ESL Websites – A Partial List

ABC English http://english.abcingles.net/
Free site for English as a second or foreign language students, in English or Spanish,” using theories from Applied linguistics." Includes online assessments and instruction.

Adult Education ESL Teachers Guide http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/teacher/teacherguidemain
Designed as an introduction to new ESL/ESOL teachers, this includes an orientation, beginning and intermediate lessons and accompanying teacher training modules, and a  section on teaching non-literate adults.

Collaborative Writing Projects on the Internet http://www.hut.fi/~rvilmi/Project/
Online writing project, teacher resources for writing, language and grammar helps, etc.

Computer Resources for ESL  http://sppro.ocdsb.edu.on.ca/orlac/
This Web site is a search-able, online database of over 300 items of reviewed software, Web sites and other materials which are available to assist in the learning of ESL/ESOL.  It is impressively comprehensive, complete and search-able.

¶Dave's ESL Cafe http://www.eslcafe.com/
Current news, geography, grammar, history, idioms, slang and words, people, reading comprehension, science, world culture, writing

¶The ESL Quiz Center http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/

ESL Slang Page http://eslcafe.com/slang
A search-able list of American slang words and phrases with short definitions

Email Project http://www.otan.dni.us/webfarm/emailproject/email.htm
Includes current and completed on-line adult learning projects such as the annual Cookbook Project, the Internet Pizza Project, Home Remedies, an adult learners' annotated bibliography and others

¶English as a Second Language  http://esl.about.com
All levels of on-line quizzes for self-paced or instructor led training. 

English as a Second Language  www.rong-chang.com
A starting point for learners who want to learn English from using Web sites.  Also includes Web sites for teachers.  The Web site author is an experienced ESOL Web-site designer. There are masny good sites linked here.

Englishtown http://englishtown.com
Although this is a commercial site where one can pay to take classes to learn English, there are also several good free features, including chat rooms, games, keypal opportunities and others. Unfortunately it is not accessible from a Macintosh computer.

¶Ernie's EFL Song Activities http://barteldes.freeyellow.com/page1.html
Activities and lyrics to songs for basic, intermediate and advanced ESL/EFL students

¶ESL gold http://www.eslgold.com/
Lots of listening, speaking, reading and writing exercises, grammar explanations, ideas for teaching and links to other ESL/ESOL sites.

¶ESL Lesson Plans and Resources http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslplans.html
A straightforward, comprehensive list of lesson plans and one of the best hypertext lists of practical, teacher-oriented ESL/ESOL resources I have seen.

ESL Loop http://www.linguistic-funland.com/esloop/
This is a collection of sites related to English language teaching and learning. It includes the California E-Mail Project Homepage, TESL Ontario, and Computers and English Language and Literacy Education, among others

ESL Student Projects page http://www.missioncollege.org/depts/esl/StudProj/Student_Projects.html
This site offers several interesting topics written by Mission College (Northern California) ESL students. Topics include: "Customs around the World," "Domestic Violence," "The Fall of Saigon," "Friendship," "The Meaning of Names," and "Surprises and Problems of ESL Students."

The Fairfax County Family Literacy Curriculum http://www.aelweb.vcu.edu/publications/famlitcurric/  
a multi-level adult ESOL family literacy program - four modules: Introductory (Self, Family and Community), Government (Schools and Community), Health (Medicine and Stress), and Consumerism (Shopping and Making a Budget)

Global Issues for Learners of English http://www2.gol.com/users/bobkeim/contents.html

Glossary of Second and Primary Language Acquisition Terms http://www.earthrenewal.org/secondlang.htm
This a very useful list of terms and definitions used by ESOL/ESL teachers, teacher trainers and researchers.

¶Grammar for English Language Learners http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/english/grammar/index.html
A very comprehensive list of links to on-line grammar and writing sites

Home buying Readiness ESOL Web sites
These sites are from projects funded by the Fannie Mae Foundation.  They include student and teacher writings, lesson plans and teacher resources to enable ESOL students to improve English language skills while learning about American culture through home buying readiness content.

o        How to Buy a Home in the United States http://www.geocities.com/sgaer/home/

o        Boston New Americans Homeowners Project  http://alri.org/fannie/fnma1/fnma.html

o        Eastern Massachusetts New Americans Homeowners Project http://alri.org/fannie/fnma3/FannieFront.html
 

Internet TESL Journal  http://iteslj.org/
This site offers lots of very usable information for classroom teachers, including lesson plans.

LINCS ESL Special Collection http://www.literacynet.org/esl/
Includes reviewed resources for students/learners, teachers/tutors and administrators, and a showcase of ESL/ESOL resources on the Web.

National Immigration Forum  http://www.immigrationforum.org/index.htm
Current information about issues of concern to teachers of immigrants, including citizenship.

¶Colorful Clothesline  http://Hub1.WorldEd.org/docs/clothing/index.html
A lesson created to introduce level 1 ESL 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.

Opportunities in ESL...THEME-BASED PAGES http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/themes.html
Topics include: AIDS, Environment, Gender Issues, Migration, Native Americans, Holidays, Treasure Hunts and many others

PBS ESL Civics Link http://www.pbs.org/literacy/esl/esl.html
An "online professional development system for adult education ESL teachers.
Developed by adult educators for adult educators and tested in the field, this innovative web-based product is managed by KET and prepares teachers to do the following:

Project Connect http://www.pbs.org/literacy/esl/pc.html
The goal of PBS LiteracyLink's Project CONNECT is to create supplemental web-based instruction for intermediate adult ESL learners. The self-paced website has an emphasis on listening and reading comprehension

 Rebecca's EZ Page http://alri.org/ltc/ezpage/
A Boston area ESOL teacher, Rebecca Pomerantz, has developed lots of interactive materials for basic level ESOL students on this Web site.  It includes: summer and winter clothing vocabulary, a multicultural inquiry map on headaches, holidays in different countries, housing rights, responsibilities and basic vocabulary, workers' rights, maps and continents and other topics.

U.S. Citizenship Study Pages http://www.uscitizenship.org/
Adult learners can study on-line for the U.S. citizenship test.  There is a $20 registration fee for students who live outside Minnesota

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services  http://uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm

Writing (composition) topics  http://unrestrictedarea.com/esl/compositiontopics.html
100+ topics for writing that can also be used for conversation.  For more advanced speakers