ESOL

Links provided by Anne Albarelli.

Activities for ESOL Students http://a4esl.org/
There are over 1,000 activities on the a4esl.org website to help students study English fot Speakers of other Languages. This project of The Internet TESL Journal has contributions by many teachers.

Adele’s ESOL Corner http://www.homepages.ihug.com.au/~adelegc/index.html

Interactive activities in grammar, listening and vocabulary.

American English Pronunciation  http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/

Contains the Alphabet, Vowel and Consonant Sounds, Teaching pronunciation, quizzes, readings, songs, spelling, and tongue twisters.

Ask an Expert: ESOL http://www.cln.org/int_expert.html

CLN's "Ask an Expert" page has about 100 links to specialists in the field who can serve as a valuable source of curricular expertise for both students and teachers. Questions/answers on ESOL may be found in the "All Subjects" section at the top of the page, the "English/Language Arts" section, the "English Grammar" section, the "ESOL Section", as well as the general "Reference" section.

BBC's learning English area http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml

This site aims to combine language skill practice with current events. It enables users to read simplified texts or listen to broadcast stories, providing vocabulary support along the way. Interactive quizzes are also available.

Bradley’s English School

http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=37468711&pageid=r&mode=ALL&n=0&query=&s=&sitemap=Site+Map

Very interactive online activities to help students with their grammar and vocabulary.

Business English Exercises  http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html

Multiple exercises in grammar, vocabulary, collocations, writing, speed reading, and presentation skills. 

CNN Newsroom and World View for ESOL 

http://lc.byuh.edu/CNN-N/CNN-N.html

Grammar and vocabulary exercises, as well as speaking or writing discussion questions for ESOL students that are based on the CNN weekly WorldView Broadcast.

Colorful Clothesline http://hub1.worlded.org/docs/clothing/index.html

Colorful Clothesline is a lesson created to introduce level 1 ESOL students to clothing, colors, and color patterns. Students can test their knowledge of colors and clothing. Select a category below to practice vocabulary.  Then take a quiz to test what was learned.

Dave's ESOL Cafe  http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/

Dave Sperling provides a variety of learning resources for ESOL students, including: a series of discussion forums; the ESOL Idiom Page; the ESOL Quiz Center; the ESOL Help Center; the ESOL Phrasal Verb Page; and much more.

Discovery Channel’s Quiz Center http://school.discovery.com/quizcenter/quizcenter.html

The Quiz Center allows instructors to create, edit, and manage quizzes, without any necessary web publishing experience.

EFL Tasks  http://www.efltasks.net/

EFL Tasks is a collection of activities designed by Joann Miller, an EFL teacher in Mexico. The Intermediate and Advanced activities are very useful. Some of the Beginning Activities will be too advanced for many Beginning Learners.
 
E.L Easton http://eleaston.com/

This site provides materials for teaching and learning Business English, grammar, pronunciation, reading, writing, spelling, listening, and speaking.

Electronic English for Speakers of Other Languages http://esl.lbcc.cc.ca.us/mmcportal.htm
This site contains links to ESL grammar lessons and quizzes from Long Beach City College and many other sources.

English Club.com http://learners.englishclub.com/index.htm

Lessons,interactive pages & other resources

English Exercises Online http://www.smic.be/smic5022/

Here's a source of free exercises in English vocabulary and grammar. The exercises, identified by topic and difficulty level, can be downloaded or completed on-line.
 
English Grammar on the Web http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/index1.htm
This site was planned to give ESOL/EFL teachers background information on teaching grammar in ESOL/EFL classes as well as material to use in their classes. The site includes grammatical information, course syllabi and lesson plans, and links to other sites. Links are also given to the Journal of English Grammar on the Web and Heinle & Heinle's Inventory of Published Grammar Activities.

Englishpage.com   http://www.englishpage.com/

This site contains free online English lessons and ESOL resources. The site includes an online newsletter, grammar review, bookstore and 15 English-foreign language dictionaries (including Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Arabic).

EnglishSpace http://www.englishspace.ort.org/

EnglishSpace is a free English language course on the Internet. In EnglishSpace there are puzzles, games, exercises and projects to help students practice their English skills.

English Zone http://www.english-zone.com/

Excellent material! Some modules are free, and others require a fee. The free modules are definitely worth a look. Material is organized by easy, intermediate, and advanced skill levels.

ESOL Activities Online http://www.clta.on.ca/EAOnline/  http://www.clta.on.ca/EAOnline/AmericanStories/index.html

There are several useful sections for helping learners to improve their grammar and other language skills. This site is especially useful in that the sections offer interactive, online quizzes for learners to do. Instructors are encouraged to work through the site with learners, as the site is not intuitive enough for learners to use independently.

ESOL Blues  http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/trouindx.htm

Pre-intermediate to high-intermediate level English. Multiple grammar, vocabulary, and reading exercises as well as animated grammar tutorials and common errors from student compositions.

ESOL Flow http://www.eslflow.com/   http://www.eslflow.com/readinglessonplans.html

Eslflow is a site using a flowchart metaphor. Grammar concepts are organized into functional patterns for which an impressive variety of linked resources from the Web are employed. Resources are organized both for students and teachers and include grammar, speaking, dialogues, reading handouts and lesson plans.

ESOL Games http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Games/Games_Requiring_Flash_or_Shockwave/

This is a sub-page of The Internet TESL Journal's. Games require Flash or Shockwave.

ESOLhome   http://home.earthlink.net/~eslhome/sitemap.html

ESOLhome is a welcoming place for students and teachers to explore the Internet world of learning English for Speakers of Other Languages.

ESOL Independent Study Lab http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppicks.html

Contains over 225 of the best Internet resources for ESOL/EFL students!
All Web sites are clearly annotated. Organization is by skill area and language level.

ESOL Lesson Plans and Resources http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslplans.html

Provides many links to lesson plans and resources.
 
ESOLgold http://www.eslgold.com

ESOLgold provides hundreds of pages of free English teaching and learning materials for both students and teachers. All resources are organized by skill and level for quick and easy access.

ESOL Pronunciation Work Page  http://grove.ufl.edu/~klilj/pron/

With these links students can listen to native speakers, some with different American accents and dialects.

Grammar Bites www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm

Find detailed definitions of common grammar terms, exercises, handouts, tips and rules.

Grammar Online http://online.ohlone.cc.ca.us/%7Emlieu/

GrammarONLINE uses the WWW to bring helpful grammar lessons to students. These lessons include explanations, exercises, and answers.

Handouts Online Index http://www.handoutsonline.com/navigation/contents.htm

Handouts Online has great TEFL materials for use with your lessons. You need Adobe Acrobat Reader v. 5 or 6 to view and print the handouts. It’s free.

HyperGrammar:  http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/grammar.html

HyperGrammar is an electronic grammar course at the University of Ottawa's Writing Centre.
 
Interesting Things for ESOL Students   http://www.manythings.org/

A fun study site for students of English as a Second Language. Word games, puzzles, quizzes, slang, proverbs and much more.

Litware  http://www.litware.co.uk/sfirstpage.htm
Good reading practice on a basic skill level. Articles on topics of interest to adults, written at an approachable reading level. Pronunciation guides for vocabulary words are given with mouse-overs - be aware that the pronunciations are British!
 
Multicultural  Academic Program http://www.geocities.com/pccprep/qz.htm

Interactive ESOL practice in grammar, vocabulary, listening, reading and games.

Online English Language (ESOL) Quizzes http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/index.php
Students test themselves  with free online quizzes.

[The] English Listening Lounge   http://www.englishlistening.com/

This site has menus for all the listening passages available. Each menu contains a number of passages. There are currently 257 listening passages available.
 
[The] Idiom Connection http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/6720/#ABQ

The Idiom Connection offers explanations of hundreds of idioms. There are quizzes for students to practice.

[The] Internet Picture Dictionary http://www.pdictionary.com/

The Internet Picture Dictionary lets students learn simple vocabulary by matching pictures with words and offers exercises to practice them.

[The] Internet TESOL Journal for Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languageshttp://iteslj.org/

This monthly electronic journal contains articles on lessons & lesson plans, teaching techniques, handouts & other classroom materials, and projects. There are links to previous issues, and in addition, the journal staff maintain a list of links of interest to ESOL teachers. Included within this section are many useful connections including links to ESOL lessons, to ESOL Teachers' home pages, to TESOL newsgroups, and to projects by ESOL students.

[The] Key:  http://www.keynews.org/

The Key is a newspaper written for new readers and adults with limited reading skills. All material in The Key and on-line is free of copyright for nonprofit, education purposes only. The Key New Readers Newspaper has been published monthly since 1988.
 
Karin's ESOL Partyland: Learning English  

http://www.eslpartyland.com/home.htm and http://www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/Tinitial.htm

Karin Cintron's advice for students wishing to learn English is to "practice, practice, practice." With this in mind, she has developed a wide range of ways for students to use her web site for practice. Activities available on her web site (and/or through external links) include: interactive quizzes, real time chats, discussion groups, opportunities to talk about popular themes (e.g., music, movies), and e-pals.

Listening Theme Page http://www.cln.org/themes/listening.html

This "CLN Theme Page" has links to Internet audio resources that may be used by ESOL students and teachers. Most of these use the RealAudio format and generally they will also have a link to a download site for the player. Some of the sites on this page are general in nature (e.g., news) while others are intended for an ESOL audience.

Literacy Curriculum and Activities http://collections.ic.gc.ca/literacy/esl/esl.htm

This site has a number of teaching resources that can be used in the classroom including downloadable literacy drill sheets (with answer keys) and online exercises in a wide variety of basic English literacy skills.

One World, One People  http://members.aol.com/Jakajk/ESLLessons.html

ESOL lessons, games, ideas, and links.

PBS LiteracyLink    http://litlink.ket.org/index.html

PBS’s LiteracyLink has online courses for students to practice their skills. They have to register in order to use it, but it’s free. They can practice for the GED with this site.They  can even get an online teacher who will check their work and give them feedback.
 
Penguin Readers http://www.penguinreaders.com/pr/resources/index.html

Penguin Readers are a carefully graded collection of Readers that enable English language learners to enjoy reading whatever their language level. This site provides you with a four-page photocopiable worksheet packed with background information about the book and author as well as a range of exercises to help practice new vocabulary and grammar, increase comprehension and develop all four skills.

Phonetics: The Sounds of English and Spanish http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html

The English and Spanish Phonetics libraries are web resources that have the following features for each of the consonants and vowels of Spanish and American English. A real-time Flash animated articulatory diagram of each consonant and vowel;  An annotated step-by-step description of how the sound is produced; Video and audio of the sound spoken in context; The navigation reflects the classification of consonants by manner, place or voicing and vowels; and Interactive diagram of the articulatory anatomy.

Pizzaz!  http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html

Creator Leslie Opp-Beckman, an ESL instructor, explains this site's purpose: "PIZZAZ! is dedicated to providing creative writing activities and copyable (yes, copyable!) handouts for use in the classroom."

Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab  http://esl-lab.com/

Provides interactive listening activities at the reach of students worldwide

Reading Comprehension Lessons 

http://www.readingcomprehensionconnection.com

These interactive online lessons help to improve students' reading comprehension and build their vocabulary skills. 

Selected Links for Students of English for Speakers of Other Languageshttp://iteslj.org/ESL.html

This meta-list of links to other ESOL Web sites is hosted by the Internet TESOL Journal and is Intended for ESOL students. Links are organized under such categories as "Some of the Best Sites", "Games", "Grammar", "Communicating with Others", "Listening", "Writing" and "Reading.

Skills Wise   http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/

Factsheets, worksheets, quizzes and games to help students improve their English.
Choose from: Grammar, Spelling, Reading, Listening, Writing, Vocabulary

Sounds of English http://www.soundsofenglish.org/index.html

Sounds of English is a website designed for learners of English and their teachers. It contains  links; handouts from presentations; English pronunciation pages - pictures, sounds, and videos to help students with English pronunciation; Activities and exercises for English pronunciation and listening; Tips for teachers; and  listening exercises with printable worksheets and teacher guides.

Yamada Web Guide to English for Speakers of Other Langauges http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides/esl.html

This is a meta-list of links to sites that are oriented toward ESOL students and teachers.