teaching with the Web - This is a compilation of ideas for using WWW resources as a language teaching tool. Some of the areas offered are: web activities, language specific activities and teaching resources.
45. The 101 Best Websites For ESL Students in 2016 - helpful list of the 101 best websites for ESL students.
46. Vocabulary Exercises - Clothes, Appliances, School, Office and more.

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