Online ESL Resource Packet
The following links to online ESL resources are categorized and alphabetized. Simply click the Control (Ctrl) button on your keyboard and left-click your mouse while the cursor is over the URL to visit a site! If you find a dead link, please contact Heather at hurschelspeir@tacomacc.edu.
- ABOUT English as 2nd Language, Guide to Basic Business Letters:http://esl.about.com/cs/onthejobenglish/a/a_basbletter.htmhelps with the basic language of business letters (particularly useful for ESL students are the word suggestions for each purpose-such as requesting and giving bad news-and how to type an address). At the bottom of the screen are links to other types of business letters.
- ABOUT English as 2nd Language, Production and Manufacturing English Glossary http://esl.about.com/library/lexical/bllexlist_production1.htmAt the bottom of the page, the site links to other vocabulary lists, for other special purposes (advertising, human resources, logistics, marketing, etc.).
- Business English:http://kalle.cip.dauphine.fr/riccioli/The University of Dauphine in France offers lots of business English revision exercises.
- English International : http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.htmlincludes grammar and vocabulary quizzes, plus games and exercises, particularly for Business English; it offers the possibility to sign up for E-mail English Lessons.
- Karin's ESL PartyLand, The Quiz Center:http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/quiz.htmOrganized by Difficult, Easy, and Medium, the quizzes included here are for business English, grammar issues nicely organized by setting (like "making dinner," "girl talk," "housework," and "going to a party").
- Aesop's Fables: http://www.aesopfables.com (John R. Long) Great reading resource! Some have RealAudio Files.
- Breaking News English: http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/provides international current events stories in "easier" and "harder&qu o t; versions. Each lesson comes with activities for before, during, and after reading, as well as vocabulary and other support activities.
- CNN Learning Resources : http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.htmlincludes news stories accompanied by RealVideo and/or RealAudio; stories come in original, abridged and outline form. There are many exercises to check reading comprehension(vocabulary, word selection, multiple choice, sequencing, conclusions) and the opportunity to practice writing reactions.
- Grimm's Fairy Tales: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/Do you know the story of Cinderella or Snow White? Those are two of the fairy tales that were collected by the Grimm Brothers in the early 1800's. You'll find 12 famous fairy tales at this site. These are the original stories , which are quite different than the stories that you might know. The original stories are "darker" than the more modern versions. The English is written in an old-fashioned style, and may be a little difficult, but try to read for the main idea. Four of the stories have audio versions, also, so you can read and listen. (Click on TELL ME A STORY.)
- Learning English - BBC Worldservice: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtmlhas useful English learning/teaching opportunities that are blended into a newspaper format.Site includes current world news, study quizzes, special feature articles, opportunities to join discussion groups and chat lines via the Internet, plus exercises to improve English speaking.
- A Midsummer's Night's Dream: http://members.tripod.com/Nadabs/TheP l ay.htm (Nada AbiSamra) Shakespeare's play are simplified for ESL readers.
- Movie Scripts : http://www.script-o-rama.com/table.shtmlprovides movie scripts from popular films to help students improve their English. To read the script, just click on the name of a movie.
- ReadingEnglish.net : http://www.readingenglish.netis a FREE reading program; it connects to news stories/articles at the Voice of America Special English site, rates the articles by difficulty, and indicates a word count. When reading the article, students can click on unknown words and get linked to a dictionary of their choice-English-English (choices include British or American English) for a dictionary definition. In addition, when in the VOA site, students can download the article for listening and read along while they are listening!
- Abroad Languages: http://www.abroadlanguages.com/al/la/english.aspoffers free language games you can play to learn English, including word puzzles, hangman, and word search.
- The Apartment: Introduction to the Game:
(NOTE: You need QUICKTIME4, so this can't be played on TCC student computers.) http://www.duber.com/thegame/is an interactive game that provides plenty of practice with intermediate level listening & reading skills and can easily be adapted for discussion and writing work as well. Both a student and teacher study guide is supplied for further information and support. - Boggle's World: http://bogglesworldesl.com/ has lots of resources, including crosswords, flashcards, and word searches, work sheets.·
- English Club: http://www.englishclub.com/index.htmOn this site you'll find everything from lessons for students to jobs for teachers, including interactive pages such as forums, games, quizzes, chat, help and pen pals.
- The English Learner Website: http://www.angelfire.com/on/topfen/has tests, games, jokes, puzzles, and recipes, plus a free weekly newsletter.
- EnglishDroid : http://www.englishdroid.com/lampoons English language teaching. Warning: this site is quite irreverent and could be considere d offensive to some. Please enjoy the humor and irony, but note that the creators and sponsors of this links list do not necessarily agree with nor are responsible for the specific content on this site.
- ESL Independent Study Lab, Fun & Games:http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/fun.htmland http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/fun2.htmloffer two levels of fun visual games and puzzles.
- ESL Kidstuff:http://eslkidstuff.com provides ESL resources for kids, teachers, and parents. They make learning English fun!
- ESLTown: http://www.patsula.com/esltown/This whole site is about FUN! You can sign up for a pen pal, play games, listen to and read stories and speeches (and, yes, take some quizzes) .
- Interesting Things for ESL Students, by Charles I. Kelly: http://www.manythings.org is true to its word: it IS full of "interesting things for ESL students." This site has many games, puzzles, songs, jokes, truly fun grammar games (try the Magnetic Board and the Sentence Machine!), and podcasts, along with the usual quizzes and tutorials. The most fun activity on this sight was the "Sentence Singer." Click on "Experimental Ideas for Studying ESL on the Web," and the activity is listed under "The More Popular Ideas." The activity requires Flash Player Plug in.
- KISI's ESL Gallery: Free ESL/EFL Teaching Materials for all levels: http://www.esl-galaxy.com/ has many fun games, puzzles, lesson plans, and listening materials to share with your students.
- MES Games·: ht t p://www.marks-english-school.com/games.html has free Flash media games for ESL learners - grammar games, vocabulary builders and phonics programs.
- 5 Minute English: http://www.5minuteenglish.com/offers a free daily newsletter to ESL students with grammar tips, vocabulary, study advice, short quizzes and more.
- Aardvark's English Forum.com: http://www.englishforum.com/00/interactive/offers a wide range of quizzes and exercises, as well as puzzles, for grammar and listening comprehension.
- ABOUT English Grammar Structures and Forms Quizzes and Tests for ESL EFL: htt p ://esl.about.com/od/grammarquizzesandtests/ includes English grammar structures and forms quizzes and tests for beginning, intermediate, upper and advanced level ESL EFL English classes and learners.
- Churchill House School of English Language, For Learners: http://www.churchillhouse.com/english/funstuff.htmlhas a small section of elementary, intermediate, upper intermediate, and advance grammar quizzes.
- Dave Sperling Presents The ESL Quiz Centerhttp://www.eslcafe.com/quizincludes some grammar quizzes (tense, prepositions, modals, count/noncount, subject/verb agreement, and more), but also quizzes on geography, history, idioms and slang, science, and world culture. Submit answers and the program shows you the correct answer and your score.
- English Exercises: http://www.rong-chang.com/ex/contents.htmis a new selection of general and specific grammar exercises, organized by level.
- English Grammar Online: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammaris a German website that has excellent resources, especially on English verb tenses.
- English International: http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.htmlincludes grammar and vocabulary quizzes, games and exercises, particularly for Business English, plus the possibility to sign up for e-mail English lessons.
- English Works/Gallaudet University: See http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworksfor reading, writing, literature grammar and vocabulary explanations, samples and practice and http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/main/reading.htmlfor traditional exercises: reading comprehension, main idea, details and inferences.
- EnglishClub.com ESL Quizzes, Grammar: http://www.englishclub.com/esl-quizzes/grammar-quizzes.htmis divided by elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels, including areas such as parts of speech, grammatical terms, contractions, tense, adjectives, and quantifiers.
- EnglishPage.com: http://www.englishpage.com/includes extensive grammar resources, games, dictionaries, vocabulary, flashcards, chat rooms.
- ESL Independent Study Lab: http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppicks.htmlis a very easy-to-use site that includes li n ks to real-life sites that help with everything from pronunciation, vocabulary, reading, writing, and listening comprehension, to grammar. The grammar section is organized by level (100 - 400) includes an incredible number of links to creative and fun sites.
- Grammar Bytes: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htmhas clear explanations for grammar issues and accompanying interactive tutorials. However, the site is a little confusing for the user (the link named "interactive exercise" is actually the printable handout. The links titled "handout" are actually the exercises). Requires Adobe Reader.
- Guide to Grammar and Writing:http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/To find the quizzes, click on the pull down menu under "Ask Grammar, Quizzes, Search Devices," and click on the "170 + interactive quizzes." This is a HUGE selection of quizzes, and some are quite creative. This site includes quizzes on stylistic considerations, "notorious confusables," and structural flaws (comma splices, run ons, etc.). If you choose "Ask Grammar," you can ask a specific grammar question. "Grammar Log" archives all past questions and responses. It is indexed by topic, so you can search for previous discussions easily.
- Houghten Mifflin ESL Ace Practice Tests:http://college.hmco.com/english/raimes/keys_writers/3e/students/ace/index.htmlhas tests for Transfer Errors, Nouns and Articles, Verbs and Verbals, Sentence Structure, Prepositions in Idiomatic Expressions, and Frequently Asked ESL Editing Questions. Take the quiz, submit, and then receive your score, as well as explanations for each missed answer.
- Karin's ESL PartyLand, The Quiz Center: < a href="http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/quiz.htm">http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/quiz.htm is organized by Very Easy, Easy, Medium, and Difficult, there are a variety of grammar quizzes (the "Very Easy," and "Easy" are nicely organized bysetting, like "making dinner," "girl talk," "housework," and "going to a party").
- Learn English with EnglishLearner.com:http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/test.htmlincludes many fun lessons, exercises, and quizzes on grammar and vocabulary.
- Past-Simple: http://www.past-simple.com/English grammar rules organized in an easy-to-follow flowchart format. Part of the Baylon.com website.
- Purdue University ESL Resources, interactive grammar exercises: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/#exercisesThese are actual exercises rather than handouts, but they have to be pasted into a Word document or printed (there is no program in place to evaluate answers-have your tutor work with you!). The site includes articles, appositives, adjectives and adverbs, count and non-count nouns, subject/verb agreement, prepositions, sentence fragments, tense consistency, and a couple of spelling issues.
- Self-Study Grammar Quizzes (a project of The Internet TESL Journal): http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.htmlincludes several easy, general quizzes to get you used to the quiz structure. Other quizzes include articles, functions, prepositions, cloze, pronouns, sentence structure, tag questions, verbs, sequence, and word choice. If you go the main site, http://a4esl.org/, you can find more quizzes, plus bilingual quizzes in 34 l a nguages!
- UsingEnglish. com Online English Language (ESL) Quizzes http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/includes quizzes on every conceivable ESL grammar challenge.
- UVBC English Language Centre Study Zone:http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/is a huge site of ESL quizzes. Choose your level (you may need to do a little searching if you can't identify your level right away). This site has intermediate to very advanced ESL help on topics of grammar, reading, and vocabulary, for example, help with "it" and "there" at the 200 level. Your score will appear at the top, and the incorrect answers will be erased for you to try again. If you click on "hint," it will fill in one of the words for you.
- 5 Minute English: http://www.5minuteenglish.com/grammar.htmincludes very specific explanations for very specific grammar issues, such as "using 'Because' to connect sentences," "Very vs. Too," and "go + noun," "hear vs. listen to," "confused vs. confusing," etc.
- ABOUT English as 2nd language Grammar: http://esl.about.com/od/grammarglossary/andhttp://esl.about.com/od/grammarstructures/include English grammar structures and forms explanations including reference sheets for beginning, intermediate, upper and advanced level ESL EFL English classes and learners.
- CUNY WriteSite General Grammar Reference:http://writesite.cuny.edu/grammar/general/index.htmlhas a huge number of grammar handouts and exercises on almost every ESL grammar issue there is! The explanations tend to be somewhat simplistic, but most include examples.
- Dave's ESL Café, Stuff for Students: http://www.eslcafe.com/pv/ is a complete list of phrasal verbs + an alphabetic group of meanings and examples.
- English Grammar the Easy Way: http://www.english-the-easy-way.comis visually friendly and well organized (by eight categories: English adverbs, prepositions, determiners, adjectives, past, present, and future tenses, and nouns). Each category includes at least five separate handouts. Most are easy to use, with visuals and flowcharts.
- EnglishPage: http://www.englishpage . com/index.html offers a nice selection of grammar tutorials, exercises, and flashcards on a variety of grammar issues.
- Exercises at Grammar Bytes: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htmAccompanying interactive tutorials/quizzes, there is a series of excellent separate handouts on many grammar issues.
- Guide to Grammar and Writing:http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammarChoose the "Word and Sentence Level" menu, and look for your issue in the list. If you choose "Ask Grammar," you can ask a specific grammar question. "Grammar Log" archives all past questions and responses. It is indexed by topic, so you can search for previous discussions easily.
- Learn English with EnglishLearner.com:http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/tes t .html includes many fun lessons, exercises, and quizzes on grammar and vocabulary.
- Purdue University ESL Resources, grammar handouts: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.htmlincludes excellent handouts on adjectives and adverbs, nouns, prepositions, pronouns, sentence structure, verbs, punctuation, and spelling.
- TERMS at "Grammar Bytes": http://chompchomp.com/terms.htmoffers concise descriptions of grammar rules. It's a fairly complete list, but some are not yet written.
- 1-Language.com: http://www.1-language.com/ is a comprehensive ESL site that has forums, real-time chat, jobs, links, worksheets, flashcards, Flash listening and TOEIC modules, helplines, reading library, games, multilingual support, and much more!
- Aardvark's English Forum.com: http://www.englishforum.com/00/interactive/offers a wide range of quizzes and exercises, as well as puzzles, for g r ammar and listening comprehension.
- ABOUT Travel, Practical Solutions for Every Day Life Listening Quizzes: http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bllisteningquiz.htmrequires Realplayer (or any media player). These are quizzes where you listen to conversation or a single person talking about daily life issues. The listener then answers questions about these segments. Most of the segments are about work issues or involve conversation about travel.
- CNN Learning Resources: http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.htmlNews stories are accompanied by RealVideo and/or RealAudio; Stories come in original, abridged and outline forms. There are many exercises to check reading comprehension (vocabulary, word selection, multiple choice, sequencing, conclusions) and the opportunity to practice writing reactions .
- < li>English Language Listening Lab Online:http://www.elllo.org/ Welcome to ELLLO! On this site you can practice and learn English by listening to English speakers from all over the world, for free. Listening activities come with transcripts, quizzes, pictures, and audio that can be downloaded.
- ESL Independent Study Lab: http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/listening.htmland http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/listening2.htmloffer links to audible pieces for four levels of ESL practice (100 - 400 level).
- Free ESL short English Stories for ESL learners: http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/index.htmlEach story includes reading comprehension quizzes (yes/no, "wh" questions, dic t ation), and a dictionary icon to click on when you want to look up a word. To listen to a story, simply click on the speaker icon.
- Randall's Cyber Listening Lab: http://www.esl-lab.com/ offers free audio and video quizzes (including related software) for all levels of English learners - wonderful for practicing listening comprehension. There are tons of listening quizzes, organized by easy, medium, and difficult, and based on real-life situations.
- ReadingEnglish.net: http://www.readingenglish.net a FREE reading program, this site connects to news stories/articles at the Voice of America SpecialEnglish site, rates the articles by difficulty, and indicates a word count. W hen reading the article, students can click on unknown words and get linked to a dictionary of their choice-English-English (choices include British or American English) for a dictionary definition. In addition, when in the VOA site, students can download the article for listening and read along while they are listening!
- Repeat After Us: http://www.repeatafterus.com/is an online library of copyright-free English texts and scripted recordings. Students can read along as they listen to a native speaker read poetry, children's stories, folk tales, and more. Different degrees of difficulty are indicated.
- Revealing Things: http://www.washington.edu/doit/Lessons/Humanities/reveal.htmlis a great site to practice your reading and also learn about American culture. The Smithsonian Institution is a famous museum i n Washington, D.C. This is a special Internet exhibit where you can learn about American culture by clicking on interesting objects like a TV, a hat, or a pair of bellbottom jeans. Click on ENTER THE EXHIBIT to start. Then, when the page is loaded, click on CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE at the bottom of the page. (You may have to wait for a few minutes while this loads.) Now you can view the exhibit by clicking on a picture or on one of the floating words on the left side of the page. You can READ or LISTEN to the exhibit.
- Self-Study Grammar Quizzes: http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.htmlincludes several dialogue quizzes.
- Culture Shock: http://interna t ional.ouc.bc.ca/cultureshock/ Duncan Mason has written a very good article about culture shock. This is especially useful for students who are studying away from their home country now, or planning to do so in the future. The article includes illustrations, vocabulary, exercises and quizzes to help you understand culture shock and improve your English.
- English language center: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/index.htmMartin Holmes provides excellent materials which teach as well as test. Spend some time here and I guarantee you will improve your reading and grammar! The stories and exercises are *really* interesting and fun! Choose from Beginning, Intermediate,Upper Intermediate,Advanced 1 orAdvanced 2.
- English Works/Gallaudet University: See http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworksfor reading, writing, literature grammar and vocabulary explanations, samples and practice and http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/main/reading.htmlfor traditional exercises: reading comprehension, main idea, details and inferences.
- EnglishForum.com: http://www.englishforum.com is a comprehensive web portal with a wealth of resources for studentsand teachers of English (ESL/EFL): Interactive Exercises, Message Boards, ELT Book Catalogue, Good School Guide, Web Directory, World News, Learning and Teaching Links, Cool Tools, and Dictionary Look-Up (With Internet Explorer or Netscape. You can select any word on the page and a new window will open with a definition of that word from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary).
- English-Zone: http://www.english-zone.com/ is a rich website offering interactive reading exercises, some of them free for non-members.
- ESL Independent Study Lab: http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/reading.htmland http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/reading2.html. This site offers links to a wide range of creative and interested reading material, organized by level (100 - 400).
- Extensive Reading Pages : http://extensiverea d ing.net/er/index.html is a web site dedicated to exploring all aspects of ER. It contains a large annotated bibliography of works on ER, information on how to start your own ER program, information on resources for ER such as graded readers, and even an interactive chat page for your questions and advice.
- Kenmei Internet Reading Lab: http://www.geocities.com/yamataro670/readinglab.htm(William M. Balsamo) Readings with Comprehension Questions. Site includes reading passages from the textbook "America- Today and Tomorrow. Click on a topic and you will access the essay and quiz on that topic. When the page appears, first click on "Start Reading" and the essay with a five-minute timer will appear on the right. You will be given five minutes to read each essay. When the five minutes are over, the text will disappear. Then answer the ten questions on the left side o f the screen which pertain to the essay.
- Impact Online: http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/Impact/index.htmlhas Materials from 1994/5! A hyper textual news reader for intermediate and advanced ESL students. Here you will find many news stories to read. Each story has certain vocabulary items highlighted. You can click on any word to see its definition and to hear its pronunciation. Or you can use the Glossary at the end of the new story to see all of the words with their definitions at the same time.
- Interlink Online Lessons - Reading Skills:http://eslus.com/LESSONS/READING/READ.HTM(Mark Feder) includes mini-stories with cloze exercises, speed reading exercises, and extensive reading.
- Lauri's ESL Website: http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~lfried/ s tories/stories.html (Lauri Fried-Lee) includes various Reading Activities for ESL students, comprehension quizzes.
- Paragraphs: Finding the Main Idea: http://www.open.ac.uk/study-strategies/english/activities_PDF/Paragraphs.pdfis a PDF document supplying paragraph exercises for finding the topic and main idea. Print out and write!
- Revealing Things: http://www.washington.edu/doit/Lessons/Humanities/reveal.htmlis a great site to practice your reading and also learn about American culture. The Smithsonian Institution is a famous museum in Washington, D.C. This is a special Internet exhibit where you can learn about American culture by clicking on interesting objects like a TV, a hat, or a pair of bellbottom jeans. Click on ENTER THE EXHIBIT to start. Then, w hen the page is loaded, click on CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE at the bottom of the page. (You may have to wait for a few minutes while this loads.) Now you can view the exhibit by clicking on a picture or on one of the floating words on the left side of the page. You can READ or LISTEN to the exhibit.
- TESTMAGIC.COM: http://www.testmagic.com/ offers help with many standardized tests, including the TOEFL. Its essay preparation section is excellent.
- UVBC English Language Centre Study Zone:http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/is a huge site of ESL quizzes. Choose your level (you may need to do a little searching if you can't identify your level right away). This site has intermediate to very advanced ESL help on topics of grammar, reading, and vocabulary. Example: help with "it" and "there" at the 200 level. Your score will appear at t he top, and the incorrect answers will be erased for you to try again. If you click on "hint," it will fill in one of the words for you.
- The Van Gogh Reading Quiz: http://www.churchillhouse.com/english/games/vangogh/VanGogh.htmLearn a bit about Vincent Van Gogh and practice your reading comprehension!
- Edhelper.com, Sight Words: http://www.edhelper.com/dolch_sight_words.htmis a great site for visual learners for very basic spelling skills, organized by site word units.
- EnglishClub, Pronunciation Quizzes: http://www.englishclub.com/esl-quizzes/pronunciation-quizzes.htmis a small site of intermediate level quizzes.
- ESLDesk, Common Errors: Common Errors in English, Homophones and other confusing words: http://www.esldesk.com/common-errors-in-english/index.htmhas a useful list of homophones as well as several spelling exercises.
- ESLDesk, Spelling Quizzes: http://www.esldesk.com/esl-quizzes/index.htmincludes spelling quizzes organized by most commonly used, most commonly misspelled, irregular verbs and nouns, and advanced word lists. Click on each word, and a popup will tell you the part of speech, definition, and short etymology.
- Adult Education ESL Teacher's Guide: http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/Teacher/TeacherGuideMain.htmlis an excellent, well-organized "tour" through learning research (answering questions like "what is 'correct' English?" "What are some important things to know about pronunciation?"), ESL challenges, and information for ESL teachers, including teaching guides and materials for every imaginable ESL issue.
- Brain Friendly English Learning: http://esl.about.com/library/weekly/aa011898.htmoffers background on brain research and how it can be applied to tutoring ESL students.
- DartmouthWriting Program English as a Second Language: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/tutor/problems/e s l.shtml offers a very thorough investigation into ESL problems with rhetorical patterns and conventions (thesis statements, organization, plus a "top 10" list of ESL grammar issues and good advice for tutoring).
- ESL/EFL Teacher Blogs: http://esl.about.com/od/esleflblogs/provides links to blogs specifically for teachers of ESL.
- HoughtenMifflen ESL Center: http://college.hmco.com/english/raimes/keys_writers/2e/students/eslcentr/eslintr.htmlexplains key differences between English and other languages, including Arabic, the Chinese languages, Farsi, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese.
- KISI's ESL Gallery: Free ESL/EFL Teaching Materials for all levels: http://www.esl-galaxy.com/ has many fun games, puzzles, and listening materials to share with your students, as well as lesson plans.
- Language Guide to Transfer Errorshttp://college.hmco.com/english/raimes/keys_writers/3e/instructors/esl/transfer.htmlincludes a chart that reveals common language transfer problems (for example, a list of languages that have no articles and what English sentences would look like in their language).
- Resources for Teachers and Students of English: http://www.tesol.net/tesl.htmlis a great site for those interested in pursuing further education in teaching ESL. It also includes fun activities and information for the ESL student and tutor.
- RULES at Grammar Bytes: http://chompchomp.com/rules.htmoffers very qui c k rule sheets for basic grammar and punctuation.
- Sound advice for tutors working with second language students: http://www.wsu.edu/~wprogram/Sound_Advice_for_Tutors.pdfis a PDF document that addresses how to avoid the two most common bad habits of tutors working with ESL students: supplying all the answers, and correcting all the errors.
- 5 Minute English: http://www.5minuteenglish.com/offers a free daily newsletter to ESL students with grammar tips, vocabulary, study advice, short quizzes and more.
- 1000 Most Common Words In English:http://esl.about.com/libra r y/vocabulary/bl1000_list1.htm This ESL vocabulary workshop includes a part of the 1000 most common words in English. Click on the links at the end of the page that lead to other pages that are included in this list of the 1000 most common words in English for ESL EFL English learners and teachers.
- The Academic Wordlist: http://language.massey.ac.nz/staff/awl/index.shtmlDeveloped by the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, this list can help ESL learners practice academic terminology. Use a dictionary (or use the site listed below) to find the definitions of the words. This list offers a thorough explanation of how to use the site and the different functions of the site. Click on "Most Frequented Words," and on each sub-list in the left-hand menu. You also have the choice to download the list as a rich text or p d f file, but please do not do this on a TCC computer. See http://www.rong-chang.com/awl01.htmfor concise definitions of many of these words.
- Auto-English: http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/includes materials in two formats: Web-based and interactive, or print-out. Covers Vocabulary, writing, grammar, idioms, and a flashcard library.
- CNN Learning Resources: http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.htmlincludes news stories accompanied by RealVideo and/or RealAudio. Stories come in original, abridged and outline form. There are many exercises to check reading comprehension(vocabulary, word selection, multiple choice, sequencing, conclusions) and the opportunity to practice writing reactions.
- EnglishPage.com: http://www.englishpage.com/ includes extensive grammar resources, games, dictionaries, vocabulary, flashcards, and chat rooms.
- English International : http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.htmloffers grammar and vocabulary quizzes, games and exercises, particularly for Business English, and the possibility to sign up for E-mail English Lessons.
- English Works/Gallaudet University: See http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworksfor reading, writing, literature grammar and vocabulary explanations, samples and practice and http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/main/reading.htmlfor traditional exercises: reading comprehension, main idea, details and inferences.
- ESL-G o Free English: http://www.eslgo.com/ has free English grammar and vocabulary classes based on topics like sports, Harry Potter, the stock market, music, and more. There are also ESL quizzes and English practice message boards, as well as resources for language teachers.
- ESL Independent Study Lab: http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppicks.htmlis a very easy-to-use site includes links to real-life sites that help with everything from pronunciation, vocabulary, reading, writing, and listening comprehension, to grammar. The vocabulary section, with a choice between levels 100 and 200, includes an incredible number of links to creative and fun sites.
- Everyday English: http://www.everydayenglish.com/is a good resource for vocabulary building and in c ludes listening lessons that you can download. There are also exercises for different skill levels including work with prepositions and verbs.
- Flash Card Exchange: http://www.flashcardexchange.com/index.phpCreate flash cards for quick review. You can also use the online cards from other teachers, download for later use, or print them. Great for vocabulary review!
- Guide to Grammar and Writing: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htmScroll down to an excellent selection of college-level vocabulary quizzes (including matching and fill in the blanks).
- Learn English with EnglishLearner.com:http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/test.htmlincludes many fun lessons, exercises, and quizzes on grammar and vocabula r y.
- Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun: http://www.vocabulary.co.il/ has excellent online games, including Hangman and Word search and crossword puzzles.
- LEMMA: http://www.wordsandtools.com/vocdemo/index_uk.htmOn these pages you will find a fully functional diagnostic test which will estimate the size of your passive English vocabulary. The test section is followed by an exercise section in which you can activate your passive vocabulary by writing the words in a context.
- Lingua Press: http://www.linguapress.com/offers articles and word guides for ESL students as well as links to online dictionaries and current articles.
- My English Dictionary: http://www.my-english-dictionary.com/< / a> Offers an easy-to-navigate visual 'dictionary' of images matched with vocabulary words. Available also with audio assistance in association with http://www.learn-english.co.il/
- Remittag's: http://www.remittag.com/educational-games/word-matchmaker.asp?EduGameType=matchmakeroffers vocabulary games using matchmaker, quizzing and more.
- Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students: http://a4esl.org/q/h/ offers vocabulary quizzes and grammar quizzes as well as links for teachers and students.
- UVBC English Language Centre Study Zone:http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/is a huge site of ESL quizzes. Choose your level (you may need to do a little searching if you can't identif y your level right away). This site has intermediate to very advanced ESL help on topics of grammar, reading, and vocabulary.Example: help with "it" and "there" at the 200 level. Your score will appear at the top, and the incorrect answers will be erased for you to try again. If you click on "hint," it will fill in one of the words for you.
- A Word a Day: http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/index.htmlhas audio files so that you can hear the way the word is pronounced. Great way to improve your vocabulary.
- 1-Language.com: http://www.1-language.com/ is a comprehensive ESL Site that has forums, real-time chat, jobs, links, worksheets, flashcards , Flash listening and TOEIC modules, helplines, reading library, games, multilingual support, and much more!
- Dave's ESL Café: http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/student/is a monitored discussion forum for ESL students. Forum topics rang from computers to hobbies, from testing help to "the strange and mysterious."
- English Club: http://www.englishclub.com/index.htmis where you'll find everything from lessons for students to jobs for teachers, including interactive pages such as forums, games, quizzes, chat, help and pen pals.
- English Forums: http://www.englishforums.com/is a great place to learn and discuss the English language with help from professional teachers. Topics include Business English, letter writing, Medical English and student chit chat.
- < l i>ESL/EFL Teacher Blogs: http://esl.about.com/od/esleflblogs/is a list of Blogs for TEACHERS of English!
- Extensive Reading Pages : http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/er/is a web site dedicated to exploring all aspects of ER. It contains a large annotated bibliography of works on ER, information on how to start your own ER program, information on resources for ER such as graded readers, and even an interactive chat page for your questions and advice.
- Learning English - BBC Worldservice: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtmloffers useful English learning/teaching opportunities blended into a newspaper format. Includes current world news, study quizzes, special feature articles, opportunities to join d i scussion groups and chat lines via the Internet, plus exercises to improve English speaking.
- My Language Exchange: http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/is a community where language learners can find a native speaker partner to help each other improve foreign language skills. The site facilitates online language exchange learning via email (pen pals), text chat and voice chat by providing guidelines, and also offers fun games such as Online Hangman.
- SchMOOzeUniversity: http://schmooze.hunter.cuny.eduAccording to the site, this is "a place where people studying English as a second or foreign language could practice English while sharing ideas and experiences with other learners and practitioners of English. The site requires some knowledge of how traditional "MOOs" work, but the site does include directions.
- Argument. http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/argument.htmlWritten by the Writing Center at the University of North Carolina, this site offers a very clear description of American expectations for argumentative writing, including counter arguments and considering audience.
- The Elements of Style, by William Strunk: http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.htmlis a CLASSIC piece on everything from composition to grammar, including a great section called "Words and Expressions Commonly Misused." Take some satisfaction in correcting a native English speaker!
- Free Resources for Students and Teachers, by Instructional Systems, http://www.zianet.com/jkline/orgcomp.htmlis a short, basic explanation of general advice for academic writing, structure, organization, and parts of a composition.
- Guide to Grammar and Writing:http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammarScroll down to an index where you can choose between word/sentence level, paragraph level, and essay/research paper writing. The pull-down menu has a huge selection organized by "the writing process" and "structural considerations."
- Paradigm Online Writing Assistant: http://www.powa.org/ is one of the best sites on academic writing. It organizes the information by process (discovery, organization, and revision), type of writing (informal, exploratory, and argumentative), and excellent guides for writing thesis statements and documenting sources .
- Using English for Academic Purposes: http://www.uefap.co.uk/writing/writfram.htmincludes information on most academic writing issues, such as process, questions, research, organization, function, paragraph, plagiarism, reporting, references, citation, punctuation, and spelling. The site includes exercises and a check list.
- Writing Resources for English Language Learners: http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/english/writing/index.htmlOhio University's ESL department offers excellent information for ESL students about college writing in English, including the writing process, mechanics, organization and style, and research and writing. The best piece here is "Writing for Special Purposes," such as essay exams, application letters and essays, business letters, and resumes.
- WritingDen Tips-O-Matic: < /strong> http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/contents.htmoffers a fun way to find tips for writing essays, paragraphs, and sentences.
- ABOUT ESL as 2nd Language: http://esl.about.com/mbody.htmoffers weekly topics, quizzes, and lesson plans, exam preparation, indexed quizzes and tutorials, vocabulary lists and listening comprehension samples, ESL resources, reference guides, links lists, and blog connections. This is one of the biggest, most comprehensive sites for ESL students and teachers. It divides most tutorials and quizzes into beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels.
- Anitmoon.com: http://www.antimoon.com/ is a site written in simple English with advice about how to learn English successfully. It includes information on how to learn English effectively covering motivation, dictionaries, pronunciation. There are also stories of people who have learned English well as well as a discussion forum.
- Dave Sperling's ESL Café: http://www.eslcafe.com/ is an interactive meeting place for everything ESL. It includes links for teachers and students, quizzes, forums, web-links and chats.
- ELTWeb: http://www.eltweb.com/liason/is a resource site that lists other ESL/EFL links categorized by subject area. It includes grammar and d i ctionary links.
- English as a Second Language, by Rong Chang Li. http://rong-chang.com Although this site is a bit advertisement heavy, it does provide excellent resources for both students and teachers of English. It includes games, lists of schools that offer ESL programs, links to newspapers, dictionaries, and translation services, job listings, and citizenship information, along with its selection of tutorials, exercises, and quizzes.
- English Daily: http://www.englishdaily626.com/offers resources for learning English, including learning about slang, idioms, grammar, proverbs and advertising. It also includes links to TOEFL vocabulary exercises.
- English Exercises Online: http://www.smic.be/smic5022/includes lessons, exercises, handouts, a generous assortment of links for mo r e help, lessons you can cut and paste to your word processor, dictation exercises (requires RealAudio).
- English Jet: http://www.englishjet.com/english_courses_files/resources.htmoffers free online books, dictionaries, newscasts, links to exam sites, songs and free translations.
- ESL Gold: http://www.eslgold.com offers hundreds of pages of resources on listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary, pronunciation, idioms, TOEFL prep, and more, all categorized by skill level.
- ESL Desk, Learn English as a Second Language:http://www.esldesk.com/ has links to everything from tests, to teaching plans, to dictionaries, online books in English, and a catalogue of other links.
- ESL, EFL, ELT ONLINE WEB RESOURCES ONLINE SELF ACCESS CENTRE (OSA C ): http://www.englishstudydirect.com/OSAC/academicesol.htmoffers comprehensive links to various resources for students learning English, including links to Dictionaries, Translators, Search engines, Language activities for students (many with interactive exercises), tests (TOEFL and more), newspapers, radio & TV online, v , TESOL & applied linguistics: teaching & research resources, e-learning & online course language testing.
- ESL Independent Study Lab: http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppicks.htmlThis very easy-to- u se site includes links to real-life sites that help with everything from pronunciation, vocabulary, reading, writing, and listening comprehension, to grammar.
- ESL Study Hall: http://home.gwu.edu/%7Emeloni/eslstudyhall/Maintained by the George Washington University, this site offers an excellent set of resources for anyone involved in ESL, including grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing and listening resources.
- ESP-ESL British Civilisation Home Page:http://www.lapasserelle.com/lm/offers lots of resources for learning English, including games, close to 2000 exercises, and historical information.
- Internet TESL Journal: http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/ has a list of links on bilingual education, culture, games, grammar and English usage, idioms and slang, online textbooks, quizzes, spelling, tests, and vocabulary.
- Karin's ESL Partyland: http://www.eslpartyland.com/offers help for both teachers and students with over75 interactive quizzes, 15 discussion forums, interactive lessons on a variety of topics, a chat room, and lots of great links.
- Marie Nuzzi's ESL Page: http://www.eslconnect.com/links.htmlis a great compilation of lots of ESL-related links.
- Ohio ESL: English Student Resources: http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/english/index.htmlhas many categories of resources for ESL students, including grammar, reading, writing, vocabulary, special topics and other ESL links.
- SUPER links to TESOL/ESL Websites: http://www.uni.edu/becker/TESOL_ESL2.htmlis a huge index of links, but the menu is hard to read.
- Towerof English: (Be prepared to wait a little while for this site if you are on the TCC server!) http://towerofenglish.com/ is here to help ESL students and teachers quickly find the best places on the Internet to practice real English! You'll find about 300 fun and interesting websites in 34 different categories. The Tower is easy t o use. Just choose a page from the ESL Internet Guide at left. You'll find a list of sites for you to visit. Read about the site to see if you're interested. Read Your Turn for a fun idea for a related activity. Some of these activities can be done at home, and some can be done in your classroom.
- UsingEnglish.com : http://www.usingenglish.com/provides a large collection of ESL (English as a Second Language) tools & resources for students, teachers, learners and academics. Browse our grammar glossary and references of irregular verbs, phrasal verbs and idioms, ESL forums, articles, teacher handouts and printables, and find useful links and information on English. Topics cover the spectrum of ESL, EFL, ESOL, and EAP subject areas.
