ESL Students Resources

Easy Vocabulary Quizzes -- These are intereactive JavaScript quizzes for students of English as a second language. Perhaps native English-speaking children will find them fun, too.

Activities for ESL Students -- This web site has over 1,000 activities to help you study English as a Second Language. This project of The Internet TESL Journal includes contributions by many teachers.

Video English -- Free material. Choose the area of English that you want to practise: Grammar, Writing, Vocabulary, Listening, Reading, Speaking.

Card Games -- & Related Activities for Speaking & Talking: ESL/EFL Language Learning.

Many Things -- Interesting Things for ESL Students. A fun study site for students of English as a Second Language. Word games, puzzles, quizzes, slang, proverbs and much more.

English Grammer Connection -- These interactive online lessons help improve students' English grammar skills.

Vocab Avenue -- Select what you want to study and how you want to study it, then press 'Load Lessons'. Get your own copy of the exercises for your PC! Create exercises with the vocab YOU want to study! Tell us what kind of exercises or software you want. Find someone to study with! or Enrol as a Study Partner. Add your School (Some Teacher resources here too!).

You Me Us -- Learning English, from BBC World Services. A Large Fun Filled Site for the Student of the English Language.

Babel Fish -- From Alta Vista. Translate any major language into any other language. Not a Serious Tool, Since the Translation's Don't Always Make Sense, but Fun to Play With.

ESL Exercises -- We hope to have more ESL exercises and quizzes to offer you soon. Here's a few to get you started. From the Canadian Co-Operative for Language and Cultural Studies, Inc.

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab -- Most of the Internet is based on goodwill and free exchange of ideas and information. Making a learning tool available to all free of charge is one of the best tools to spreading the message of goodwill. I've benefitted from works of others, and this is one way to giving something back. Filling out my survey is something I would like all visitors to do, but not required of course.

The ESL Center -- Tons of links to all sorts of ESL resources. A nicely done page from Kathy Chareonsup.

Rong-Chang Li's English as a Second Language -- A starting point for ESL learners who want to learn English through the Web. Many people have created ESL learning materials for the Web. This site links you to those good and free ESL places. The variety of materials will allow you to choose something appropriate for yourself.

Auto-English -- Welcome to Rob Wilson's free ESL site.

The ESL Learning Center -- Kentucky Migrant Technology Project * The Educational Source. English Learning Resources Galore, With Pages in English and Spanish.

Peak English -- Very Commercial Looking Site, and You Have to Register to Get at the Goodies, But This is a Free site. Check it Out!

ESL Independant Study Lab -- This free site was created with the assistance of a 'Faculty Incentives for Web Use' grant from the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium, by Michael Krauss.

Animal Eyes -- 50 to 75 percent of all words in text material are common words which are repeated. These 220 words are called the Dolch Sight Words. Because these words are used to hold thoughts together, these words must be recognized at at glance before a child can read with confidence. Try this fun interactive challenge game where the visitor can be drilled on these words and hear on the internet any words he/she can't read. As each level is mastered a certificate is awarded. The word animal eyes is used as a theme to make this fun. The pages take about 20-30 seconds to load on an average but the sound files are worth it! Even though images may appear, wait as the sound files take an extra ten seconds to load.

English as Another Language -- Welcome to the Pages of Andreas Lund Research Fellow at University of Oslo, Department of Teacher Education and School Development and previously Teacher of Norwegian, English and Media at Brekkeby Upper Secondary School

English slang and colloquialisms used in the UK -- A monster online dictionary of the rich colourful language we call slang... all from a British perspective, with new slang added every month.

NCBE Eric -- The National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, with funding from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (OBEMLA) and Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), have created this online directory of ESL resources. This directory provides an online reference for the most useful ESL resources primarily for teachers and students, though other groups, such as administrators, business people, researchers, and parents, may find them helpful as well.

1-Language -- A very extensive and comprehensive online ESL resource. This site is 100% free and their continual goal is to provide quality, free material for everyone.

My Language Exchange -- Find a partner at the online community and practice your second language (any language) with a native speaker who is learning your language. We host your online practice with lesson plans, text chat rooms and more.

Free-English.com/ -- Free flash ESL games and more. Registration required.

free-TOEFL.com -- Your free, no hassle membership will grant you unlimited access to a full-length practice Structure exam as well as demos of their Listening and Reading sections. Registration required.

Free English Games -- The games cover a variety of subjects and have varying levels of difficulty. You will have fun while improving your English skills and testing your language knowledge. Registration is not required.

Word Games

Word games are an excellent way for any student to improve his, or her language skills. These sites were not intended for ESL students as such, but they are a terrific resource for any ESL student, and that's why they have been included on this page.

Canopia Crosswords -- Plenty of crossword puzzles here, and some are very difficult.

all mixed up -- A collection of classic online games. Challenging, fun and suitable for anyone.

BrainGamez -- There are some nice word games here, but younger students should not visit this site without supervision.

WordScram -- A word puzzle game where each player takes turns trying to make words out of a collection of randomly-picked letters. You can only use each letter only once, and the word must be in English.

A Word With You -- A daily on-line column, featuring little known facts about well known words and phrases. It includes a cartoon panel and a short article joined at the hip and playing off one another. Check out today’s column. Want more? Go to the archives. Search through more than 300 past columns. They’re organized by month and by title. If you’re looking for a particular word or phrase, look it up alphabetically. There’s a whole etymological library at your fingertips. For sheer verbal fun, take the challenge of playing our special hangman style game called Dunceinstein.

Hangman -- Online at Bill's Games.

Hangman -- This site has those annoying pop-up adds, but the hangman game is nice.

Story Fun -- A great site from MIT where you can tell a story and learn a lot about words. I bet your first effort is terrible, mine was.

Word Search -- This one's a lot of fun, but you'll need a Java enabled browser.

Resources for Teachers & Students

Aardvark's English Forum -- Welcome to English Forum - where you'll find English at your fingertips! An Excellent Resource for Students and Teachers of English.

ESL Special Collection -- The ESL Special Collection is a comprehensive collection of materials, resources, and web links for instructors, tutors, program administrators, and adult learners. A major focus of this site will be downloadable curricula for use by tutors and teachers.

Isabel's ESL Site -- Grammar, Vocabulary & Culture Quizzes - Tests, Comprehensions& Writings - Teaching With Songs - Christmas Activities and Links - Harry Potter Activities & Other Stuff - Student Projects & Writings - Selectividad - The University Entry Exam - My Students' Links & Homework - Links for Teaching & Learning English - Miscellaneous and Institution Links - News Links - Penpal Links - Education Portals - Literary Links - My School-IES Isaac Albeniz-Málaga-Spain

Marie Nuzzi's -- Wonderful World of Language!

English Zone -- Welcome to English-Zone.Com, one of the friendliest, busiest and most popular English learning sites on the internet! There are more than 500 different pages, all about learning or teaching English!

ESL Teachers Resources

ESL Lounge -- Free ESL lesson materials and ESL lesson plans. Printable worksheets for ESL classroom teaching. Grammar, pronunciation, board games, flashcards, games, song lyrics and more.

ESL Planet -- Staff Development & Training. Planet Workshops. Conferences and Papers

ESL Games.com -- A collection of Games for the ESL Classroom From the Pages of Dave's ESL Cafe.

Adult Education ESL Teachers Guide -- Adult Education Center, Texas A&I University, KIngsville, Texas, Written and Produced by C. Ray Graham & Mark M. Walsh

The Internet for ESL Teachers -- Too Much Information to Even Begin to Describe. See This For Yourself. Wow!

English To Go -- Photocopiable Lessons from Reuters News Stories: Make your teaching rewarding, fresh and engaging on a daily basis. Save hours of preparation time. Empower your students to think and communicate globally.

EFL4U -- This used to be free, but is no longer. Still, if your school gives you a discretionary budget for classroom materials you might find something useful here.

EFL Tasks -- This material was developed to fill a void in the teaching of English: Interactive activities for students with limited English. While many communicative and interactive materials have been developed for advanced beginner, intermediate and advanced levels, very little is available for the beginning student with the exception of some recent beginning textbooks.

Content ESL -- Content-ESL across the USA: A training packet.

RHL School -- Featuring free reading comprehension worksheets for teachers and parents to copy for their kids. They include original stories, poems, essays, and articles. They are most appropriate for upper elementary through middle school years.

The Forum for English Language Teachers in Ireland -- FELT was created in Dublin, in December 1998 to provide a Forum for English Language Teachers in Ireland.

One World, One People -- Page One: ESL Lessons, Games, Ideas, and Links. If you have ideas you would like to share, send them via email. I would like to thank my colleages in the New York City public school system and around the world whose willingness to share ideas gave me the inspiration to start this project.

Resource Center -- Free English - ESL Lessons. The website for learners and teachers of English

The Linguist List -- Tons of Stuff Here, Much of Which is, No Doubt, Hyperbola, but the Determined Teacher Could Find Some Nice Resources Here.

Taiwan Teacher -- Looking for Grammar quizzes and exercises For your English teaching classroom, then look no further. Here is a growing list of of grammar quizzes and exercises for the teacher of English as a foreign or second language on the go. I generally put up a new grammar quiz or other exercise about every two or three weeks so there is always something new here. So check back often to try you hand at the newest grammar quiz.

Teaching English as a Foreign Language -- A site for teachers of English as a foreign or second language.

The Internet TESL Journal -- Lessons & Lesson Plans, Teaching Techniques, Articles & Research Papers, Sorted Chronologically.

Columbian ELT Site -- A Graphic intense Site (a good example of how not to build a website for Teachers) But There are Some Resources Here, if You Don't Mind Waiting for the Page to Load.

Typing Pal -- The internet is a powerful and wonderful resource for the ESL classroom, but to fully realize the power of the computer in your classroom, your students need to learn typing skills. This site can help them learn this most valuable skill, and have fun doing it. [Editor's Note: Registration is required here, and you must provide an email address. My wife teaches an ESL class, and her school system forbids students to access online email from school computers, so, in order for them to use Typing Pal, we registered a number of email addresses, with a popular email provider, from our home system (Students don't check the email on these accounts, thus complying with school rules, they simply need an address to register with Typing Pal). Each student needs a unique address, with which to log in to Typing Pal and records of their progress are kept from session to session, so they can see how they are improving. Her students love this site.]